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I had rather interestingly simple style Chinese lunch today, reading the reviews of the restaurant I discovered this isn't just any other Chinese cuis…
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Turpan Restaurant
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30-40Come back soonOne of my friends is from this local China's province.He often brings us here for lovely dinner.We normally orderBig plate chicken …
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Great food with friendly owner. This is a really great experience and a friendly owner who serves Chinese food with Muslim / Islam influences (known a…
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Turpan Restaurant
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8 Reviews on “Turpan Restaurant”
30-40Come back soonOne of my friends is from this local China’s province.He often brings us here for lovely dinner.We normally orderBig plate chicken with flat noodle Lamb skewer Stir fry veggie Some salad The same type of restaurant might slightly cheaper in Chinatown but here the flavour is unique and nice Location is a big let down if u don’t drive and lazy to go outside city Will be back soon
Great food with friendly owner. This is a really great experience and a friendly owner who serves Chinese food with Muslim / Islam influences (known as Uygher I believe). My family and I enjoyed it, but we did over-eat. So order a bit less than the owner recommends. Lovely clean setting and cheap drinks, BYO options, etc.
One of the worst. Never before had I left so much food on the table at the end of our meal. The pancake was oily and definitely not fresh, Palau rice with lamb looked to be from the previous night and oily with a few rare pieces of over cooked lamb. Our main dish, spicy chicken with potatoes and rice noodle was so spicy that it numbs your tongue, it was simply not possible to finish the dish without upsetting your stomach. I’ll give 1 out of 10 rating for food and experience. Never to go back again.
Worst Restaurant in Kensington. Interior smells awful and decor is so out of place. The only dish worth eating on the menu is the spicy chili beef which does not smell bad because of the amount of spices added. Even their grilled lamb kebab version has a raw meat like smell, very disturbing.
Flavour Explosion. One of the most curious things I found about living in Kensington for several years is that at any one time, young blokes will be guzzling chicken burgers and chips while Turpan sits fairly empty until dinner time. For those of you willing to look outside the box, you will find in Turpan one of the best possible places to eat meat and noodle dishes, and even moreso for those who don t like pork, as it is a Halal restaurant. The fried lamb dumplings here are the best I ve had – handmade on site and always deliciously juicy. Another highlight is the Da Pan Ji – a platter dish of chicken, potatoes and handmade noodles soaking in a rich sauce of chillis, szechuan peppers, loads of ginger, plus aniseed and no doubt many spices I ve never even heard of. Any meat dish you choose from the menu here will be powerfully spicy and to be perfectly honest I ve loved everything I ve tried. If you feel the need for a little more plant-based food, the kelp salad is a lovely surprise – soft but substantial, and again, spicy and flavoursome. Turpan is definitely not the most subtle restaurant, but everything is hearty, filling, and the flavour is turned up to a volume of 11. I never stay away for long and I don t think I ever will.
Northern Chinese, not Uyghur. Quite a few people seem to be confusing the different ethnic dishes of Xinjiang and imagining them all to be identical. If you’re wanting to try traditional Uyghur food, this is not the place to go as the plates here (while some are very similar) come from the Muslim Hui and Han sides. Unless you’ve been to the region this won’t matter too much, but if you have then you’ll spot the differences immediately.The quality of the lamb in the kebabs is not as good as other Xinjiang restaurants and the spice mix is not what you’ll find in the region. The prices are also slighly higher and for smaller servings (but they are in Kensington and in an obviously more expensive building).Nothing is actually too bad here (minus the kebabs) and the service is fine, but for a truly authentic taste of Uyghur cuisine I suggest visiting Sydney Uyghur Cuisine in Surry Hills, or Uyghur Cuisine by Darling Harbour.3/5
Western chinese food from the uighar muslim minority. Fantastic meat dishes and hand made noodles. Dont come here to hv sweet and sour pork!