Chinese or American?

B got his way this time round… Chinese food from a little known Chinese take away at the Palms shopping centre, Kingfisher Road, Sunward Park. Personally Chinese is the last thing I would eat but hey, you don’t always get what you want.

We arrive at the sparsely furnished restaurant at about 12:20 and I noticed that it was definitely laid out for Take-away, no toilet facilities available but a few chairs and tables were around so we opted to “EAT IN”.

The menu was on the window outside (take away style), I read it before entering, and both B and I chose Sweet and sour pork, Diet coke to share (I hate dieting but someone has to do it) The food was fantastic, for someone who doesn’t do Chinese I really enjoyed it and B “ate his fingers off”.

Before we received our meal we were offered either chop stix or forks, I took the fork (no idea how to operate chop stix) and B took the chop stix (expert), really nice touch for those western people wanting to try eastern cuisine.

There was loads of food, a bowl of fried rice to share and two separate plates with the pork and sweet and sour sauce. This was a fantastic idea as we got to add as much or as little pork to any amount of rice with our own amount of sweet and sour sauce…..
Choose your own style, really nice touch.

The rice was sticky with a small amount of veg, namely peas, incorporated, pork was fried to perfection and the sauce was thick and rich. I could only eat one bowl full but B successfully ate seven bowls, four of his own, three of mine and still there was half a bowl of rice left over.

The owner/waitress checked up on us often offering more rice and more sauce at regular intervals, “ Can I fetch this on for you” cute little words made with a very Chinese accent. Friendly service from a genuine Chinese person.

Whilst eating lunch we heard the sounds of the owners having a heated conversation in Chinese coming from the kitchen, this definitely added to the authenticity of the meal.

I asked B about a strange looking table, sushi style with a glass turnable top, we wondered if they sold sushi but we hadn’t seen it on the menu so we assumed not.

Once finished we went to the counter to pay the bill, R78.00 and only then did
I notice they did in fact sell Sushi, more advertising in this department would go a long way.

Great take away restaurant for evening food, quiet little sit down restaurant for the middle of the day. Authentic Chinese atmosphere in the heart of the western world. If you ever wanted to try eastern food this is definitely the place to do it.

Here’s to good eating.