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First Taste
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Nearby attractions
Box Hill Gardens
Box Hill VIC 3128, Australia
Nearby restaurants
David’s Master Pot (Box Hill)
606 Station St, Box Hill VIC 3128, Australia
China Bar Box Hill
607 Station St, Box Hill VIC 3128, Australia
壹碗BOWLTIFUL Halal Lanzhou Handmade Noodles Box Hill
595-597 Station St, Box Hill VIC 3128, Australia
DC Dumpling
590 Station St, Box Hill VIC 3128, Australia
Pho Huong Viet
976 Whitehorse Rd, Box Hill VIC 3128, Australia
Bak Kut Teh King Box Hill
966 Whitehorse Rd, Box Hill VIC 3128, Australia
Haidilao Hotpot Box Hill
Sky One Plaza, L2-01 Level 2/545-563 Station St, Box Hill VIC 3128, Australia
Hills BBQ Noodle Shop
586 Station St, Box Hill VIC 3128, Australia
Kitchen Republik
Shop MM2/1 Main St, Box Hill VIC 3128, Australia
Lu's BBQ Boxhill
974 Whitehorse Rd, Box Hill VIC 3128, Australia
Nearby hotels
YMCA Victoria
502/990 Whitehorse Rd, Box Hill VIC 3128, Australia
Sky One Apartments by CLLIX
545 Station St, Box Hill VIC 3128, Australia
Comfort Apartments Box Hill
G01/1 Elland Ave, Box Hill VIC 3128, Australia
The Chen Melbourne - Art Series
850 Whitehorse Rd, Box Hill VIC 3128, Australia
Avani Melbourne Box Hill Residences
12-14 Nelson Rd, Box Hill VIC 3128, Australia
Box Hill AirBnb Apartment - Short stay like hotels
11 Prospect St, Box Hill VIC 3128, Australia
Best Western Plus The Tudor-Box Hill
1101 Whitehorse Rd, Maroondah Hwy, Box Hill VIC 3128, Australia
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First Taste

