Once upon a time, an email went around to my three partners in crime: Mr NQN, Queen Viv and Miss America. I asked them if they would like to come along with me on a little progressive degustation of Chatswood’s new Eat Street. Formerly the railway station, they’ve turned it into a small collection of restaurants including the Bavarian Bier Cafe, Mamak, Arigato Izakaya and Rocket. And would my darling friends like to turn their stomachs over to me in the name of a progressive degustation? The answer was an instant yes. Ahh I do love my friends…
Bavarian Bier Cafe
“Banana beer…it’s so wrong but yet it’s not bad” Queen Viv says taking a sip of my Ladies Beer. It’s a ferociously hot evening and the end to a busy working week. So what’s a gal to do at the Bavarian Bier Cafe but to order a beer?
Ladies banana beer on left
I’m curious when we see Ladies Beer on the menu so I ask the waiter and they explain that these beers are flavoured with fruit syrups (in cherry, peach, banana, lychee and passionfruit) and have no bitterness to them thus making them a ladies beer (cue Emily Howard). In fact the beers on the menu have a bitterness rating to them. I take a sip of my banana beer and it is indeed not bitter at all and has a banana flavour to it. Most interesting and a little strange but not offensive at all.
Diesel beer-how manly!
Mr NQN’s starts the weekend off with a Diesel-a dark lager mixed with Coca Cola just for the curiosity value and they explain to us that this is the “hangover beer”. Hair of the dog I suppose…
Flammebrot with speck $16.50
Food time! We start with a flammebrot which is a pizza style of item with a choice of three toppings-we choose the speck. The bread part is a cross between a pizza and a pane croccante crispbread so that it is crisp at the edges but softer towards the centre. It’s spread with a cream cheese and is topped with onions and speck. It’s not bad-we’d imagine that this would be a good tummy filler to go along with the beer.
Munich Brewer’s platter for two $74
We also nibble on a Munich Brewer’s platter for two-we actually intended it to be some small nibblies but then the plate comes out and takes us by surprise. It is enormous and comes with two large slices of crispy crackling pork belly (oh so delicious, but you need the steak knives for these babies), chargrilled kassler, six sausages, two pieces of fabulous schnitzel, sauerkraut, sweet red cabbage, cinnamon apples and sebago mash.
The sausages are a Nurmberg sausage, a cheese kransky filled with NZ vintage cheese, a thüringer, a leberkase, a beef with marjoram, a bratwrust and a frankfurter and they’re all delicious but my heart is with the schnitzel and the pork belly with the sweet red cabbage and cinnamon apples. We can’t finish it, it is so large and this is our first place to dine.
Stop! Schnapps time! Like Hammertime but better
Ding ding ding! A waiter walks past with a long wooden plank holding some colourful shots and everyone looks around. They’re schnapps shots and every order of schnapps comes with a bonus bell ringing to celebrate it. Lured by the bell chimes we just have to try some for ourselves so we take advice from our friendly manager who also shows us how to hold the glass when you drinks schnapps. You are supposed to look into the eyes of your drinking partners when you drink schnapps. And yes the manager tells us that some night, towards the end of the evening, there is an almost constant ringing of the schnapps bell.
Bergfeuer Mountain Fire $8 on left and Sour apple Schnapps $7 on right
We try two schnapps from the two ends of the spectrum, a very easy to drink sour apple schnapps at a 16% alcohol and then we try one of their signature “fire and ice” schnapps (and a metre of six schnapps can be had for $42 if you are game). Our second schnapps comes from the opposite end and is a 50% alcohol schnapps. Like the name says there is a hot, warming fire sensation when the schnapps goes down but an icey menthol type aftertaste. It also has a very sweet almost faux orange or bubble gum flavour to it afterwards.
And on Tuesdays, there is a schnitzel special where a schnitzel can be had for $17 (instead of $27) and if you are a good girl or boy and finish your schnitzel, you get a free shot of schnapps. Now why didn’t parents try this with our food? 
Arigato Izakaya
To the ringing of the bell, we move onto Arigato Izakaya next door where we will be eating our mains. It would have perhaps been more prudent to start the degustation at the izakaya which features small plates of goodies and then progress to the Bavarian Bier Cafe. There’s a large wooden wheel suspended from the ceiling and it is decorated on brown wooden tones.
