too full!!!

i must say dinner at Zen House Tea Corner tonight was simply the best that i have had in the 2 months that i have been here in Adelaide! it was a 9-course VEGETARIAN dinner, served like a Chinese wedding dinner.. only that there was rice to go with the dishes too.. which makes me extremely full!!!

the whole restaurant was booked by a colleague of Miyuki from her department.. there were 4 large tables for this occasion.. hence about 40 of us in there.. the restaurant serves a wide range of vegetarian food.. from Chinese to Western, Dim Sum to Burgers, Salads to Sandwiches, etc.. it's not called a Tea Corner for nothing.. they carry a huge variety of TEAS from all over the world.. on our table tonight was a pot of Jasmine Tea and a pot of Rooibos Tea (organic)..

1. Mixed Entree

the first dish was an assortment of their Yum Cha series.. it consists of 5 different dishes.. which was really quite yum~




2. Stir Fried Mixed Vegetables

this is real food, okie?







3. Red Roasted 'Duck'

this dish was quite yummy but a little bit sweet and too red for me..

didnt want to eat rice because there were quite a number of dishes.. but in the end, i have to!

4. Curry 'Fish'

this is my favourite out of the 9 dishes tonight.. i will go back for it!

yup, more rice consumed at this stage! wahaha!



5. Claypot Tofu

this is real food too, alright?

by this stage, we were really very full.. but we just kept on shoving food down.. wahaha..



6. Ginger 'Chicken'

a nice dish.. the 'chicken' was a bit salty though.. but quite good!

i had a hard time trying to explain what's in these fake 'meats'~



7. Hotplate Sambal 'Eel'

i dont see no Sambal in this dish.. too sweet! most people dislike it!






8. Fortune Knoki Mushroom

heaps of people at our table really like this deep fried mushroom! kind of salty..





9. Creamy Yam

i know it's 'Bo Bo Cha Cha'!!! wahaha.. not wonderfully fantastic though..





after dinner, we went to the bar just round the corner of Grenfell Street and Bent Street, it's called 'The Austral'.. Miyuki wanted alcohol real badly and had a glass of beer.. haha.. we then went for hot chocolate (how much can we put in our tummies?!) at this cozy little place called the 'Chocolate Bean'..

it's a nice little place on Union Street which i would never have come across on my own! it's a real chocolate place, with all sorts of hot chocolate! T & A both ordered Orange Hot Chocolate, another guy ordered Chilli Hot Chocolate (it felt and tasted absolutely wrong!!!), Miyuki got herself a Rose Hot Chocolate and i ordered a small glass of Original Hot Chocolate (how exciting~)!

T further ordered a Strawberry Fondue and a Chocolate Filth (a disgustingly [this is exactly what it says on the menu, okie?] large slice of mudcake with shots of white and dark ganache, mousse and cream topped with more chocolate)! Gosh.. it's all very good.. but too much to take after such a heavy dinner~ T finished it all when we couldnt shove down anymore of the desserts!

i realised that there's so many nice restaurants and cafes further down Grenfell Street.. more things to try coming up next! Thanks to Miyuki for bringing me out today!

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ZEN HOUSE TEA CORNER
17-19 Bent Street
Adelaide SA 5000

CHOCOLATE BEAN
18 Union Street
Adelaide SA 5000