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You just gotta love a place that has Ribena and Horlicks on the drinks menu. How kooky crazy is that? Well, that is the kind of kookiness you’ll find at the contemporary Asian fast food eatery Dessert House. As the name implies, you can get a good dessert here (in the form of filled crepes). But this is more a quick eats place - somewhere to satisfy your rice and noodle cravings.

The venue has only been open a few months, but it has already attracted a loyal following of customers. You can pretty much walk past at any time of day and find it packed to the rafters. The fit out is brand spanking new - nice banquette seating, comfy colourful chairs, bright interesting paintwork and detail. Upstairs has a completely different feel, and I think they borrowed a few ideas from Gingerboy - the use of dark wood, Starck-like polycarbonate seating, reds, blacks and browns. But dang it would be nice if they had air conditioning up there!

I went the grilled lemongrass chicken, served with a bowl of upturned rice and a fried egg. Not that the main components were bad or anything, but one of the best things on the plate was the little pile of green onions - they were amazingly tasty and added a wonderful flavour to the rice.

EG went one of the house specials, which was a crumbed pork chop in some sort of sweet chilli sauce. As you can tell, this was deep fried goodness to the extreme. It is obviously trying to live up to the fast food mantra

You’ll pay $7 to $10 for a rice/noodle main, and a few dollars more for Ribena (or your drink of choice).

Written by mellie on February 11th, 2007 | Tags: Asian, cafes, restaurants | Category: Uncategorized |  Print This Post |  Email This Post | Subscribe to comments | Leave a comment | Trackback URL