Rosemont Hall a crowd-pleasing mix of Chinese and SE Asian feasts
Prepare to be happily confused. This quirky “hall” is quite the opposite of the usual Asian hawker-style food court.
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PREPARE to be happily confused. This quirky “hall” is quite the opposite of the usual hawker-style food court.
The space, at once rustic and a little bit elegant, is a project between two kitchens. It spills sideways from the original cracker little lunch spot, Sunnys Shop, where we have long been fans of the South-East Asian cold rolls, pho and salads.
By day Sunnys is still Sunnys. By night, its offerings are expanded and melded with Mr Chan’s old-school Chinese menu in the adjoining “hall”. You can scoot through a side door of Sunnys or enter from the street, into a 1920s building pared back to expose the brick and beams, softened by giant hanging woks as vessels for weaving greenery, plus lanterns, a couple of large candle chandeliers and Federation fittings.
It has the hawkers-like bustle, but there’s table service, wine and cocktails. Rosemont also takes bookings, and offers a generous banquet for $55 that delivers on its promise of “maximum happiness”. The line-up is from both menus – a loose arrangement tailored to suit each table’s preferences, and even a few special requests. Overall the food is good, the serves generous, and the flavours deep.
On a return visit, the deep bowls of Sunnys pho and laksa, above, sometimes available in the Hall, win big ticks for hearty goodness, with the option of more or less spice and flavour from condiments on the side.
This banquet night, only our starters are hit and miss, the dumplings overcooked and the eggnet spring rolls oily crumbles with scant filling. But the cheeseburger spring rolls from the Chinese side are fun, and, if you’re keen, crazily evoke memories of Hungry Jack’s.
The rest of the fast-flowing spread is a crowd-pleasing mix of Chinese faves including salt & pepper squid and a zing zing banana blossom salad, with Sunnys luscious slow-cooked five-spiced beef cheeks, its crunchy chicken wings, and, more-ish spears of satay eggplant.
The banquet is a bounty, so we skip the typical Asian desserts.
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