Hawker Malaysian Street Food, Sydney

Watching a movie, you always want to have something quick and easy as you are always in need of being time conscious. This is why Miss CC and I made our visit to Hawker Malaysian Street Food before our movie. Seize any opportunity when possible.

It’s unfortunate that with time, because as time conscious we are – we do tend to forget time as well. We ran out of time to try the infamous apam balik, so until next time …

Left: Cham ping $4
Right: Milo ping $4

Miss CC got half tea, half coffee and that was so refreshing with the Sydney heat, the mix of sweet tea with bitter coffee was rather distinctive. I chose the milo, and it was just a nice chilled glass of milo.

Ikan bakar $16

We were told there was a 20 minute wait for the stingray, however it was the first to arrive at the table. Though, even if there is a 20 minute wait, I would totally still order this. I love the fried skin and the soft tender insides, along with the dipping sauce on the side creating a spicy and tangy touch to the fish.

Popiah $8

The popiah was filled with yambean, shredded omlette, minced tofu, cucumber and crispy shallots. The soft spring roll reminded me of the hoisin sauce in a peking duck, perhaps just a vegetarian version of a peking duck and already wrapped into a spring roll.

KL Hokkien Mee $14

Everyone orders the Char Koay Teow, and I know people would wonder why we would not. However, we both did not feel like it and wanted to try something new, so we opted for the KL hokkien mee, it is stir fried in a black sauce with prawns, pork slices, cabbage and crispy pork fat. With a touch of chilli sauce, and I am addicted.

It was a shame that we missed out on the sweets section, but there we will definitely be back to try it. Oh! And if you’re not a fan of durian, you have been warned that there are deep fried durian and that smell once a spoon slides through is completely… deadly. Obviously I am not #teamdurian

Hit: Stingray

Miss: Popiah

Hawker Malaysian Street Food

Shop G 02, 345B-353 Sussex Street,

Sydney

Chi & Co, Canley Heights

What a great lunch at Chi & Co,

I am here to let you know,

That nothing here was ever slow,

If you haven’t been – it’s time to go!

I have wanted to go to Chi & Co for a while now, but it’s not exactly close so it’s never really easy to plan. So, imagine my excitement when Miss CC told me ouffer had a $39 coupon for two! Instantly purchased, Miss CC and I planned to head over for a lunch date before our RTCC volunteer work on a Friday afternoon.

“May we also have a menu?”

“… there’s a lot of food already…” The waiter treaded delicately over our request.

“Oh, we want to look at the menu and there are some things we want to also try…” because #yolo

We sat down and ordered the peach and lemon mocktail jug (not included in coupon). This is totally something that is preparing for Summer, and on our lovely Friday it was perfect as it was the super hot weekend! This was refreshing, sweet and hitting all the right spots with the sweet peach juice.

Pulled beef sliders $9

Seriously, I am not joking we sat down, chose our drinks and the food was here before we knew it! We started with the pulled beef sliders, the mantou bun is soft but I wouldn’t find them softer than tsuru or wonderbao. I’m not usually one that likes mint, but it does compliment the beef well.

Chicken lettuce delights $11

We are about to take bites into our sliders and boom, the chicken lettuce delights is placed on the table. Fried glass noodles sits atop a bed of chinese pork sausage, mushrooms, and water chestnuts.

Steamed seafood dumplings $11.90 | Steamed pork dumplings $10.80

I wouldn’t call it a rest, because we are then hit up with dumplings! They’re light and slide down well, covered in a light ginger soy sauce makes it tasty, but I always like to add some chilli sauce as well to give it that kick in my dumplings.

House duck spring rolls $11.80

The duck spring rolls were nice, because since when is any spring roll not nice? As long as it’s crunchy, it’s usually pretty good. But I must say, I did find it hard to it taste the duck. I also chose not to use the plum sauce, as it was way too sweet.

Massaman beef curry $18.80

Ok, and here is when we are invited with a wait for the first time since we arrived. First we get the massaman beef curry. This reminds me of a rendang, although I know clearly they are not entirely the same in any sense. Perhaps it was the beef cuts, but there was something about it that just screamed rendang to me.

Kung pao chicken $20.80

The kung pao chicken was super tasty, it was strong in the sweet soy department, perhaps lacked the spicy kick a bit but that would have been fine for Miss CC. It was rather addictive to go back for more especially for the cashew nuts.

Stir-fried greens $8

The vegies were fresh, stir fried in soy it was nice to indulge on whilst complimenting the two meat dishes.

Now, that concludes the $39 deal … Let's proceed to the extra's Miss CC and I indulged on!

