Ya Hoo Restaurant — Restaurant in Logan City

Known as both Yahoo Hillcrest and Yahoo Boronia Heights (it's just on the Hillcrest side of the border between the two suburbs). Whichever your preferred reference, it's still a bit of a hike for me which is the main reason I've not been until this visit - had a church camp/retreat up at Mt Tamborine and decided to go the back way so I could swing by Ya Hoo for lunch on the way. Lo and behold who should we see upon our arrival but another church family with the same idea!

This place has old school Chinese restaurant feels and the pricing was fantastic though I'm told rose a bit shortly after my visit in September. We ordered from the lunch menu where most of the meals were $11.50: Crispy chicken with fried rice Marmite chicken with fried rice Pork spare ribs in plum sauce with steamed rice Fried kwai teow Butter oat prawns (without shell), $24.90 Spring roll 4pc $6.50 Long soup $6.50

The prawns are from the dinner menu but we saw our friends on the other table order one so a friend in my party decided he might as well try it since he travelled so far to meet us there for lunch. I'm pretty sure as long as they have stock on hand they'll cook it if you ask. It's pretty good!

The usual lunch menu options were also all solid and satisfying though tending on the salty side. I think they represent very good value and if this shop were closer to me I could see myself...

Adamant to find the best hainanese chicken rice. Decided to check this place out. Greeted with a friendly smile. For a Saturday morning 1140am time the food came out slower than I anticipated. This was a smaller portion of hainanese chicken compared to one or 2 others I've been to but out of all I've tried this is probably one of the many few where the hainanese chicken comes out alot warmer than most places. That was a huge plus for me because I like my food to come out hot. And usually hainanese chicken dishes come out room temperature if not abit on the cooler side. It also came drizzled with that soy sauce which I tasted a hint of Maggi seasoning soy sauce. Very tasty. The chicken was tender and juicy and warm. The rice was very lightly seasoned, of all the hainanese chicken rice ive tasted this one was more on the pain white rice than chicken flavoured rice. Which wasn't too bad given I just drizzle that soy sauce from the chicken all over the rice for abit of flavouring. Price wise probanly one of the many few affordable places if you're craving hainese chicken rice and in that area. Otherwise, not a bad place for hainanese...

Was pleasantly surprised by the quality of food they served.

Cereal Prawn - Very authentic version. It's the closest to what you will find in Singapore. Albeit a little on the saltier side. Can reduce salt and add abit more sugar, chili and curry leaves! But 9/10 !

Marmite chicken with fried rice - the party enjoyed this dish! Fried rice is very Cantonese, rice grains are harder than the ones you find in the other Chinese restaurants. I prefer the cantonese version! So this is on point ! 9/10

Fried chicken with fried rice - flavourful chicken! Fried rice review, as above. 9/10

Black bean chicken with white rice - decent review from my friend. 8/10

Char Kway Teow - this was the cherry on top. Wok hei was perfectly executed. A little on the salty spectrum. I love salt. But this was really salty. I think it will be more flavourful with more black sauce. This is quite possibly the best rendition of char kway teow in Brisbane.

Overall experience - 10/10

Will be back to try out the dinner dishes. It's quite a drive for us, so we're not sure when...