604 Station St, Box Hill VIC 3128, Australia
3.8(137)
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attractions: Box Hill Gardens, restaurants: David’s Master Pot (Box Hill), China Bar Box Hill, 壹碗BOWLTIFUL Halal Lanzhou Handmade Noodles Box Hill, DC Dumpling, Pho Huong Viet, Bak Kut Teh King Box Hill, Haidilao Hotpot Box Hill, Hills BBQ Noodle Shop, Kitchen Republik, Lu's BBQ Boxhill
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「Single Set Meal」Chinese Sausage With Rice+Coke
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「Single Set Meal」Salty Fish&Pork Loaf With Rice+Coke
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「Single Set Meal」Plum Sauce Spare Ribs With Rice+Coke
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「Single Set Meal」First Taste'S Beef With Rice Noodles+「Single Set Meal」
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「Single Set Meal」Beef Brisket Soup Noodle+Coke
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「Single Set Meal」X.O.Sauce Fish Fillet With Rice+Coke
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Charcoal-Grilled Pork Tenderloin + Rice + A Soup + Coke
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Beef Tenderlion With Rice
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Stewed With Herbs + Rice In Hot Pot + Sauerkraut + Coke
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Beef Tenderlion With Rice
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Charcoal-Grilled Pork Tenderloin + Rice + A Soup + Coke
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Stewed With Herbs + Rice In Hot Pot + Sauerkraut + Coke
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Stewed With Herbs + Rice In Hot Pot + Sauerkraut + Coke
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Claypot Dishes (2) + Original Stew (2) + Garlic Cabbage + Rice (2) + Coke (2)
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Claypot Rice Set Meal
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Mei Cai Meatloaf + Oyster Sauce Chinese Cabbage + Coke
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Mushroom Chicken + Chinese Cabbage In Oyster Sauce + Coke
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Fish Filliet,Sour Pickled Mustard&Chilli With Rice+Oyster Sauce Chinese Cabbage + Coke
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Preserved Chinese Radish And Chicken With Rice +Oyster Sauce Chinese Cabbage + Coke
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Satay Beef Fillet With Rice
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Seafood Combination With Rice
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Eel With Rice
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Kimchi Beef Rice
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Salty Fish&Pork Loaf With Rice
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Black Bean Sauce Spare Ribs With Rice
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Fish Filliet,Sour Pickled Mustard&Chilli With Rice
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Quail With Rice
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X.O. Sauce Hand Made Prawn Ball With Rice
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Chicken&Mushroom With Rice
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X.O. Sauce Fish Fillet With Rice
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Chinese Sausage With Rice
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Plum Sauce Spare Ribs With Rice
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Beef With Rice
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Beef Tenderlion With Rice
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Salted Turnip And Fish Fillet With Rice
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Preserved Mustard Cabbage And Porkloaf With Rice
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Black Pepper Beef Fillet With Rice
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Preserved Chinese Radish And Fish Fillet With Rice
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Prawn Ball And Tofu With Rice
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Mixed Vegetable With Rice
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Chinese Sausage With Rice
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Pork Loaf With Rice Noodles
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Bamboo Fungus & Fish Fillet With Rice Noodles
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Pork Trotters With Rice Noodles
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Pork Offal Congee
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Shredded Pork & Preserved Egg Congee
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Salted Egg & Shredded Chicken Congee
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Lai Wan Style Congee
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Prawn Ball & Oatmeal Congee
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Fish Fillet & Oatmeal Congee
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Fried Chinese Doughnut[B]
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First Taste'S Beef With Rice Noodles
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Taiping Sand Beef With Rice Noodles
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Drunken Chicken With Rice Noodles
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Pepper Pork Stomach & Shredded Chicken With Rice Noodles
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Pork Offal With Rice Noodles
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Pork Offal With Rice Noodles
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Fried Chinese Doughnut[S]
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Chinese Broccoli
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Bok Choy
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Broccoli
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Big Bok Choy
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Barbeque Pork Infused With Sepcial Honey
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Seafood With Vermicelli Soup
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Seafood With Egg Noodle Soup
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Tom Yum Seafood With Vermicelli Soup
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Tom Yum Seafood With Egg Noodle Soup
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Seaweed&Prawn Ball With Vermicelisoup
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Beef Brisket Soup Noodle
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Seaweed&Prawn Ball With Egg Noodle Soup
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Chicken With Vermicelli/Egg Noodle Soup
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Seafood Laksa With Vermicelli Soup
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Dumpling Soup
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Seafood Laksa With Egg Noodle Soup
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Beef With Vermicelli Soup
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Fish Fillt With Vermicelli Soup
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Fish Fillt With Egg Noodle Soup
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Beef With Noodle Soup
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Hot&Sour Seafood With Vermicelli Soup
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Sauce Chicken Noodles
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Hot&Sour Seafoodwith Egg Noodle Soup
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Noodles With Chicken Sauce
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Eel With Vermicelli Soup
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Dumpling With Vermicelli Soup
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Eel With Egg Noodle Soup
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Dumpling With Egg Noodle Soup
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Mixed Vegetable With Vermicelli Soup
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Mixed Vegetable With Egg Noodle Soup
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Hot And Sour Chicken Noodles In Thick Soup
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Hot And Sour Chicken Noodles In Thick Soup
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Hot&Sour Beef With Vermicelli Soup
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Hot&Sour Beef With Egg Noodle Soup
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Hot & Sour Seafood With Soya Curd
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Seafood Kimchi Chi Hot Pot
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Preserved Cabbage Fish Or Chicken Hot Pot
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Beef Kim Chi Hot Pot
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Beef Ribs With Mild Chilli "Ba Sook" Sauce
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Pork With Special Honey Sauce
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Black Pepper Beef With Vegetables
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Mix Vegetable With Soya Curd
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Beef Tenderloin With White Radish
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Satays Chicken Hot Pot
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Satays Beef Hot Pot
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Sake Fish Fillet Hot Pot