We’re thirsty as it’s so hot tonight so we quench our thirst with Japanese Lemonade or “Ramune”. These come in cute bottles where you release the suspended ball by punching in the top with the little plastic device it comes with. The lemonade is sweet with a slight bubblegum flavour.
MrNQN at our urging orders the Blue Ocean, a Soju (Korean distilled beverage) drink which also tastes like bubblegum.
Karaage chicken $8.90
We start with the lightly gingery karaage chicken which is tender and juicy and comes with a very mayonnaisey cabbage salad and mayonnaise drizzle on top. The chicken is very tender and a good size for biting into. The others find that there is too much mayonnaise but speaking as complete mayo freak I’m not complaining-more for me!
Seaweed soup $4.50
Miss America was pining for some seaweed soup so we ordered this. This reminds me more of a Chinese soup with fragrant smokey sesame oil and beef slices and a very generous amount of seaweed in it.
Gyoza 5 pieces for $6.80
I’m not sure why we always order gyoza, it’s probably because all four of us love dumplings. Still, we’re never truly in love with them. They’re not bad mind you, but they’re not as exciting as other dumplings or the other food we’ve ordered.
Soft shell crab salad $9.80
The soft shell crab salad is freshly cooked and hot and the soft shell crab is nice although it is a little oily as deep fried soft shell crab can often be.
Salmon belly sashimi $7.80
We come to our favourite of the night. The salmon belly sashimi is gorgeously silky and fatty and just melts in the mouth. It was everyone’s favourite dish. Oh bliss!
Chef’s special sashimi A $39
A sashimi platter can always be a bit of a risk. You never know how generous they are going to be with the sashimi. Luckily for us, they’re very generous here. This is an enormous serve with a good variety of sashimi. The pieces of sashimi are thicker than other places and sliced down the centre but still attached the bottom and there is salmon, kingfish, tuna, oysters with roe, maguro and hamachi. There is also a Hokkigai surf clam sashimi which is firm with an ever so slight ruberriness to it – Queen Viv doesn’t mind it but it’s not my cup of tea.
Not surprisingly, we are clutching our stomachs somewhat at the amount of food we have eaten. Ahh the price you pay for not pacing yourself at a progressive degustation!
Rocket
We arrive at Rocket at around 9.30pm for our dessert and there has been a misunderstanding about our booking time. We were booked in for 9:30 but they had us down for 8:30pm and now they tell us that their chef has left for the evening and they give us a chiding for this. We’re uncomfortable and don’t feel particularly welcome. After a few moments they relent as we are about to leave and we are shown to our table but it is still awkward. A shame as the desserts were quite good indeed.
Pre dessert: vanilla bean panna cotta with mango sorbet
The panna cotta was rich and creamy with the mango sorbet a refreshing touch to it.
Chocolate marquise with spiced cherry compote $15
The chocolate marquise is a beautifully light as air chocolate mousse coated in a thin, shiny glossy chocolate coating. Despite having a natural aversion to chocolate desserts in hot weather especially after a very large meal this is light and moreish. The fresh cherry compote isn’t particularly spiced but lends a welcome fruitiness to the dessert.
Lavender honey glace, passion fruit, soft meringue $15
I try some of Mr NQN’s dessert (they had run out of the other two desserts) and there is a scoop of lavender honey ice cream sitting on a bed of tangy passionfruit laced curd and some biscuit crumbles. The scoop was topped with a sheet of thin white chocolate on which some burnished meringue piping resembling a jester’s hat. It has a good balance of sweet, crunchy and tangy.
Mamak
And last but not least is a visit to Mamak. We didn’t manage to visit Mamak on this first visit to Chatswood’s Eat Street so Mr NQN and I returned there one evening with The Assman in tow. We were starving, having thought ahead about our food fest to come and our plan was to come twenty five minutes before it opened at 6pm and to get in line into the notorious, seemingly permanent queue and get a seat.
