435 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
If you came across the line outside Rose Garden on a weeknight or even at lunchtime, you'd think a hot new establishment had just joined the likes of Chin Chin and Mamasita with its "no bookings" policy. However, this is an old Melbourne institution feeding hungry students and office workers their meals with the quickest chefs in town.
Its position at the top end of Elizabeth St, adjacent to RMIT and Melbourne Central, means it has customers all through the day. Outdoor seating helps with the overflow and is the place to sit, with the longer daylight hours and warmer weather coming up.
Luckily this place covers most of my rules for Chinese restaurants; full of Asians, chairs from the 70s and sticky menus. Hilarious clip art adorns the menu items plastering the walls. The table menu is fairly exhaustive, but you'll find a handy Top 10 list to help you out.
The first dish came out mere minutes after ordering, the spicy beans and beancurd. Both deep fried to perfection, and a nice amount of heat from the chillies. Not too salty either!
Crispy noodles with mushrooms and beancurd were not bad, could've done with more noodles.
I would highly recommend getting the spicy chicken ribs, just brilliant. Not finger-licking good, this was plate-licking good..
They also do some nice siew yuk (roast pork) and siew ngap (roast duck)
It was a hot night, so I also got my favourite boxed ice tea, Teh Kotak.
I think the total for 7 of us was around $85, another cheap night out!
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