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This guide will cover the food and reviews in particular area, along with other surrounding restaurants. In this article, I explored Hawken Drive.
Chez Tessa Vietnamese Restaurant
This Vietnamese Restaurant is own by husband and wife, they offers cheap and simple food. My favorite dish is Crispy Chicken Rice, which cost $8. The price is reasonable since the potion is big (half chicken!).
I love to talk to the Vietnamese lady. She pronounce $6.50 as “sick pikk-ty”.
Song Chinese Stir-fry Restaurant
I’ve only eaten here two times. Not too satisfy, because the Malaysian stir fry dishes are still not authentic enough.
Edamame Japanese Restaurant
One of my favorite Japanese restaurant. The price are slightly expensive but they offer good food. The restaurant interior design is awesome.
A Salt and Battery Fish and Chips Restaurant
My favorite fish and chips restaurant! Especially their beer battered chips. That’s a MUST try! The seafood portion is huge too.
Where is Hawken Drive?
This area is around UQ (University of Queensland). Only 10 minutes walk from campus.
chez tessa: they have cheap cold tetra pack drinks for $1! cheap, indeed but after consuming the amount of MSG the uncle pours in, you might spend more on the drinks than the food! also, make sure you made up your mind before ordering during busy period or they aunty says more than just “sick pikk-ty” to you
edamame: i think it’s considered as gourmet restaurant so wouldn’t really complain about its pricing. one of my favourite too!
assault & battery, i mean a salt and battery: best chips you can find in brissie!
chez tessa: the lady will frown at you if you couldn’t decide what to eat, esp. during peak hours.
edamame: no complains!
a salt and battery: deep friend beer chips, damn crunchy and delicious.
Do not ever eat at Song Malaysian. All seafood is dirty, frozen and tastes like rubber. They make you pay up front for a reason. Staff are obnoxious too. If you state you are not happy, they are rude and do not care – they just defend themselves and say that is how they do it, if you don’t like it too bad. Much to over-priced for what you get. I could not even eat this food after paying for it, and I eat anything!
@Ryan – I had similar experience last week. Usually I don’t complain much about food that much, and I basically eat anything that’s served in front of me. But Song’s service and food is ridiculously lousy. The noodle they served me is not edible – I wonder if they have qualified/experienced chef?
I think there are at least two different young ladies manning the counter at Song. One of whom is fairly courteous. The other is plain rude! (Even worse than the lady boss of Chez Tessa.) The food at Song is not authentic because the chefs are not from Malaysia.
@James – I think the lady at Chez Tessa is “lazy” trying to be polite to customers anymore cause she’s been working there for more than 10 years, according to source. The food at Song…. /sigh. I wonder why is Song restaurant still operating until today. Seriously.
You’ve been noticing the two ladies at Song.. hmm. :P