Chong Qing Chinese, Chinatown, Sydney

Enter Chong Qing and you're transported to China... or one vision of it, lacquered furniture, tables with glass tops, low ceiling.  This is hyper-China, Chinatown.

Taste of Shanghai, Chinese, Sydney

Noodlies Sydney food blog came to the World Square branch of Taste of Shanghai because a friend recommended it.  I've been to their Ashfield restaurant which is always busy and is remarkably authentic and good.



The handy location at World Square is a big plus and I came expecting a lot.  The food came out fast, presentation was very good - stunning for the dumpling plate below.  But for taste, we tried both types of fried dumplings and came away underwhelmed.  While they came out hot and the juice just squirts out upon first bite (I like that!), I couldn't get the flavour I was expecting.

Similarly, the sauce of the hand made noodles Beijing style was a bit plain (maybe that's the Beijing style), but again, I was expecting more spice and flavour.

Have you been to Taste of Shanghai, World Square?  What do you think of their food?

My favourite dish was the fried sweet buns with condensed milk. The skin was golden and inside the dough was fluffy ready to absorb the condensed milk.

Have you had the same experience, or have a different point of view? Let me know what you think.

Taste of Shanghai
Shop 907 World Square
644 George St, Sydney
(02) 9261 8832

Dumplings and buns

It must have been such a strange thing when you encounter Asian dumplings and buns for the first time.  I grew up loving Vietnamese steam buns, which is basically the same as Chinese bbq buns, but we put alot more ingredients inside, like pork mince, peas, even vermicelli!

We ate lunch at Shanghai Food House in Ashfield today where you can see the amazing range of buns and dumplings, meat and vegetarian.. even ones with chives in the outer pasty.  As you can see above a vegetarian bun is only $1.20!

Or what about the steamed dumplings and buns below that you eat with dark soy or vinegar and chilli paste.

Or the various fried versions some with and some without filling... delicious!!!!

All these dumplings and buns were available at Shanghai Food House.