This place is in Caulfield outside Platform 4 of the train station. We had just finished our run at the Tan and were looking for a cheap student eats and then Katherine remembered wanting to try EC Kitchen in Caulfield. We heard good things about it from Curious Charlie who wrote about their Peking Duck Groupon deal and how good it was.
As this was a last minute thing and it required bookings I thought maybe not. As a Chinese restaurant I thought that they would have dessert and custard buns. But how wrong was I on that? Charlie really liked the custard buns and we really wanted to try them. But they were not on the menu :(.
We were by an older waitress who was surly and probably the manager. She did however treat the table of Caucasians well though.
The other table's Peking duck looked good though and they had quite a feast over there. They were all Caucasians who didn't know which is which and how to eat their Peking duck pancakes. In many Chinese restaurants the waiters would serve the duck pancakes. In here, you do your own. This is good as we can choose how much sauce and duck we want in there.
They also didn't know what the plate of greens was- it was Chinese Gai Lan (broccoli). But they liked their food.
Our beef with scrambled eggs and rice noodle dish was good ($12). However we liked more greens with this and a lot less sauce. We had to order $2 worth of rice to mop up the sauce and leave us feeling full.
There also wasn't much beef- there was a little bit.
Rating: 13/20- its ok. Where are my custard buns? It is great value for a student although next time we should get the dinner set.
Oh and by the way there are replacement buses from Caulfield to Mordialloc for a few weeks so you might as well avoid the crush and come here for dinner.
As this was a last minute thing and it required bookings I thought maybe not. As a Chinese restaurant I thought that they would have dessert and custard buns. But how wrong was I on that? Charlie really liked the custard buns and we really wanted to try them. But they were not on the menu :(.
We were by an older waitress who was surly and probably the manager. She did however treat the table of Caucasians well though.
The other table's Peking duck looked good though and they had quite a feast over there. They were all Caucasians who didn't know which is which and how to eat their Peking duck pancakes. In many Chinese restaurants the waiters would serve the duck pancakes. In here, you do your own. This is good as we can choose how much sauce and duck we want in there.
They also didn't know what the plate of greens was- it was Chinese Gai Lan (broccoli). But they liked their food.
Our beef with scrambled eggs and rice noodle dish was good ($12). However we liked more greens with this and a lot less sauce. We had to order $2 worth of rice to mop up the sauce and leave us feeling full.
There also wasn't much beef- there was a little bit.
Rating: 13/20- its ok. Where are my custard buns? It is great value for a student although next time we should get the dinner set.
Oh and by the way there are replacement buses from Caulfield to Mordialloc for a few weeks so you might as well avoid the crush and come here for dinner.
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