AmyHuang
Jason KingStraits Kitchen
February 13th 2007 00:53
476 Anzac Pde Kingsford 2032 - (02) 9663 3588
This place was brought to my attention because of the Hainanese chicken rice, but I've been there twice and still haven't ordered it, because the rest of the menu was so good!
Straits Kitchen is a Singaporean restaurant doing a bustling trade with the UNSW uni students from down the road. There is something about this place that I love. It might be the food that looks familiar, but turns out to be just slightly different, that makes it intruiging.
To look at it's not much, a very ordinary setup, plain room in the front, possibly a room in the back. But it has a kind of charm that makes is special.
The chicken curry with roti is fantastic, but you have to like oily food, because dipping fried bread into a coconut milk curry is asking for a heavy meal. But oh, what flavours. It's the perfect combination of fatty, crispy, salty and spicy.
Next we had stirfried okra, although you can have any number of vegetables in this manner. Dry, chilli, and still crunchy, its a good break from the heavy curry.
This is the chicken hotpot with vegetables over rice. You need to mix it all together before serving. It has a rich, sticky soy flavour, and looks impressive, but I prefer the curry, or the look of the chicken rice.
And an interesting, sweetish stirfry/curry of prawns and onions with a tomato sauce is ho hum, but thats really our fault for ordering it.
The secret here is to go for the obviously good dishes, and avoid the ubiquitous offerings. Check out what people around you are having, and go from there. The menu is long, so theres plenty to investigate. And so you should.
This place was brought to my attention because of the Hainanese chicken rice, but I've been there twice and still haven't ordered it, because the rest of the menu was so good!
Straits Kitchen is a Singaporean restaurant doing a bustling trade with the UNSW uni students from down the road. There is something about this place that I love. It might be the food that looks familiar, but turns out to be just slightly different, that makes it intruiging.
To look at it's not much, a very ordinary setup, plain room in the front, possibly a room in the back. But it has a kind of charm that makes is special.
The chicken curry with roti is fantastic, but you have to like oily food, because dipping fried bread into a coconut milk curry is asking for a heavy meal. But oh, what flavours. It's the perfect combination of fatty, crispy, salty and spicy.
Next we had stirfried okra, although you can have any number of vegetables in this manner. Dry, chilli, and still crunchy, its a good break from the heavy curry.
This is the chicken hotpot with vegetables over rice. You need to mix it all together before serving. It has a rich, sticky soy flavour, and looks impressive, but I prefer the curry, or the look of the chicken rice.
And an interesting, sweetish stirfry/curry of prawns and onions with a tomato sauce is ho hum, but thats really our fault for ordering it.
The secret here is to go for the obviously good dishes, and avoid the ubiquitous offerings. Check out what people around you are having, and go from there. The menu is long, so theres plenty to investigate. And so you should.
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