Comments on a rather unusual chinaman: Plum Valley, Chinese Fine Dining?

Have you tried the DIm Sum there? We always go for...

2011-08-29T22:57:59.811+01:00

Have you tried the DIm Sum there? We always go for lunch when its a bit of a treat and I think its great!

hi! We just read your post after visiting the rest...

2010-03-06T11:27:16.549Z

hi! We just read your post after visiting the restaurant and totally agree with you! We had a soft shell crab starter, and the crumbs in it were burnt. To top it up, the service was cold and rude. I guess fine dining doesn't equate to putting nice flowers on any random plate of food. It was a really disappointing meal.

@Kavey - Thanks! Definitely not worth the money. R...

2010-02-03T09:51:59.844Z

@Kavey - Thanks! Definitely not worth the money. Restaurants down the road are capable of replicating the same flavours without the pizazz for half the cost.

@Lex - Fake chinese. Until the rudeness at the end, I felt cheated.

@FoodyCat - I love Melbourne and am scheduled to revisit in the (relative) near future. Will look it up when I am there.

@Su-Lin - Pearl Liang is a much more rounded and enjoyable experience. I would go there over here any day of the week.

@Helen - Oh I wish I had included that in my write up. Bang on!

Blimey! It looks AWFUL. I found it hard to get pas...

2010-01-16T12:41:12.681Z

Blimey! It looks AWFUL. I found it hard to get past that salad. So they basically just got a bagged salad and mixed it with some crispy duck and hoisin? It made me laugh out loud.

Dunno - find it hard to picture Chinese fine dinin...

2010-01-13T18:35:56.571Z

Dunno - find it hard to picture Chinese fine dining and at those prices, I expect a lot more food! I had to laugh at your description of the service though! Ha! Even Pearl Liang, with its fine dining ambitions, serves cheaper food.

You need to go to Melbourne and eat at the Flower ...

2010-01-12T15:25:50.794Z

You need to go to Melbourne and eat at the Flower Drum. Chinese fine dining done right! I admire that they normally would make the sago themselves though.

I went here about 18 months ago. It was nice, but ...

2010-01-11T21:08:00.345Z

I went here about 18 months ago. It was nice, but I agree - for me, without the vinyl chairs, plastic table cloth and orders being barked in Chinese, it's just not Chinese for me!

Whilst presentation looks good, and you've con...

2010-01-11T13:23:41.392Z

Whilst presentation looks good, and you've confirmed that the food itself was good, I'm not getting that it was anything special and certainly not worth the prices.

And to me, one of the things that is important in "fine dining", though it's an expression I find odd, TBH, is good service. Looks like the service here was a paper-thin veneer!

Thanks for the review!

PS Love "Sweet, sour and savoury, all my favourite S's together in synchronicity"! :)

@Lizzie - Thanks for reminding me. I got so carrie...

2010-01-11T13:14:46.163Z

@Lizzie - Thanks for reminding me. I got so carried away regaling my sago story, I forgot to mention that it does cost an arm and a leg. I think we paid about £30 each.

By the way - what were the prices like?

2010-01-11T12:46:20.888Z

By the way - what were the prices like?

Oh deary me. I'll stick to my trusty Hung'...

2010-01-11T12:45:58.432Z

Oh deary me. I'll stick to my trusty Hung's, in that case.