Lifestyle: Queen's Birthday Weekend City Dash

July 25, 2015

Lifestyle: Queen's Birthday Weekend City Dash

Had a hectic last day in Melbourne. DFO had a special long weekend VIP sale event that I just had to go to (too see my shopping haul click here: http://culinaryrunway.blogspot.com.au/2015/07/shopping-haul-dfo-queens-birthday-long.html). Then we made a quick dash to Wonderbao for a takeaway lunch on our way to the Richmond Food Truck Park for a free serving of Jay's Yoghurt. All in all a great day was had, still managed to pack in between and ended the night on a high at a good friend's 21st.

Wonderbao:

Left: Braised Pork Belly - $4.90
For a braised meat, the pork was quite tough and dry, hard to bite off.
Otherwise, the flavours were good, but personally it could've done with less coriander
Right: Roast Pork Belly - $4.90
This one tasted a lot better. Good flavours in the pickled vegetables.
Hoisin always goes well with pork and the meat itself was
definitely more tender. Sadly the skin wasn't very crispy though.

Choi Bao - $5 (with the char sui bao)
(featured top left below)
I wasn't a big fan of this bun. It was quite dry, needed some sauce or stock in it.
The shiitake mushroom definitely overpowered the other vegetables,
leaving a strong flavour in my mouth. It was also quite hollow inside
leaving me with more bun than filling.

Going clockwise:
Taro Bao - $2.50
I liked how natural the flavour was, subtly sweet, however the
paste was too thick and made it quite a dry bun.
Choi Bao - $5 (see above)
Char Sui Bao - $5 (with choi bao)
Classic bbq pork bun. Great flavours, good amount of filling
and moist.
Nai Wong Bao - $2.50
I really enjoyed this flavour, great custard, egg flavour
but not too sweet again. However, like the taro one, it was
a really thick, solid mass of paste, that made it too dry and
heavy to eat much of.