Thai Chiang Rai Kingston, Canberra -Thai

Thai Chiang Rai Kingston, is an ideal spot for an inexpensive, but interesting and pleasant, group dinner. Noy, the manager, is very helpful in designing a shared menu and his suggestions are terrific.

Helpfully open for dinner every day from 5 pm (and lunch Monday to Friday), it is found at 48 Giles St Kingston.

Phone 02 62326999 for bookings.

Suggested shared menu for six people, and
a good mix of flavours textures and colours;

Order one dish each of four to five of:

FIVE SPICE PRAWN $25.90 Stir-fried Prawns infused with five flavours of spices (this photo 3/4 of a serve size as it’s possible to order 1 1/2 serves, usually around 10 prawns per serve)

ROAST DUCK RED CURRY $22.90 With beans, bamboo shoot, peas, zucchini and lychee

ROAST CHICKEN $22.90 Crispy roast chicken with cucumber, topped with chilli, garlic, coriander and special soy sauce

STIR-FRY DRY CHILLI & CASHEW NUTS with onion and shallot and chicken $19.90

STUFFED EGGPLANT $22.90 (about 8 pieces per serve)

STICKY RICE $4.90/ basket(one basket per four people) (this especially good with the red duck curry)

and 2 serves of COCONUT RICE ( $3.90/ person)

Corkage $5.90 per bottle (or $3.90 per person)

http://www.thaichiangrai.com.au

25% discount up to $30 for the Canberra Entertainment book

Up to around $21 per person (for the five dishes and rice) (or $16 per person with the discount)

: 3/4 serve Five spice prawns (about 10 prawns per one serve)

: Red duck curry (excellent too)

: Stuffed eggplant (about 8 pieces)

: Sticky rice (great with curry)

: Roast chicken ( a good choice and easily shared)

: Chicken and chilli with cashew nuts

Meccabah, Manuka, Canberra – Moroccan cuisine

http://meccabah.net

Opening Hours: Monday to Sunday, 11AM till late

Phone: (02) 6260 6700
Address: 25-29 Manuka Terrace, Flinders Way, Manuka, Canberra ACT 2603 (above Coles)

The tangines and turkish pizzas are especially good for sharing.

Suggested shared menu for six

1 serve Turkish pizza Lamb Kofte, Spicy Tomato Sauce And Yoghurt $24

1 serve Beef Tangine With Ras El Hanout Spices, Sweet Potatoes, Carrot And Preserved Fig ( with cous cous) $24

1 serve Chicken Tangine with cinnamon, raisins, almond, sesame & honey (with cous cous) $24

1 serve Turkish Pizza Spit Roasted Lamb, Rocket, Yoghurt & Sumac $24

Mecca Bah Ice-Cream (divine)

Date & Vanilla, Middle-Eastern Halva, Rich Chocolate, Turkish Coffee

Single Scoop $4 (one per person, but great to get two scoops of each and share, to taste them all).

Not BYO

25% discount up to $30 for the Canberra Entertainment Card

Total food cost $120 ($20 per person) ($15 per person with the discount)

The best place to park is in the medical centre building on Furneaux Street ( in between Franklin and Bouganville streets) which is free after hours. You can walk down the lane opposite the pedestrian crossing across Furneaux street, and Meccabah is across the road at the end of the lane.

Beef Tangine With Ras El Hanout Spices, Sweet Potatoes, Carrot And Preserved Fig ( with cous cous) $24

Turkish pizza Lamb Kofte, Spicy Tomato Sauce And Yoghurt $24

Turkish Pizza Spit Roasted Lamb, Rocket, Yoghurt & Sumac

Baan Latsamy, Manuka, Canberra – Laos Thai food from North East Essan

Baan Latsamy is on Flinders Way in Manuka, across the road from Coles, McDonalds and Gelatissimo.

Open for dinner 7 days 5:00-10:30pm and lunch Monday to Saturday 11:30am to 2:30pm Ph: 02 62950426.

The best place to park is in the medical centre building on Furneaux Street ( in between Franklin and Bouganville streets) which is free after hours. You can walk down the lane opposite the pedestrian crossing across Furneaux street and Baan Latsamy is on the right hand corner at the other end of the lane.

Suggested Shared menu:

Entree Crunchy Eggplant with Chicken and Prawn Deep fried sliced eggplant wrapped with minced chicken and prawn served with chilli sauce ( this is fantastic!). Order one serve per two people ( two generous pieces in each serve) $12.90 per serve

Mains ( serves are large so choose three for six people)

Mussamun Curry with Beef $18.90 With potato and roast peanuts, cooked in a thick curry, coconut milk sauce

Hot Wok Stir Fry Ginger and Vegetables with Beef $18.90 With ginger, beans, onions, shallots and dried mushrooms

Green Curry with Chicken $19.90 With bamboo shoots, beans, peas and basil leaves cooked in coconut milk Chicken with Cashew nuts stir fry $18.90

Hot Wok Stir Fry Thai Basil with Chicken $18.90 With capsicum, onions, beans, bamboo shoots, fresh chilli and basil leaves in the chef’s special sauce

Three serves of rice is enough for six people.

