Stuck at home whilst Brisbane has been in lockdown but still wanted to support some of my favourite businesses whilst being stuck at home, so we decided to pick up some take away from Fry Chicken Master from Market Square the other day. Making our order via the phone 10 minutes ahead of pickup, I was pleasantly surprised to see that my food was already prepared for pickup when I arrived.
Arriving home, our meals were still hot, but evidently quite steamed from the heat condensation, which was a concern for us because we wanted our fried goods to be crispy.
Normally, I really like to order noodle dishes at Taiwanese restaurants, however given the drive home, I didn't really want to risk any spillage or soggy noodles, so we opted for two bento boxes instead.
Drinks for the night came from Excellent Cup, which is also owned by the same operator of Fry Chicken Master (and Mum's Wok, which I am also a fan of). As a hard line traditionalist when it comes to bubble tea, Excellent cup is definitely one of my favourites. Before the hype of cheese foam and frappes, they do exceptionally great quality pearl milk tea which is fragrant and mellow with soft chewy pearls. I also really like their fresh strawberry milk which isn't overly artificial and very refreshing.
Our first bento box was the deep fried pork chop one. It came with the namesake main, three sides and some minced pork with steamed rice. The topping to rice ratio was pretty fantastic. In terms of sides, I really liked the tomato and egg which tasted just like what mum makes at home. The veggies were wholesome and comforting too. The pork chop was freshly fried, but I was surprised that it wasn't battered. I would definitely have enjoyed it more with a flour or potato starch coating. The mince with rice was also really enjoyable and reminded me a lot of the meals that we had in Taiwan before.
Our second bento box was almost exactly the same, but instead of deep fried pork chop, we had some braised beef. This was unbelievably tender and melted in our mouth. Usually I have this with noodles, but it tasted just as good with rice. I really enjoyed how the carrots were infused with the delicious beefy soup.
I ordered two sides to go, first off was deep fried tofu. This retained a reasonable amount of crispiness despite the steam. Thankfully the sauce came in a separate package, but it did absorb quite a bit of moisture from the shredded veggies it was served on top of. The portion size was fairly large, but the price was definitely not cheap for essentially a side dish, though it was really light and silky smooth though.
Our second side was the deep fried turnip cake. Unlike the tofu, the sauce was well mixed into the dish, so by the time we had it, there was almost no crunch to it. Having said that, the sauce was packed with soy and garlic flavours which we absolutely love, although the turnip cake itself had a lot more flour than turnip. Guess home made is always a bit better but this is a pretty good alternative.
Taste: 8.5/10
Value: 8/10
Service: 9/10
Environment: 8/10
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