Finally......a golden fields lobster roll experience....

I've been waiting yearning dreaming of Golden Fields, of Andrew McConnell's south of the river restaurant. The no booking policy has put my friends who live on the other side of the river off...it's hard enough to get them to come across Punt Rd but the uncertainty and wait involved with no bookings...asking too much...(though me spending most of my life and weekends stuck on Punt Rd is all together another thing???)

Miss MMM, the jetstar and I were due a fine dining experience and felt Sunday lunch may be our best opportunity. At midday on a cold summer Sunday the place was quiet, after the breakfast gangs had cleared out.

The beginning and end of my meal was decided before I arrived. The reviews and blogosphere had been going crazy about the New England lobster roll, with kewpie mayo and watercress since before the place opened. I felt left out, I wanted some lobster love. I was slightly anxious, apprehensive that the hype was too much and the reality wouldn't stand up.

The relief and the bliss of biting into a buttery brioche bun that is gently crispy but gives way so beautifully, to the salty sweet kewpie mayo (an old friend), the peppery watercress and the sweet sweet firm lovely poached crayfish. Miss MMM and jetstar devoured these little beauties in a few quick bites. I slowly savoured mine, enjoying each fulsome bite. I felt a little sense of loss when mine was gone. A little bit of heaven for $15....no wonder these are doing roaring trade as a take away option. I wish I still lived within walking distance...

As it was lunch and we were eating light we decided to share a couple of cold salads. The shredded chicken, sesame paste, home made cold rice noodles and chilli oil ($15) was my choice. It arrived looking quite plain, white chicken, thick rectangular organic looking translucent rice noodles, a spattering of coriander and some orangey yellow chilli oil. The waitress advised the salad required mixing and left us to it.

Tasty, sweet tender chicken with a delicate sesame taste and subtle chilli. It was hard to control myself and not scoop all the salad up. Especially as I was a little concerned about our last savoury dish, steamed eggplant, silken tofu and pickled chillies. I like tofu. I like silken tofu, the  soft smooth silky slurpiness of it. Eggplant just doesn't excite me. In fact I dislike it. However my eating companions love it.

The eggplant had a lovely soft non slimy texture and with the gorgeous tofu (one round of it each), and the garlicky chilli sauce it was beautifully matched. In so far as I would order this again. Can't normally say this for the eggplant!

And then, the other moment I'd be eagerly anticipating since the first reviews. Ever since my first experience with a ladree salted caramel macaron at Harrods in London in 2006 I have been salted caramel obsessed. On a slight aside, my vote for best salted caramel macaron in Melbourne is....La Belle Miette in Hardware Lane...little bites of taste bud heaven! We had spoken of sharing desserts. When it came to it I couldn't. I announced my dessert was going to be for me only. After reassuring herself that she could have a taste of mine jeststar ordered the cherries, baked savarin, walnut ice cream and brandy.

The soft sweet cake, cinnamony walnut ice cream and brandy cherries was good. No comparison to my and Miss MMM's dessert. Peanut butter parfait, salted caramel and soft chocolate. Want. Need. More....

Now. Please. PLEASE. Initially when I tasted the parfait I was disappointed. It was rich and thick and very peanutty. When combined with the thick rich salty peanutty caramel and soft chocolaty cream it was all you could ask for in a dessert. Jetstar had a taste and came back for another taste. I begrudgingly allowed her the second taste, quickly moving my spoon back in to limit her attack. I scrapped the bowl clean, and if i was somewhere less salubrious I would have licked the bowl.

I will be back. Whether with friends or own my own, whether eat in or take away. I will have more from Golden Fields.

Boo xox

Hutong baby!

A friend, Miss MMM and I headed into town to check out the Markit@fed square market with lots of cool funky designers. After exploring 3/4 of the market we decided lunch was in order to revive our flagging interest...due purely to a growling stomach rather than a lack of eye candy. We walked to Chin Chin..it was open...didn't look too busy. Only to hear there was a 45 minute wait. My stomach couldn't wait nor could the market so we decided to try our luck at Hutong.

On a weeknight I've found you can now get into Hutong with a booking made a week or so ahead. I wanted dumplings. Not the cheap arse cheerful dumplings you can get in the city but the happy making chilli dumplings from Hunton. We entered....four people were sitting waiting. My heart and stomach sank a little. The lady with the headset and clipboard advised she could seat us immediately but we'd need to exit the table within an hour. Deal!

