nava-k: Dragon Seafood Chinese Restaurant (James Street, Northbridge)

Monday, January 7, 2013

Dragon Seafood Chinese Restaurant (James Street, Northbridge) - Perth, Australia

We completed our second day of training and came back Ms Maud hotel. At about 6.30pm, four of us walked all the way from Murray Street to Northbridge. Among the many choices of eateries, we unanimously agreed to dine in an Asian restaurant. Before long, we made our entrance into dragon seafood restaurant.

None of us were keen on ordering the dim sum or food from the ala carte menu.

We opted to dive into the all-you-can eat steamboat buffet, priced at AUS50.00. We walked around the buffet area and screened the displayed ingredients.

The wide range consisted of different types of seafood

vegetables

meats and

choices of fried snacks, noodles, eggs and dipping sauces.

We were very careful about taking more than enough. Therefore we did not overload our plates and selected small portions of the ingredients. Food waste was a concern for us hence we took the approach of "eat and then refill more" if needed. We came back to our table, placed the ingredients into the hot pot of simmering stock.

Everything in the pot started to bubble and boil, indicating that we can dig in. I was glowing in happiness because the different types of spicy dipping sauces brought in the power factor.

The additional side dishes especially the kimchi smacked in more glory on my palate.

Being a small eater, I did not want to go overboard with the steamboat only. I left some space in my tummy to taste the desserts. I had two bowls sweet porridge - the soft boiled red beans and sago with honey dew pieces in coconut milk.

I also helped myself to a slice of the soft layered chocolate cake.

Earlier we started off with drinking hot Chinese tea whereas in between my friends quenched their thirst with cans of beer.

I was satisfied with canned soft drinks.

Overall it was a decent meal but nothing that blew any special standout. You get a wide selection of food plus the extras thrown in like the side dishes and beer. The rest is the usual you will find at any other steamboat buffet. The restaurant I must say attracts plenty of customers. While we were dining in, almost all the tables were taken up and business was brisk. The staffs were pleasant and came to our assistance when we needed them.