Bamboo Room

My husband and I had a very enjoyable dinner here last night. We arrived in St. Kilda a couple days ago and it was only our second dinner out.
First dinner was at Chinta Blue.
We typically favor Omakase at Japanese restaurants so thought why not give the «Feed Us» option a try. We let the chef choose our dinner for 35.00 pp. I saw a few items on the menu I would have ordered a la carte, but thought surprises from the kitchen would be fun.
It was a great choice as the food was delicious and plenty. We had the following courses:
1. 4 mini vegetarian fried spring rolls with a good side of tempura calamari
2. An assortment of dimmies that included dumplings, xiao long bao, shao mai (well done, pastry was not too thick) — all together I think we had at least 12 pieces.
3. 2 grilled chicken skewer (tasted of Indian spices but not to strong, well done, wasn’t dry).
4. House fried rice
5. Beef and mixed mushroom coconut Thai curry (my favorite! i loved the sauce and the flavors)
6. Crispy pork loin in sweet and sour sauce (not too sweet, not too sour, and just the right amount of crispiness — my husband’s favorite)
7. Wok tossed prawns (my least favorite of all the dishes, but I still thought it was good, I just wouldn’t order it myself).
The courses were smaller than if you would order the main (as expected), however, I thought the portions were generous.
We certainly did not leave hungry and the service was friendly. We arrived around 6:30pm on Friday and just in time as the place filled up quickly after that.
There’s a nice party room in the back for more private functions.
We brought a bottle of sparkling wine and they had the proper glasses for it.
I heard there is a small corkage fee but we were not charged any fee yesterday.
Overall, nicely decorated restaurant, friendly folks who run it, and good atmosphere. Would return again and definitely order the flounder — another table order it and it looked great!