Yummy Cuisine: Asian, Martin Place, CBD Sydney (24 June 2014)

Shop 16, Martin Place Shopping Circle, Sydney NSW 2000

Yummy in my tummy

I've been visiting Yummy Cuisine for a few years now and for me their signature dish has always been the Penang Char Tway Teow ($10) with a nice amount of wok hei and good spread of ingredients. They're pretty consistent most of the time. Other dishes I've had a few times and worthy of ordering are the Hainanese Chicken Rice ($9.50) which had moist meat, Ayam Goreng ($9.50) with crispy skin and Wonton Noodle Soup ($9) with nice wontons and al dente noodles. The Penang Har Mee ($9.50) has a good mix of ingredients although the broth is not as robust in flavour as I'd prefer and would love some fried pork fat sprinkled on top for extra yummy flavour but that seems hard to find in the CBD. It's located sort of underground in the passageway between MLC Centre and Martin Place Train Station. Seating is very limited outside but fairly quick in turnaround. Service is efficient and will bring out your dish to your seat when ready so grab a spot after ordering. Keep in mind on a cold windy day you can feel the weather from the open roof area nearby.

Other visit reviews:

• 20 Jan 2010

SNAPSHOT REVIEW:

PROS: Efficient and friendly service, Lots of classic hawker style dishes, Reasonably priced

CONS: Limited seating, Area is a bit exposed to the outside weather if windy, No toilet

MUST TRY: Char Tway Teow, Hainanese Chicken Rice, Ayam Goreng, Wonton Noodle Soup

VERDICT: Cheap and cheerful place that has most of the Asian classics you might be craving for a quick lunch. I haven't tried everything on the menu but that's probably because I keep going back to my favourites.

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Penang Char Tway Teow ($10), 23 May 2014

SIMON FAVOURITE :-)

Hainanese Chicken Rice ($9.50) — leg moist meat, nice flavour chilli, nice side soup, 23 May 2014 

SIMON FAVOURITE :-)

Ayam Goreng ($9.50) — crispy skin, nice flavour, 3 June 2014

SIMON FAVOURITE :-)

Wonton Noodle Soup ($9) — tasty soup flavour, nice wontons filled with visible meat and prawn, served hot, good egg noodles al dente, 5 June 2014

SIMON FAVOURITE :-)

Noticeable prawn meat inside wonton

Penang Har Mee ($9.50) — lots of prawns, wish there was also crispy pork fat, broth flavour light, nice pork, 2 types of noodles, 24 June 2014

Broth not as robust as I'd like but still enjoyable. Add extra chilli for more flavour.

Limited seating outside

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Yummy Cuisine: Chinese, Martin Place Shopping Circle, Sydney (20 Jan 2010)

Shop 16, Martin Place Shopping Circle, Sydney NSW 2000

No. 28 is back in town

For those of you who used to visit the popular '28' located in the Imperial food court under CentrePoint, you'll be glad to know they've popped up at Martin Place Shopping Circle. I guess they had to go somewhere after the current Westfields renovations started. I used to only get their Char Kway Teow and it's still pretty much cooked the same way with a dark soy sauce look, some charring and ample pieces of chicken and a couple of large prawns. Prices seem to have crept up a little but still reasonable for the quality and size. There was a fair bit of chilli in it so ask for mild if your shy of the heat factor. The Chicken Rice was quite good and not too dry. I hope to try their laksa and har mee soon to compare to others in the city. Seating is limited so timing is everything but at least it's a bit nicer than their previous seating arrangements which were quite cramped. If your eating in just take a seat after ordering and they'll bring your order to you.

Other places tried for Char Kway Teow

Other places tried for Chicken Rice:

• Singapore Shiok!* - 29 Sept 2010

• Malacca Straits - 23 Jan 2010

• Yummy Chinese - 20 Jan 2010

• Laksa House - 24 Sept 2009

• Laksa King - 16 Sept 2009

• Malaysian Food House - 18 Aug 2009

• Malay-Chinese Takeaway - 6 Aug 2009

• Mc Lucksa - 5 Aug 2009

• Jaya Malaysian - 29 July 2009

• Sayong Curry & Laksa Malaysian Cuisine - 22 July 2009

• KL Kopitiam Malaysian Cuisine - 19 Oct 2009

SNAPSHOT REVIEW:

PROS: Efficient service, Authentic-like

CONS: Limited seating

MUST TRY: Char Kway Teow

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Penang Char Kway Teow $9

Hainanese Chicken Rice $8.50

Visited - 21 Jan 2010

Chicken laksa ($8)

Vegetable laksa ($7.50)

Seafood laksa ($9)

Ipoh Hor Fun Soup ($8.50)

Visited - 3 Feb 2010

Har Mee ($8.50) — Fair amount of prawns and broth is quite good but not as good as Malay-Chinese

Ayam Goreng ($8.50) — chicken fairly moist and crispy skin as hoped

SIMON FAVOURITE :-)

Visited - 27 May 2010

Wonton Noodle Soup ($8) — silky and soft wontons with visible prawn filling

WORHT TRYING :-)

Visited - 1 March 2012

Char Kway Teow ($9.50) — Good wok hei and ingredients although missing the clams like most Malaysian eateries in Sydney

SIMON FAVOURITE :-)

Prawn Har Mee ($9) — broth not as flavoursome as Singapore Shiok and Malay Chinese but ingredients are good

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Same owners as No. 28 that used to be under CentrePoint (Sydney Tower)

Seating for diners next door

Service counter

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