Son in law eggs $7.90

I have wanted to come to Chi & Co for so long and there are rare chances for me to be over on this side of Sydney, Miss CC and I were not going to just stop there right? So, I had wanted the son in law eggs from the get go! The eggs were still slightly wobbly, and deep fried giving that light crunch yet falling apart after getting through that exterior. But what really kicks ass is that XO sauce; the dried scallop with subtle chilli based sauce really gives the eggs a karate kick!

Pork belly sliders $9

You should all know the love Miss CC I have for pork by now, so there was also no passing by on the pork belly sliders. The pork was crispy with only slight ribbons of fat. Not exactly melt in your mouth, but enough to satisfy our needs, with a refreshing slice of cucumber and dollop of hoisin sauce.

Fried white chocolate ice cream $14.90

Now, onto the happy ending, Miss CC mentioned the fried white-chocolate ice cream. Ok, so the ice cream itself was sort of like a vanilla ice cream but what really makes this the ultimate favourite would be that raspberry coulis! Sweet, sour and healthy (because it’s the fruity component) it makes the fried exterior have more taste, and gives the ice cream that sourness letting the creamy goodness mix with it’s thick fruity goodness. 

drizzle ...

I speak as if the fried ice cream is only there to compliment this coulis, when we all know what is meant to be main part of the dessert. Opps? But no joke, if I had not poured it on top of the ice cream, I would have just taken the shot by itself…

Chi's tapioca shot $4.50

I probably should have had this before the fried ice cream, because this was nice but not great. But in saying that, this is apparently the popular dessert. I can see why, if you have not had the fried ice cream! I love sago, having the gems sitting in the coconut custard was delicious the palm sugar offers you an added sweetness as the sesame gives the dessert an interesting smokey hit and pop goes the sweet pomegranate.

But no, go for the fried ice cream.

So, have you ever purchased a coupon and added more food on your set menu and been told that you already have enough food? Please let me know Miss CC and I aren’t the only ones … or are we?

Hit: White chocolate fried ice cream with raspberry coulis

Miss: Duck Spring rolls

Chi & Co

3/264 Canley Vale Road,

Canley Heights

(Entrance on Derby St)

Menulog: Sedap Eastgardens

The cooler days are upon us and winter is fast approaching. And it’s times like this which makes all feel a little too unwilling to leave the comfort of our homes.

The time of hibernation begins.

So what happens when no one in the household wants to cook, leave the house, and there isn’t that one strong and willing person that will sacrifice and go pick up some take away. Well, here I introduce to you all something that can be life changing (You're welcome. I take no responsibility if you become overly addicted to this service as I can see how it can happen).

Menulog. What is it? It is a service that offers you a range of eateries in your area. Place an order with them online or via the app and your order will be automatically sent to the restaurant and BOOM KNOCK KNOCK food to your door! Talk about easy, convenient and a way to satisfy that tinsy bit of lazy in all of us.

All I did was punch in my postcode, viewed my choices, ordered, paid (payment options are credit card, paypal or cash), and waited. What happened after I paid was, I got a text giving me an approximate time of arrival for my delivery. If I am being pedantic, my approximate time was 55 minutes, my arrival time was 65 minutes.

Was I bothered about this? Not really. I do give deliveries about an hour, give and take normally anyways.

So, after all that information overload. Let’s have a look at what cuisine was chosen, and what food was demolished into my belly…

Sedap has opened in Eastgardens for a while now, and I have always wanted to go and try but never had the chance. Seeing it on the list already concluded what I wanted, it helped that everything in my area is pizza dominated.

Deep Fried Sedap Homemade Tofu $14.80

Yes, I know … you cannot complain about deep fried when ordering take away. Because it will never give you that same effect, but I just really wanted tofu! Don’t worry, the “crunch” is not going to be a complaint, however this dish was a little too salty for me to have tasted anything else. Tofu was silken smooth though.

Curry Chicken $13.80

The curry chicken, my favourite dish. It offered enough curry taste and spice. It could be a little spicy for those who cannot take spice too much, but I absolutely love it. Beware to those who aren’t a fan of bones as the chicken pieces do contain bones!

Nasi Goreng Kampong $13.00

The Nasi Goreng comes with a wedge of lemon; I’m personally not much of a fan with lemon. I can usually give it a miss, but if the majority likes lemon – I’ll go with the flow. The fried rice was tasty, but I am a chilli fan so drizzling this with the chicken curry enhanced the flavours for me.

So remember, if you are feeling a little lazy and want to just curl up in front of the television or whatever that tickles your fancy. Hop onto menulog and get it delivered to your door!

Hit: Curry Chicken

Miss: Deep Fried Sedap Homemade Tofu

Journey From Within was given a $30 voucher from Menulog. All comments on this post are based on my own thoughts.

Many thanks to Josh from Menulog for organising.