Chin Chin

28th January 2012

After a morning of house hunting in Middle Park and in the city, i was hungry and decided to try to go to one of the restaurants on my list for this year - Chin Chin. Having heard it was frequently busy and that getting a table straight away was very rare, i was surprised when i was given a choice of a table or a seat up at the bar or at the food preparation station.

Located in a funky hip converted warehouse and with a loud, hip vibe. After taking a seat i was offered a decent drink list which i choose a Bohemian Pilsner.

The food menu was written on one page and was broken down into several sections including smaller bites, salads, grill and deserts (and several others). Being lunch and i was not massively hungry i decided to have one of the smaller bites and a salad.

The first was the Chin Chin "Roll Ups". Consisting of moist but meaty red braised suckling pork pieces with some crackling thrown in. Served with very thin pancakes and a substantial salad of bean sprouts, herbs and chili it was full of flavour and surprisingly filling.

The second course was a steamed spanner crab and chicken salad with green mango, chili and coconut dressing. Excellent flavours and a real punch of flavour it was quality food.

The cool vibe and the style of food and the sharing concept of the food reminded me of going to Golden Fields and even the 2 dishes i chose were quite similar to two of the ones i had at Golden Fields. The quality was also very similar and was well worth heading back to.