The Emperor's Court

It's not often that we would start the week eating out but it had not been an ordinary day and we needed to get out of the house. So we jumped in the car in search of a local restaurant open on a Monday...

After driving past two dark restaurants we saw some flashing lights and and open door. The restaurant was empty but the menu looked pretty good and we were hungry so we took a chance.

The Emperor's Court
Clock Corner Shopping Centre
Shop 11, 521 Beams Rd, Carseldine
(next to train station) QLD 4034, Australia
(07) 3263 7085

We decided on Chicken and Sweet Corn Soup and Hot and Sour Chicken Soup for our entrees with some Prawn Crackers to share. Yes, it is a Chinese restaurant but they also have a "Thai Corner" on the menu which is great because I LOVE Thai food. Both soups were delicious and it renewed my desire to perfect Chicken and Sweet Corn Soup because it is H's favourite.

For our mains we chose Chicken and Cashews, Duck and Vegetables and a large Special Fried Rice. When the chicken arrived I was pleasantly surprised at the amount of cashews - no scrimping here! Then the duck arrived and we knew we had found our new favourite local Chinese restaurant. The duck breast was plump, juicy and delicious.

The entire meal plus two soft drinks (they aren't licenced but they are BYO so next time we will take along a nice bottle of wine from home) came to just $51 and we had enough left over for lunch the next day and they were more than happy to package it up to go.

They also offer a meal & rice lunch set for between $6.50 (Garlic Vegetables) and $8.50 (King Prawns with Vegetables).