Korumburra Chinese

Hello Saturday!

We have all been talking about a having a dinner together with all of our friends, and the location has been talked about as Korumburra Chinese. So it was finally last week that we actually planned it for good. The background behind all of this hype is that a few of our friends live in Korumburra and go to Korumburra Chinese all the time (which I am super jealous of by the way!). I have been there once and loved it and have been holding it in high acclaim ever since. So the thought started that we needed to get the rest of the clan from our area over to Korumburra Chinese for a group dinner. Friends have come and gone since I had first started talking about it and the thought and come and gone from my mind as well. Well a slight nudge from a friend that the idea should be planned put it in full steam ahead! No one even knew what it was called, other than Korumburra Chinese (turned out to be Rainbow Palace). So I rang and booked for Friday night.

There was actually a false alarm last week when we tried to make it Saturday night, but lack of planning on my part and the lack of enthusiasm on other’s parts eventuated into us not going. But I learnt from that and forward planned! We then decided that the following Friday night was going to be it so we started planning!  

So all week we were gaining interest and confirming numbers. The numbers were at 20 people at one stage if everyone responded. But some people had other things on so we ended up having a table full at 14 people. I love spending time with friends and it was great to get everyone keen to come. It is also BYO so everyone was keen to take a few drinks. I stopped on the way home from work to grab some Moscato (Wolf Blass: one normal and one pink sparkling) which ended up very well received.

 It turned to be a good night, which I wasn’t surprised about really J We had our own area at the back of the restaurant and everyone enjoyed themselves and got involved in conversations, storytelling and generally catching up with each other. We all had something different and tried all different things. Sang Choi Bow was the flavour for the Entree with three of us ordering it. Some soups were on the cards as well as stay sticks and pork tenderloin (all of which looked great, which makes it hard for me to choose for next time!). All were very quickly devoured and were well received for the first time tryers! Chicken with Three-Course Mushrooms was my choice for main and I shared that with a few friends and the BF along with Chicken Curry, Beef Plum, Sweet and Sour Chicken and some rice. All of it was so delicious and was a great variety that allowed us to have some new things in the mix! Everyone left realising why we have been raving about it so much, and I am hoping that we all go together again (fingers are pretty tightly crossed)!

So the moral of the story I guess is to have a nice drive over to Korumburra if you are at all keen on Chinese food. It sits nicely between traditional western-inspired Chinese food and the traditional Chinese food that still appeals to western tastes. I am already planning to take my Dad over there one night for dinner because he is a seasoned Asian food lover like me.

XO

NJC