Ants BistroPh: (03) 9639 2908 ; 7 Corrs La, MELBOURNE 3000Chinese, $$ - Open sun-fri 11.30am-3pm 7 days 5.30-10.30pm; Licensed, BYO, Corkage $2.50 bottle; AE MC V EFT |
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Mietta's Review
There is a wonderful sense of fun that prevails throughout the dining experience at Ants Bistro, a new eatery off a little lane way in Chinatown. Of course, 'ants on the tree' is a speciality here, a great version too, pork mince, chilli, mushroom and red peppercorns cling tightly to vermicelli noodles. Dishes are predominantly Northern Chinese and made well. The dining room is clean and stylish and the menu offers good value.
Other published opinions
The Age Cheap Eats 2008 "Ants Bistro is the bee's knees for quality northern Chinese fare. A vast menu runs the gamut from a quick fix of chilli beef noodle soup to grander jasmine tea-smoked duck - all moist flesh and crisp skin, sauced n fragrant gravy, and with bok choy"
The Age Matt Preston, 2-4-2007 "I arrive to find a scrubby cafe with painted and unpainted breezeblock walls and roughly white-clothed tables, busy with a mix of ethnicities. We get shooed upstairs to the scruffier mezzanine, which is the worst place to sit - unless you want to look down and take bets on who will go bald first. We order the ants on trees and I point out that according to internet experts nobody with an allergy to eating shellfish, chocolate or dust should eat ants. The rest of the table immediately develops all three - just to be sure. The dish arrives as little balls of mince adhered to vermicelli."
Herald Sun, Sunday Magazine, 24/8/03, Graham Pearce, Score7/10,'Spciy Sichuan food with humour and value...Ants Bistro is a safe bet.'
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