Temasek, Malaysian, Parramatta

I had a dinner with family before my big Asia eating tour, I got to chose the venue and instantly selected Temasek, it's been too long between drinks.

And I got to chose the food as well... prawn laksa of course, creamy, the prawn works perfectly.

Probably my favourite dish when I travel anywhere, hai nam chicken... gosh surely it's put hai nam province on the map by now!  The chicken was perfectly cooked through, but not tough and was incredibly white.  It came with hai nam rice... god, I love hai nam rice.

Hai nam rice is the rice cooked in chicken broth, basically absorbing the flavour into the rice.

The beef rendang was much better than I remembered it. Of course the curry flavour was dominant but at the same time smooth, it's the melt in your mouth beef that did it for me.

The fried noodles was also a treat.  The whole dinner was just perfect, great company and delicious Temasek that I've been missing for so long.

Temasek
71 George St, Parramatta
(02) 9633 9926

Wing King, Kingsford

By Noodlies Sydney food blog guest reviewer, KLui.

Thanks UNSW and their students for creating a market for so many cheap and cheerful restaurants in Kingsford! There are so many great value, authentic restaurants in the area, most of them are small and intimate.

These places have have an increadible amount of customer turnover in one night. However, don't expect too much from the waiters, many of whom are overseas students or overly bossy motherly types.

Wing King is one of them and I'd recommend their generous and tasty prawn laksa, there were around 10 prawns in my bowl.

Wing King
Anzac Parade, Kingsford

Noodle Boy, Chinese, Maroubra

By Noodlies: Sydney food blog, guest reviewer, KLui.

Noodle Boy is probably one of the many small but comfortable and clean restaurants in the Maroubra and Kingsford area. Although I haven't been there for a few years, it has a special place in my heart, simply because the menu hasn't changed a bit (except the price).  Eating there reminds me of my teens when I was working in the area.

Prawn laksa

The Prawn Laksa is still cooked by the owner and is exactly the same as I remembered. The spiciness and the coconut flavour is so well-balanced. The "crunchy" prawns and the laksa-soaked tofu puff were really delicious!