Aroy-D Thai Restaurant

ET was surprised at the decor at Aroy-d, he said it wasn’t what he expected.  I must admit there was quite a lot of wood and brick.
I thought it would be a good idea to order the mix entree so we could get a taste of the 2 entree dishes I was tossing up between; plus a few other things to boot.  However I found myself disappointed by the Coconut Prawn (all I could taste was the toasted coconut and none of the prawn) and the Thai Fish Cakes which I was looking forward to.  But both ET & I nodded our agreement to the curry puff.  Although it wasn’t spicy, the pastry was golden and it was nicely filled.
ET went for one of the chicken stir fry mains which had a nice strong flavour but I’m not sure I could've eaten the whole dish, specially as I saw chilli flakes all over it.
My steamed fish with ginger sauce was also nice but I think the fish may either have been frozen or just over-cooked as it didn’t have a soft texture or flake easily like I expected.
Water wellness passed the test but staff could have been more attentive to diners and not so focused on the steady stream of take away orders.  But a big plus for the super cheap beer and the wine which was quite a generous serve so ET was impressed.


Aroy-D Thai Restaurant
178 Warrandyte Rd, North Ringwood

Tokyo Sake Japanese Restaurant

ET & I think this place was named incorrectly because they do not seem to be fully licenced and therefore you cannot order any Sake...or any alcohol for that matter.  :(

Staff was at first too keen to take our order but then we couldn't catch anyone's eye when we finally read through the menu.  We ordered entree which arrived pretty quickly.  Unfortunately the miso soup arrived cold.  Perhaps this is a new way to serve it but ET was not impressed.

After they cleared our plates, they came back to double check ET's order for main.  Then we had a relatively long wait for the mains to arrive.  The server did offer to give us our drinks for free.  Which was not passed on because we were still charged for them.

As the restaurant has only been open for a few weeks, they still seem to having some teething problems.  We overheard several tables have their orders confirmed after ordering.  Perhaps there's a language barrier because at times they seem to have as much trouble understanding us as we had understanding them.  (This is by no means racist as there were at least 4 different nationalities in play here).

Anyway, the food was all nicely presented.  ET was very happy with his main; he thought it delicious.   My bento box was quite large and considering we already shared 2 entrees, I surprisingly managed to finish most of it.  Thank goodness for the delay between entrees and mains!  But by far the best thing about this place was their crockery.  It was all so pretty that even ET expressed how nice the tea cup and side plate was.

P.S. Apologies for having no photos on this post.  I had no memory left on my camera AND I also forgot to charge my battery!  Such a pity too - I was ruing not being able to take photos as they served us the nicely presented food on the pretty crockery :(


Tokyo Sake Japanese Restaurant
174 Warrandyte Rd, Ringwood North