Kam Fook – Chatswood
In my opinion, the best way to visit a chinese restaurant is to bring along your father, uncle or chinese best friend. They know all the best dishes to order – especially the ones that aren’t on the menu. In fact, I don’t think my dad even bothers to look at the menu at all. He practically haggles with the waiter over what they have and haven’t got in the restaurant kitchen and always ends his order with a request for, “Less oil and less salt please”.
On this occasion, we were at Kam Fook in Chatswood and it was my uncle’s birthday. Eight of us experienced a fantastic meal that my uncle selected : crab with shallots, steamed parrot fish, shantung chicken, bok choy in garlic, stir fried beef, and the highlight of the evening, a dish of broccoli and bean curd in XO sauce, which was recommended by our waiter. The broccoli was vibrantly green, the bean curd so soft and silky inside, and the sauce! What was in that fantastic sauce?? An eggplant hotpot we had on a previous visit was very good too.
There are two other Kam Fook restaurants in Sydney; one in Chinatown and the other at Bondi Junction. At the start of the week, the Chatswood restaurant is a little low on atmosphere – capable of seating 600, it’s a large enough space to make even the presence of at least 100 people dining, feel sparse. But I guess it matters less when the restaurant is chinese and the meal (cantonese, in this case) is this good.
Kam Fook
Chatswood Westfield,
28 Victor Street,
Chatswood 2067.
Helen said,
July 19, 2006 @ 9:58 am
That parrot fish looks good, and i love the sound of the broccoli with tofu. Yum!
ps. The Kam Fook in Chinatown is now Dragonstar, but I believe there’s a Kam Fook in Hurstville?
Y said,
July 19, 2006 @ 11:25 am
Dragonstar? Oh no! Sounds like some children’s morning TV anime program! Thanks for the information 🙂