Whilst in the city looking for some early Christmas shopping, i decided to drop in and grab some food at Supernormal. This is a similar venture to Golden Fields that was previously in St Kilda by the same owner, Andrew McConnell who has a series of restaurants throughout Melbourne. Located in the corner on the ground of an all glass multi storey office building, the location is an interesting choice and weirdly contrasts the interior of wood, blank white walls and occasional LED signage.
The night i went was packed and loud for a Monday night (rather than a quiet break from shopping) and i was lucky to get a seat at the counter tops overlooking the customary Andrew McConnell open kitchen.
The menu is a modern Australian version of Asian food and cuisine with an emphasis on sharing and snack food broken up into several sections.
I decided on 2 small dishes and a slightly larger dish followed by a similar desert i tried and loved at Golden Fields. (I resisted the desire to order the White Cut Chicken with Sesame, Wombok and Chili Oil salad as i have previously had it at Golden Fields and recently at Taste of Melbourne). As I was dining by myself they offered the option of half serves of their dishes which allowed for more variety.
I started with one of the specials - a half serve (single piece) of Beef Yakatori served on a wooden skewer and flavoured with pepper sauce. Well cooked beef with a slight hint of peppery seasoning and flavour was a decent and tasty start.
The next dish up was Pan Fried Spicy Beef Bun. Served piping hot, a crisp bun packed full of shredded beef that had been marinated in a rich sauce which added a good flavouring and decent hit of spice to the fall apart meat.
The last savoury dish i choose was another of the daily specials, Buttermilk Chicken with a variety of sauces. A little fiddly with the bones intact and only chopsticks to eat with (i probably could have asked for other cutlery), so i mostly used hands (although the food was again piping hot). A crispy outer shell encasing the chicken was excellent and the sauces were great too.
After the savoury dishes i moved onto the desert which was an old favourite from Golden Fields, smooth and delicious Peanut Butter Parfait surrounded by a sea of Salted Caramel sauce with a scoop of decadent and rich Soft Chocolate and covered in a smattering of crushed peanuts. Excellent balance of flavours and a simple but perfect dessert that i could eat forever.
Along with a couple of glasses of beer, the tab came to less than $60. Good helpful and informative service that despite the busy dinner service was always there when u needed it. A similar venture to an old favourite and well worth a visit.
