Bowl Bowl is a little dumpling restaurant in Collingwood with lots of character. The mismatched colourful plating and wooden tables make this space unique. They have lots of Asian fare but specialise in dumplings. They even have vegetarian dumplings and gluten free ones too.
We had the chilli chicken for entrée, it left us salivating for more. It was crunchy on the outside and juicy in the middle topped with fresh herbs and chilli. Perfect start to the meal.
The spicy quail was similar but a little more delicate, definitely more bones and very flavourful.
Then we moved on to the dumplings. We had the steamed signature dumplings which were delicious and had a beautiful sweet soy sauce poured over the top with coriander and chopped peanuts. I liked that they had the option to order a half serve. That way we could try more things.
The signature pan-fried dumplings had a toasty outside but if I had to choose, the steamed ones get my vote.
We had the fried chicken rice bowl and it was lovely. The chicken was like the chilli chicken entrée which we loved so we were happy. We were obviously in a fried chicken mood because we ordered a lot of the same even though there was heaps of options on the menu.
I was trying to be healthy by ordering the green beans, on the contrary, these beans were deep fried with pork mince and topped with cheese. This would be a great hangover cure but healthy would not be the best way to describe it. It was yummy though.
We ended on ice-cream filled mochi which was small and light which is perfect because we were stuffed. We had one of each flavour, black sesame and coconut.
I heart Bowl Bowl!
Olives x
Bowl Bowl
Address: 88 Smith St, Collingwood VIC 3065
Website: http://bowlbowl.com.au
Phone: 03 9417 7448
Trading Hours: Mon-Fri: 11.30am-3pm (lunch), 5.30pm-10pm (dinner), Sat: 5.30pm-10pm, Sun: 12pm-3pm (lunch), 5.30pm-10pm (dinner)
