Son in law eggs - $5.50
It took me ages to decide what I wanted to order as it was only DC and I that night. I am sorry DC, I do love our date nights but when it is just the two of us, there is only so much we can order and try. Being romantic is one thing but my love for food however..
ANYWAYS so these son in law eggs were seriously mind blowing. If you thought the ones at Chin Chin in Melbourne were good, OMG wait till you try these babies. The ones at Chi Chi are topped with a generous amount of their house xo sauce and man!! their xo sauce was amazing. The sauce was spicy and salty and the balance between the two was just right. I would of preferred my eggs to be a bit more undercooked just to get more of the runny yolk but the crispy batter on the outside was done well.
For those that aren't familiar with xo sauce, it is basically chopped up dried seafood and cooked through with chilli, garlic and onion. It is a sauce that I keep very close to my heart.
Left: Cloudy apple and strawberry and lychee drinks
Top right: Roti flat bread - $3
Bottom right: Fried banana
Fried crispy skin salmon and papaya green salad - $21.60
This crispy skin salmon salad was so delicious but if you don't like sour things then this probably isn't the dish for you. The salmon skin was extremely crispy, it was like eating chips. DC dislikes eating fish skin (what is there not to love??) so I was more than happy to give a helping hand and eat it ALL. Oh what a shame.What makes having crispy salmon skin even better? Fried and crispy thin pieces of garlic. It is exactly the way my mother cooks her garlic and it is exactly the way I love to have it.
Shaken beef (aka Bo Lo Lac) - $23.80
I know that reading wok tossed beef cubes in garlic and pepper sounds pretty ordinary but don't be fooled because it certainly tasted a lot better than it reads on paper. The scotch fillet beef was quite tender and juicy. The sauce wasn't as oily as I had expected. I was really glad I had ordered the roti because it meant I could dip that crispy flat bread into the puddle of sauce and polish off the whole dish.
Fried banana sesame roll with caramel sauce and salted nut ice cream - $9.20
Black sticky rice with coconut cream - $8.90
As they say no matter how full you are, there is always room for dessert. The fried bananas were crispy but rather than being like banana fritters, the bananas were rolled up in a thin pastry and then deep fried. The salted but ice cream went well with the fried bananas but I would of been even happier if it was in a pool of salted caramel instead.Chi Chi is definitely a place I will coming back to. There are still so many more things I have yet to try but the next time I return, I will definitely be ordering a plate of son in laws to me, myself and I.
Gotta go eat!!
