Lunch specials — Central New South Wales

A house-made beef patty with bacon, cheese, lettuce, tomato, red onion, pickled cucumber, smoky BBQ sauce and aioli, served with chips. Normally $24 a la carte.

Fried chicken tenders tossed with shallots, red onion, capsicum and chips, served with McDonnells curry sauce. Normally $22 a la carte.

Stir-Fried Pork + Soft Tofu Stew — $28 Stir-Fried Bulgogi + Soft Tofu Stew — $28 Hot Stone Pot Bibimbap + Soft Tofu Stew — $28 Pork Trotters + Soft Tofu Stew — $29 Bossam + Soft Tofu Stew — $29 Cold Buckwheat Noodle Soup + Pork Cutlet — $29

Stir-Fried Pork + Soft Tofu Stew — $28 Stir-Fried Bulgogi + Soft Tofu Stew — $28 Hot Stone Pot Bibimbap + Soft Tofu Stew — $28 Pork Trotters + Soft Tofu Stew — $29 Bossam + Soft Tofu Stew — $29 Cold Buckwheat Noodle Soup + Pork Cutlet — $29

A beef massaman curry with potato and rice — rich, mild, and slow-cooked. Protein is fixed to beef on this one, no substitutions.

Gai Yang — marinated grilled chicken with turmeric rice, mixed leaf salad & chilli lime mint sauce — $17 Gai Satay — grilled chicken with steamed vegetables & peanut sauce — $17 Gai Todd — crispy fried chicken with mixed leaf salad & nam jim sauce — $17 Kana Moo Grob — stir-fried Chinese broccoli with crispy pork belly — $18 Priking Moo Grob — stir-fried priking paste, green beans and crispy pork belly — $18 Khao Moo Tod — marinated deep-fried pork belly with mixed leaf salad & sriracha chilli sauce — $18 Garlic & Black Pepper Beef — wok-tossed beef with garlic, oyster sauce & Chinese broccoli — $18 Garlic Prawn — wok-tossed prawns with garlic, pepper & iceberg lettuce — $20 Beef Massaman — slow-cooked beef with Thai spices, coconut milk & potato — $18

Crispy Chicken Maryland — $39 1824 MBS 3+ Striploin — $39 Crispy Skin Murray Cod — $39 Wagyu Beef Burger — $32 Each comes with a choice of fries or cos salad, plus a complimentary drink (beer, wine, house spirit, or non-alcoholic).

Any dish from Ayada's lunch menu — wok & stir-fried dishes, curries and soups (green curry, panang curry, Ayada angry noodle), and noodle & rice dishes (pad Thai, pad see ew, fried rice) — made with vegetables and tofu.

Any dish from Ayada's lunch menu — wok & stir-fried dishes, curries and soups (green curry, panang curry, Ayada angry noodle), and noodle & rice dishes (pad Thai, pad see ew, fried rice) — made with mixed seafood.

Any dish from Ayada's lunch menu — wok & stir-fried dishes, curries and soups (green curry, panang curry, Ayada angry noodle), and noodle & rice dishes (pad Thai, pad see ew, fried rice) — made with beef.

Any dish from Ayada's lunch menu — wok & stir-fried dishes, curries and soups (green curry, panang curry, Ayada angry noodle), and noodle & rice dishes (pad Thai, pad see ew, fried rice) — made with chicken.

Any pasta from the menu, a glass of house wine, and dessert — Angelo's midweek lunch combo.

Hot Platter — Kilpatrick oysters, garlic butter scallops & almond prawns, half WA lobster in garlic butter, calamari with furikake, and shoestring fries. Cold Platter — Sydney rock oysters, Moreton Bay bugs, Arctic snow crab, Yamba prawns, NZ green lip mussels, and marie rose sauce. Served waterfront overlooking the Parramatta River.

This is literally what is written on the sign. It’s soft tofu in a gravy like sauce. If you’ve never heard of it before it’s so cheap you should just try it. Grab one right at the front counter, its cheap great value, taste great and easy takeaway.

Pick any 3 dishes from Jinweigu's hot food bar of Chinese home-style dishes — braised, stir-fried, and cold options that rotate day to day — plus $2 for a serve of rice. Containers are packed generously full, not portioned light. Add $1 for a bottled water/tea or a tea egg. Skip the fried rice and fried noodles containers — we tried both and neither is worth it. The generous portion of the dish selection is where it’s at.

Classic chinese pork and preserved egg congee. Grab one right at the front counter, its cheap great value, taste great and easy takeaway.

Stir-fried flat rice noodles with egg and Chinese broccoli. Choice of chicken, pork, beef, tofu, or veggies included; upgrade to crispy pork belly or BBQ pork for +$2, or seafood or roast duck for +$5.

A green curry with rice. Choice of chicken, pork, beef, tofu, or veggies included; upgrade to crispy pork belly or BBQ pork for +$2, or seafood or roast duck for +$5.

A cashew nut chicken stir-fry with rice. The venue recommends this one with a crispy chicken upgrade.