The fact that their opening hype hasn't died down since 2011 says a lot. Chin Chin’s executive chef took inspiration from the streets of Southeast Asia, brought it back to sunny Melbourne and added his own dose of magic to everything. You're looking at stellar dishes like Rendang Curry of Wagyu Beef (AUD27.50), Salad of Shiso & Sesame Prawn Dumplings (AUD28.50), and Thailand's quintessential Sticky Rice (AUD14.50) topped with a slice of Nyonyan tapioca cake. Attention is the name of the game here, with all their garnishes and herbs hand-picked daily to ensure top-notch quality. Prices are quite steep and the queue's madness (count yourself lucky if you get a table within 2 hours), but the food and upbeat vibe's more than worth it.
This salad with shredded banana blossom, toasted coconut & lime. (Why so hipster and pretentious?) The queues are freaking long and the place is freaking loud - literally I almost went deaf dead. But the food is so good, I'm sold.
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Its fusion asian food is fresh and full of herbs.
This dish is sashimi Kingfish slices dip in lime, chilli, coconut, and thai basil. The fresh basil and lime does creates that tangy palate!
Kingfish Sashimi - A$25.5
📍: @gogobarmelb , Melbourne, VIC, AU
This particular dish - Red Curry of Braised Duck (AUD 34.50) was my favourite dish of the night but only came after 20-30 mins after all the other dishes. Love the creaminess of the curry that was paired with coconut rice and a molten Son-in-law egg.
Easily one of the best desserts I've tried in my 3 days here. It's basically a classic mango sticky rice, with black sticky rice that's superbly moist and chewy, topped with a tapioca cake, toasted coconut, and a bright turmeric caramel. Can't really taste the turmeric in there, but I liked how balanced the dessert was, with just the right amount of sweet in every component, and ahhh that tapioca cake ❤️
This has to be the dish of the day - the flaky, medium rare salmon with the spicy, fragrant red curry paste along with the smokey fragrance from the burnt banana leaf package. It's just like a sambal stingray but not. I love it!
With crispy puffed wild rice. One of my fav Asian deserts to get ! Chin chin does it well, the desert is on the sweet side. Ask them to leave additional syrup out if desired.
With chilli Jam. Liquid on the inside. Just when u thought u couldn't get anything that taste as in from it's home country! This is delish
Not kidding, my favourite Asian dish in Melbourne, Pad Seuw like no other, sweeter with six hour wagyu beef, rolled rice noodles and crispy shallots
Massaman curry of coconut, braised Hopkins River beef brisket w. Kipfler potatoes, peanuts & crispy shallots.
One of my favorite dish at Chin Chin. Perfectly cooked salmon piece with a unique Thai curry base seasoning..
What a great starter. A delicate roast pork wrapped with fresh herbs and beansprouts, topped with their amazing housemade plum sauce. Bursts of flavor in your mouth..
Always been a fan of their curries that have a yummy mix of spices and tender meat, and comes with a bowl of rice. The #padseuw is another favourite with the flavourful well-seasoned beef and soft noodles. The only let down this time was the #brocolini stirfry that was overpriced and not special in anyway, being simply cooked in oyster and sesame sauce.
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We got our table after an hour but don’t expect any nice ambiance as the restaurant is crowded and noisy. But the fusion food here with a Thai twist is definitely worth the wait and slight uncomfort. We highly enjoyed all the dishes we tried, especially the green beans that had an amazing smokiness from the burnt chili and cashew sambal, and the #massanamcurry that was packed full of delicious spices and tender braised beef. The pork roll ups was egg rolls with slow cooked pulled pork and a nice sweet plum sauce. The lamb was a substantial portion of meat and had a tasty combination with egg plant and basil. If we were to nitpick, the meats could have been more tender. We ended off with a #trifle dessert that was a sweet somewhat interesting mix of palm sugar custard, sago, pandan jelly, ginger sponge and mandarin sorbet.
📍@chinchin, 125 Flinders Lane #chinchinmelb #cafehoppingkidsmelbourne
You are so #untraditional #thai yet so #yummy, #sweet and #pleasing. #highlight of my day 😋😋😋
