Chinger Biang Biang

Our usuall place was closed for the day so we took a chance on Chinger and very happy we did! The noodles were perfect and the flavours were complex, interesting, and balanced. I'm excited to go back and try other things on the menu. We picked a couple 'chef's specials' and think that was a good place to start. Pic is of goat dumplings in spicy and sour broth.

Edit: dropped my review from five stars to two. The noodles are still nonetheless good. Will adjust review should a future visit be different. 1) Business has a 50c surcharge + a 1.5% debit card surcharge for card use. Asked for a take away container and was charged 50c plus a 50c surcharge - a %100 surcharge. Reported to the ACCC. 2) Owner / chef never looks happy; always grumpy and sometimes seemingly demeaning to workers. Not good vibes. 3) There’s also a picture of Xi Jinping - strange knowing his policies towards Uyghurs. 4) Dumplings were terrible on this visit. I am convinced they are frozen > boiled. My sincere advice to the owner is this: 1) stop the surcharges and penalising people for taking home food that YOU made. You should appreciate that food is not wasted. 2) be more friendly. Smile here and there. The customers don’t bite. It is not hard to provide good customer service. Most one star reviews centre on these two points - fix these and I promise business will be a lot better.

This is the first time I have biang biang noodle, and I have ordered their 3-in-1 biang biang noodle (hot oil + tomato and egg + braised beef). When the waiter first presented the noodle, the first thing that I noticed was the fragrant aroma of the braised beef, garlic and spices. My first bite of the noodle had a strong, hearty flavour of braised beef elevated by the crushed garlic, and it was able to give me the rollercoaster of flavour every bite. The noodle may look thick, but it was perfectly cooked to give a very pleasant texture, roughly al dente. However, as braised beef and garlic produced such a strong hearty flavour, they completed overpowered the flavour of tomato and egg. If they want to have this dish to provide more layers and complexity in it s flavour, they might need to rethink how to match them up. Furthermore, this restaurant also have an issue with a lack of complexity and aroma from their chilly paste, which is also seen in many other restaurant. It will be great if they can solve those two problem, and at which point, they may create a bowl of biang biang noodle that is close to perfection.

I love that they advertise they are halal. The food us decent but it really skimps on meats and chicken in the dishes. If I'm ordering a meat dish I would love to see more than 5 small pieces of meat in it. I would love to support this place but they need to increase their meats proportion in the dishes.