Spreading the roti dough
Until we arrived. It was disturbingly empty outside. There was not a single person standing outside which we have never seen with a Mamak. We get a little closer and peer inside the door to see a restaurant full of people as the opening time was actually 5:30pm! To cap it off permanently late The Assman texts us to tell us that he is running about 10 to 25 minutes late and we know that as soon as we get the table he will saunter in and take a seat. It’s an Elliott trick that they’re known for
Tossing the roti dough
The girl that greets us is very polite and regretful to let us know that everyone has literally just sat down and so we will have to wait for a group to finish their meal until we get a table. Another couple talk to her but since there are only two of them she allows them in (the couple are nice enough to point out that we were waiting first). But soon it feels as the queue is crushing and soon snakes around the corner. The Mamak staff member has everyone’s names and we stand at the front of the queue studying the menu and praying for a table of three to finish and leave. Forty minutes later we take a seat and inside we see that it’s pretty much a doppelganger of the Chinatown version.
Stretching the dough even more!
We order quickly. We are hungry and considering we now have the menu etched in our brain after staring at it for 40 minutes we know exactly what we want. My friend Buxom Wench recommended the teh tarik, roti canai and the fish curry to us. We order in a haze of hunger and we over order but desperate and hungry times call for this desperate measure.
Roti toss!
Limau Ais $3.50
As I take the long walk around to the bathroom and return the food has already arrived-YAY! And of course The Assman arrives just then. I told you, it’s a talent they have…
Tek Tarik $3.50
The teh tarik was a bit late in coming (it arrived after the mains did) but it’s delicious. It’s pulled tea where tea is made from pouring it from glass to glass at a height so that foamy bubbles form. It is a sweet, strong black tea which almost chocolatey overtones to it.
Roti Canai $5
The fluffy multi layered roti is crispy, puffy and airfilled and paired with two curry sauces and a chilli sambal. The Assman is particularly taken with the roti.
Ayam Goreng $7 ($3.50 each)
It’s no wonder the queues are forming as the value is excellent at Mamak. The two deep fried chicken thighs are enormous. They’re coated in a thin, crunchy spiced bright orange coloured batter and the chicken inside is gloriously juicy. OK it’s not exactly low fat but the crunch and the softness are addictive and I even eat some of the bones they’re so soft.
Kari Ikan (fish curry) $16
The fish curry comes out in a very generous serve. Slightly tangy from tamarind it is cooked in, it is lovely and spicy and also has whole tomatoes, okra and eggplant. A little warning, it comes with bones and all so we watch out for these which Buxom Wench had warned us about.
Rojak $12
My favourite item was the rojak which was just the right balance of crunchy, soft, sweet and savoury. A salad was just the right order for this hot weather and it is made with finely julienned cucumber, deep fried tofu cubes, half a hard boiled egg, shredded yam beans and a rich and thick peanut sauce and crunchy prawn and coconut fritters. This is a mamak rojak or inidna rojak as opposed to fruit rojaks that I’ve had before and I much prefer this one. I love the sauce so much that I use the roti to mop it up with.
A dozen satay $14 half beef half chicken
In order to try both chicken and beef, one needs to order the whole dozen sticks. They’re slender sticks flavoured with ginger with a nice char to them-and I do like it when the meat is so flavoursome that you can eat the satay sticks by themselves without the sauce. The chicken sticks in particular are good, the beef are a little offal-ly in flavour.
Nasi Lemak vegetarian $7.50 + $3 for vegetable curry)
The Assman makes quick work of his nasi lemak-I try a bit of coconut rice which is rich and aromatic.
Kari Sayur $7.50
I snuck a little taste of his vegetarian curry made thick with red lentils and it was rich and deep in flavour with a good amount of spice to it. There is tomato, carrot, potato and eggplant in this curry.
Ais Kacang $5
“Do we have room for dessert?” I ask Mr NQN and The Assman and they nod. I breathe a sigh of relief-you see I love Ais Kacang as it reminds me of trips to Singapore to see my mother’s family. It’s the perfect dessert for a hot day. It comes as a tower of shaved ice with rose water syrup, sweetened condensed milk, and a molassesey gula melaka syrup which hides a scoop of sweetened red beans and tiny cubes of grass jelly. The whole shebang is topped with creamed corn. And I had to fight my way to get some as it was both Mr NQN’s and The Assman’s favourite dish.
