Tuk Tuk Station, Box Hill

Box Hill has changed so very much from the last time we were there that I could hardly keep my jaws closed while walking through the main street. New restaurants and cafes have popped up overnight like mushrooms on a wet bark.

We saw Food Republik, for which we firstly mistook for a nightclub as there was a line of people outside waiting for entry into the place. I almost made a detour there but decided to stick to our original plan of dining at Tuk Tuk Station.

Tuk Tuk Station is also a new restaurant in Box Hill. It serves Thai food, and from all accounts are cooked authentically. It must specialise in take aways during busy lunch hour because there was a large bain marie right near the entrance which took up almost half the restaurant. Inside, the seating were a little akward but service was good.

We ordered a beef curry. The beef was a little tough but there were no other complaints.
 

My favourite dish of the night was the chinese broccoli with crispy pork. It looked like normal stir fried kailan with oyster sauce but the oyster sauce was infused with red chillies! Gosh, it was spicy! It added a nice little kick to what would otherwise be a bland vege dish.

We also ordered one serve of coconut rice and one serve of steamed rice, when only one serve would do just fine for the both of us.

There seem to be a few of these local thai restaurants popping up in the suburbs. Nothing fancy, just good value eateries serving good Thai food. And this is exactly the kind of restaurants I like to go to!