Thanks to the oft-quoted idioms heralded by Jessica Simpson, sometimes a blog just has to digress. On a recent night out at Blue Eyed Dragon, located at 37 Harris Street Pyrmont, I scoured the menu high and low for a salt and pepper squid dish. This is a Taiwanese restaurant and it's what Asians do best right? Well the nearest I could find was a Taiwanese rendition of salt and pepper chicken, a scrumptiously moreish dish of floured deep fried chicken pieces and an even more agreeable side of chinese five spice mix to sprinkle over the dish like fairy dust at will.
A garnish of crispy basil leaves set the tone for a rather indulgent and what should have been private moment, but rather as part of a series of banquet dishes I was relegated to sharing.
A garnish of crispy basil leaves set the tone for a rather indulgent and what should have been private moment, but rather as part of a series of banquet dishes I was relegated to sharing.
The restaurant does a 10 course entree banquet menu for $50.00 and includes a choice of other dishes such as salt and pepper prawns, and also salt and pepper crab - holy crustacean! We had the salt and pepper crab, which had just the right amount of exterior crunch to the soft crab-give centre.
The restaurant is licensed, but BYO wine is allowed with corkage charged at $5pp, which for a city restaurant on a busy Saturday night service, is pretty good value.
The restaurant is licensed, but BYO wine is allowed with corkage charged at $5pp, which for a city restaurant on a busy Saturday night service, is pretty good value.
RATING OUT OF 10: PRICE: 7/10 SERVING SIZE: 6/10
CRUNCH FACTOR: 7/10 SPICE: 10/10
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