Lovin’ Lamb was closed, and this stall in Burwood Chinatown was the nearest alternative.
We had these spicy but less spicy secret recipe lamb skewers ($12.60), which presented a good mixture of fatty and lean lamb coated in an enjoyable chilli-cumin seasoning.
Absolutely comparable to Lovin’ Lamb. No notes.
Skewer House 串家
Burwood Chinatown
127-133 Burwood Road Burwood NSW 2134
I didn’t ask my partner to take me to 6 different places in one night to generate content for pegfeeds, but this she did.
One of the stops on our February trip to Burwood Chinatown (written as if it’s not within 2km of our house) was Kwafood Fried Skewer 夸父炸串, a stall where customers pick out raw foods on a stick (a-la skewer malatang), but instead of being boiled in soup they are deep friend and sprinkled with seasoning.
Each skewer is pretty bite-sized, meaning that a lot of variety in textures can be had for quite a small price. Here you can see that the minimum quantity for mushroom is half, and the minimum quantity for corn, for those who want to try, is a micro-riblet.
What Kwafood doesn’t particularly offer in terms of variety is taste, however, which is generally the same as all are coated in the same mildly spicy seasoning upon serving.
It’s really cheap for a snack, under $3 for the above pictured skewers, but I don’t know how much it would cost to actually fill up an adult and ablate the need for further food.
Kwafood Fried Skewer Burwood 夸父炸串
L1, K11 Murray Place Arcade, 127/133 Burwood Rd, Burwood NSW 2134
We spent $104 at Wonder Skewers in Burwood, which was definitely too much, and got us enough food to last two meals for two people.
The problem, kind of like in yum cha, is that everything came in groups of 3-5 skewers. This meant that to have any decent amount of variety as well as to not to eat repeats, you really need to come here with a few friends, not just one other person.
The variety of meats on offer was quite broad. We had lamb (5 for $13.80), beef tendon (4 for $12.80), ox tongue (4 for $13.80), pork with gristle (5 for $12.80), chicken wings (3, but really 6 wings for $12.80), beef ribs (5 for $13.80), and eggplant ($7.80), and scallops (2 for $13.80).
All food was cooked in the kitchen, and brought out to us once ready, rested on a bed which itself rested over a series of tealights, to keep the food warm as we ate. This is a pro gamer move, as oily, BBQ food tends to get much less appetizing once cold.
The chicken wings were in particular very juicy and tasty, with a crispy skin on the exterior.
A relatively special mention should also go to the beef tendon, which had a really gooey and fun texture, though was definitely too much to have all on my own, as my partner decided this was the day that beef tendon would be too weird for her.
The pork with gristle (at the left of the above photo), was really more like pork with soft bones, and quite yummy and good to crunch between the teeth.
The scallops were really overloaded with garlic, but at least had a different flavour to the barbequed meats, which to be honest all tasted very similar to one another.
Sadly the garlic eggplant was then the same flavour as the scallop.
My thoughts are these. The food was good, but definitely got quite repetitive, as essentially all of the BBQ meat had one flavour, and then the sides had another flavour. Two flavours over the $104 of food we ordered. As already mentioned, it is imperative to go with more than one person, unless you’re someone who really just wants to have 2-4 skewers of the same meat, and not try anything else.
Another interesting thing we noticed was that there was a notice on their ordering webpage (via QR code at the table) asking patrons not to abuse their staff for cooking slowly. No idea what that is about, we were served within 5-10 minutes of ordering.
Wonder Skewers
77 Burwood Rd, Burwood NSW 2134
0413 735 979
I didn’t really love Lovin’ Lamb. I had their signature lamb skewers, and I just didn’t feel like I connected with them. I did ask for them in a mild heat level because my girlfriend is a spice-o-phobe and because we had already eaten that night so I couldn’t justify getting two sets at differing spice levels, but I just felt that they didn’t have much flavour. Even the mild lamb skewers at competitors such Lamb & Cumin have some salt and cumin flavour, if not explicitly chilli flavour, but these ones at Lovin’ lamb left me wanting.
I’m always willing to give places like this another shot, just in case it was my order that was to blame, rather than the restaurant itself.
I’ll edit this post if I ever end up back there.
Lovin’ Lamb
125 Burwood Rd, Burwood NSW 2134
I’ve had delivery from 爱吃帝烧烤部落 HD Chinese Skewers BBQ a couple of times now. The first time was great, the second time was pretty middling. Let me tell you.
The Signature Lamb Skewers ($13.50 – left) were delicious the first time I had them. They came really fresh and crispy – it is lamb but it is aboslutely coated in a light amount of batter, cumin, and chillis. The second time I ordered, however, was a bit more soggy and disappointing.
The Black Pepper Sauce Wagyu Skewers ($14 – right) were very tender and good. I can highly recommend them.
The roasted chicken wings ($12 – not pictured) were yummy but they only gave 2, making them $6 each. No thanks.
The Spicy Cold Noodles ($15.80) were delicious. Sour and tasty, the cold temperature great for a warm day. It is relatively similar to Korean cold noodles.
I can recommend 爱吃帝烧烤部落 HD Chinese Skewers BBQ, however given the inconsistency in quality I would recommend eating in rather than getting delivery to make sure that you’re getting the skewers fresh.
爱吃帝烧烤部落 HD Chinese Skewers BBQ
371 Anzac Parade, Kingsford NSW 2032
0480 241 968