a few weeks ago we went to a wongs noodle bar which is located within ashfield club which is apparently newly opened. it was during one of the chinese new year days and as expected the place was very busy and packed! we managed to find a table in the corner and grabbed paper menus to begin selecting our dishes. at wongs noodle bar, you have to select the dishes you want and order and pay at the counter.
food came out one at a time which was good for us, it meant little wait for the first dish and dishes are spaced out throughout the night. we ordered too much for the four of us so ended up taking away the last two dishes!
the first dish was the marinated seaweed with spiced vinegar dressing which was served cold. i was not a fan of the dish, as i found the seaweed a bit tough and the dressing to be a bit bland. i do like marinated seaweed with sesame oil which you can find at fish and chip shops, and this was not up to that mark.
the spring rolls came next. it contained some cabbage and vermicelli which tasted good. the spring roll was fried really crispy but unfortunately was a bit cold in the middle.
the third dish was the xiao long bao, which is a must order when you go to any shanghainese restaurant! i found the xiao long bao to be really good, and on par with other shanghainese restaurants in ashfield.
next up is the dish of the day for me: pan fried pork buns. it was crispy, the filling was delicious and the soup… utterly delicious!
this was followed by our fifth dish, which was shredded peking duck rolled in pancake. the pancake was decently fried, however more duck filling would’ve been great!
our sixth dish (still going!) was beef brisket soup noodle. it used singapore noodle, had a nice tasting broth and tender beef. definitely one of the best dishes of the night!
seventh: pork and chinese cabbage dumpling. i was not a huge fan of this dish due to thicker than usual pastry, but taste-wise it was a standard dumpling.
at this point we got too full and took away our final two dishes, one of which was spicy beef with garlic noodle. the noodle was not spicy and didn’t have a strong garlic taste, in fact was similar tasting to the beef brisket. i would definitely have preferred it to be much spicier!
lastly, number nine was rice cake with pork and xo sauce. i do not like rice cake so didn’t have any of the dish, however c liked rice cake is good bu foundt xo sauce taste is lacking.
the nine dishes costed us about 100 and was way too much for the four of us! it was great value and some of the dishes were really good value for money. we would definitely be back!
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