Fujian Shaxian Snacks Eastwood — Restaurant in Sydney

I went here today with my friend and her family, we ordered yuntun soup, steamed dumplings and two drum sticks as shown in the photos.

I will review this place for the following 3 elements which I care about a food place:

Environment, 1 out of 5. This place has no AC, and it’s right next to a busy street, during summer time it’s just not so nice to sit here while having hot dished on the table, plus the tables are a bit crowded. Service, 2 out of 5. If you order steamed dumplings, be prepared to wait because they need to cook the dumplings after you order them. Give it 15 mins or so. The food, 3 out of five. The flavours are just okay, nothing puts a smile on my face. The yuntun soup is a bit salty, but not too bad. A basic soup costs $9, and you can easily increase the price by adding pork or eggs. They put herbs in the soup, so if that is your thing, it could be worth a try. The steamed dumplings are nice with a touch of sweetness, but as shown in the photo, some dumpling wrappings are ripped open??? How could this happen??? The drum sticks cost $5 each!!! And they tastes like meh…you can easily make better chicken at home.

So over all, I would just give 2 stars for a food place. No AC is a big bummer tbh. The drum sticks are a bit over priced, and the steamed dumplings require a long...

Be selective in your choice!

I should have gotten what everyone else was having, the wonton soup or fujian noodles. I was adventurous as the 'herbal duck' noodle soup seemed like a good idea. The picture on the menu looked enticing with a duck drumstick and more. What was presented to me instead was a clear but bland (salted or chicken stock?) soup with veggies (a nice serving of), and the meat. Let's talk about that. It appeared to be scraps of small broken bones with some meat on it. I definitely did not taste any of the herbal flavour the protein would typically be marinated in. Maybe they forgot the duck?!

For $20 as of this post, it was certainly not worth it at all. I lapped it up anyway, because well, I paid for it, and the taste was not terrible, just extremely lacking of any flavour.

The eating space is small and although I went on a quiet Monday evening, I normally see it busy. So just order what's popular and if in doubt, just observe what others are having and point to it I guess. Decor... nah you're there for a quick meal or a bite.

The staff only understood Mandarin, so I didn't bother to Karen-it-out. Whatever.

Could have chosen other items for next time, yes, but for me - no, sorry. Plenty of other superior...

This small casual snack shop is an outpost of very famous brand from Shaxian, Fujian province of China. The food here is considered a unique intangible heritage of Fujian culture and we recently tried their signature peanut sauce noodle with extra fried egg topping and mini wonton soup. Both dishes have unique, authentic taste and we like them. We also ordered their sour pickled rice noodle and fried mini wonton on our second visit there and they're really good also.

The shop is very small in space and you can't expect any ambience or proper customer service. However, the service from staff member was quite efficient and we had no problem though we don't speak any Chinese / Mandarin. You can always use your finger to point the menu item(s) you like to order and pay. Prices on the menu are cheap and dishes' portion can be customized (most menu items have different portion sizes to accommodate small or big appetites) along with different side dishes and toppings. You can pay with credit card but pay additional 2% surcharge (which is steep and excessive), however most pay by cash since their...