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Pork Ribs In A Complex Broth Of Herbs
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Cabbage Seedlings (Soy Bean Curd)
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Chinese Kale
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Bean Sprouts
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Tong Cai
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Lamb Beans
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Pak Choi
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Corn Chicken Soup
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Lotus Root Peanut Chicken Feet Stewed Pork Soup
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Shanghai Hot And Sour Soup
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Ganoderma Lucidum With Codonopsis Scallop And Lean Meat
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Thai Seafood Tom Yum Soup
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Yangyin Pills, Snail Slices And Pig Tendon Soup
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Dried Scallop&Watercrest Stewed With Duck'S Kidney Soup
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Cononut And Herbs Stewed Crocodile Meat Soup
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Coconut Stewed Clam Meat Soup
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Combination Herbs Stewed Beef Soup
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Pear Stewed Pork Soup
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Ginseng Stewed Black Chicken Soup
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Dry White Cabbage Stew With Pork
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Pork&Musharoom Stewed With Chicken Feet Soup
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Bitter Almonds Stew With Pork
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Walnut&Herbs Stewed With Pig' Kidney Soup
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White Fungus,Water Chestnut With Pork
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Ginseng&Herbs Stewed Chicken Soup
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Bitter Melon Stew With Pork
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Special Beef Clans Soup
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Fish Maw Stew With Chicken
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Rock Sugar Stewed With Herbs&Paw Paw
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Rock Sugar Stewed With Pear&White Fungus
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Chinese Caterpiller Fungus With Chicken
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Bak Kut Teh
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Ginseng Stewed Pork Soup
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Sugarcane Drink Small
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Sugarcane Drink Large
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Honey Chrysanthemum Tea Small
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Honey Chrysanthemum Tea Large
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Herbal Tea
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Coke
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Black Sesame Dessert
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Coconut Juice
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Tofu With Salted Fish And Chicken
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Braised Tofu
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Grilled Japanese Tofu With Three Mushrooms
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Salt And Pepper Japanese Tofu
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Grilled Japanese Tofu With Seafood
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Sichuan Spicy Tofu
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Shampoo And Sour Pork
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Sweet And Sour Chicken
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Sweet And Sour Fish
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Sweet And Sour Shrimp
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Sweet And Sour Scallop
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Chicken (Golden Not For Sauce)
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Chicken (Malay Jang Sauce)
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Chicken (Tempeh Sauce)
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Chicken (Cantonese Sauce)
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Chicken (Mongolian Sauce)
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Chicken (Ginger Scallion Sauce)
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Chicken (Sambal Sauce)
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Chicken (Satay Sauce)
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Chicken (Sichuan Sauce)
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Beef (Sate Sauce)
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Chicken (Japanese BBQ Sauce)
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Beef (Sichuan Sauce)
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Chicken (Xo Sauce)
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Beef (Japanese BBQ Sauce)
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Beef (Xo Sauce)
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Beef (Golden Not For Sauce)
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Beef (Malayjang Sauce)
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Beef (Tempeh Sauce)
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Beef (Cantonese Sauce)
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Beef (Mongolian Sauce)
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Beef (Ginger Scallion Sauce)
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Beef (Sambal Sauce)
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Shrimp (Garlic Sauce)
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Shrimp (Ginger Scallion Sauce)
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Shrimp (Sambal Sauce)
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Shrimp (Sate Sauce)
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Shrimp (Sichuan Sauce)
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Shrimp (Xo Sauce)
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Squid (Golden Not For Sauce)
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Shrimp (Golden Not For Sauce)
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Squid (Malay Jang Sauce)
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Shrimp (Malayjang Sauce)
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Squid (Tempeh Sauce)
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Shrimp (Tempeh Sauce)
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Squid (Garlic Sauce)
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Squid (Ginger Scallion Sauce)
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Japanese Scallops (Sambal Sauce)
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Squid (Sambal Sauce)
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Japanese Scallops (Satay Sauce)
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Squid (Sate Sauce)
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Japanese Scallop (Sichuan Sauce)
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Squid (Sichuan Sauce)
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Japanese Scallop (Xo Sauce)
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Squid (Xo Sauce)
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Seafood Assortment (Golden Not For Sauce)
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Japanese Scallops (Golden Do Not Change Sauce)
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Seafood Assortment (Malay Jang Sauce)
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Japanese Scallops (Malayan Sauce)
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Seafood Assortment (Tempeh Sauce)
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Japanese Scallops (Tempeh Sauce)
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Seafood Assortment (Garlic Sauce)
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Japanese Scallop (Garlic Sauce)
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Seafood Assortment (Ginger Scallion Sauce)
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Japanese Scallop (Ginger Scallion Sauce)
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Seafood Assortment (Sambal Sauce)
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Seafood Assortment (Sate Sauce)
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Fish Fillet (Sichuan Sauce)
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Seafood Assortment (Sichuan Sauce)
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Fish Fillet (Xo Sauce)
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Seafood Assortment (Xo Sauce)
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Fish Fillet (Golden Not For Sauce)
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Fish Fillet (Malayjang Sauce)
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Fish Fillet (Tempeh Sauce)
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Fish Fillet (Garlic Sauce)
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Fish Fillet (Ginger Scallion Sauce)
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Fish Fillet (Sambal Sauce)
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Fish Fillet (Satay Sauce)

