a run down dingy pub in the heart of china town. tables covered with sticky dry beer and walls with TVs showing every conceivable outlet for gambling: sports, horse racing, dog racing, chariot racing, computerised racing, keno and more and in the next room are the pokies.. this is truly a pub for gamblers...
but that's not what we're interested in.
at the bar is a help yourself mixed nut and wasabi pea dispenser. the mix sports a good variety including coated peanuts, rice crackers and soy chips. the requisite lolly mix in the VIP room is also up to standard including sherbies, milk duds, mentos and (the somewhat divisive) minties.
not a bad start but really these are the minimum we are to expect from our VIP cuisine.
what really sets this one apart are the hand-made sandwiches and the full-length sausage rolls.
the full-length sausage rolls which aren't cut up into party sized bits and still in their original packaging, are kept in an oven behind the bar with party pies as well. to access them you indeed will need to do a human interaction with the bar staff.
in the VIP room on the ledge facing the bar are a number of lollies, packaged buiscits and also hand-made sandwiches! usually some combination of ham, cheese and tomato, and sure the cheese is that plasticy radiation resitant kind, and sure it's only white bread and the tomato has made it all soggy from sitting out for several hours.. but still that is pretty damn close to what real meal might look like!..
4 stars!
