Regal Restaurant

And so it begins, the wedding restaurant visit…

Food

Our purpose was 2 folds – firstly, to discuss the details of the wedding banquet and book, secondly to try out the dishes. There were some sesame walnut and salted cashew on the table, and I am telling you, they were addictive! They were a good thing too ‘cos the parents took forever to order.

Once we ordered though, the dishes arrived quite quickly. First off we tried a dish we would possibly have on the wedding banquet, steamed crab with egg whites and vermicelli. This was an excellent dish, the egg whites not overpowering the natural sweetness of the crabs but adding coating and infusing the flavour of the crab into the vermicelli.

We were still licking our fingers when the other dishes arrived. The oyster omelette ($26) had to be eaten quickly or the oyster will smell. But while it’s not, the omelette is heavenly, scented with that oyster aroma. The oysters themselves were big and meaty too.

The seasoned vegetables was probably a token gesture to get some vegetables in but were made well. The shan don chicken is one of the better ones on the market. The skin was nice and crispy and the meat had been browned due to the soy sauce.

I was pretty full by that stage, but dessert was still to come. First up, Chinese pastries (red bean paste and fried sesame balls), a bit oily but who can resist fried stuff, and fried sesame at that! Next was the red bean soup which arrived at the same time as our fruit platter of melon, oranges, watermelon, both of which were satisfactory but unremarkable.

Rating - 7.5

Atmosphere

There was a big wedding on the day we were there, so the whole top floors had been taken up. In fact, it was a bit embarrassing as everyone walking into the restaurant can actually see you. Alas, I don’t get to do what I want at my own wedding anyway.

And so we were relegated to the dingy basement, where everything felt old and dirty, especially the toilets. The advantage of downstairs though is you get your own private room, even though the air con is absolutely freezing there.

Rating - 1

Service

Well, Slokky’s mum tried to sweet talk the guys into giving us a better deal with the wedding, but I don’t think she succeeded. The waiters were very professional and I quite like their services, they were able to offer a few recommendations to us and they handled the unreasonable demands of the parents too. We did speak Chinese though so I don’t know how all the non Chinese speakers fare though.

Rating - 3.5

C-factor

The bill came to $222.40 for 7, which was not too bad at all, especially since we had crab.

Rating - 1.5

Brownie Points - 13.5

Info

347-353 Sussex Street, Sydney
NSW 2000
Phone (02) 9261 8988
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