Weekend eats - Coconut House

Rain and long queues = BBQ Festival fail.

We opted for hearty Malaysian fare at cosy Coconut House instead!

His

Nasi lemak with traditional fried chicken $8.60

Homemade iced barley original $2.50

Hers

Claypot Ban Mee Curry Special - Combination of sliced BBQ pork, marinated minced pork and fried egg on Malaysian thick noodle with curry laksa soup in claypot $9.80

Iced teh tarik $3.30

Time and date of visit: 11:30 am Sunday 1 February 2015 (see our previous visit)

Coconut House

449 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (03) 9329 6401

Open Sunday to Thursday 11 am - 10:30 pm, Friday and Saturday 11 am - midnight

Coconut House - Melbourne, Victoria

Coconut House

449 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (03) 9329 6401

Open Sunday-Thursday 11am-10:30pm, Friday-Saturday 11am-midnight

Hometown Fried Chicken Chop Mee Pok (flat egg noodle) - with Hometown fried chicken chop, minced pork & braised egg $8.90

Malaysian Homemade Ginger Garnish on Hainanese Chicken Rice with Braised Egg $9.60

The best? Cheap Malaysian comfort food.
The worst? If you're not familiar with the dishes, the menu can be overwhelming.
Must try? Him: Hainanese Chicken, Her: Iced Teh Tarik.
Service? Minimal.
Decor? Cheap and cheerful.
Noise? Mid-range.
Value? Couldn't ask for much more for the price. $18.50 total (for 2 dishes, not including drinks).
Time and date of visit: 5:00pm Tuesday 2 July 2013

Weekly Menu, Thursday 31 January 2013: Coconut House, Rose Garden BBQ and Smart Bar

Lunch: Coconut House

Ice teh tarik

Claypot Ban Mee Curry Special (Malyasian thick noodle) - Combination of sliced BBQ pork, marinated pork and fried egg on Malaysian thick noodle with curry laksa soup in clay pot.

Dinner: Rose Garden BBQ

Bitter melon and crispy skin pork with egg

Spicy chicken ribs

After work: Smart Bar - The Birds and the Bees

Talk: 'Where cuckoldry meets the committed' with Dr Karen Rowe - Mating systems in birds range from complete life-long sexual monogamy to rampant promiscuity. Dr Rowe discussed bizarre sexual strategies birds use to get a mate and raise young.

Talk: 'Art of the Balloon Phallus' with Blair Patullo - Selective survey of male sexual anatomy throughout the animal kingdom, as told through the art of balloon-shape-making.

Talk: 'Tyrannosaurus sex: a prehistory of reproduction' with Dr Erich Fitzgerald - T.rex is one thing, and Triceratops is another, but how on earth did spiky Stegosaurus do it? What evidence exists for sex and its aftermath in the fossil record? An intimate look back in time to the dawn of the deed and big love in the realm of the dinosaurs.

Did you know scorpions glowed under UV light?

Orb weaver

Science is fun!

Weekend Eats - Two Asian Breakfasts

Saturday 30 June 2012: Pho Tam

His - Hainanese chicken.

Hers - Pork chop, vegetables, spring rolls and fried egg with vermicelli.

Sunday 1 July 2012: Coconut House 

Hers - Pork Noodle Classic.

His - Ginger Hainan Chicken with Egg.

Hers - Teh Tarik.