Roti Tisu $9
The roti tisu is an enormous witches hat shaped item that comes to the table along with the eyeballs of everyone else around you it attracts that much attention. No matter how many times one comes past, people stare. It’s paper thin, as signified by the name and coated in a crispy, sugary crunch so that it shatters like the thinnest glass into shards which you dip into the ice cream. It’s like a super thin palmier cookie. Despite Mr NQN’s dislike for crunchy or dry things, biscuits and wafers, he and the Assman eagerly finish this off and have a lot of fun dipping these into the ice cream.
We ask for takeaway containers to take some of the dishes with us as we weren’t able to finish some of them and these are furnished with a smile. We pay at the counter and walk out the door to a queue that stretches out the back and side of the street.
So tell me Dear Reader, do you often or ever queue for food?
NQN ate at Bavarian Bier Cafe, Izakaya Arigato and Rocket as guests of Chatswood Eat Street.
Bavarian Bier Cafe
Chatswood Central Precinct 1 -5 Railway Street Chatswood NSW 2067
Tel: +61 (02) 8922 8100
Izakaya Arigato
Chatswood Central Precinct 1 -5 Railway Street Chatswood NSW 2067
Tel: +61 (02) 9411 6596
Rocket
Chatswood Central Precinct 1 -5 Railway Street Chatswood NSW 2067
Tel: +61 (02) 9411 8233
Mamak
Chatswood Central Precinct 1 -5 Railway Street Chatswood NSW 2067
Tel: +61 (02) 9411 4411
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Oooh, what fun this was! Everywhere you went looks pretty fantastic, but the idea of ladies beer at the first place really caught my eye — it sounds like they’re really on to something!
Progressive degustation? A nice idea! Love the new Mamak at Chatswood, great value.
Queue for food? hehe not me – I am TOO impatient
Yes in those tiny cafes at hk
man that is ALOT of food !
Mamak is my temple-the roti, oh the roti…
I didn’t have any idea that the eat street exisited. Only four restaurants too but it looks to be a good range that covers a few cuisines. Thank you!
Holy cow! It must be tough job being your partner in crime (laugh)-Not! The food spread is amazing. I was scratching my head a bit at the banana syrup added to beer but, hey no problem here.
Thanks for taking us along on your eating adventure.
Velva
I like the look of Mamak the most. The Barvarian cafe looks stick-to-your-ribs and better for winter. You should never berate the customers, they pay the bills! Rocket must be a bit short sighted to send the chef home so early if they don’t have someone there to pick up the slack. At least the dessert was good!
Love the look of that wasabi leave! I have never been to Mamak as I have always been put off by the long queues. I guess I will have to just do it though as the food looks and sounds worth the wait
I also forgot to mention that that pork belly looked SO good! A definite place to take the boys! BTW I meant wasabi leaf :-p
I have only ever lined up for food at three places in Sydney – Mamak, both in Chinatown & in Chatswood, the new-ish Taiwanese dessert place, Meet Fresh (which is just around the corner from Mamak in Chinatown) and Bourke Street Bakery. All worth the wait
Yum… have been to 3 of the 5 you’ve posted above. Love Rocket, Mamak and BBC. Keen to try Izakaya Arigato now.
I love the idea of a progressive degustation! This all looks lovely (but what a shame about the reception you received at Rocket).
The only time I queue for food is at a market or festival – and even then I don’t like it. If the line is too long I move on
What an absolutely wonderful choice – well, East would win over West for me by a country mile here!! Tho’ speaking from ignorance, Mamak would be my first choice – look at the Q! Mostly young people, many of Asian descent: if they are willing to wait . . .tells a tale! Personally avoid Qs – feel I am hurrying those before me and then feel I have to hurry-scurry myself to make room for others?!
Wow! I’m full just reading this post – where do you put all that food! Looks delicious. I have 1 day and night in Sydney in a few months – what would be your top recommendations for lunch and dinner? Too hard?
Gosh I love mamak, but I hate to queue. For somewhere like Mamak it’s not so bad, but I refuse to go to places like Billy Kwong on principle as when you’re paying so much, you shouldn’t have to line up.
Yes! Always at Laksa King just around the corner from us in Flemington, Melbourne. Best Laksa and Malaysian ever, and so cheap, sounding very like Mamak. They recently moved into a new larger restaurant round the corner from the old food hall style one, now it fits 4 times as many customers and it seems to be just as long a queue, if not longer!
