Bundanoon Chinese Restaurant — Restaurant in Bundanoon

Hello, my friends. It is I and I am back. The last time I saw you, I was in the middle of Chinatown, longing for the uninhibited taste cyclone of rural made lemon chicken. Well, tonight, I had rural made lemon chicken from Bundanoon. And, oh, how I missed it. Was it fried so deep it would've got the bends as they brought it out of the cooker? Absolutely. Was the sauce sweet enough to make your grandma look sour? Wouldn't have it any other way. Were the prawn chips so plenty they could've sufficed as the meal? Well, I didn't finish them, if that's what you're asking. This is just the way Chinese in Australia's vast brownness is meant to be. The sizzling combination had all the meats of the rainbow, the scallops were more slippery than your classmates in that first year accounting group assignment you had to do all by yourself. Again, I'm perplexed by what makes Mongolian beef Mongolian but I made sure it was eaten. Lol. I implore you to ignore the bad reviews. This restaurant textures Bundanoon. It's where the locals go when they're happy, sad, ambivalent.

My friends, I've never been to China. But my...

For a long time the Bundanoon Chinese Restaurant was like an old sweater that you wore and loved but was not your best. The local community still supported the family run restaurant.

There was a change of a management recently including a change in the front of house. It is still a family business.

I am delighted to report that the Bundanoon Chinese has improved out of sight. I have had several meals there recently, all of which were excellent. All the usual dishes one sees at a country based chinese restaurant are there with the added surprise of new dishes. One of their best is the poached chicken with ginger and shallots - tender and delicious over the three times I have tried it.

The springs rolls now offered are so different from the previous incarnation. They are crisp and the ingredients identifiable and tasty.

The photographs show part of my latest meal.

So well done Bundanoon Chinese. You have...

1 star is really being too nice! Booked our table in advance and on our arrival only had 1 other table of 2 in the restaurant. We waited 20 minutes just to get our drinks, then from the time we placed our order to the time the last plate was served was 2 hrs. So much food wasted as it was either dead cold or tasted like the insole of an old boot! Whilst waiting for our meals, we watched the entire restaurant fill up and get served their food and at least 10 take away orders get bought out. When we went to pay, we did complain about the long wait, service and poor quality of the meals - and she flat out did not care! I asked to speak to a manager, and she refused to get one! Absolute worst service and food I have ever had! Will never go there again, and would recommend anyone else thinking about going there to save your money, time...