Green Peppercorn - Fairfield - Sydney, Australia

Green Peppercorn

 

Green Peppercorn Restaurant is a very popular Lao / Thai restaurant in Fairfield. It has been mentioned in numerous articles and newspapers, and I've also heard that the queues are very long for dinner, so be prepared to wait if you haven't booked ahead.

Today, my mum and I met up with Toto and her mum for lunch. Toto is my very close cousin and we spent most of our childhood and teenage years growing up together. Ah the fond memories. But now that we have both grown up, we don't see each other as much anymore due to work, study and life commitments in general. We do however, try to meet up when we can.

 

 

 

Today, we were at Green Peppercorn Lao & Thai Restaurant in Fairfield, which occupies a space in the Fairfield Hotel. We arrive at 11:50am, but it doesn't open till 12:00pm so we end up being one of the first customers there. It gets pretty full by the time our meals arrive.

 

The 'Salt and Pepper Squid ($16.90)' looks beautiful on the plate. Accompanied with two dipping sauces, mum's special sauce and sweet chilli sauce, the deep fried battered squid is fried to perfection. So addictively crispy and crunchy. Oh so yummy! I find myself dipping the squid into mum's special sauce because it tastes so good.

 

The 'Laos 'Style Papaya Salad ($11.90)' is a hit amongst the table. It has the right mix of sour, spicy and salty flavours. I like the crunch of the papaya and it goes well with the side of cabbage and cherry tomato. One word, refreshing.

 

'Panang Curry Chicken ($12.90)' is a good curry dish consisting of red curry, chicken and green beans. I like it when they have the bamboo shoots in Panang curry but unfortunately it is missing this time around. I'm not a fan of the green beans in general ,so none for me. 

 

The 'Pad Cashew Nut Chicken ($12.90)' is not bad but not the best either. Chicken is stir-fried in a chill jam nut sauce with vegetables. We've had much better elsewhere. There is a lot of chicken and not enough vegetables but that's just me as I like my veggies.

By this time we were so full but we soldiered on.

 

Dessert was no other than the famed 'Fried Ice-Cream ($13.90)'. This is not your average ice-cream coated in flour and coconut, and drizzled with chocolate sauce ,but the modern version. Ice-cream is wrapped in a pastry and then served with caramel sauce and coconut muesli. I suggested we share one between four but Toto exclaimed, ''I'm not sharing one between four!''.

A spacious place and a great atmosphere to eat and dine with family and friends. Great Lao and Thai food at reasonable prices.

Where?
1 Hamilton Rd
Fairfield NSW 2165
Australia

Phone no: 02 9724 7842

Opening Hours

Lunch12:00pm - 3:00pm (Mon - Sun)

Dinner5:30 - Last orders at 9:45pm (Mon - Wed)

5:30 - Last orders at 10:45pm (Thu - Sat)

5:30 - Last orders at 8:45pm (Sunday)

Website
http://www.greenpeppercorn.com.au
 

Hu Tieu Thanh Van - Bankstown - Sydney, Australia

Hu Tieu Thanh Van

 

We actually wanted to go Hai Yen Noodle House to have their duck rice again, as previously posted, but they were closed for the holiday season for a whole month!

I actually wrote up a post about Hu Tieu Thanh Van many months ago but never got the chance to post it as my pictures turned out awfully blurry. This time around my photos are much clearer, thankfully.

I tend to have cravings for Vietnamese clear rice noodle soup. There is just something about it that makes you feel better after eating it. A form of comfort food. They specialise in the Vietnamese clear glass noodle soup, as 'Hu Tieu' means rice noodles in Vietnamese. It has a slight bite and chew to it unlike the actual rice noodles we're accustomed to.

It's quite an old, hole in the wall, no-frills, Vietnamese restaurant which seems to have been opened for a long time.

 

They have a reasonable selection of dishes on offer. The menu is scatted on the walls throughout the restaurant that is in both in English and Vietnamese.

 

 

The 'Hu Tieu Dai Thap Cam (Combination Clear Rice Noodle Soup) ($12.00)' is their signature dish and can be eaten either dry or with soup. We opt for the one with the soup. I love the addition of the fried prawn on top. I've always wanted to know how to make it but can't seem to find the recipe. The stock is well balanced and full of flavour. There is a prawn, some liver, actually too much, and some pork slices topped with fried pork fat and garlic chives. This is then eaten with the addition of fresh beansprouts. Yes, it may not for the faint hearted.

This time around, it tasted better. I think the addition of fried bits of pork fat and the increase in the temperature of the soup made it taste pretty good. I will definitely be back. Be sure to ask for that extra fried pork fat if they don't ask! It just doesn't taste the same without it.

Where?
327 Chapel Rd
Bankstown NSW 2200
Australia

Opening Hours
NA

Website
NA