That is such a good idea. I might have to get the girls together and do the same thing.
Did you say ‘Ladies Beer’?? Gotta get me some of that brew
Chatswood Eat Street sounds heavenly. I’ve gotta say I don’t like queuing much, although I kinda got used to it in London & its definatly a sign of a great restaurant, so its becoming ‘worth it’. Hats off to you guys for queuing for 40 mins though.
Lorraine, talking about interesting restaurant…Wow…interesting beer flavors and the photos of the dishes are just awesome
Wow what a time you had!! What a wonderful array of food – as usual I am left wondering where you fit it all?
Go to love those ladies beers!!
Oh gosh!! Bavarian Bier Cafe is the one for me….
Want to go to Mamak but put off by queue aswell. Have queued for Din Tai Fung as they have seats outside plus a menu to look at while you’re waiting – v.organised
While I can’t help being against the ladies beer on principle, I also can’t help wanting to try the lychee one
What amazing, amazing eats. Kinda overwhelming to comment on, actually! Though I have to say that as soon as I say the meringue dessert, I thought “That looks exactly like a jester!”, so was chuffed to find you’d thought the same
Also, I’ve been using that ‘go to the loo to make the food arrive’ trick for years. Works every time
Ladies beer? Brilliant concept, that would certainly get me in the door! I was lucky to get into Mamak Chatswood before word got out and it’s just as good as the Haymarket one!
I really should go to ‘Eat Street’! Looks like all 4 restaurants you visited are good choices. I’ve been to Mamak in Chinatown – one of my friends used to work there, while another works at the Chatswood one. I think next time I go, I’ll order the rojak. Oh, the ais kacang is something I can’t go past!
And the Bavarian Bier cafe… oh man…me & my German food! I’ve been to Lowenbrau at The Rocks, but place looks just as good!
I have no idea how you get through all of that beuatiful food!
I connot imagine ever being hungry again after the first stop off on your degustation dinner.
Great story!
The first time I queued for food that wasn’t Yum Cha was at El Janah’s at the end of last year. It was totally worth it. The next time I queue will be for Mamak…just working up the strength for that long wait in line.
I’m glad you didn’t eat all that food on one night – that would’ve been impressive to say the very least!
I’m not sure if that was a good idea or bad – so much food in one evening….
Mamak looks great and affordable, i am sure its worth the queue.
I am feeling really jealous about now.
And those desserts, yummmmm.
I love your idea of bribing your children with schnapps to finish their food. It obviously has the added advantage of putting them straight to sleep as well!
Banana beer?? I wonder if I would like that. Hmmm. I must say that I once did enjoy a hazelnut-tasting beer long ago in Hawaii. I haven’t found the likes of it since, though.
Now, roti, I LOVE. And of course, now I see why I’ve never attempted to make it at home. My gosh, judging from those photos, I’d have to install an extra-large counter in order to do it. LOL
I love how you blogged about healthy high tea and then the next a crazy degustation!
Mmm. Nice!
I’m moving to Sydney in April, and Chatswood is definitely on my list of potential places to stay.
All these restaurants don’t help matters either!
Cheers
Craig
I didn’t realise Chatswood had developed so much food-wise. The north shore is definitely improving in eating-out options compared to when I lived there a few years ago.
I will only queue for yum cha, and only if everyone in the queue is Chinese!
The food looked great – but I can’t imagine how full you must have felt at the end of the evening and how much exercise was required to burn off the calories consumed. Unless you just picked at the food – but that would be a waste!
Have heard so much about Mamak , must go soon. Love the look of those rotis.
I’ve queued at food festivals and at Chinta Ria, Darling Harbour, Billy Kwong’s and Toko’s as well. The things we do for food, lol .
Oh I live fifteen minutes away, I haven’t seen the do-up of Chatswood yet. Looks fabulous… I go weak at the knees for roti !
He he, great post Lorraine. We have been to Eat Street a couple of time and we tell ourselves we’ll try something new but when we get there we head straight for Mamak
I love their ais kacang, it is actually particularly good. Touch wood but the times we’ve been there, we only had to wait about 10 minutes.