Miss MMM hadn't tried the dumplings here so placed her lunch in my hands. She was quite happy with the result!

The shao-long bao were what first got Hutong so much attention. I still enjoy them and am excited by the soup inside the dumpling! So clever! Such a little show! I love slurping the clear light broth, and then dipping the remaining dumpling into the soy ginger dipping sauce. We were both too hungry to wait to take a photo.... Ten dumplings for $11.80. A good start. The the little bits of heaven, the happy chilli dumplings that bring joy in every bite. The chiili oil sauce has the right amount of chilli- just enough to add warmth, and to gently build up but not too much to limit the taste to a burn.

The chilli oil is thick and coats the dumpling so beautifully. Little pieces of chilli, spring onion and the occasional peppercorn dot the oil. Miss MMM was converted to the chilli dumplings, and was I think a little disappointed she had to finish off the shao-long bao. We both were dipping them into the chilli oil to slurp up as much of it as possible. Eight bites of heaven for $8.80. $8.80 to take me to my happy place.

xox Boo

Korean Facial Experience

I'm going through a slightly obsessive Korean jag lately fuelled possibly by YouTubing way too many K-Pop music videos and consuming way too many Shabu-Shabus.  I decided to try a Korean Facial as my reasoning is all the chicks in the K-Pop vids look great so ergo, they must know what they are doing in the skin care stakes. Yep, I have primitive reasoning skills. 

Off I traipsed.  Overall it was a disconcerting experience although my skin does look and feel more hydrated.  I had planned to dip a tentative toe in the whole Korean Facial experience and just go with the basic 60 min package.  However upon arrival, my aesthetician assessed I had quite a few skin issues (pigmentation and wrinkles) that needed to be addressed pronto and recommended I upgrade to a 90 min package which cost twice as much.  A sure fire way of making me fork out fistfuls of cash  - play on my insecurities and vanity. 

I had researched that Koreans specialise in using different hi-techie equipment in their facials.  So it's a bit different to the usual cleanse, exfoliate, mask, etc.  I was expecting gadgets and machinery and a bit of gizmo showmanship.  I came armed with camera and asked the aesthetician whether I could take a few photos of myself at each step of the process for this post. Pulling out the camera seemed to have put her off side and before I knew it, I had the manager in the treatment room insisting I put the camera away as their methods are confidential.  Well really. It's like I've landed in a North Korean military base.   I did manage to sneak a photo in of their equipment (see below) when they left me to get changed.  Ha!  I make a good spy...

Then came the disconcerting bit.  Now remember, the service I ordered was a facial not a massage with happy endings.  The first 15 mins of the experience involved perplexingly enough an ultrasound to my breasts.  I discovered I become totally disempowered when semi naked.  My clothed persona would have asked pertinent questsions eg what are you doing?  what does an ultrasound to the breasts do? did you know I came here for a facial, not a boobie massage? However my naked self was mute although all these thoughts did churn through my head in an endless and not very relaxing loop.  My sense of disempowerment was due to the fact that moments earlier I had indicated the ultrasound head was getting rather hot on my skin and got no acknowledgement.  So when the aesthetician put down the ultrasound head and started oil up my chest for a hands on massage of my mammaries, I just surrendered.  Another fifteen long minutes of me lying like a starfish and my boobs were being kneaded like dough, I gave up the expectation of any treatment happening on my face. 

Thankfully the inordinate breastal focus did end and with much relief I got my facial.  There were frothy lotions and rubbery masks - all fun to apply.  The aesthetician did whip out what appears to be an iontophoresis machine (again I was not comfortable asking what it was) which had a hand set which was rubbed onto the face vigorously whilst she weided a syringe. I did summon enough nerve to enquire what was in the syringe as I timidly figured if I was to be injected with anything I had the right to know, right?  I was informed in a thick Korean accent that the syringe contained "see-wum".  With that oh so enlightening answer, my enquiry ended. 

This is a photo of the equipment they didn't want me to take.  Interesting devices...very clinical looking...did I mention the aesthetician wore a surgical mask during the whole procedure?  Lots of similiarities to a torture chamber:  I was stripped naked (although that part was somewhat voluntary);  my captors wore masks;  my camera was confiscated; I was connected to beeping equipment which had the capability of inflicting 3rd degree burns;  there were syringes filled with 'see-wum' for god sakes! 

