flemington & ashfield

Went for dinner with a couple of others. This time we ventured all the way to Flemington just for pho (vietnamese beef rice noodle soup) because a friend of a friend recommended a particular vietnamese restaurant that has a perpetual queue. So we went with the undying belief that wherever there's a queue, the food must be good.




The pho is not bad, better than the one in Pasteur's @ Chinatown, but still a notch below what I had in Bankstown. We made a promise we will go to Bankstown the next time. That is if a particular someone is available to bring us there lor.

We tried not to finish all the noodles so as to save some tummy space for dessert at New Shanghai Chinese Restaurant in Ashfield (directly opposite Ashfield Mall). We couldn't get over their red bean pastries we had a couple of months ago.




This time we had 1) the deep fried pumpkin balls. The crust is actually pumpkin mashed with flour and sprinkled with sesame with a sumptous filling of red bean paste.




2) and the fried dumplings. This dish is normal. There was plenty of soup spilling out when you bite the skin open so beware of squirting hot liquid when consuming it.




and lastly 3) the red bean pancake. We came back to this place specially for this. The photo below may not do it justice. It's really good. You've gotta try it yourself.




So... eh YOU YOU YOU! When are we going to Bankstown again ah? Huh huh huh???