The new Chef's Specials menu at Monk and Me |
Monk and Me
9 Evans Place
Hawthorn East VIC 3123
(03) 9813-1151
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Earlier this month, Clement, manager of Monk and Me invited me to try out their new specials, and of course I accepted! Full disclosure: as you may have read in my previous post about Monk and Me, Clement is a friend of my brother, who worked there many years ago. However, I really like the food and often visit as a paying customer. (Sandra, in particular, is obsessed - obsessed, I tell you! - with their super crispy, amazing curry puffs).
Knowing that three dishes would be way too much food for just two people, we enlisted the Food Rehab crew to help out with the eating - thanks for the awesome company and sharing tummy space! Between the four of us, we were Tweeting, Foursquaring and Facebook-ing like crazy throughout the night - cameras and iPhones at the ready! (But no flash photography of course, wouldn't want to distract the other customers!)
We started off with some entrees: curry puffs (of course), and a new item, Jade's Trio. These were juicy little steamed prawn dumplings, with a dipping sauce of soy, chilli and vinegar.
Jade’s Trio – steamed prawn dumplings - $9.00 for a serve of 3. Curry Puffs – $6.00 for a serve of 2. |
For our mains, we shared the three specials, with two serves of coconut rice - a good amount for four people.
Beef Kelantan - Tender gravy beef cubes in an aromatic spicy sauce with coconut shavings. $22. |
Duck Massam - Boneless braised duck in a hot and sour sauce with okra, zucchini, capsicum, ginger flowers and kaffir lime leaves. $25. |
There had been quite a bit of food, but we somehow found room for dessert...
Raspberry and Passionfruit Sorbet - $7.50 |
Sago pudding served with brown sugar & coconut milk - $7.50 |
Banana fritter topped with maple syrup and served with vanilla ice-cream - $9.50 |
It was a super fun evening - fantastic company and lots of delicious food. It was also good to try some new dishes, as I tend to stick to my old favourites whenever I visit. Thanks to Clement and the team at Monk for a great night!
Sarah and friends dined as guests of Monk and Me.
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Love sago pudding!
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