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Runya's Room

30/7/2016

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Located in new St Collins Lane precinct, Runya promises so much through her front windows. Delicate cakes, fine china, bottles of Veuve indicate a European style tea room - fancy and fitting for two ladies spending a Sunday afternoon shopping in the city. Lured in by this we decided to rest and recuperate with soul restoring tea and cake.
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And the picture makes afternoon tea look attractive. Pink and gold tea set, cute little cakes but what the picture doesn't show is that we were seated next to the serving hatch with a view into the kitchen and it's not a kitchen reflective of the patisserie we were hoping. Think fried chips and grilled burgers! Alas, Runya is a little confused - part tea room, part lunch cafe...

I'm a fan of beer battered chips but perhaps not when supping English Breakfast from a pretty china tea cup. Call me old fashioned or traditional but I think I'd have preferred it if Runya was either a tea room or a cafe. For me Veuve and chips is something I do when camping and not what happens in St Collins Lane!

The tea itself was reviving. I chose the strawberry and vanilla frasiere and it was a light sponge with berries and cream. My companion had the cheesecake and it was a bit cloying. The base was the best part. All nice enough but we don't feel the need to revisit. Brunetti's, Hopetoun are better choices.
Runya's Room Menu, Reviews, Photos, Location and Info - Zomato
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Honcho Noodle

27/7/2016

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I loved Northern Light and I really wanted to love Honcho Noodle. I dined with an ex work colleague now friend early on Thursday evening. I was their first customer of the night and as I was early I had some time just seated at the table enjoying an iced tea. 

The welcome and ongoing service was acceptable but no real personality or personal touch; so unlike Northern Light when Adam Liston used to welcome us like old friends and I'm sure it wasn't just us that received such friendly warmth.

We ordered a few things to share:

‘DAVID CHANG’S' STEAMED PORK BUN
​SPANNER CRAB UDON, SMOKED CRAB BUTTER, YUZU, KIZAMI NORI
SMOKED DUCK HOKKIEN, CHILLI RELISH, BEAN SPROUTS, HOI SIN 
OKONOMIYAKI

The pork bun was definitely the best thing we had. The pork was tender and the crackling wonderfully crisp. The spanner crab udon was overly buttery and just too rich. The smoked duck hokkien was nice enough but not something I couldn't make at happen. It was a touch too sweet for me and lacked fire. The quality of the actual noodles was good - slippery, slurpy and with bite but sadly the accompanying flavours lacked appeal. The okonomiyaki was big but dense, heavy and lacked flavour.

So in all I was disappointed. The pork bun wasn't enough to save the meal and I just don't feel the quality matched the price point.
Honcho Noodle Menu, Reviews, Photos, Location and Info - Zomato
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