Reviews

Nearby attractions of First Taste

Box Hill Gardens

Box Hill Gardens

Box Hill Gardens

4.6

(798)

Open 24 hours
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Nearby restaurants of First Taste

David’s Master Pot (Box Hill)

China Bar Box Hill

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DC Dumpling

Pho Huong Viet

Bak Kut Teh King Box Hill

Haidilao Hotpot Box Hill

Hills BBQ Noodle Shop

Kitchen Republik

Lu's BBQ Boxhill

David’s Master Pot (Box Hill)

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4.8

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China Bar Box Hill

China Bar Box Hill

3.7

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4.6

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DC Dumpling

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Reviews of First Taste

3.8
(137)
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2.0
4y

2 stars only due to the poor service of staff. The food was nice. The staff that greeted us was not very welcoming and make you feel not welcomed. We chose what we wanted to eat and staff walked by ignoring us waiting to order. When we finally ordered the girl taking our order didn't understand 'lemonade' which I repeated 3 times until I had to point it on the menu.

The bought the food out in front of us and it was another tables food. When waiting one of the staff put a menu back and it slipped and hit me in the back of the head. She picked it off the floor and didn't apologise, I now have a sore on my head from the sharp point or the menu. Don't sit near the bar/pay area as this is dangerous with the menu stack there.

Our food arrived but they never bought out the soul. 15 minutes passed before I asked the lady who took our order and she said it will be few more minutes. Another lady come out 5 minutes later apologised she forgot to give it to us.

Overall the experience was bad but the food good. I don't recommend this place to westerners as it's probably not great. My partner is Asian and has been going here since he was young as this is only my 2nd time going. I don't recommend the rice and Chinese sasuage or soups. I do recommend the prawn dumpling and xo...

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1.0
6y

Was here for dinner and wanted to sit at a corner table only to be told that the table is meant for 2 people only. There were 3 of us. The tables are arranged to accommodate any number of customers, be it 2 or 4 per table, and we could sit at that table but they refused. The slightly bald headed man in glasses insisted we sit at another table. This is not the first time this has happened. His attitude is very bad too and pulled such a long face. When we finally gave in and sat at a table he assigned us to, he insisted again that we sat towards the inside of the table. We decided to leave at the end! So many restrictions, we can never choose our ideal table or seats and always being controlled as to where we should be seated?! Totally ridiculous and hopeless customer service. The man is also extremely rude in arguing with his customers when he is so unreasonable to start with. We will be avoiding this restaurant for good. Customers spend good money to have a nice experience, but this restaurant truly is not worth the money due to their poor customer service...

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3.0
4y

They has kept the interior of the restaurant unchanged for the last 10 years and that reminded me those good old times I spent with my late grandmother. Some of their soups are tasty but I generally avoid anything features lean porks. Although, the soups are continuously boiling in the steamer however, somehow I felt the soups aren’t freshly made daily. I highly recommend ordering the signature clay pot rice with Chinese sausages. The sausage fat mix with sizzling steam rice in a clay pot is definitely mouth watering. The crust of the rice is just right on point, not too chewy or burnt. Two suggestions to the restaurant: 1) please don’t thinly sliced the sausages. Please offer the whole sausages for extra charge. 2) please offer sweet soy sauce (Lee Kum Kee Claypot Sauce) to customer as the condiment. One last thing, please stay away from ordering the chicken claypot rice. The sauce topping was bad and the chicken pieces were too...

