On Sunday 29 January 2012, to the sound of beating drums and firecrackers, dragons will prance through Melbourne’s Chinatown to celebrate Chinese New Year. It is the Year of the Dragon! And our Millennium Dragon is the longest processional dragon in the world! It will dance its way around Chinatown, accompanied by other dragons. The [...]
Looks like lamb, tastes like lamb, but is not lamb! Welcome to the world of Enlightened Cuisine. This Chinese restaurant draws on ancient Buddhist cuisine and serves up a particular speciality: mock meat! The menu lists meat as well as vegetarian dishes. However, the meat dishes are in fact vegetarian. Confused? Using ingredients such as [...]
If you’ve ever wondered where Melbourne’s dragons live, then the Chinese Museum is the place for you to visit. The kids will love it too. The colourful dragons emerge at Chinese New Year and Moomba, prancing and dancing, and accompanied by drums and firecrackers. They bring good luck, health and prosperity. They then return to [...]
Melbourne’s number 1 yum cha restaurant. Luckily, one of my Chinese Australian friends comes from a family passionate about yum cha. They follow the best dim sum chefs. Chefs Tony Kwan and Jason Au, both ex Flower Drum, are two of the best. I love the Golden Dragon Palace because of the range of dishes, [...]
Why should Sunday brunch be a café affair, where you pay $18 for 2 pieces of bread and an egg, which you could have made yourself for less than $1 and in about 5 minutes? OK, perhaps I am exaggerating slightly. However, I think our Chinese community have it right. Sunday brunch should be a [...]
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