The only time I ever queue willingly in Sydney is for Mamak. Occasionally I queue unwillingly for yum cha, although from now on, I’m trying the Assman’s trick and coming late after someone else has secured a table! Glad you had a good time – lots of feasting is good for the soul!
I am full just looking at the post, even before reading it!
Normally you never fail to make me homesick. But last night as I lay in bed reading this on my phone waiting for Hussyband to come to bed, I shed a little tear.
I lived in Chatswood, a 10min walk from where Eat Street has FINALLY opened, for the last 16 years. If you wanted pub grub, or Chinese/Thai/Japanese- Chatswood ticked almost all the boxes. But when i read this – I cried.
FINALLY FINALLY somewhere for decent beers. Hussyband is distraught that his hikes to Cammeray and the City for Belgian brews would now have been a thing of the past.
I am lamenting missing that gorgeous sashimi plate (although the name of the restauarnt is a little cheezy – did it have a true izakaya feel to it – and how was the sake selection?)
But most of all – I am happy that TIDC/Laing FINALLY finished the bloody construction works! That has to be the longest rebuild on a station precinct in memory!
Thanks for my tears – I will cherish them.
My brain screeched to a halt when I read the words “banana beer”; my officemates and I then began squabbling whether or not anything of the sort would actually taste good.
Plus, I felt weak all over at the sight of the butcher’s platter and all those gorgeous, glorious Malay dishes. Oh, for a bite of roti canai!
Oh my I;m holding my stomach at the thought of finishing the food AND beer at Bavarian Bier cafe. I should go back and try their ladies beer, if it’s designed for a lady then I must be able to drink it – can’t hack regular beer. Ooo and I love the Roti and Rojack at Mamak, I think that’s all I’d ever order =D
I’ve heard soooo many things about Mamak which somehow makes me want to laugh! Hahah. but that first place you went too, OMG.. so much pork! I’d die and go to heaven!
Have to get to Mamak – I haven’t gone out for Malaysian yet, something I MUST remedy.
I only line up for about 10 minutes – any longer and I walk away.
Really love the idea of a progressive degustation!
Oh for heavens sake lady, STOP IT! You know how to tempt Lorraine, and you are killing me with this gorgeous spread! I want some cherry beer to begin with please … and and and … SO MUCH CHOICE! Well done! I ♥ your partners in crime! WTG!!
I work right across the road so I’ve tried most of these places. Mamak came very highly recommended so I was really disappointed when my satays were raw
I might try it one more time though.
..And so I am now on the hunt for recipe Roti. At first glance, the witches hat looks like flour tortilla. But then the plate of
roti looks like something I MUST try..
I’d like the tool that makes a little box out of mousse.
That looks like great bar food, very filling and comforting! And banana beer, I’m not a beer drinker but it sounds intriguing…
Sounded like fun! Loved the jester-hat meringue!I might pinch that idea..
I especially like the whole”traditions” a place has,like sounding the schnapps bell, the hand-made roti ritual streching and rolling into delicate,paper thin sheets.
I have waited in line for some time(40min) at a Korean/sushi bar in Brisbane CBD,it has the best sushi in the entire Brisbane!!
I have never seen roti like that… I always think of it as flat and dense… revelation to see that girl twist and stretch it to gossamer… must be delish… give me that and that porky bread and I’m good to go!
Wow they’ve finished finally – it looks great. I haven’t been to Chatswood for a while, now I have a very good reason to do so (namely mouth-watering sashimi). Thanks for sharing!
The desserts at Rocket look so nice!
Hi Faith-It was indeed a fun night!
It actually wasn’t bitter at all which was great!
Hi joey-hehe it’s easy to do it there!
Hi Lisa-hehe I know, me too
Hi Michelle-ahh is it worth it in the end?
Hi Betty-it sure was
Hi Adrienne-hehe I love watching them toss it!
Hi Quinn-yes I guess it does, a bit of something for everyone
Hi Velva-hehe well it does involve eating a lot of food
Yes it ended up being surprisingly nice! You’re welcome and thankyou for coming along Velva! 
Hi Rebecca-Yes it’s definitely winter food and very rich although if you have a hankering for pork then it’s a great choice
Yes that was a very strange interaction I must say!
Hi The Food Mentalist-Yes they can be intimidating if you are hungry!
