Oriental Spoon - Part 2

Oriental Spoon

254 La Trobe St, Melbourne

(Ph) 9654 9930

See Part 1 for the my visit last time.

A was in Melbourne and got all the uni buddies together for dinner. We had wanted to go to Chin Chin for Thai food - they don't take bookings and only start serving dinner at 6pm. A arrived at the restaurant at 6pm but it was packed already! The waiter said we would have to wait 1-1.5hrs for a table - basically have to wait for the current people to finish their meals =/ So disappointed.

After much discussion and realising there aren't many restaurants around Chin Chin, we walked all the way to Oriental Spoon - for some reason every time we hang out with the uni buddies we always come here?

Last time we came here we all ordered our own dishes, but this time we decided to share dishes =) A and I were the only ones who can't eat chili much so we decided to order 2 sets of dishes - some non-chili ones for us =)

Appetizers

Damn this time we didn't get the really nice eggplant appetiser we got last time =(

We got one Kimchi, Dumplings & Tofu Casserole - kimchi based casserole with chopped pork belly, dumplings, tofu and vegetables $37.90 to share.

Kimchi, Dumplings and Tofu Casserole

Wow it was big... and looks so chili... and it was... even the others thought it was chili =P Dumplings were good though, and the enokitake =)

The girls wanting chili ordered a Dokbokki - rice cakes, fish cakes and ramen noodle cooked with fresh vegetables and glazed with hot chilli paste. Served with fried dumplings and boiled egg $16.90

Dokbokki

This was the one E ordered last time and was dying from the chili =P I decided to try a piece this time, but I wiped most of the chili sauce off so it was... edible =P Wouldn't say I really liked it though lol - just tastes kinda chewy and tasteless inside, but the taste is meant to come from the sauce so I guess it's my fault =P

Us non-chili ones decided to order Chicken Tang Su Yuk - sweet and sour vegetable sauce pour onto fried chicken fillets $24.90

Chicken Tang Su Yuk

Well more like A wanted to order it. It looks and sounds like Chinese food aye? But it was quite good =) We don't normally get sweet and sour chicken in Chinese food, it's normally sweet and sour pork. This sweet and sour sauce wasn't as sour as the Chinese ones - and the chicken was super crunchy and tasty =)

We got 2 Seafood Jeon - a delicate pancake comprising of fresh prawns, baby octopus and squids pan-fried in light batter over a bed of spring onions $18.00

Seafood Jeon

The waiter asked if we were sure we wanted the main Seafood Jeon as there's an entree version too with only 6 pieces cf 8 pieces - we were hungry so wanted the main size =) In the end we were so full that we didn't finish the pancake anyway! Why is it always our eyes are hungrier than our stomachs ~___~ But it was delicious - crunchy edges but still fluffy on the inside and filled with seafood - weren't stingy with their seafood at all =P And it wasn't FILLED with spring onion like the one at Gami - thumbs up! =)

And how could we have a Korean meal without a Stone Bowl Bibimbab - a traditional and colourful rice dish which has rice layering of fresh organic seasoned vegetables, diced bulgogi and topped with fried egg. Served on top of white rice $16.90 We got 2 to share - the chili girls filled theirs with chili while we just had the soy sauce =)

Stone Bowl Bibimbab

We were impatient and didn't want for the stone bowl to crunch up our rice it wasn't as crunchy as last time =( still super tasty though! My favourite Korean dish <3

Was only $15pp - great meal with great company! =)

8/10

C.
xo