The Red Claw - Forest Lake

After a couple of false starts  - a) one of our favourites, Nom Nom cafe in Salisbury has now been replaced by a Chinese restaurant called Phoenix House which only opens for dinner, and b) Shanghai Cuisine in Robertson Village looks like it has new ownership with nothing interesting in the menu - we landed up at the Red Claw (named presumably after the cheeky looking red lobster man who adorns the sign and the  crockery). Mrs Kan Do and I decided to order two of their lunch specials, fish in chilli sauce with rice and beef with stir fried noodles.  The fish arrived first, followed by the rice and then the beef and noodles. I was really impressed with the huge quantities of food for just $11.80 for each dish! The food was freshly cooked and hot. The fish was cooked well with a beautiful soft texture and the flavour of the dish was reasonably good, except for the peppercorns which I didn't mind but certainly I can see people not liking. The beef fried noodles was saucy with a good texture without a lot of flavour but certainly had enough salt for my taste (I tend to like a little more salt in my food than other people and this was at the upper limit of what I like). The flavour of the noodles was helped along with some chilli oil that I asked for. Overall it was a huge meal, with freshly cooked dishes for just $23.60, so really good value for money. The flavours here won't blow anyone away but for a good, cheap eat, it satisfies. Service is  pretty much the Sunnybank standard - adequate.

After a couple of false starts  - a) one of our favourites, Nom Nom cafe in Salisbury has now been replaced by a Chinese restaurant called Phoenix House which only opens for dinner, and b) Shanghai Cuisine in Robertson Village looks like it has new ownership with nothing interesting in the menu - we landed up at the Red Claw (named presumably after the cheeky looking red lobster man who adorns the sign and the  crockery). Mrs Kan Do and I decided to order two of their lunch specials, fish in chilli sauce with rice and beef with stir fried noodles.  The fish arrived first, followed by the rice and then the beef and noodles. I was really impressed with the huge quantities of food for just $11.80 for each dish! The food was freshly cooked and hot. The fish was cooked well with a beautiful soft texture and the flavour of the dish was reasonably good, except for the peppercorns which I didn't mind but certainly I can see people not liking. The beef fried... read more

Came across this little cafe on our way from Secret Trees (it is actually next door) so a great spot for a quick lunch with a small price tag of $10. Not a lot of vegetarian offerings so I opted for the  fried rice with veg which did the trick for me as I was in a hurry. Free wifi is also a bonus

Since they changed to the new menu, it's getting a lot worse than before, as they have removed lots of good dishes :-( However, the green bean and chilli chicken are still the best dishes! Love them. The service there has always been TERRIBLE! It's like there is no waitress there to serve us, we have to always grab water, plates, bowls ourselves.

Went to this place the first week that it was opened for business. The only attractive to me is the i-pad ordering system. Service was non-proficiency. I am not a chilli-lover, so sorry about that, I was not quite appreciated the way that they cooked the fish. It may be the way it should be but..........