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They has kept the interior of the restaurant unchanged for the last 10 years and that reminded me those good old times I spent with my late grandmother. Some of their soups are tasty but I generally avoid anything features lean porks. Although, the soups are continuously boiling in the steamer however, somehow I felt the soups aren’t freshly made daily. I highly recommend ordering the signature clay pot rice with Chinese sausages. The sausage fat mix with sizzling steam rice in a clay pot is definitely mouth watering. The crust of the rice is just right on point, not too chewy or burnt. Two suggestions to the restaurant: 1) please don’t thinly sliced the sausages. Please offer the whole sausages for extra charge. 2) please offer sweet soy sauce (Lee Kum Kee Claypot Sauce) to customer as the condiment. One last thing, please stay away from ordering the chicken claypot rice. The sauce topping was bad and the chicken pieces were too boney and salty.
Mark CMark C
Insta: markandelly_eats First time trying Chinese style Claypot Rice! We ordered a bunch and shared as a group. Claypot Rice really reminded me of Korean 누룽지 (nu-rung-gi) with its perfectly crispy base. They came out in a small sizzling claypot - i be drolling already 🤤 Personally liked the Chicken & Mushroom one the most. Mix them all up with crispy rice base and sauce and damn, you set. Wasn't a huge fan of Chinese Sausage one because it was a bit too thin and dry - I wanted some juicy ones instead you feel me? In general, saucy ones tasted better. Apparently, you are supposed to have Pork and Ginseng soup with claypot? Sorry b didn't know that LOL will try that next time!
AmilliahAmilliah
located on station Street, not much parking on the main streets but there is parking available around the corner or in the shopping centre. Prices are great, you can get a claypot rice, or a congee for under $20 per dish. Food is lovely, and feels authentic with the crispy rice at the bottom. recommended is the black bean sauce spare ribs on rice and salted egg and shredded chicken congee. con: it's a cash only venue, so make sure you've bought cash along.
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They has kept the interior of the restaurant unchanged for the last 10 years and that reminded me those good old times I spent with my late grandmother. Some of their soups are tasty but I generally avoid anything features lean porks. Although, the soups are continuously boiling in the steamer however, somehow I felt the soups aren’t freshly made daily. I highly recommend ordering the signature clay pot rice with Chinese sausages. The sausage fat mix with sizzling steam rice in a clay pot is definitely mouth watering. The crust of the rice is just right on point, not too chewy or burnt. Two suggestions to the restaurant: 1) please don’t thinly sliced the sausages. Please offer the whole sausages for extra charge. 2) please offer sweet soy sauce (Lee Kum Kee Claypot Sauce) to customer as the condiment. One last thing, please stay away from ordering the chicken claypot rice. The sauce topping was bad and the chicken pieces were too boney and salty.
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Insta: markandelly_eats First time trying Chinese style Claypot Rice! We ordered a bunch and shared as a group. Claypot Rice really reminded me of Korean 누룽지 (nu-rung-gi) with its perfectly crispy base. They came out in a small sizzling claypot - i be drolling already 🤤 Personally liked the Chicken & Mushroom one the most. Mix them all up with crispy rice base and sauce and damn, you set. Wasn't a huge fan of Chinese Sausage one because it was a bit too thin and dry - I wanted some juicy ones instead you feel me? In general, saucy ones tasted better. Apparently, you are supposed to have Pork and Ginseng soup with claypot? Sorry b didn't know that LOL will try that next time!
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located on station Street, not much parking on the main streets but there is parking available around the corner or in the shopping centre. Prices are great, you can get a claypot rice, or a congee for under $20 per dish. Food is lovely, and feels authentic with the crispy rice at the bottom. recommended is the black bean sauce spare ribs on rice and salted egg and shredded chicken congee. con: it's a cash only venue, so make sure you've bought cash along.
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