Panda Panda QV

My fav Malaysian plc in the city.. Love the CKT and BCM 👍 Ang Ku Kueh also yummy! Rempah udang is also good.

Panda Panda offers a fabulous weekend menu of Penang hawker food. We thoroughly enjoyed their Penang Har Mee, Oyster Omelette and Curry Puffs. Can't wait to check out their sister cafe Klang & Co in Hawthorn

Malaysian style curry chicken and beef rendang are really good here. Authentic.
Great place for a meal.

Very cheap and quite tasty 5$ lunch box 👌

I love their weekend kuih menu, their kuih were very delicious! Love the pulut tai, seri muka, lapis gula melaka and the curry puff. So yum! 💕 highly recommend the weekend kuih

This is a comment on Panda Panda on the Weekend when it is helmed by KMT Kitchen and there are servings of Baba's Wife Nyonya treats.

If you have been to Singapore and its food court and markets, undoubtable you will be familiar with the dishes offered by KMT Cuisines. Bak Chor Mee - mince pork, fish ball, stewed mushroom, noodles in a mild broth. Orh Luak - fresh, small oyster in a flour/egg-based omelette, with crispy edges. Char Kueh Kak - stir fry, steamed rice flour and white radish "cake" with a good amount of preserved radish and eggs, but a little too sweet for me as they used the Indonesian kecap manis (sweet dark sauce) and not the Malaysian dark sauce.

If you wondering at the strange sounding names, it is a romanization of the names of the dishes in Hokkien, one of many dialects from China.

I am more excited by the Nyonya treats from Baba's Wife - a fusion of Malay and Chinese cooking style. There are already quite a number of places that you can buy Nyonya treats in Melbourne - but the vibrant, appetite-inducing form and colours, the aromatic flavours, and the variety offered here is above average.

These are the usual sweet suspects - Kuih Lapis (layered cake), Kuih Talam (distinct coconut and pandan layered cake), Kuih Bangka (baked cassava cake), Angku (moulded glutinous rice flour with different sweet fillings), Seri Muka (pressed glutinous rice flavoured by blue pea flower, and topped with pandan/coconut layer) - all wonderfully and clearly labelled.

A more unusual savoury find is the Chee Kueh - moulded, steamed rice flour, which is quite plain, but given flavour by the sweet, textured preserved turnip and very good sambal (chilli sauce).

Pulut panggang and udang rempah are treasured finds.

My favourite is the pulut (glutinous rice ) panggang (grilled) - it is glutinous rice steamed in coconut milk, with a spicy dried prawn paste, rolled in (banana) leaf, and grilled. It can last a few days in the fridge, and reheat well in the air fryer in 6-7 minutes.

The udang (prawn) rempah (paste) is similar to pulut panggang but less spicy, more coconutty.

Whether you are a gourmet Nyonya expert or an enthused newbie, this is a good place to sate your cravings or start your adventure. Happy eating and exploring!

On weekends, Panda Panda becomes a Singapore food outlet selling nyonya cakes and hawker dishes.

☀The sunny bits:
The display of nyonya cakes was impressive. My favourite was the ang ku kueh with peanut filling. The skin was thin and the filling generous. The bak chor mee was unique. The vinegar sauce went well with the noodles and the accompanying sambal was a winner.

☁The cloudy bits:
They are only open on weekends which is a bit of a bummer.

⭐The forecast:
Beautiful cakes, delicious hawker food and friendly service makes this place a foodie trifecta.

I discovered this little gem on Easter Sunday. We had Char kway teow, Chicken Rice and chai tau kway. All were pretty good considering the low price and food court setting. The highlight for me was the chai tau kway (no photo because I was too eager to try my favourite).

Love love the Nyonya kueh selection esp the macadamia/pistachio ang koo and kuih bengka. The dine in bak chor mee was average in taste: soup was so bland.

Good food, fast service

NEWISH FOOD OUTLET IN QV FOOD COURT SELLING FUSION ASIAN
This is one of the ten or so food outlets in the QV food court. It is located at the rear of the food court.
You can choose from pre=prepated dishes in teh bain marie or a "cook to order" dish. We went for the cook to order option.
We tried Beef Noodles and Seafood Char Kway Teow.
Relatively small serve and adly they are using disposable serving bowls when everyone else in teh food court is using reuasable crockery :(
Food was a bit bland (especially given that both dishes originated in the spicy parts of SE Asia!) and also quite oily.
There is a sign on the menu board that suggests they will substitutre out meat for customers seeking a meat-free meal but we didnt try.
You will get an order ticket rather than the more common pager and you will need to listen out for your number.
People with mobility issues will be OK in the foodcourt as it is all on one level and there are lifts and escalators to all floors.

Pretty average Chinese food court stuff. Portions are relatively generous. Rice better than noodles.

Nothing special

Really disappointed. ☹ Was so excited to learn that I can get Singapore-style Char Hokkien Mee in the city but unfortunately it wasn't flavourful. The Bah Chor Mee wasn't any better. The noodles were still a little stiff and crunchy. Wanted it to be good so badly.

Was excited to try this place after positive reviews on Facebook but was quite disappointed. Their otak lacked flavour and texture. The back chor mee was reminiscent of Singapore versions but also lacked flavour. Serving sizes are also small for the price

Went there for honey chicken. It was just opened but I was willing to wait for it.
So I asked to staff how long will it take
She just said LONG
It came out in five minutes after my order
Omg so annoying.....
Today's Foods were salty and noodle was terrible
No taste at all
Never gonna buy a food here again

I would usually post good food and reviews... but this isn't the case. While the presentation of the food looks legit...it is also non-halal (FYI) and the taste wasn't what I expected..their FB promotion was like fwd all around and is good to give it a try...perhaps this is like a weekend only promotion... as during weekdays they sell differently. While it's not comparable with taste from back home... the prices were $12 each for the mains (char koay teow, wat tan hor and ochien) which was standard pricing for food here in Melbourne... the most outrageous pricing is the ban chang kueh... $4 a piece... $4!!?? Too expensive. But this one had tasted exactly like home... but...for something that is supposed to be like crispy and a light snack, this was literally filled with too much fillings and it became almost "pau" or a stuffed dumpling like... perhaps put less filling and charge $1/piece. $4 is not worth it. As for the other dishes.... the only dish worth the price was the ochien... the char koay teow was lacking in taste... and the wat tan hor had had burned taste. In the end of the day, everyone has differences and mine was prolly one of those days where they were just not prepared for a huge turn out.