For all that ordeal, I have had two independent parties comment on how nice my skin looks.  So will I do it again?  Probably.  In hindsight the boobecular focus at the start was probably their version of a value-add.  So happy endings?

Beaker

American shopping...or how much we pay...

I'm just back from a holiday in Hawaii...
Will blog more about it another time but was out at Chadstone the other day and stopped into Mecca Cosmetica. Love that shop- if I could afford to I would buy everything. It's all so pretty and smells so lovely - a little piece of retail heaven!
What I don't like is the price. Mainly because I've been to the USA before and with online shopping nowadays everyone can see how much other countries are paying.

Here are two examples of my purchases and how much it would costs here in Oz:

Nars Velvet Matte lip pencil- I already had this in Sex Machine- a pretty soft pink from my last USA holiday. This time round I bought it in  Frivolous- which has a slight glitter in a more beige pink. At Mecca it costs AUD $50. At Sephora it as USD $24 plus 4.2% tax..with the Aussie dollar so strong this came to about AUD $25....half price.

Perricone MD Cold Plasma- a new face cream for me. The smell is au natural and rather mariney..not too pleasant but I'm getting used to it. It sinks in in a lovely way and the sales assistant at Sephora raved about it. At Mecca Cosmetica it costs AUD $225 for 30 ml, compared to USD $150 plus tax at Sephora.

I understand there are shipping costs, and customs and other costs. But with the Aussie dollar being so strong, we don't seem to be having any savings past onto us. Unfortunately Sephora doesn't accept orders from Australia :( A sad first world problem.

Labels to Lust After......Weber.....yes, the BBQ brand....

I've become so domesticated that on my current LUST list is....

A Weber BBQ. Yes, a bbq. A $799 bbq.

I have never barbecued anything in my life. Never. I may have turned a sausage once or twice, before quickly returning to the kitchen or to socialising.

Yet I dream of a Weber Performer Touch and Go Black BBQ.
It's so pretty. And so many features... read this...
The ultimate Weber kettle is the Performer with Touch-N-Go™ ignition. This enables outdoor chefs to light their charcoal fuel using gas. Instead of using firelighters, a gas burner is located directly under the fuel. You only need to run the gas burner for 10 minutes to ignite the charcoal. The charcoal will be ready to cook on in a further 15 to 20 minutes.

Impressive yes???

I need to examine this desire further- do I want it to cook on or because it looks so strong, functional and well attractive? hmmmm...

Labels to lust after...Leona Edmiston

I bought my first Leona Edmiston dress to wear to celebrate my 30th birthday. When people and magazines talked about designer clothing being worth the extra cost because of the cut or the way it sits I thought it was all a bit of a crock. Leona proved me wrong.

Her designs know how to flatter my curves, making me look sexy bombshell rather than booby beach ball.

Since my initial birthday purchase I have built up quite a little Leona collection. Mostly I've bought them on sale....ah i heart Leona's sales. And she has them regularly and still has good stock in various sizes.  Like this Vanessa Dress reduced from $395 to $125!!! Or this Hazel Dress Jacquard, not quite such a bargain at $415 from $595 but so pretty, so classic. That's one of the things I love about by Leona dresses- they endure. They might be expensive, but they are not on trend and so can be worn over the years. Good per wear value...

She must be a very astute business woman. She has expanded from the stunning Leaona Edmiston range, which are dresses designed in Australia generally made from European materials.

She has an accessories range (hosiery, sunnies, bags, shoes) and a Leona Edmiston Ruby range, which are much cheaper and made from materials such as polyster etc. Not as classy or sophisticated, but still well cut and ALOT cheaper! I love the florals and adore the split sleeves on this- Daisy Ditzy Dress and only $149.

Recently she has introduced two lines only available through Myer stores- Leona Woman, in larger sizes, and Leona, again a cheaper diffusion line similar to Ruby. Online she has available Leona Edmiston Plus Sizes which are certain styles adapted and available  up to size 6 (which I think is approx 18/20 Aust). How clever to cover a market where lots of stylish woman who have the money want to buy gorgeous clothes, just like their smaller sized sisters.

Ah Leona, I do love you!!!

Who is your favourite designer?
Why?

Love Boo xox

Boo's garden

My nana was a great gardener. She lived in a small 2 bedroom unit in Glenhuntly. The backyard was nearly all concreted in when she bought the unit. She transformed it into a little garden oasis.

