Tomi’s Kitchen
The Concourse
5/409 Victoria Ave.
Chatswood, Sydney
We’re always hunting good Vietnamese restaurants. The food is so light and fragrant making it an easy meal for those times we don’t want something heavier. We spotted Tomi’s Kitchen in some our our browsing and decided to pay them a visit. It’s on The Concourse and in a prime position for theatre goers next door.
We started with our obligatory cocktails. Sir had a Tomi’s Mito, made from mint, ginger, lemongrass, perilla leaves and rum and served in a jar. It was a very tasty variation of the classic. M’Lady had a Tomi’s Lychee Margarita made from tequilla, orange liqueur, lime and lychee. She loves lychees and loved this tipple.
We started with some prawn twisters. These come in a serving of six long thin pastry cones filled with tender prawn meat accompanied with a dish sweet chilli sauce for dipping. We loved the sweet crispy mix of these. Pastry and prawns are lovely together and these were great.
M’Lady is a huge fan of rice paper rolls so these were quickly added to our order. Try hey come in a serving of two and there are a variety of filling choices. We went for pork and they were fat, fresh and tasty - and even better with the tangy dipping sauce that came with to them.
Chicken wings done well have beautifully tender juicy meat with a crisp tasty skin outside. These crispy chicken wings were this and more. The flavours were great and with a serving of six it turned out to be quite filling. They again came with sweet chilli sauce.
We also love bao buns - fluffy pillows of bun filled with delicacies. Here they come in a serving of three and you can choose any mix from four choices - crackling pork, crispy chicken, BBQ pork pattie or crispy tofu. We chose one ach of the meat fillings and they were all very tasty. The buns themselves were possibly some of the fluffiest we’ve ever had.
On to desserts and Mlady spied the Serendipity Ice Creams. She had two scoops - death by chocolate, vanilla bean. They were tasty and decent scoops and came with two wafers for some welcome crunch.
Despite everything being so good, the standout dish of the night was undoubtedly the fried ice cream. This was described as vanilla ice cream encased in filo pastry, served with Tomi’s toasted coconut mix and caramel sauce. The description still doesn’t do this justice. It was amazing and so big it could easily serve two - or one greedy Sir!
Tomi’s Kitchen has a lovely indoor/outdoor feel to it. It’s casual and relaxed with a nice vibe that puts the guest in a great mood to enjoy the experience.
We had a meal of starters this time, but there’s so much more to the menu here. We’ll be back to explore their food even further.