SAN CHOI -Kew

Address: 300 High St Kew 3101 VIC
Phone: (03) 9818 0438
Website: http://www.drinkeatweb.com/sanchoi/index.htm
Rate: 8/10
 

We've been recommended this restaurant by family friends, due to our experience with Chinese restaurant so my dad wanted to go early so we arrive around 5:30. We were greeted by a friendly staff; once we seated the manager introduce us the special's menu and the fresh seafood for the day. There were fresh barramundi, oyster and scallop. I can't get my hand off from those prawn crackers which they serve as complimentary (thumbs up!) while I deciding what to eat first.

prawn crackers (Free!!)

First we order half dozen each of steam oyster and scallop for starter. The scallop is top with caramelize garlic in oil, glass vermicelli, added little bits of fry shallot and coriander for decoration. The oyster top with caramelize spring onion and ginger in oil witch give off a nice aroma then add fine chop spring onion and coriander for decoration. The scallop is bit small but the flavor is banging!

oyster ($1.80 each)

scallop ($2.00 each)

For the main course we have barramundi which can be eat two ways, from what I heard in the old day's the restaurant filleted the fish for stir fry with vegetable but the chef think is a waste if they discard the bone because the bone still contain meat so the chef decided to deep fry the bone in hot oil and serve with vegetable. The stir fry barramundi is bit plain so they give u a dips which is hoy sin sauce but it's a bit salty for my taste. The deep fry barramundi goes well with the sauce but a lot of bone's to pull out.

Barramundi eat two ways ($64)

Barramundi eat two ways ($64)

The classic spare rib in mandarin sauce is what I expected a well balance of sweet and tangy mandarin flavor with crispy spare ribs.

spare ribs in mandarin sauce ($22.80)

The last dish I did some research on the internet and it come out the green prawns and glass vermicelli with XO sauce in hotpot come out to be the most popular dish. The caramelize onion, garlic and the XO sauce give's a great flavor to the glass vermicelli and the green prawns, it serve with the hotpot so just to keep the dish nice and warm. But from the image I found on the web it look as if it down size a little but other then that the dish is good.

green prawns and glass vermicelli with XO sauce in hotpot ($28.80) 

SAN CHOI restaurant is a good restaurant if you want traditional Cantonese food, some might said is daggy but I say the traditional style and the flavor make up for it. Also the new innovative dishes writing on colorful strips of paper taped on the wall which gives a new twist in Asian cuisine. The price is might be a little bit expensive but it's worth to going back and try some more.

here a lunch menu

here is a dinner menu