Ants Bistro Vol II

Sorry for being MIA for a long long time. I've recently bought a new laptop and started a new journey of my life, that's why I've been missing from the whole blogging society. I still do take pictures of food, cook, bake and eat out a lot, but just less blogging, hence I have tons of photos in my hard disk waiting to be published.

Lately, Ants Bistro is probably the first restaurant on the top of my head when someone asks me for a decent, reasonably priced Chinese restaurant. I felt it offers a slightly different taste to the usual Chinese/Cantonese food we are used to. Here are several dishes I had on my last visit to Ants Bistro.

Light and refreshing cold entree--"Tasty Chicken", pieces of chicken with peanuts and coriander.
I really enjoyed this dish and had to order two as one just was not enough!

Mapo Dofu, one of my favourite!

I think this is probably the best Mapo Dofu I've had so far, in my opinion that is. The flavor was just perfect without being too spicy or salty!

Minister Chicken--Deep fried battered chicken wings with slightly tangy and spicy sauce.

Stir Fried Snow pea sprouts in garlic sauce

This was better than other Chinese restaurants I've tried so far as it was comparatively less oily.

Braised pork knuckle

This was huge, so make sure you have big eaters with you! The pork knuckle was so tender that it almost fell off the bone. The sauce also went perfectly with a bowl hot steaming rice! It's a perfect winter dish, even though it's not even winter yet in Melbourne. The braised pork knuckle was served with steamed quartered bok choy, which I would have preferred if they were cut into smaller pieces as they were pretty hard to eat without looking greedy and messy. Be mindful that you have to order this atleast 20 min advance as the pork knuckle needs time to braise.

There goes my first post in 3 months, I will try to update this blog as much as possible, and thanks to all my faithful reader who are still reading! :)