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Came down here on a Saturday evening for dinner and they were already half packed. The first thing you notice is the place is very rudimentary, floor tiles is slightly greasy sticky and I knew it straight away the food was going to be good and authentic. The service is efficient and on point, got the menu and water as we sat down. Ordered the XLB, Xiao long bao, Chinese sausage fried rice, spring onion pancake and pan fried pork dumplings. The food came out very quickly and it was definitely cooked to order as the buzz from kitchen rang out for each order. Spring onion pancakes were had a crunchy crust, the centre was chewy and packed plenty of savoury flavour, just like how I had it in China. The fried rice was cooked in a wok with nice amount of oil to keep the rice seperate and packed plenty of wok hei (breath of the wok). XLB was small in size but well portioned for a mouth explosion with the hot soup inside as you one biter. This is the real experience of XLB. The fried pork dumpling is definitely made in store during the day over at one of the dining tables and cooked to order. The flavours were spot on and the bottom of the dumpling is crispy. All in all we finished our food and most impressive is their chilli oil on the table is house made, the umami flavours and the mix of heat is perfect, not too spicy and enhances every dish ever so slightly.

By far the cheapest lunch I’ve had in the Melbourne CBD! Ordered 2 Kolo noodles. Paid in cash. $20. Can’t remember seeing this price in the CBD lately. And it tastes delicious. Food arrived in less than 5mins. Always crowded during lunch but wait time is super fast. Lots of food choices. Definitely my new go to restaurant.

This restaurant in South Melbourne is like a home to us, with all their staff including the kitchen crew mingling with us like a family. They’d even ask us the reason why we’ve been too busy for few weeks but not visiting them. This truly means the world to us who support them & their dishes wholeheartedly. And yes, we love all their Malaysian dishes as always.

Very mediocre food not as good as ppl say….( idk why the pic looks like vomit…. Sry not sry 😅

the special fried rice and beans with minced pork were tasty, well sized and well priced. i also got the pork dumplings in chilli oil soup, and though it was a reasonable portion for the price, it was more like dumplings in water with a dash of chilli oil. However, the fried rice & beans were good, and i'm leaving a 4* as i'm likely to return to try other dishes.