Pie In The Sky..

have you tried a very hot, full of ingredients and delicious meat pie? you can head to pie in the sky at 43 olinda monbulk road, olinda, vic 3788. i think it might be a great choice for a weekend treat during the winter. they actually won 15 times of award winning pies.

look at the choices they have on their menu. i was thinking hard.

they also serve a selection of pastries. i love pastry!

this is their very well known pie floater. the base is actually potato and leek soup and together with your selection of pie and this was the tandoori chicken and spinach pie, a gold medal winner pie. taste wise, i like the thick and creamy soup. for the pie, not my cup of tea. it was $14.50 for this meal.

this is what i've ordered. the beef burgundy pie, another gold medal winner pie. love this one! the chunky beef, thick creamy sauce and the pastry was crispy and not too thick. but i did add on some salt and pepper, prefer stronger flavour on it. around $8 for this pie. quite pricey i should say.

i still want to rave about the scones at miss marples. love it! a must try when you are in mount dandenong. but beware of the long wait for a seat there.

Snooty Fox..

during the easter weekend, i managed to explore a few nice places and one of them was snooty fox, it's located at 1457 mt dandenong tourist road, olinda, vic. it's a really cosy and quiet restaurant and with generous portions of yummy meal.

firstly we had entree to share. the cheese and spring onions on toasted bun. the bun was huge! and the cheese was oozing out when i had my first bite. i think it was bit too heavy for me for the start.

for me, i've ordered the atlantic salmon fillet on preserved lemon mash with toasted almonds and brown butter sauce. the skin of the salmon was so crispy and the fish was moist and tender. love the mash with tiny bit of sourness of the lemon and the saltiness of the butter together with some crisp of the toasted almonds. thumbs up!

my friend had the lamb rack with bumblebee sauce, pink peppercorns with honey. looks delicious! according to him, it was pretty good too but not so satisfied with the serving portion.

this is a really huge dish! it's duckling twice roasted with creamy mash and spinach, covered with red wine and gooseberry reduction. it tasted really good and with a strong herbs flavour. it actually tasted like our asian style of herb chicken. no kidding.. definately a fulfilling meal.

also ordered the eye fillet steak with mushroom sauce on creamy mash. traditional dish for a western restaurant. and of course it was delicious! the meat was tender and juicy. can't go wrong with this one.

we were served a huge bowl of green salad each along with our mains. healthy way of balancing up our huge portions of mains.

we ended our dinner with a slice of choc nut fudge brownie served with warm chocolate sauce and kahluah ice-cream. yum! it was superb. great way to end my dinner.