Whalecom Crispy Sweet And Sour Pork

This is a nice place and perfect food！！Especially spring panccake and slow cooked chicken and sweet and sour pork amazing I would be there next time lol ：）

When this place was opening I saw that their signature dish was sweet and sour pork. My Dad loves sweet and sour so I knew he would want to come here. We went tonight and it was quiet at first; just us and some friends of the owners but it got busy later.

We ordered the sweet and sour pork of course and to our surprise it was our least favourite dish. I liked that it wasn’t an “Aussie sweet and sour pork” but more like an authentic type. The sauce was delicious with no pineapple in sight. Our issue with this dish was that it was too much batter and not enough pork. We also ordered the potato, eggplant and capsicum with gravy, I was a bit worried when I ordered this that it would be an egg gravy which I find bland. I was happy that it was a brown flavoursome gravy, I really loved the potatoes in this dish. Mum ordered the cumin beef which was probably my favourite dish of the night. It had a very nice cumin flavour and it was a little spicy. I really liked the onions in this dish too. We had rice with these dishes which was nice. They gave us a sample of the spring onion bread/pancakes (whatever you call them), it was nice but I’d prefer to eat rice with the meals because the meals are oily and the rice cuts through it.

The people working here were very friendly and welcoming. I’m noticing that a lot of the newer restaurants opening in Box Hill are being run by friendlier people which is a great change. The people here are from Harbin (North of China, near Russia). I forgot to ask but I assume the food is from Harbin as well. The owners friends were also eating in the restaurant which gave it a nice atmosphere. I did find the food a bit expensive but I’d still come back and try other dishes.