my name is Food.: Sunnybank

Southside Bistro | Sunnybank, Brisbane

Asian August 12, 2019

After having a few coffee catch ups here, we decided to come and try their actual savoury food one afternoon. They don't have much seating inside so we opted for their outside seating which has more space and fresh air too. It does tend to get quite busy here especially during the night time but the downside is that many places that do offer coffees and desserts don't open till late.

Started off our lunch with their homemade lemon tea, it was just okay. Nothing special but it was more on the sweet side for me which I wasn't a big fan of, less sugar would've been preferable.

This was one of their specials on the day which I was interested in so decided to get that. It was their Pan fried pork fillet served w sticky tamarind glaze, sweet potato puree, fresh bok choy and marinated bamboo salad. One thing I have to say about this dish would be salty.

Unfortunately the whole dish was just salty here and there for me, for us. At first I thought it was just me but then when he tried it too, he said that same thing. The sweet potato puree was smooth but salty. The pork fillet was pan fried well but the actual meat itself could not be enjoyed thoroughly due to the bok choy and bamboo salad placed on top of it, which again..was salty.

The sticky tamarind glaze on the pork fillet was very mild as I could not taste the tamarind flavour. Underneath the sweet potato puree was also quite watery which I was unsure whether it was from the actual tamarind glaze or maybe there was supposed to be something liquidy that went with it. The creamy sauce was okay but I think it did not add anything to the dish as the dish itself seem disjointed.

One of their well known dishes would have to be their baos. I was excited for it but when it arrived, I didn't realise it was going to be quite small and not as filling as I had hoped it would be. Yes, the amount of paprika salted fried was generous but I would rather have smaller portion of fries and maybe another bao for the price I paid.

The green pesto sauce was really nice, I enoyed it with the fries. The bao itself was fine, the char siu pork was great but we had much more fat content than meat. It was also hard to pick it up like sandwich to bite into it as everything started falling out of the bao itself. Again, for the Mr, this could've easily been a few bites and he would be done with it.

Overall, I liked this dish better than the other but would've been better if we had another bao, filled sufficiently and suitable for people to hold and bite into it without everything dropping from left and right after each bite.

*Please note this is a delayed post and as such, the menu may have changed since my visit to the establishment.

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Parkland Chinese Restaurant - Sunnybank, Brisbane

Asian February 09, 2019

A busy place to be in this chinese restaurant, especially when it's yum cha time. A wide variety of dishes from small to large size as well as a-la-carte menu available should you prefer to have a stir fry or roast meat or veges instead.

Steamed pork and prawn siu mai, is a classic and there's times when I usually never pick this but then there are times when I genuinely miss it. The prawn does slightly overpower the pork meat but that didn't bother me. Dip it in the soy sauce dipping sauce to give that slight saltyness.

Shanghai Pork Dumplings, usually known as Xiao Long Bao, which is famous and delicious. You do have to remember to never poke this with your chopstick but instead, pick it up with a chopstick on the sides and carefully place it on a spoon before eating it as a whole.

Once you break it, the goodness soup will just go everywhere and you won't be able to eat the full dumpling tasting the meat and the soup together which is the best part. The skin is quite thin, so just take your time and be careful to not break it.

Prawn dumplings, a very thick and juicy prawn meat inside these thin clear skin. Usually many would like it with the chilli sauce, but I'd eat it alone as is.

Bean Curd roll with prawn and pork, there is also a chicken version but prawn and pork usually wins over that. The slight roughness of the bean curd is accompanied by a slight sweet sauce base and I'd suggest asking the waiter to cut these in half as it will make it blow out some steam. If not, there has been a few times where we actually burnt our tongues due to the hotness of this after the first bite. Not a good feeling I tell you.

Sticky rice is always a good one to choose from the trolley however it is rather filling so we usually would share this, one between two. It's usually filled with minced, chinese sausage and mushrooms. This wasn't too bad I guess as you actually would get a big chinese sausage slice and quite a bit of minced meat and mushroom. The stickyness of it is what I enjoy.

Not too sure why they call it this but French Style BBQ Pork Buns, is definitely one of a winner everytime I come here. It's quite big, have a somewhat sweet cookie upper exterior and after a bite, you are welcomed with bbq pork goodness inside with a fluffy dough surrounding it. It can get a bit messy with the crunchier upper just dropping off after a bite but it's just that good.