my name is Food.: Chermside

Bin 931 | Westfield Chermside, Chermside, Brisbane

Asian Fusion May 24, 2021

Bin 931 was quite a nice place to have shared plates trying a bit of this and that. Unfortunately they have now permanently closed but I thought they deserved a review hence why this review has been written. Offering modern australian cuisine options but also some asian fusion, as what I'd like to call it.

Wanting to try something cold but also warm and refreshing as well, we opted to order a bit of everything. Not so much a starter or entree, a main or a dessert per say but shared plates. Their menu isn't as extensive so you won't take too long perusing through it.

Salmon cured with lemongrass & lime, pickled cucumber, chilli, coriander and sweet soy. This was refreshing to eat. The salmon was cured nicely and yet it still melted in your mouth. The pickled cucumber was a nice kick to pair it with. There was no coriander though even if it was written on the menu.

Sticky sweet and sour pork served with asian slaw and crispy shallots. This was yum! I would definitely order this again but a bigger bowl would've been good as it was hard to even fork out something without anything falling out. Or even trying to mix it altogether was a pain. The pork seemed like it was fried then marinated and the sweetness and stickiness of it definitely popped out but not so much the sour. The asian slaw had a good mixture of cabbage, carrots, capsicum, cucumber topped with crispy shallots.

Prawn & Moreton Bay Bug agnolotti with lemon beurre blanc. Such a delicate dish but I ordered their Entree size which came with four agnolotti. The sauce was rather subtle and I would've preferred it to be stronger but yet I didn't mind it. The prawn and moreton baby bug was quite substantial but I could not distinguish the difference between the two when I bit half into the agnolotti. So I wasn't too sure myself if it was more prawns or vice versa, or maybe half half. The agnolotti was cooked al dente and paired off nicely with the beurre blanc.

I would simply go back for the sweet and sour pork salad and would go back again to try their other items on the menu but sadly they have now closed.

*Please note this is a delayed post and as such, the establishment has now permanently closed.

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HQ Cafe - Chermside, Brisbane

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Shiki Oriental - Westfield Chermside, Chermside, Brisbane

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Chermside Tavern, Westfield Chermside, Chermside, Brisbane

American June 10, 2017

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Bulgogi Bros, Chermside, Brisbane

Asian March 13, 2017

It's not everyday that you see there is a Korean restaurant in the northside area but finally, here in Chermside, you can finally go to one without having to go that extra mile down to the city or southside just to get your Korean fix. Their menu ranges quite widely offering various dishes from noodles and rice as well as fried chicken and hot pot. A humble but cute nook I have to say, filled with wooden chairs and tables.

Side dishes were given to you after your main dishes has arrived which I think should be the other way around as side dishes should arrive first, allowing the diners to be able to have a chat and nibble while they wait for their food to arrive. Kimchi, radish and wilted salad mix with instant mini tofu pieces lightly seasoned.

'Hae-mul Pajeon' (AUD$10), a pan fried korean pancake filled with seafood and vegetables. Usually, it would be served in a big round plate but this time, it was technically two mini pan fried pancakes served with a light soy sauce dip. Unfortunately, I did feel that it lacked the saltyness as well as the filling as the seafood was only just a pinch. For the same price or even slightly higher, I would be willing to pay more elsewhere for a decent size real pan fried pancake.

'Mu-Geon-Ji Kimchi Jim' (AUD$35) was one of their few options for hot pot. Korean hot pots are great for sharing and also during cool nights. This specific hot pot consisted of ripe kimchi and pork belly as the main star of the dish. Again, when other Korean restaurants offers rice bowls with every hot pot order or even noodles in it, this place didn't. So bear that in mind.

Yep, you have to buy extra noodles if you wanted noodles inside the hotpot. The choices between so-called Ramen noodles or Korean glass noodles (the clear noodles that is used for Jap-chae). We decided to get the ramen noodles with the thought it was actual ramen noodles. Sadly, when this piece of instant noodle was served on a small side plate, we were rather dissapointed. R was quite upset and felt that she should've probably chose the glass noodles instead as they would probably be better and healthier than these instant noodle. Nonetheless, we did add it into our hot pot and left it to cook and sizzle away.

After mixing it around, you would need to break the instant noodles into pieces as the soup may just over flow if you do try and push down the instant noodles into the hot pot. Be careful when mixing with the ladle as the soup can splatter onto you and since it is kimchi based, no one wants red marks on their white shirts.

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Beach House Bar & Grill, Westfield Chermside, Chermside, Brisbane

American January 05, 2016

The Beach House has always been one of the go to places when you're in the CBD and wanting a simple but casual dining place to have a beer or pub food while listening to live music. Although it could get loud at times especially on friday nights, it would always be quite packed. Now that they've opened at Westfield Chermside, it allows people living around the area to try and dine the same or even a better experience.

A new feel, much more modern but still keeping its casual ambience when compared to the city restaurant. Beach House has always been a more of a self service restaurant meaning that there is no table service. You order at the counter, get given a buzzer then when the buzzer vibrates, you would have to pick up your own food at the counter. Usually this can get confusing when there are similar or the same food on the counter meaning that they may be other diners' food and not yours. It is sometimes hard though to get the attention of the waiters because even if they were not as busy, let's say walking around or standing around the bar as they seem to be nowhere near and the person at the counter would be busy taking orders. It is quite hard when you don't get any advice on which were your meals or her or his meals so you would just have to go with your feeling and hope that the food you're taking off the table is yours.

Lunch specials of $9.90 dishes offers a few various choices you may choose. This was their 'Rump & chips and salad' with any sauce of your choice. The fries were beer battered which was crispy and fried well, the salad is just a simple garden salad with a mixture of greens, shredded carrots, tomato and cucumber. The salad looked fresh but was bland due to the lack of sauce.

The steak was cooked well to our liking, the pepper sauce however though was not as strong as I thought it would be, there were bits of peppercorn but they were just very light in terms of texture but overall, it is a pub meal and it wasn't too bad.

'Chicken Parmigiana & chips and salad' seemed to have been done in a rush or so as the plate was kind of all over the place when we were picking it up from the counter. Again, beer battered fries and garden salad was the same as above however there was more sauce on the salad than before.

As for the chicken itself, I was quite dissapointed.. It was very small as you can see in portion, it seemed like the biggest chip would be its size. A slab of cheese and ham on top along with a tomato based sauce or napoli sauce as it may be, did not make it any better. The tomato sauce based didn't seem to have much seasoning whilst some of the chicken breast seemed to have some burnt areas along the edges.

As you can see, the chicken breast was very thin and although the crumb was thin, the whole dish just didn't do it for me overall.

I quite enjoyed the interior of the restaurant, it has been designed well giving it a homey but also beach side feeling with bits of pieces of the things you could find at the side of the beach and also the artificial greens in the pots just gave the whole wall a bright new light and a nice view while eating.