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    Fat Noodle

    3.3 (47 reviews)
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    Open 10:00 am - 12:00 AM (Next day)

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    Good for groups

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    bok choy in garlic sauce
    Jad A.

    16/12/2012 Fat Noodle, fat tastes! Luke Nguyen is another celebrity chef who has decided to add to Brisbane's ever growing diverse menu, by opening Fat Noodle earlier this month (12/12/12) at the Treasury Casino, in Brisbane's CBD. Best known for his shows on SBS, Red Lantern Restaurants in Sydney, as well as his first Fat Noodle at The Star. Admittedly, we were already a fan of his work on SBS. The passion he conveys when cooking & talking about the dishes he makes using fresh ingredients, makes him instantly likeable. Without having been to any of his establishments it was with great excitement to finally be able to sample what everyone else has been raving about, especially those smug Sydneysiders! :) We decided to come for a very late lunch on a Sunday afternoon, around 3pm. Entrance is on the Queen Street side of the Treasury Casino facing Redacliffe place. Turns out, this is probably the best time to be lunching at Fat Noodle. As Fat Noodle does not take reservations, only a few patrons were about, and plenty of seats to choose. Our very attentive waiter had said that lunch earlier was "very very busy". Thank goodness we could relax and just take our time. When you first walk in to Fat Noodle, you immediately appreciate the lush Asian decor. It is hard to focus on the person greeting you when you are too busy, looking around admiring everything. The back-lit bar giving a lantern-like effect, and what looks like the scales of a dragon, hovering just underneath the ceiling. We were assigned a waiter, Gary, and service was first-class through out. Gary was kind enough to explain what Fat Noodle is all about. A dynamic mix of Vietnamese, Chinese, Thai and Malay; in true "Asian Market Hawker" style. Meaning whatever you order, is prepared, cooked and served straight away! Fat Noodle, is open until 10pm each week night, and until 3am on weekends. Bonus! Locals now have great option for those late night munchies in the CBD, without having to resort to 24 hour service stations or fast food. Where we sat was a communal long table with high chairs, but there are also individual tables available. Fat Noodle even does take-away, another bonus, if you are looking for that quick fix of Asian mix. Gary provided us some complimentary jasmine tea, as we took our time to look over the menu. The menu is simple, divided into five sections of "Small Plates", "Rice", "Noodles", and "Wok" Dishes, as well as Drinks. Best thing about the food items on the menu? Nothing appeared to be over $20! Brilliant! It was time to order. We went with the Fat Pho Noodles ($18 - Fat Noodle's signature dish), a 20-hour beef broth, with thinly sliced Angus Sirloin and brisket, bean sprouts, fresh Thai basil, fresh chilli and rice noodles. We also ordered the Mee Goreng ($18), Singapore Noodles with Prawns, Chicken, Octopus, and Sambal Chilli sauce. Gary managed to convince us to try the Vegetable of the day; Bok Choy in Garlic Sauce. When our order finally arrived, which wasn't very long at all, we were amazed at the size of the meal (portion). Too often, you can come to a "fancy" place with "flash" décor, order something and be let down by the meal size portion for the price you pay. So this was a very welcome surprise, and it all looked very appetising. We sat there eating the Fat Pho Noodle, spooning & sipping the broth slowly and just enjoying the scrumptious tender beef loins. It took me back to the years growing up in Darwin, and having Vietnamese noodle soup after school at the popular eatery at Casuarina Shopping Square. For those that are not familiar with Darwin, it has to be one of the best places in Australia (if not the best), to have any Asian food! It is unlike any other Australian city, being closer to Asia, than it is to Sydney. The Mee Goreng Singaporean noodle was every bit as delightful, the octopus, a standout in the mix of chicken and prawns. From time to time, as we sat there silent, focussed on our meal, we'd have a piece of garlic sauce covered bok choy, as if we needed anymore of yummy flavours! We couldn't finish it all, and not wanting to waste it, we had Gary pack it for us to take-away. Fat Noodle exceeded our expectations, with the service, the aesthetics, and the quality of meal served, as well as value-for-money. It's an absolute bargain when you consider what you get, where you are having it, and who owns the place! It's also has a laid back atmosphere (for a venue which looks fancy) which we like. Whether it's for after work drinks, a group catch-up sharing a meal, a casual date, or a late night food hunt, Fat Noodle will be very popular indeed. Can't wait to go back.

