Chocolate Buddha, Federation Square
One advantage of going to meetings interstate has to be trying the different restaurants they take us out to!
Fed Square was packed on Friday night for the men’s semi-final for the tennis.
The year we were booked into Chocolate Buddha in Federation Square Melbourne. They technically don’t do a banquet, but the very attentive waitress organised one for us. She was also vey good at paying attention to those with food allergies and intolerances – including among the group MSG, peanuts and dairy.
The stated us off with the beans, which we munched away on. So much green!
The tempura was good. Not too battery or oily :)
Awesome rolls.
There were several more dished to share, and we were so stuffed! Not sure how we fitted this steak in at the end!
A few of us went off to the Mitre Tavern in Bank Place after that, rather than straight to bed – was surprised when last drinks were called at 11:20, with the staff starting to flick the lights at 11:30pm. This is Melbourne, not Newcastle :P Oh well, we were staying about 20m away, so off to bed!
1Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella
wrote on 2 February 2010 at 19:26
Very cool! Do they let you pick where you go? :)
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2Fiona
wrote on 2 February 2010 at 19:48
No, but the council assistant usually picks cool places. Last year we went to another Asian place, the year before Indian. yummy times :)
3Hannah
wrote on 3 February 2010 at 4:30
Japanese is easily my favorite cuisine- I could seriously go for some veggie tempura right about now. Yum!
4Lisa
wrote on 3 February 2010 at 9:01
oooh I have really fond memories of Chocolate Buddha :) Great atmosphere and great food!
5Jenny
wrote on 3 February 2010 at 13:26
Loving the blog!
Are there any other good canberra blogs out there.
I laughed at your post ages ago about the sneaky serving size on the frozen yoghurt, the same thing happend to me and I was anoyed and I am so glad I wasnt the only one ( my hubby just didnt understand why I was anoyed over a few grams of yogurt!)
6Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella
wrote on 3 February 2010 at 13:40
Oooh that’s great! I get quite anguished when someone picks a bad place hehe
7Kelkel
wrote on 3 February 2010 at 17:59
You ate a steak with a ladle out of a bowl?
8Julie
wrote on 3 February 2010 at 18:42
Love Chocolate Buddha. Yum!
9Fiona
wrote on 3 February 2010 at 20:06
@Kel it was sliced and we shared…
10Kelkel
wrote on 3 February 2010 at 20:43
OHHHHH, right. I’m with you now. I was thinking “steak-knife-fail”.