Sunday, December 20, 2009

Mao's Restaurant (Chinese)

Address: 263 Brunswick St, Fitzroy VIC 3065
Tel: (03) 9419 1919

Strolling through Brunswick St, Fitzroy there was not much open on a weeknight except bars and a few random restaurants. The menu sounded enticing enough so ordered 2 mains to share:

Hunan Chicken - light, hot/sour sauce which is typical of the Szechaun/provincial regions in China, served with mixed vegetables (see picture below).

Below: Cointreau Duck served with macadamia nuts - very unique as it had almost a popcorn flavour to it - shame the duck meat looked more like a highly processed beef - disappointed!

Conclusion: the descriptions are really let down by the bland flavour and catering towards westernised palates of sweet & sour pork & lemon chicken. Unless they pick up their game and buy better quality meat and mix up the stirfry dishes a bit more, I probably won't be paying for the calibre of these dishes again.