    Fat noodle Laksa.
    Kay-Lynn C.

    I have fallen in love with Fat Noodle! My family and I decided to try Fat Noodle on opening night. We arrived at about 6pm hoping to avoid a long wait for a table. We were a party of 6 so it took about 20 minutes for a table to clear (we were given a buzzer so we could wander around instead of standing at the door). My parents are from Singapore and my dad especially is always highly critical of anything he eats. He pretty much compares everything to a RM$2 laksa from the streets of KL when he was younger, so it's difficult to compete with such an authentic memory and the cheap prices of the past in SE Asia. So it was quite surprising, and Luke Nguyen should consider it an incredible compliment that my dad sat through the whole dinner praising everything. He LOVED the laksa, saying the flavour was very authentic and in his words 'they are not stingy on the ingredients' also saying it was much better than laksa from another restaurant in the city. And what did he have to say about the price tag? While it is more expensive than other CBD offerings, he believes that the great flavour makes it worth it and that people will come back. Mum had the chicken rice which she really liked (dad also saying that it was better than other ones available in the city). I had the Fat Noodle Pho which had a beautiful rich broth. The flavour became even more developed as you reached the bottom of the bowl. My sister's wonton mee reminded me of the ones I have when I'm visiting my family back in Singapore. Light broth and tasty, tasty wontons. I haven't had the duck noodle yet but our other guest said that it was really good and loved that the duck was boneless. We also ordered the small places; salt and pepper tofu, vegetable of the day (bok choy cooked in garlic) and the pork neck skewers. They were all good and while they were a great accompaniment we probably went a little overboard (because I wanted to try EVERYTHING!). The decor is lovely. And if you had ever been to Cafe 21 (what was in the same space previously) you will have an even greater appreciation of the prettiness. We were seated indoors on a big table. I did see communal benches which were high and also seating outside which I imagine would be quite cold in winter. I'm definitely going back again (and again) and can't wait to try the mee goreng. I have high hopes for it and will report back after I've been more than once (just to make sure it really is as good as the first time).

    Hainam Chicken
    Sothea N.

    When it comes to Vietnamese foods, I take any excuses to try new places. When I got introduce to Fat Noodle and after seeing some of their Instagram photos, I knew I had to come here. It was lovely, we were a group of 7 people getting together and catching up. The deco is inviting and comfortable. The staff are very friendly and helpful. It's hard to find a nice place like this that give you a free pot if tea, actually we had two free pots of Jasmine Tea - love the tea! I had the Hainam Chicken, the chicken is cooked perfectly and goes so well with the ginger sauce and sweet chilli sauce. The rice was abit uncooked and very dry. It's come with a side dish of soup but I didn't really like the soup, it tasted rather sweet and it was cold. Price rang is about $10 to $20 per dish. It's not a typical Vietnamese price rang. This is located in a well know casino right in the heart of Brisbane CBD. All and all experience was very good. Although the restaurant started to fill up shortly after we arrived, we didn't feel like we were rush to leave after we all finished eating and charting away. There were more dishes on the menu that I want to try, sure will come back and try more dishes!

    Menu
    Lani P.

    This might be the restaurant of the media-friendly Luke Nguyen but lower your expectations before coming to Fat Noodle. Yes, it's a decent and cheap eat but it isn't a fine-dining restaurant. It's fast Vietnamese and Asian food done well at a price that, in our group of four, left us all rolling home for $30 a head. I can't go past the teriyaki salmon for a starter to share with the table as well as some prawn dumplings. For mains I opted for the low-in-gluten Pad See Ew and this morning I've woken up wondering when I'll next eat this delicious dish. It was a well-portioned dish with the perfect balance of rice noodle, greens and slight sweetness. Depending on when you go there may be a wait. Our group waited (took the opportunity to have drinks at The Kitty) for about 30mins before a table was available. You'll be given a buzzer so best not to leave the Treasury vicinity.

    Nat D.

