Madam Kwong

Kong and Kim recommended us to eat at Madam Kwong's Kitchen in Box Hill. "You must try their Penang Har mee", a special reminder from Kong. Oh we love a bowl of hot, authentic prawn mee. SM wants it and I want it too. But in the end I settle for a special of the day, Tumis Ikan + fragrant rice.

The "restaurant" can really be classified as a small cafe. It is packed when we arrive for our lunch but we get our seats pretty quickly.

The Har Mee turns out authentic but what disappoints us is the egg noodle and vermicelli are so pitifully little in terms of quantity. However we can taste the intense prawn flavor, the fried onion, the nice, clear soup. It is even served with thin slices of pork meat, 1/2 a boiled egg, kang kong. That's attention to detail. It's authentic, period. But not value for money .....

The Tumis Ikan which is a ling, is intense and assam-ish in flavor but again more like 1/2 a share of a normal meal.

我家老太婆 cooks a fantastic 京都排骨 for our dinner. I can say it's tasty, caramalized, has a slight burnt taste (that is good because it is caramelized), chunky meat and it's not fatty. Love it. 老太婆 you are good.