Imperial Chopsticks — Restaurant in Murray Bridge

I like the Chinese name of this Chinese restaurant - 旺角小廚. In Hong Kong, 旺角 (Mong Kok) is the most dense area in Hong Kong and is always packed with people, no matter day or night or during midnight.

When I discovered there is such a Chinese restaurant with the name 旺角小廚 in a remote little town Murray Bridge, I wished I could come here one day to try if they are a special one.

I visited them on ANZAC day, which was a Friday and a public holiday. They were quite busy when we arrived there at 7:00 pm, without booking. I spoke Cantonese to the boss, and he knows Cantonese too, so I felt I have come to the right place. Just a couple of minutes, the boss arranged a table for us.

We ordered a few ordinary dishes. I reckon the taste was quite ok / quite good in terms of Chinese restaurants in remote / rural towns. As here is just a little town of a regional state SA, then I reckon I should rate it even higher like "Good". 😅

I guess they have quite a good reputation from local residents. In fact, we were quite odd on that night as perhaps only us were Asian / Chinese in the restaurant.

After the meal, I paid by cash, but the boss told me that there was no difference either paying by cash or by card. He said he mainly serves local returned customers, so he doesn't even apply public holiday surcharge, which is a norm nowadays. The boss said he is currently earning less money compared with years before, as everything becomes more expensive nowadays but he was trying hard to run and maintain the business.

I didn't have a doubt about what he said, as I found the price level of his menu was not expensive. My bill was just $140, with 6 dishes but without any drink. On average, just $23 per dish, quite...

Well we went back today after friends told me to try again after a bad experience when they first opened. Well im so annoyed at myself missing out on the amazing food all these years. We went in without a booking as we didn’t feel like cooking. At first I felt the manager was grumpy and abrupt but after reading other reviews I can see that he is like my mum was, prickly, 🤣🤣. By the time our order was taken the place was full and we could hear the manager saying it was over 1hr wait for take away meals. The place was very clean and the rest of staff were very friendly and polite. The young man serving us gave extra prawn crackers on request but sadly forgot my dads second drink. But I can’t blame him when the manager was constantly yelling at him.

First we ordered chicken and corn soup, chicken satay sticks and perking duck wraps. They were bloody delicious and fresh. The duck had a good amount of sauce in them and the satay an amazing amount of heat and the chicken was actually well seasoned (usually a big flaw with Chinese). Then for mains we got sweet and sour fish and beef and oyster sauce. That fish was cooked to perfection. The beef was so soft and tender. Literally melt in your mouth tender. The only real compliment is it was so bloody delicious that nothing was left to take home. We certainly will be coming back and will try to remember to book so we...

Typical Asian restaurant with dated decor and Asian inspired lights We were met by a lovely young man who led us to our seats and offered a book that was a very detailed menu It all looked devine Our drinks came out fast We placed an order The entrees were beautiful , hot and displayed well They " satay" was more a warm gravy like with no real peanut to it like you expect from a stay The mains were so salty ..I mean ...really salty and wonders if the chef has tasted the meals The cashew prawn was mostly capsicum and onion and really lacked any flavour except salt Even the honey chicken was far to salty and didn't carry the characteristics you would expect from a sweet honey chicken ..... Their so called signature fried rice had mini prawns n it that were as tough as old boots The rice it's self seemed like it was a week old and again salty ...

All in all the service was lovely , young man very attentive and sweet But the food, I guess if you haven't had proper fresh cooked chineese would be edible But my suggestion , chefs need to taste the foods Go steady on cheap items like onion and capsicum And taste before sending out

We will try again another time , and offer again feedback with hopes they read this and heed feedback This place came highly recommended by locals but we were...