Stopped in here for a quick takeaway lunch after a recommendation from a friend. I chose the Vietnamese noodle salad with crispy pork. The salad lacked a bit of just that... salad. It had lettuce and cucumber but not much else - could have done with some carrot and fresh herbs to lift it a little. But the protein was excellent - really delicious and the highlight of the dish. I will definitely return as service was super quick and the rest of the menu looks great.
One of the things on my longstanding bucket list has been to learn Japanese, and with an upcoming trip there was really no better opportunity for me to do so than here and now. But alas, how does a girl holding down a full time job with gaming and blogging commitments find time to go to class? Enter UQ with its institute of modern languages courses, which allowed Queen V and I to go after work hours. With that sorted, all we needed was dinner during the class. Of course I volunteered to grab us take out. Which is why I found myself loitering around Gresham Lane pondering dinner options when I spied the Roll Shop.
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Forgot to bring lunch today and I remembered that The Roll Shop do really good Vietnamese salad bowls so I toddled off down the hill - hello leg day!
After fighting my way through the throng outside Melt Brothers (bookmarked!), I was instantly drawn to the rice paper rolls. Lemongrass chicken rice paper rolls in a pack of 3 for $7 - decision made. Back up the hill I went - oh my quads!
I love rice paper rolls, especially when they're good value and packed with more greenery than rice noodle. Sadly, these contained more noodles than colour; about 6 bits of shredded lettuce and half a mint leaf.....but still yum. I'm a sucker for anything with mint. The chicken was delicious, beautifully moist with good colour, a little hint of lemongrass, and a generous serving. And the hoisin sauce was my kind of sweetly peanut-y.
If I'm honest I've had better rice paper rolls in the city but these were fresh, quick, and tasty. I managed to eat two of the rolls and had to put the third away for another time, which I've since donated to a work colleague and his endless appetite.... (you're welcome MB 😜) Next time though I'll probably stick to one of the salads.
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