The Peacock Inn Chinese Restaurant - Broadbeach

Charles Chang has been in business for 15 years at the same location so he must be doing something right. With the help of Henry Cheung in the kitchen he turns out first rate Chinese dishes for which freshness is the key.

This is a little corner of 

Hong Kong in

 Broadbeach where you can find delicious Cantonese as well as   Szechuan dishes.

As a starter the salt and pepper quail is crispy and cooked to perfection, although small the birds provide an excellent lead in to the mains.

From the Chef’s suggestions the Szechuan chicken is spicy, tender and delicious.

Another interesting and different dish is deep fried flounder in salt and pepper also a Chef’s special.

King prawns with cashew nuts 

come laden with vegetables and cashews while the prawns are sweet and succulent.

For those who love it Charles also offers a 

two -course Peking Duck _ pancake and sang choy bow.

Fried rice with salty fish and chicken 

is among the many rice options, the salty fish quite unusual.

“Service is friendly and helpful”

The Peacock Inn is an extremely popular local dining spot – and for GOOD reason.

The Peacock Inn Chinese Restaurant

34 Queensland Avenue, Broadbeach

PH: 07 5570 4113

www.thepeacockinnchinese.com.au

TOKIYA in Mermaid Beach

TOKIYA in Mermaid Beach is a long way from the Waldorf Astoria in New York but happily for locals the trip by Taisuke Fukuda has given the Gold Coast a chef of excellence.

This small restaurant on the highway offers a superb but tight menu allowing Chef Taisuke Fukuda to display his many talents.

He serves modern French cuisine with a Japanese touch – his sauces tempered and presented in a far lighter vein with flavour intact.

“Expect a leisurely dining experience at night”

Meals are cooked to order by Taisuke who prides himself on perfection while his wife Erico looks after the tables with a quiet serenity. Nothing is rushed.

The menu consists of two soups , three side dishes, six mains and two desserts but Taisuke is happy to prepare any special requests as long as he is given a few days notice.

Crab Soup

Both soups are delicious the prawn chowder is thick and creamy, packed with prawns and vegetables – shallots, mushrooms, onions, carrots and parsley

Crab and vegetable soup is thin and tasty several crab claws adding colour and sweet crab meat

A small bowl of vegetables and a slice of garlic bread accompany the mains.

Black Angus

Black Angus rib eye steak is tender, rare as ordered, and comes with roasted garlic and a garlic soy sauce and cream, the sauce light and different.

Poached orange roughy is a light option served on a bed of snow peas, mushrooms and asparagus – the white firm fish dressed with a prawn and white wine sauce

There are two desserts, crepe suzette and apple pie.

The apple pie is well worth trying - made with a filo pastry and served with homemade ice cream.

French cuisine with a Japanese twist

Location: 2396 Gold Coast Highway (Corner Markeri Street)

Mermaid Beach

Phone: 07 5526 1772

Open:   Dinner Tuesday to Sunday from 6pm

Lunch Friday, Saturday and Sunday – the dishes Japanese and designed for faster service.