The sticky rice $2.90 goes especially well with the curries and slow cooked duck. Otherwise the coconut rice is lovely $2.90.

Baan Latsamy will also very helpfully provide 1 1/2 or 2 1/2 serves of dishes which is very useful if group numbers are tricky.

BYO wine ($5.50 corkage per bottle) 25% discount offered for the Canberra Entertainment book up to $25 $105 total cost for food ($17.50 per person) , $81 with the discount ($13.50 per person)

Crunchy eggplant with prawn and chicken (2 pieces $12.90) ( only one piece shown here)

Beef mussamun curry

Green curry with chicken

Hot Wok Stir fry Thai Basil with Chicken

Hot Pot Stir Fry Ginger and Vegetables

Chicken and cashew nut stir fry $18.90

Hot pot roast duck (delicious, but more difficult to share the large pieces)

Camellia Restaurant, Manuka, Canberra – Sri Lankan Cuisine

Enjoy true Sri Lankan hospitality as Jaged, the host at Camellia Restaurant introduces two iconic dishes unique to Sri Lanka:

String hoppers with fish curry $27 and
Kottu Roti with chicken curry $25

Three serves of each dish is about right for eight people to share (i.e. 6 dishes in total).
You can swap the curries for fish, chicken or beef, but the fish is the best and the chicken goes with with the kottu roti.

Total cost of food $156 ($19.50 per person)

BYO wine ($10 corkage per bottle)

One complimentary main when another ordered is offered for those with the Canberra Entertainment Card. (Total cost of food with discount is $131 ($16.30 per person)

http://www.camelliarestaurant.com.au

Open for dinner Monday to Saturday 5:30pm onwards, lunch 11:30am-2:00pm Monday to Saturday.

Closed Sundays.

Camellia Restaurant is on Franklin Street in Manuka, next to the entrance to Capitol Cinema.

Phone: 02 62952756
The best place to park is in the medical centre building on Furneaux Street ( in between Franklin and Bouganville streets) which is free after hours.

A review of Camellia Restaurant
http://michelesindia.wordpress.com/2014/01/27/camellia-restaurant-a-sri-lankan-gem-for-canberra/

Great Sri Lankan food read from Lonely Planet
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/sri-lanka/travel-tips-and-articles/discover-the-many-flavours-of-sri-lanka

Kottu Roti with Chicken Curry

String hoppers with fish curry

Red Chilli Sichuan – Alinga street, City – Chinese (Sichuan), a Canberra World Food Delight

Red Chilli Sichuan – Alinga street, City – Chinese (Sichuan), a Canberra World Food Delight

Red Chilli Sichuan, really is…very hot and spicy!

Order carefully (one chilli rated dishes only) and everyone will still enjoy a variety of flavours and textures.

Suggested menu for six

Entree:

Stir fried shredded duck in peking sauces that comes with 8 oddly shaped pancakes $26.50, makes a great starter for up to eight people per serve.

Main Course (one serve can give up six a taste):

Salt and pepper calamari rolls $20 are also great and just a little spicy

Kung pao chicken $16.50 quiet spicy, and good value

Stirfried green beans with pork mince (also good value at $14.50 but quite spicy and fairly oily)

Stirfried scallops with mixed vegetables ($24, this is quite a mild dish, with a nice sauce, but what looks like lots of scallops in the photo are lots of water chestnuts too)

Corkage is expensive at $10 per bottle, but this is balanced by very generous serves of rice and lots of good value dishes that are well sized.

(I’ve also been told that wine by the glass serves are very generous here.)

Still on my wish list to try is the Braised chicken with chilli and black bean sauce $19.80 and the Braised pork with soy sauce $22.5o.

Five dishes is a good amount for six and with three rice serves.

Salt and Pepper Calamari

Green Beans with Pork Mince

Kung Pao Chicken

Stir fried Scallops with Vegetables

Decor

Shredded Duck in Peking Sauce with Pancakes

25% discount offered with the Canberra Entertainment Book up to $30.

Total cost for food $110 ($18.50) ($83 with the discount ($14 per person)

Open 7 Days

Lunch:

11:30 am to 2:30 pm

Dinner:

5:00 to 10:00 pm
Novotel Building Shop G1,

75-89 Alinga St , Canberra Australia 2601

P: (02) 6248 6288

Italian- Canberra World Food Delight, Debarcle Braddon, Canberra – Two for one pizza on Mondays and Tuesdays

I know this is not really Italian, so much as pizza, but it just sneaks in to the Canberra World Food Delights. And on Mondays and Tuesdays Debarcle offers two pizzas for the price of one. A bargain!

A cozy long table with a long couch along one side, is ideal for groups.

Not BYO, but reasonable wine prices.

Suggested menu:

Order the equivalent of one small pizza per person and share for variety.

Cost for food $7 per person on Mondays and Tuesdays.