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Kam Fook Chatswood

Editorial Review

Editorial Review

Every day, hungry patrons (mostly Chinese), brave the madness of Westfield Chatswood, ascending escalator after escalator on a holy pilgrimage to Kam Fook, a veritable temple of yum cha. Among the gold columns, faux marble walls and burgundy carpet are tables with room for nearly 600 diners. The restaurant hosts regular art exhibitions, and live Chinese music (with the odd karaoke contest) accompanies the dining experience on some nights.

 Morning till early afternoon the pace is frenetically busy, as diners grunt, point and yell at passing trolleys brimming with wondrous little baked, steamed and fried morsels. The prawn gow gees are beautifully sweet, while the superb egg tarts make a decadent dessert. The dinner menu is focused on Cantonese cooking, and the long rows of fish tanks installed at the front of the restaurant (housing crustaceans of eye-popping proportions) make it clear that seafood is their speciality. If you can tear yourself away from the temptation of live seafood, or the guilty pleasure of Peking pork spare ribs and Mongolian lamb, try the excellent spicy minced pork and eggplant hotpot, or the steamed egg white with scallops and prawns.
Service standards at Kam Fook are good, especially for a restaurant of this size, and value for money is quite reasonable. One of the north side's best.

Fiona Davies, June 2006