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EAT BEAT MELBOURNE CHINATOWN with a touch of curry cream,” says our waiter, who adds that a glass of Coldstream Hills Reserve Chardonnay is the perfect drop to accompany the crab. For all its celebrity fans and awards, including being 62 FEBRUARY <strong>2010</strong> Bamboo House’s smoked duck sirloin presented with a fl ourish recognised as one of the world’s top 50 restaurants by Restaurant magazine for four consecutive years, the Flower Drum comes up trumps — there’s little pretension here, they’re too busy dishing up high quality food. Although the a la carte menu is pricey, there’s a fi ve-course lunch banquet (including baked mud crab) from AU$88. Our fi nal stop is the legendary Bamboo House, where Alex Tseng was the fi rst to include regional Chinese dishes on the menu. The secret to his 28year success? “Keeping our regular customers happy, dishes reasonably priced and, of course, the food,” says Tseng. He joins our table like a long lost friend and says we’ll be eating tea smoked duck sirloin (AU$36 for half a duck), Chong’s favourite. I muster up space for some pieces inside a steam bun. “The duck is marinated and steamed with ginger, star anise and ‘secret’ ingredients, left to cool and then smoked using tea leaves, pine needles and rice,” explains Tseng. He has also prepared some steamed zucchini fl owers. There’s an a la carte menu as well as four banquet options (AU$48–$70 and all include Peking duck). With full tummies we bid farewell. Although Chong’s shirt is still crisp and white, I’m glad I wore black. Elizabeth Chong is a chef with more than 34 years’ experience, TV personality and author. She conducts culinary and heritage tours of Melbourne’s Chinatown and her <strong>2010</strong> tours commence in March. Tel: +61 (3) 9819 3666 or (0) 419 889 570. Jetstar flies to Melbourne from across Australia, and from Bangkok, Bali and Christchurch. Book online at Jetstar.com FIND IT Hutong Dumpling Bar 14–16 Market Ln, tel: +61 (3) 9650 8128 Shark Fin House 131 Little Bourke St, tel: +61 (3) 9663 1555 Shoya 25 Market Ln, tel: +61 (3) 9650 0848 Flower Drum 17 Market Ln, tel: +61 (3) 9662 3655 Bamboo House 47 Little Bourke St, tel: +61 (3) 9662 1565
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