Dim Sum at Golden Dragon Palace Restaurant (Lower Templestowe)

Series 3: Food & Travel in Melbourne & Victoria, Australia

Steamed "Char Siew" Pork Pau - ever popular, a must for Yum Cha

Roasted Pork "Piglet" - a popular dish for the Chinese

Summer holiday back in Melbourne had always been a great escape and vacation for me. My food trail here in Melbourne is never ending, always exciting and interesting discovery.

Here's another mouth-watering discovery with Yum Cha in Victoria...Golden Dragon Palace Restaurant in Lower Templestowe. My family and I wonderful Yum Cha time together

Golden Dragon Palace Restaurant

Golden Dragon Palace Restaurant

Golden Dragon Wood Sculpture -a fine piece of art work on display in the restaurant

Bar area

Dining Area with a view

Dining Area

Lean Pork & Century Egg Porridge - a popular Yum Cha dish

Deep Fried Crispy Prawn Wanton

Fried Glutinous Rice "Sang Chow Loh Mai Fan" - well made dish,

glutinous rice cooked to perfection (rice texture cooked just at the right degree & soft)

Braised Beef Briskets - a must to try, with lots of flavours

Steamed Yong Taufu -fish paste is fresh & juice

Steamed Beef Balls - this dish is lovely, just love the tenderness of the beef..Yum!

Steamed Dim Sum Varities: (clockwise); Prawn Dumplings "Har Kow",

Pork Dumplings "Siew Mai", Scallop Dumplings "Tai Chi Kow"

Steamed Dim Sum

Steamed Lotus Leaves Glutinous Rice

Deep Fried Salted Puffs "Ham Sui Kok"

Deep Fried Yam Puffs "Wu Kok" - rich yam puff deep fried to perfection & crispy - Lovely!

Deep Fried Crab Claws

"Char Siew" Pork "Chee Cheong Fun" Rice Roll

Prawn "Chee Cheong Fun" Rice Rolls

Fried Dim Sum Varities: Deep Fried Spring Roll, Fried Yong TauFu, Fried "Kau Chi",

Chinese Donuts (bottom rack)

More varities of Dim Sum: Fried Chicken w Chinese Crackers & "Chan" Pau - savoury pau

Baked Egg Tarts - another must have for Yum Cha, the egg pudding is just yummy!

Homemade Tau-fu-fah (Soya bean curd) - my personal favourite always!

Tau-fu-fah! Always on my mind, why? Because of my love for this dessert since young, my mom took time off from her busy schedule to learn & master Tau-fu-fah, to make a fine bowl for me every year on my birthday! Thanks Mom for your love!

Deep Fried Crispy Sesame Peanut Puffs - the peanut filling melt in the mouth! Yummy!

Baked Sago Pudding

more varities of Dim Sum:(clockwise) pan fried radish cake & pork tarts

There are many more interesting and selections of Dim Sum cooked in various styles for its perfection of flavours; available such as the seafood varities from fish like white bait fish is popular, scallops, osyters, eels, crabs, prawns, squids, octopus, meats selection including lamb, beef, and pork, poultry ie: chicken, duck, goose and pigeon, as well as a good selections of fresh vegetables cooked w garlic "ching chow", osyters sauce and soupy "sheong tong" styles.

Golden Dragon Palace Restaurant

363 Manningham Road (Mel33 B9), Lower Templestowe 3107, Victoria, Australia
Wesbite: http://www.goldendragonpalace.com.au/

Abalone Indulgence at Plume Chinese Restaurant (Doncaster)

Series 2: Food & Travel in Melbourne & Victoria, Australia

Whole Fresh Abalone (approx size of a dessert plate)

A real indulgence in Australian this summer. Fresh Abalone, one of the dish at the family dinner one night on X'mas week at Plume Chinese Restaurant.

We didn't pre-order this speciality dish when we made reservation for dinner... (advisable to pre-order this special dish). One of the siblings decided to try her "luck" and made an enquiry with the restaurant manager, cheekly she asked; "by the way do you have a BIG, FRESH, WHOLE ABALONE available for me??" Then she turned to the family, still with her cheeky face and said; "Let's see if we have any "hau fook" Cantonese for "indulging luck" tonight!"

Woo! the Manager returned in a minute (after checking) and said;"Miss ____ Yes, the Big, Fresh, Whole Abalone is available. Can I write an order for this dish? One Abalone for you and your family? We all answered said yes, please!

Well, here's family dinner!

Plume Chinese Restaurant

Plume's Menu Introduction

A la minute service by the family dining table!

What's boiling in the pot????

Superior Soup with Chinese Pearl Cabbage & Homemade Taufu

used to cook the fresh Abalone slices ..."poach style"

One piece & two pieces of Abalone slices into the soup ladel!

Fresh Abalone Slices cooked "poach style" in this special

Superior Soup with Chinese Pearl Cabagge & Homemade Taufu

Abalone Slices were served! Yummy!

Cooked Fresh Abolone Slices

Abalone Slices served with Superior Soya Sauce, Chinese Cilantro

Superior Soup served!

"Treasure from the Soup Pot"

Chinese Pearl Cabbage with Homemade Fresh Taufu

Wagyu Beef Teppanyaki Style

Steamed Whole Cod Fish with Superior Soya Sauce


"Tau Miew" with Garlic

Plume Chinese Restaurant

546 Doncaster Road, Doncaster 3108, Victoria, Australia.

Website: http://www.plume.com.au/

A Fine Summer Day Breakfast at Rickett's Point Beachside Cafe (Mentone)

Series 1: Food & Travel in Melbourne & Victoria, Australia

Eggs & Bacon on Toast

It was a sunny and breezy day for a trip to the beachside. So my family and I decided to take a good trip to Rickett's Point Bay on this fine summer day.

We had a wonderful breakfast at Rickett's Point Beachside Cafe at Rickett Point and a lovely morning walk round the beachside. It was really a lovely day spent with my family.


Rickett's Point, Beaumaris, Victoria

The walk by the beach



The beach


Rickett's Point Beachside Cafe alfresco dining area


Rickett's Point Breakfast
(Eggs, Bacon, Tomato, Mushrooms, Spinach,
Hashbrowns, Sausages & Baked Beans)

Rickett's Point Beachside Cafe is located on Rickett's Point, Beach Road,

Beaumaris, Victoria 3193.

Website: http://www.rickettpointcafe.com.au/