Category: Finding Myself – Adelaide

Adelaide Pho, it’s known to be the best pho in Adelaide CBD. Well… Well… Maybe… I don’t know as I don’t eat pho in the CBD, most of the time we would go to the Vietnamese area for it.

Adelaide Pho is located at 199 Waymouth Street. We went there because we had got no idea where to eat after coming back from Robe.

As usual, whenever I’m in a Vietnamese eatery, I’ll order its pho, nothing else but pho (pronounce it as something like “fur” with very light sound of “r” *LOL*). What’s pho? It’s a Vietnamese dish consisting of broth, noodles made from rice, a few herbs, and meat. The best? Sorry… Not the best for me. Even my friends wasn’t satisfied with it. It didn’t manage to satisfy our craving for pho. I ordered Pho Tai Nam that consisted of fresh slice and cooked beef (small, AUD9) that’s why the meat is pink.

Left: Combination rice (large, AUD11.50). Too bad, They don’t have broken rice. This is just your normal steamed rice. Usually you’ll find broken rice in Vietnamese restaurant but strangely not this one.

Right: Crispy chicken egg noodle (not sure it’s large-AUD10.50 or small-AUD9.50.)

Overall, the portion was quite standard, price was pretty much the same as other places. Some how the pho wasn’t up to my expectations.

By the way, you’ll get charged with 50 cents/person for a bottle of water! What the heck?!? Normally you won’t get charged for just tap water unless you asked for bottled water(spring/mineral water). What’s more at this type of eatery. Sorry… It didn’t go well with us as far as we know, we didn’t get charged like this at other places, it should be complimentary. 50 cents to wash a glass, guess that’s why.

Will I come back again? No… One reason is that it’s not up to my expectations and another reason is the charges of requesting for a bottle of tap water. I won’t be back in Adelaide in any near future anyway so it doesn’t make a difference. I guess this is the worst feeback I have after posting so many posts about eateries in Adelaide.

My first farewell dinner, happened exactly one month before I left. It was a treat from a friend. Was the most expensive farewell dinner.

Left: We had problem in deciding where to have the dinner. Ended up he suggested Wah Hing at 85 Gouger Street, Adelaide. This place is known to be quite expensive. I dined here once before. However, when the first time I was there, I wasn’t in very good mood. Everything I ate tasted nothing, I ate for the sake of eating.

Right: This wasn’t in the menu. No idea how much was it. My friend requested for something spicy and we were recommended with this. Chicken strips with dried chili. It’s so spicy but it tasted great!

Left: String Beans with Garlic and chilli (AUD9), at least they got the vegetable right. It wasn’t overcooked as most places got this bean overcooked and became very dry.

Middle: Fresh Scallop Steamed with Ginger and Shallots (AUD19.80), it’s recommended by my friend. Absolutely divine! In fact, it’s my first time having fresh steamed scallop.

Right: Ordered a bottle of white wine, Pizzini Pinot Grigio 2012 by King Valley. It’s great with seafood. Not sure of the price too, the market price range between AUD18+ to AUD20+. I only drank very little, wasn’t in the mood to drink while my friend finished the rest of the bottle.

The final bill came up to more than AUD100! -.-” Overall, indeed it’s a place that serves decent food but with a high price tag while the portion was medium in size.

It’s a good thing that almost all the eateries I went to in Adelaide have a website with their menu published. If not, I will have problem recalling what I had ordered.

My friend brought me Osteria located at 205, Glen Osmond Rd, Frewville, as she was craving for its Spaghetti al Cartoccio.

Left: Complimentary when you dine there. Love the olive oil! YUM! The cheedar chesse was for our pasta.
Right: I ordered Bucatini amatriciana (AUD21.90). It consisted of cured pork, chilli, basil in a light tomato sugo. Regretted it. Should order something else. I didn’t expect so much lard in there. Rather gross I must say. I had no idea what it was, I just simply ordered. That’s the main problem *LOL* The pasta was good though.

Spaghetti al Cartoccio (AUD26.90), spaghetti with crab, tomato and a hint of chilli, steamed in a paper bag. Chili can be requested too. It was served in the paper bag. To eat, you have to pour the content out on the plate hence you don’t see the bag here.

We couldn’t finish our food so we had them packed for takeaway. It took me another 2 meals to finished mine -.-

Hohoho… Old post again. Went for Thai food at Yum Yai, 176 Henley Beach Road, Torrensville. Second Thai cuisine I had in Adelaide.

Left: My first impression was it’s an expensive place.

Right: Red Roast Duck Curry (AUD15.90), exotic Thai red curry with pineapple, cherry tomato, and roast duck.

Soups that we ordered:

Left:Tom Kha Kai (AUD7.90), tender chicken wih lemongrass with coconut cream. It’s big for one person, recommend you to share with another 1-2 people as it’s pretty thick and rich. Artery clogging! *LOL*

Right: Tom Yum Goong (AUD7.90), I’m sure we all know what’s this. Again, it’s thick! My first time had such thick and creamy tom yum goong.

Thai salad that we ordered:

Left: Yum Pia (AUD17.90), fried fish with Thai dressing.

Right: Yum Roast (AUD14.90). We ordered the chicken variation. There’s beef or duck to choose from too.

Overall, it’s a bit high for the price and portion. The food was very sinful too! Very flavourful as well. We were so full from the very thick soup and curry!

Expect more Adelaide’s eateries posts coming your way. Lots of pending ones. So far, didn’t get to venture much with Kuching’s. Still trying to get back in sync with the food scene here.

The Aviary Dessert Kitchen is located at 227, The Parade, Norwood.

Left: Cosy little cafe.

Right: I ordered choc malt (with crushed malteasers) shake (AUD6.50). Not only crush malteasers but also whole malteasers, quite a lot in there.

Left: Mille crepe cake (AUD10.50) is one of aviary signature desserts. You can find layer upon layer of handmade crepes stackedtogether with a berry cheesecake filling served with fresh seasonal berries and strawberry jam ice cream. YUM!

Right: Special k (AUD9.80) is cornflake infused panna cotta, honey crackle brittle, creme fraiche ice cream, fresh seasonal berries and bruleed banana. Didn’t get to taste this but positive feedback was given.

Left: What a nutter! (AUD9.50), yes, that’s its name. Nothing special though. The jar consisted of salted caramel and hazelnut ice cream topped with butterscotch sauce, hazelnut and almond praline and honeycomb. Too sweet for our liking.

Right: Chocolate pecking plate (AUD12) came with belgian waffle, chocolate raspberry mousse pot and flourless chocolate cake. Only chocolate lovers will like it I guess. It didn’t go well with us. Evne though we love chocolate, this was too much for us.

I would love to come back here but I no longer based in Adelaide. Love the environment and there’s so much more dessert to try out.