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We dined in the evening with a group of friends some months back. We pre ordered the Hakka duck. We also ordered a host of dishes when we were there…
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3.5 Just a quick visit today for coffee and a snack. First impressions were good. Nice space inside which looked good and felt felt good. Good outd…
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A place that I least expected to find such good egg noodle, Yong Tau Foo, Hakka Pork Belly and Nam Yue Chicken Wings. Those are all my favourite dishe…
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5 Reviews on “The Providore Melbourne”
We dined in the evening with a group of friends some months back. We pre ordered the Hakka duck. We also ordered a host of dishes when we were there including the chicken wings, dumplings, chicken curry, Yong tao fu and lamb curry. Each dish came with your choice of rice or egg noodles. The egg noodles were deliciousa d al dente. The chicken curry was spicy and flavoursome and it was my stand out dish. Lamb curry was a little watery and not that good. Chicken wings were crispy. Now about the so-called star, Hakka duck. It was a whole duck braised in preserved vegetables. It was a big serve and it came with 4 serves of rice. The duck was tender but I found it overwhelmed with so much preserved vegetables, in fact the chopped up duck was covered with these vegetables. All we could taste were the salty preserved vegetables. We were a little disappointed. Overall most of the dishes were a little salty but the duck was very salty. Luckily we had free of water.
3.5
Just a quick visit today for coffee and a snack. First impressions were good. Nice space inside which looked good and felt felt good. Good outdoor area as well. The coffee here – one long black and one flat white – is very good. Very well made and the best Ive tasted in this area. My companions had a paleo slice which they enjoyed very much. The impressively large chicken dim sum took my eye and I had just the one. The texture and flavour was excellent and it made for a very rewarding snack.
This appeared to be a good business which Ive marked down for another visit soon.
A place that I least expected to find such good egg noodle, Yong Tau Foo, Hakka Pork Belly and Nam Yue Chicken Wings. Those are all my favourite dishes and I could find it all in one place. The sauce for the egg noodle is what it should be. Enough saltiness and not overly sweet. Noodle cooked al dente. Hakka Pork flavourful. Nam Yue Chicken Wings was good but that is just because I love fried Chicken Wings.
Id say try it all for yourself! This place wont disappoint. While you are at it, order yourself a cup of flat white to go with the Asian fares.
I have heard about this place from social media. Was on the way home and decided to try it.
The staff was friendly enough and seated pretty promptly.
I had the hakka style pork noodle. The noodles were yummy. I enjoyed the pork with mushroom as well. The dish is meant to be oily and was not too oily for me.
Comforting ambience, soft music. The favourite coffee shop for the locals. I visited The Providore as I heard about the Hakka – Chinese food available now for lunches (except Wednesday) & dinners (thu-sun). Tried the Nam Yue Chicken wings – its very yummy, I like the balanced flavours, the fermented bean curd flavour was not too overpowering. The pickles accompanying it was a good touch.
The chicken noodle soup with fish paste was also very good, the broth flavourful yet light. I couldnt finish all the noodles as there were too much for me! Serving is large.
Come by the Providore if you want to try something different. Its in the vicinity of Balwyn.