As a child I adored visiting and going out the back to pick and eat some fresh delicious produce. Not much made it back inside to be washed, eaten properly or taken home. Sun warmed juicy cherry tomatoes that burst in my mouth. Ripe red sweet strawberries that my brother and I would fight over. Cute little baby carrots that definitely required a good wash before eating. Sweet yellow corn, so sweet and fresh that it would be eaten minutes after picking, no cooking necessary.

Upon moving into my little house two years ago I was excited at the though of my very own garden. A veggie patch. Fruit trees. Being a little self sufficient...

I love the way that gardening, and having a little veggie patch, connects me to my memories of time spent with my nana, and makes me feel as if she continues to live a little through my gardening.

I had some early success with broad beans and snow peas. Friends grew bucket loads of zucchinis but my vine had none that survived past the size of a pea. My cucumbers were prolific....neighbours would come home to cucumbers left on their porches, friends would have cucumbers forced upon them as they left my house and work colleagues looked oddly at my collection of cucumbers on my desk!

One thing I hadn't realised was how gardening could be seen as a socialist pursuit, a radical form of empowerment of the people, away from big corporations and multinationals. My education began at
Diggers Club- gardening porn for inexperienced brown thumbs wanting to be more green. Heirloom varieties of amazing vegetables and flowers. The more bizarre the name or the appearance the more keen I become.

My dutch purple podded peas have flowered, and the pods are just developing nicely now

The peas are supposedly a normal green, but the stunning vibrant flowers and the purple pods so attracted me. The plants have grown incredibly well, some are as tall as I am (not a great achievement perhaps after all...)

Another one I was keen to try was the purple dragon heirloom carrots

I've yet to try these.I gave this away to a friend for her little girls to try.

I can highly recommend the online shopping at Diggers. They deliver in cardboard containers- seems odd but works. I was dubious when the strawberries I bought arrived; 10 for $10. When they arrived I thought I'd been duped and they were that cheap for a reason. They were teeny tiny seedlings. Having planted them I am now starting to see strawberry blossoms and little green berries! Can't wait to be able to eat them right off the plant!

What's in your garden at the moment?
What do you want to plant?
What activities do you do that bring back memories of friends or family?

Love Boo xox

Pie In The Sky - Review

It just so happened, one fine morning three generations of Beakers headed up to Mt Dandenongs for a spot of female bonding.  There was me, my 5 year old Bubba Chuck, my mum and my sister aka Bureaucrat from the Eat and Be Merry for Tomorrow We Diet fame (which she assures me is the number 1 food blog in Aust)

Pie In The Sky is a veritable institute.  Their claim to fame are gold and silver award winning pies.  I'm not sure who is awarding them and on what categories they are judged but word is out that they are a winner and the queue goes from the waiting area and onto the street. 

Don't let the hilly billy ambience nor the queues put you off.  Their pies are worth waiting for.  To 'have in', the pies are circa $15-ish with sides.  To take away, they average $4.  Cheap!

I had a cornish pastie with full side of peas, mash and gravy.  It was hearty to say the least.  I was ready to plough the fields after that full plate of sustanence.  There was real chunks of meat in the pastie versus meat mash in the ones you would normally come across

Bubba Chuck scoffed a sausage roll the length of her forearm with no complaints. 

My mother, who has completely missed the point that one was expected to sample pies in a place called Pie In The Sky, ordered a stuffed potato.  As stuffed potato goes, it was one of the best I've tasted.  It was injected with garlicky butter (yum).  I wasn't so keen on the two mounds of sour cream on top...just looking at the sour cream makes me want to book myself in for an angioplasty.... but crunchy coleslaw though. 

Bureaucrat nommed on a steak and mushroom pie which was obviously good enough to break her wheat free diet for.

Good, relatively cheap food in large serves - 2 thumbs up!

A bit senior citizen-ish inside but you can dine al fresco and watch the goings on on High St - 1 thumbikin up


http://www.pieinthesky.net.au/
43 Olinda-Monbulk Road, OLINDA  VIC 3788
ph 9761 2126

Is a coffee catch up a date?

Another coffee date. The same cafe. Another hot chocolate.

I arrived early, straight from work. At work a few people had asked where was I going, why was I wearing make up (shows how infrequently I wear make up!). I sat in my car, reading, waiting, eye on the clock and eye on men coming and going. Checking out if he was my date. Had a scare and almost scampered when a man in a car pulled up behind me; he'd just sworn and screamed out his window at someone who apparently transgressed his traffic space. He looked a little like my coffee catch up.....

