Busy Victoria Street is Melbourne's Little Vietnam, with hundreds of eateries, soup houses, butchers, greengrocers, fish markets, you name it.
Driving past right on lunchtime, we were lucky enough to find a parking spot directly in front of BBQ House.
The place was filling up with customers - groups of students, mothers with children deftly wielding chopsticks, business people and one or two solitary elderly Vietnamese men in for their bowl of soup.
W. was sound asleep in his pram and we were shown to a convenient table where a large pot of Chinese tea was placed before us immediately we were seated. Gotta love that. We shared a huge bowl of steaming congee, fragrant with ginger, in which 'swam' several generous white fish fillets and a plate piled high with rice topped with barbecued prawns touched with chilli. Delicious. $14 all up. Unbelievable, I know.
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Two shops down is an amazing 'self-serve' fish market, where you can really acquaint yourself with the produce before buying it. The fish were piled high in those big white square chiller things. I chose a flounder, very fresh and quite large.
Flounder is easy to clean and I cooked it whole - by simply dredging it in seasoned flour and frying it oil in a heavy pan that holds heat well; squeezing plenty of fresh lemon juice over the fish as it sizzled away. Flip it, another few minutes and it's done.
Served with quartered and boiled potatoes drizzled with a little melted butter and a sprinkling of salt; and some long broccoli stalks steamed and then lightly sauted in a little oil and garlic.
Great with a nice glass of semillon. Or three.
Driving past right on lunchtime, we were lucky enough to find a parking spot directly in front of BBQ House.
The place was filling up with customers - groups of students, mothers with children deftly wielding chopsticks, business people and one or two solitary elderly Vietnamese men in for their bowl of soup.
W. was sound asleep in his pram and we were shown to a convenient table where a large pot of Chinese tea was placed before us immediately we were seated. Gotta love that. We shared a huge bowl of steaming congee, fragrant with ginger, in which 'swam' several generous white fish fillets and a plate piled high with rice topped with barbecued prawns touched with chilli. Delicious. $14 all up. Unbelievable, I know.
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Two shops down is an amazing 'self-serve' fish market, where you can really acquaint yourself with the produce before buying it. The fish were piled high in those big white square chiller things. I chose a flounder, very fresh and quite large.
Flounder is easy to clean and I cooked it whole - by simply dredging it in seasoned flour and frying it oil in a heavy pan that holds heat well; squeezing plenty of fresh lemon juice over the fish as it sizzled away. Flip it, another few minutes and it's done.
Served with quartered and boiled potatoes drizzled with a little melted butter and a sprinkling of salt; and some long broccoli stalks steamed and then lightly sauted in a little oil and garlic.
Great with a nice glass of semillon. Or three.
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