Chairman & Yip Restaurant – Barton – Canberra – Australian Capital Territory – Australia – January 2018

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Dinner at a great Chinese restaurant in Canberra

I wanted to thank some friends for something they did for me last year so I thought a dinner out at one of Canberra’s Chinese restaurants would be ideal…it was!

Since its opening in 1992, the Chairman & Yip has become one of Canberra’s longest standing and highly regarded restaurants.  A couple of years ago it moved from the centre of the city to a suburb just out of the city.  I last time I dined at its previous location was in 2015 and really enjoyed the cuisine.  I am not sure why it moved but for parking reasons I am glad it did.  The city is so hard to get a park without paying enormous fees.  

The new restaurant’s interior is dimly lit with lots of black gloss with dark red drapes and chairs – all I think adds to its ambience and the middle section of the restaurant hosting a whiskey bar with lounges and all sorts of whiskeys from around the world.And tables are very nicely presented…We ordered a couple of dishes to start;  the Sichuan style crispy chicken with barley and caramelised onion and salt and pepper tofu and we also shared a bottle of white wine.  I did like the serving bowls the dishes arrived in!We also ordered the roast duck and mushroom pancake and a mushroom vegetarian pancake for me. These were put together at the table by our waiter so whilst it doesn’t look that great in my photo both were delicious.  I also borrowed a photo to show what they look like inside.

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Another dish ordered was the fish of the day (can’t remember what it was) but my friends said it was very healthy and tasty and finally the sweet and spicy eggplant which came with sesame, shallots and fried peanuts. I think the eggplant dish was the most delicious and it looked pretty colourful and appetising when it arrived.

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A really nice evening and an excellent way for me to thank friends for being so generous.

 

 

 

Dinner at ‘Chairman & Yip’ Restaurant – Canberra – ACT – Australia – November 2015

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Dinner with Friends!

Canberra has a wonderful Cantonese cuisine restaurant that is very popular with both locals and visitors.  It’s located in the centre of the city and I arranged an evening with a group of friends there recently as I had not been there for about fifteen years.

There is an extensive menu with many vegetarian options.  My friends ordered two duck pancakes for entree which they shared; and whilst I could have ordered the vegetarian pancakes I decided to wait for my main meal.  The duck pancakes came served with hoisin sauce and I am told they were very good.

I ordered the stir fried pumpkin with cucumber and caramelised chilli onion and mentioned to the waitress that I didn’t want any fish sauce etc in my meal and luckily I did as the chef uses shrimp sauce so he kindly removed that from my meal.  The dish was absolutely delicious!!  My photo does not really do it justice as there was a wonderful chilli onion sauce which was delicious with a little bit of rice.

One of my friends ordered the vegetarian curry and the other two the shantung style spicy lamb.  All said their dishes were just fabulous.  We all had a great night; sharing a bottle of wonderful New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc between us and the two boys enjoying a beer as well.  Not much wine this evening as we were rather tired and each of us was driving home.  We finished around 8.15 pm, which was early as it was Friday but at the end of a busy week it was good to get home early.  It’s always lovely to catch up with friends over a great meal and glass of wine and I know sometimes we just want to get home after a week of work but to make the effort is really important otherwise we never catch up.