Luckily he wasn't. My date was waiting across the road. 

My coffee date was waiting, wearing chinos and a navy blazer. From our emails he had come across as very sweet and caring. From his photos he came across as slightly dorky and a little...awkward looking.....

We did the polite kiss on the cheek and I was checking him out subtly. Not unattractive but a little odd...a slightly neanderthal nose bridge was what kept on catching my eye. Was off putting.

We chatted, mainly about travel for 1.5 hours. He told me how when he travels he finds it all a bit scary and seemed surprised that I'd travelled by myself and enjoyed it. He doesn't even like to have dinner out by himself when travelling within Australia for work....

I suggested it was time to go and asked the time. He noted it had been 1.5 hours- a good sign. Well.....I am able to talk t anyone for any amount of time and it doesn't necessarily mean much except I can talk to anyone for any amount of time.

I am wondering if i need to tweak my profile. To reflect all parts of my personality.

Again, he was nice.
Polite.
Paid for my hot chocolate ( may need to start drinking real drinks on these dates...am over hot chocolate already!)

Am I too picky?
Am I expecting too much too soon?

We cheek kissed goodbye. I'm off on holidays in a few days and he suggested I call him when I'm back....maybe...

Love Boo xox

Our Adventures with Sadhguru, The Mystic

According to The Age, Gordon Ramsay left Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev's retreat in India a much calmer man.  Well if Sadhguru managed to do that, then perhaps attending Sadhguru's presentation at the Melbourne Convention Centre might just be what I need to curb that raging desire to behead people who displeases me.   

Here is a little pic of the guru:

Boo and I through a good friend of our's were invited to attend.  It was a well organised event by the Isha Foundation.  http://www.ishafoundation.org/

It was a rather long presentation (3 hours) and I made a few self discoveries.  Namely, I can't sit still for more than 5 mins at a time and that I can't follow instructions very well. 

Sadhguru is a very entertaining speaker.  He peppered his discourse with anecdotes and jokes.  I'm not quite sure I agreed or understood  a chunk of what he had to say.  For example, Sadhguru was explaining that 'your body was your's but it is not you. Your mind is your's but it is not you'.  Whoa....that was way too complex for this simpleton to comprehend. 

Boo enjoyed the guided meditation and claimed it woke her up a bit.  I found that part terribly difficult.  I couldn't breath to Sadhguru's timing and I could not keep my eyes closed.  So instead I watched the sound the lighting guys that worked for the venue chuckle at everyone. 

The questions and answer time was my favourite bit.  It was very obvious that Sadhguru is a revered guru.  He was asked any thing and every thing from his thoughts on the possibility of alien life to avoiding bad karma. 

Was I enlightened?  Yes!  I tried and learnt about something previously unknown to me.  Do I still want to behead people who displeases me?  Yes!  I still do! Inner peace still eludes me but what the hey, I had an enjoyable evening. 

Cheerio

Beaker

Date da date da date da date da date da date daaaaaa dattttttte!

I am the single, unattached, unpartnered part of Beaker and Boo ( I was there when Beaker went from Ms to Mrs, seems like a looooong time ago Beaker!)

I have been a singleton for some time. I no longer wish to be a singleton, however as my friends keep on and on and on tellin' me, my perfect man is not going to just show up at my front door while I sit watching television. I think this is terribly unfair. And terribly true....though Roger the electrician that came over last year to work out how to stop my lights flashing on and off...and I was just sitting on the couch. Watching him work. Watching his butt.....okay, sorry just got distracted! mmmmm still distracted....

I listened to my friends ( who I believe have failed me by not finding a perfect man for me while they are in their married glory- more on that another day). I joined e-harmony. For a year. I am convincing myself that I am patient and understand it will take time. In reality I want my dream man and life partner now.

I want to skip past the anxious sickening scary parts of getting to know him him and wondering if he likes me and I like him and go straight to sitting comfortably on the couch together. I am seeing a couch theme. Maybe I do need to get out more.

So my first date from e-harmony was yesterday. I was nervous; job interview nervous.

He looked like his photo which was a definite positive. He didn't have an extra head and looked like he was a little nervous too. He opened the door of the cafe for me. I admit, I am a sucker for men who act like gentlemen and open doors. Love it.

I am not a coffee drinker. I had a hot chocolate. He had a coffee. We chatted. His knee accidentally knocked against mine and I pulled back. My arms were crossed across my body.
He was nice....ordinary nice.
Normal.
No chemistry.
No spark.