Yep man sized portions and meals at BBC 
Hi Clara-Ahh yes as long as it’s worth the wait then it is all good
Hi mashi-Ooh try the salmon belly! We all loved that *drools*
Hi Chanel-it is lots of fun!
I know, that was very off putting 
Oh yes festivals can have really long queues!
Hi EHA-I know, the queues are so constant there
Yes that’s true, not much lingering and waiting then!
Hi Leah-hehe imagine doing it
I don’t know, it’s probably why I eat so schizophrenically 
What kind of food do you like and what sort of budget are you looking at? 
Hi Reemski-That’s a good point!
Hi Christie-Ahhh if it’s cheap and tasty then perhaps that means queues no matter what size I suppose!
Hi Laura-great stuff! And you don’t have to go very far between places too
Hi Anna-I did!
yes true, it’s part of the “buzz” I guess! Thankyou!
Hi Juliana-Thankyou so much!
Hi Cate-hehe I had to eat a lot of salad for a few days afterwards
Hi penny-Have you had the platter? So yummy!
Hi JT-yes they have the waiting quite ordered there!
Hi Hannah-haha you are too funny
hehe I wonder if they did that on purpose to look like a jester? Haha I’ll try again that next time I’m starving 
Hi Moya-ahh you’re clever getting in early!
Hi Liv-Ooh that rojak was so delicious! I can taste it now!
yes it’s very similar food there to Lowenbrau 
Hi GourmetGetaways-hehe I must admit I have no idea how we did too!
thankyou!
Hi MelbaToast-that’s great that it was worth it!
Hehe perhaps bring snacks along? 
Hehe no I’m not stomach suicidal! 
Hi muppy-It was fun and don’t forget, it was only 3 restaurants!
Hi Adele-haha see win win!
Hi Carolyn-It’s unusual but it really isn’t that bad
Yes it sounds like you need quite a lot of tossing skill and counter space there that I just don’t have 
Hi Kelly-hehe it’s that schizophrenic eating again
Hi Craig-Oh excellent! Well if you live there you could be a regular!
Hi Jen-yes I know, there are so many places popping up nowadays!
Hi Ellen-haha that’s a good idea!
Hehe no we ate heartily but hit a wall! 
Hi Matilda-Ahh yes they’re all places that have queues but good food too
Hi foodie and the chef-Oh lucky you being so close!
Hi shaz-Thanks Shaz!
Hehe it’s hard to resist isn’t it! Mmm that ais kacang in this weather… 10 minutes! Wow! 
Hi Celia-haha well only if you want to really annoy your dining partners which I don’t think you would do!
Hi Nuts about food-hehe I don’t blame you
Hi Aussie Foodie-aww that is so sweet! Well when you come back you’ll have somewhere great to go for everything which is great! You’re welcome and I hope there are some happy tears among them
Hi Midge-Haha I wish I could send you some!
Yes so much good food in two evenings!
Hi angie-Hehe it’s good for those that don’t like bitterness and want a mild beer I think
I can’t really drink regular beer either 
Hi msihua-I know that pork was so good! I’m drooling thinking about it!
Hi JasmyneTea-Ahh then I recommend going early for Mamak to avoid the ever present queues
Thanks, it’s such a fun idea!
Hi deeba-Haha sorry Deeba!
I love them too, they’re willing to try anything! 
Hi Shaggy-Oh no, raw? That’s terrible!
Hi Linda-there’s one in the new Poh’s kitchen but I don’t know what it’s like. Yes that was a fetching dessert!
Hi Joyti-yes good to soak up the alcohol!
Hi sia-I know, isn’t it cute!
There’s a lot of choice there which is nice 
Ooh the best in entire Brisbane! 
Hi deana-Yes it’s quite unusual isn’t it! It’s so tin and crispy-yum
Hi spider flower-Has it taken a while? Some construction jobs seem to take forever don’t they! You’re welcome
Hi Karen-They were pretty good I have to say!
Oh how fun Lorraine! All of us at Eat Street are so glad you enjoyed your progressive degustation. We’ve put it up on our Facebook Page: facebook.com/eatstreetSYD and Twitter.com/eatstreetSYD
You’re a great writer and the photos are fantastic!
Great adventures and beautiful photos!
I love the fried chicken at mamak and I will definitely have to get that rojak next time I go there
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