    We went here last night to celebrate the 17 year old's impending birthday. We couldn't sit at our own table due to a very busy (takes no bookings) restaurant - so we opted to sit up at the looooong communal table. I do like a communal table - but with this one there is no room to "share" plates which is what Asian eating is all about isn't it? The food was expertly balanced in it's flavours. We devoured rice paper rolls, sashimi, chicken salad, sticky pork ribs, wagu beef noodles and a chicken pad thai. (Well, it was a birthday celebration!) ALL of the dishes were delicious. The staff are still very green and unsure of themselves. Their clumsy approach was a little off-putting. They didn't cope well with the fact that I was sitting opposite my 2 teenagers rather than next to them on this big communal table. When serving the meals they weren't sure where to put the food or who to bill in the end. Shared dishes are obviously not the de rigueuer here. We were halfway through the beef noodles when it was about to be whipped away. I had to yell to have it returned. Additionally the Bill was presented to me halfway through our meal. What if we wanted more food? More drinks? Did they want us to hurry up and leave? Great food! Great fit out! Just some more work on waitstaff etiquette and upselling will make this a fantastic restaurant.

    Singapore Prawns
    Anna K.

    An absolute must have while in Brisbane! Service is quick, atmosphere is great and the food is truly excellent!

    Jenna N.

    I had Bun Rieu for the very first time in Brisbane and I'm very disappointed cuz the flavor was not what I expected. My first time and also my last to this place

    Pandan coconut cream brulee

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    A very high class restaurant with great serving of amazing food. Highly recommended and a must visited place in Brisbane.

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    Entrance is on the Queen Street side of the Treasury Casino facing Redacliffe place.

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    Three Blue Ducks - Breakfast.

    Three Blue Ducks

    3.8(6 reviews)
    0.2 kmCBD

    For a place as hip as the W, it's oddly traditional in cooking style. Note that I do not say the…read moremenu-- but rather the execution. The decor is very appropriate for both the area and for the W brand, servers are young and a little overbearing (probably due to inexperience?), and the kitchen, while mostly good, is also occasionally prone to bouts of slowness. Prawns and oysters off the chilled menu are both quite traditional; solid items but one might have expected them to take a few more risks here. On the other hand, W is a huge brand so maybe they're risk-adverse? And the swordfish main course was recommend medium rare but again otherwise not particularly innovative. And to be fair, sticking with the seafood, per the recommendation of all the servers, may have been a mistake on my part. The porchetta and I think the lamb (?) both sounded amazing, but I ended up skipping those. At least the seafood, for a nice place, was very reasonably priced. 3* sounds right. Don't be off-put by the rating, there's potential...

    Situated on level 3 of the W hotel on north quay the views to the Brisbane river and skyline were…read morestunning. The open aspect of the design made full use of the space and capitalises on the beautiful weather Queenslanders enjoy. Signage is scarce when finding the place and parking is also tough. I'd recommend turning in to the hotel driveway and parking in their car park. Of course this is ticketed so you will need to pay. Good news is you don't have to be a guest to use the car park so you can drive straight in and take a ticket. The restaurant is spacious and open plan. It is welcoming and certainly the decor is modern and interesting by design. One small complaint, being of mature age I appreciate a comfortable and padded chair when out for dinner and the chair I had was neither. After a couple of hours my backside was needing a break! Anyway, the menu is limited but diverse. All the dishes were interesting and appealing. I had the only steak on the menu which was a 500 gram t-bone. I was in a party of eight so two others ordered the t-bone... in total two medium and one rare. Others in the party ordered fish, bugs and chicken. We also ordered some starters which was a sweet potato hummus and a fava bean and anchovy dip. Bread was an organic sourdough with cultured butter. All were delicious. Mains arrived all at once which is a real necessity in my books however the waiter could not identify which of the three steaks was the rare one. He simply placed one down in front of the person who ordered it and said "that should be it". One diner received an incorrect meal which was promptly returned to the kitchen and replaced with the correct one. No real drama, these things can happen. All diners enjoyed their meals with no complaints whatsoever. The portions were generous and all were visually appealing. My steak was delicious., cooked perfectly, juicy and tender. The meals don't come with sides so we ordered a mix of different dishes including asparagus, roasted garlic and rosemary potatoes and carrots. All were delicious. In terms of drinks the beer and wine lists were extensive and well represented. Service was efficient and slightly ambiguous. Whilst everyone was pleasant I didn't see anyone smile or engaging in terms of recommendations when requested. In all, I would recommend this restaurant to anyone wanting a slightly upmarket but relaxing atmosphere with great views, excellent food and a very good list of wines and beers.

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    Raw oysters next to prawns.

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