We had a soft drink, he paid, we left. He said he'll be in touch.

I was happy to have my first on line dating experience over with with no damage done.
He's not the one for me. Now for the next catch up...

Love Boo xox

Sparkles from Witchery

I do tend to enjoy perusing Witchery however I don't often splash out my hard earned cash there.

There are a number of reasons for this...

1. At the moment their clothes are a little too tight for my well fed bod.
2. Their jewellery is gorgeous and on trend but made to last a season or two only...if you're lucky.

Still I am a signed up member and get all their emails. A work friend also forwards on their emails. 40% of her wardrobe comes from Witchery, with another 40% coming from Country Road and she is one of the most well groomed stylish chicks I know.

I had my eye on a necklace. At $79.95 I wasn't tempted.

The email came through, an extra 30% off all sale items from 12-2 pm on Friday 7 Oct. My work friend and I had an early lunch and were at the Southern Cross store at midday. We were a little disappointed by the array of sale items. She came away with 2 long sleeve t's.

The necklace I wanted wasn't there. Sigh. The bracelet was...but I didn't want the bracelet. And and and it was a little odd with a long ribbon tie and pretty sparkly neutral brown beads. Until my stylish friend suggested I could wear it as a necklace-success and SOLD for $27.95!!!!

So what's next on the lust list from Witchery:

http://www.witchery.com.au/just-in/occasion-crystal-bracelet/w1/i6329123_4335133/

Love Boo xox

Who's Sho

Boo and I were in the vicinity of the Crown Complex on Saturday night following an afternoon with a mystic (mystic review in another post).  We were famished.  The place was swarmed with chicky babes besieging the clubs or seedy hard core gamblers.  At 9pm, we had no reservations at the posh places and we didn't care for the thought of eating in the food courts. 

Boo suggested we try Sho Noodle Bar which is a restaurant located deep within the bowels of the casino floor itself.  After weaving through a mass of pokie machines, we found Sho Noodle Bar which does Asian fare.  The fact we could get seating for five at 9pm at night with no reservations, points to the fact that Sho's patrons are generally the gamblers who come in, eat and get out and gamble some more. 

The ambience was very casino-esque.  Smokey mirrors, glossy finishes, shiny downlights, ie I was in danger of bumping into a mirrored wall at every turn.  For those of you unaccustomed to the weird subterranean lighting of a casino, it is slightly disorientating.  A couple of us complained of having sore eyes. 

The food was mostly authentically Asian.  We had:

• Wanton soup -  entree sized bowl of three wantons.  Soup not too greasy

• Penang Fried Kway Teow - Boo's choice.  Smelt very smoky and full of 'wok fire' - the Asians would know what I'm talking about - it's a good thing



Blame Boo for the blurry shot - she must have been too eager to tuck right in



• Pork and Century Egg Congee - authentic-ish enough.  Nice variety with the garnishes - slivers of ginger, sesame oil, Chinese donut, spring onion.  Bit stingy on the century egg and bit weird with roast pork cut offs as the pork bits - it should have been slow cooked pork cooked with the rice and the century egg cooked through the congee rather than sitting on top off so that the flavours merge

• Belachan Kangkung with prawns - my choice.  Garlicky, shrimpy goodness.  Prawns a bit on the mingy side for the price ($21).  I expected more prawns.  Decent bunch of kangkung so I got my greens for the day

• Sweet and Sour Barramundi.  Lovely presentation.  Barramundi was served whole and splayed and swimming in sweet and sour sauce.  Definate wow factor. 

It was overall a yummy feed.  Boo tells me that Sho Noodle Bar had featured in The Age Cheap Eats Guide.  Apparently they hand make some of their noodles but we didn't order any of the hand made ones that night. 

There was an exhaustive selection of teas and beers. 

Overall rating:

Ambience - 4/10 - what a shame it's on the gaming floor so definately not a family friendly place
Food - 6.5/10
Drinks - 6.5/10
Service - 7/10 - quick and impersonal - which is sometimes ok as we didn't have any hoverers which can sometimes a bit off putting
Price - mains start at $18

http://www.crowncasino.com.au/Assets/Files/Sho%20menu%20JUNE%2011.pdf

Sho Noodle Bar
Main Gaming Floor, Crown Entertainment Complex
8 Whiteman St
SOUTHBANK 3006
ph: 92926885

Cheerio

Beaker