Taste of Shanghai, Eastwood

We're still in moving mode and our kitchen is still unpacked so lately we have either been out somewhere local for dinner or I've been pressing out jaffles but hopefully the kitchen will be done by tonight and I can start cooking again.  

We haven't come to this restaurant since it opened a couple of years ago due to the chaotic service we had repeatedly received and that the food was not to Cheesecake Boy's taste at the time. However, we decided to give them a second chance and we were pleasantly surprised this time.

Cheesecake Boy is not usually a huge fan of shallot pancakes but we order them because I like them.  He's surprised this time as they are not doughnut shaped ones.  However, he really likes these ones and helps me demolish them.

Shallot pancake $7.80

Eastwood Garden Peking Restaurant, Eastwood

Dumpling girl and I have been regular visitors to this restaurant for the last 4 years or so due a number of reasons. In fact this is where our culinary journey started together. With so many fond memories from this place, we often find ourselves dining on our favourite dishes.

Arriving on a Tuesday night to find the restaurant only moderately busy, we were glad to be able to be seated without having to wait. Taking a seat near the door we were provided with menus to decide what to eat. I often feel that we don't even need the menus as Dumpling Girl almost always chooses the steamed tofu with fish and shallot pancakes and I almost always order the shredded beef and hot and sour soup.

The food arrived promptly and Dumpling Girl managed to remember to take photos before digging in. The hot and sour soup was first to arrive which is my favourite of any Chinese Restaurants. After sharing the soup together the Shallot Pancakes arrived with the shredded steak and our rice. The sweetness of the sauce on the shredded beef really makes it a delicious dish and I don't care how much I get mocked for it as most "Gwai Lo" order this dish. Dumpling Girl's steamed tofu with fish arrived and we commenced eating it. The combination of tender fish and soft Tofu coupled with the sweet, salty sauce makes this dish Dumpling Girls favourite at this restaurant.

Being a very busy restaurant, there are always a lot of wait staff around to take your order and it means that there are a lot of chefs in the kitchen. Part of the reason we enjoy this restaurant so much is that there is no nonsense. The diners are promptly seated with orders quickly taken. The food arrives in only a few minutes and is always consistently of a high standard. The serving sizes are generous for the price. All of these factors add up to making this what is probably our favourite Chinese Restaurant in this area of Sydney.

Given our attachment to this restaurant I can imagine that we will have many more happy memories of dining here long in to the future.

Apologies for the quality of the photos - Dumpling Girl's camera is dying we think