so, we splitted... and both of us went to have something else, as... he's still not THAT satisfied with just the duck, and complimentary...
we went to our usual Malaysian cafe/restaurant place... he wanted to have some prawn noodle, after I showed him some eating guide and blog on the internet on malaysian cuisine, mind you, they really look very yummy!!! and in fact, I was craving for teh tarik (ah!! come to think of it, I haven't had any teh tarik as in teh tarik, for more than 1/2 year already, how sad!!!)
so, there's Chilli Padi in Melbourne Central... we went there when we first came.. then, later, we found out, the owner happens to be his colleague's uncle, from teluk intan... both of them were working profession before, but one day, the wife decided to open up a restaurant, and she went for some cooking course... and... there you go, Chilli Padi, in Melbourne Central...
This restaurant's business is pretty good... next to it, is THE Max Brenner... and this Chilli Padi, the owner is a very businessman businessman, ^_^ the restaurant is opened till late night, (not the usual 'late night' standard, but real, real, late night, till morning, 4am) serving light snack, for those party goers during the weekend.... and once a month, they've some wine tasting event cum fine dining dinner, that costs roughly AUD100++, anyway...
That's the boss who's standing there, funny thing is, the boss looks very fierce, but his wife, looks like a very nice friendly lady, as she always smile, together with her eyes(there're people who only smile with the mouth, FAKE!!)
Well.. I wouldn't say the prawn noodle is exactly as those back home, however... in this city, faraway from home, when you crave for one, this helps...
As for me, I'm not a prawn noodle lover(never!), so, I actually like their beef rendang here, really good and tasty... mm... comparatively, it can be said, it's as good as the rendang back home... ^_^ (drool!!)
Whereas, the teh tarik I had that day, was the first teh tarik I've had... it's not the same as the roadside teh tarik back in Malaysia, but you'll find plenty of them in those slightly expensive local cuisine restaurants back in Malaysia... I call them the expensive teh tarik... (usually it'll cost RM3.00-3.50, compare to the roadside teh tarik, RM1.20)
Therefore... it's up to the standard ^_^ well... the taste is definitely different (expensive vs. roadside) as the tea that they use, is different...
ps: there is another restaurant here, near Bridge Road, Richmond, somehow you think that, it's called Chilli Padi, but it's actually not... this site, USED to be the Chilli Padi old site, then, they moved to Melbourne Central, then... the 'successor' who occupies the place, also do Malaysian food, but didn't take away the banner outside the shop... we nearly got deceived the first time... I was shopping at Bridge Road, then, came across this restaurant... and we heard that, the prawn noodle in Chilli Padi is good, so, we thought this is the Chilli Padi, so, we went in. After browsing through the menu, we couldn't find any prawn noodle, so we got suspicious... then, we started to hesitate... and since the waiter didn't come to talk to us immediately, so, we took the chance to runaway... ^_^ and later, we went to the real Chilli Padi, near Melbourne Central, which we in fact, have always passed by, but didn't stop by... ^_^
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