"EEEEEOOUUUUWWWWW!" We said this a few times during our visit to this establishment. First it looks SO bad from the outside that we thought it must have been closed and empty for years; then we saw movement inside and realized it was open. I've found plenty of awesome hole-in-the-wall places that don't look great but serve amazing food so we ventured forth. Inside bought back fond memories of the eighties and we were seated at a nice romantic table by the toilets, though the restaurant had plenty of other seats available. The pricing was ok, though still stupidly priced, as are most Australian restaurants. After talking over the menu with our pleasant waitress, it was discovered that they DO NOT serve noodles with their Mongolian dishes - except on one day, which wasn't the day we were there. And when they DO serve them they serve RICE noodles which do not suit the Mongolian dishes AT ALL. Hello? Wheat? Egg? Get it together. I wasn't going to insult my taste buds with such an awful combination so I opted for the curry puffs and some prawn chips to share. My husband was starving so he still went for the Mongolian BBQ, sans noodles. My husband said the BBQ wasn't bad but also nothing to write home about, which is a pity, since his parents really enjoy those letters. My two curry puffs arrived and seemed to have shrunk in the cooking process and they were the size of my thumbs - certainly not $5 worth of food. 30 cents EACH, at best. Still feeling positive , I bit into one.... a bit of a strange taste but I couldn't quite place it... burnt? No, they were dark but didn't look burnt. So I took another bite...chewed pensively on it, then it hit me... I was tasting super OLD oil. In a tact to save a little money, this restaurant was continuously recycling their used, dirty and old oil, over and over and over again and you can absolutely taste it! I put the 2/3 eaten curry puff back on the plate next to the other untouched, pathetic excuse for a curry puff and resigned myself to eating the prawn chips for my meal whilst my husband went for his second plate, to satisfy his hunger. (Usually one plate is enough but since there was no substance in the bowl, in the form of noodles, he had no choice but to go back for more.) He returned to the table looking a little green. When I asked what was up, he replied he was glad I hadn't chosen the BBQ as he had missed this the first time, but just caught the chef using the SAME bowl the RAW MEAT was in, to serve my husband's meal in - with literally, a ONE second rinse of water to "suffice" cleaning and sterilizing the bowl. Ummmmm, Salmonella, Listeria, E. Coli??? Someone call the health department!!! We paid the bill, after they tried to charge us TWO BBQ meals, and promptly left, never to return again!! If you have a iron gut, enjoy sitting on the toilet for hours or take pleasure in visits to the emergency room, this may be the place for you. It's certainly not the sort of restaurant we like to frequent. read more
