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Menu highlights
Includes dishes that are:
Vegetarian
Entrées
Satay Chicken – 2 per serve Gluten Free
Marinated chicken skewers topped with homemade spicy peanut sauce
Sassy’s Egg – 4 per serve Gluten Free
Deep fried egg omelette with diced potatoes, glass noodles and coated with biscuits and seaweed crumbs.
Aroi Scallops – 2 per serve
Diced scallop with lemongrass, onions, mints and almond flakes in Thai style soya bean paste, served on prawn cracker.
Chef's Recommendations
Nasi Pattaya
Malay style fried rice with prawns, calamari, diced potatoes, onions, spring onions and bean curd in turmeric sauce, wrapped with a plain omelette.
Okra-Wakra
Pan fried chicken ham wrapped okra, served with black bean sauce.
Trane’s Salmon
Pan fried salmon fillet with pumpkin and string beans in sweet and spicy tamarind sauce
Chicken
Kung Poh Chicken Gluten Free
Wok-tossed chicken breast in a blend of spices, fresh ginger roots, dried chillies, carrots, snow peas, onions and spring onions garnished with cashews
Ayam Kapitan
Grilled chicken thighs with potato in a spicy blend of tomato based sauce with turmeric, garlic, ginger, lime leaves, coconut milk, lemon juice garnished with steamed snow peas and chillies.
Tony’s Kai
Grilled chicken fillet with steamed pumpkin and yellow squash in a spicy blend of tomato based sauce with lemongrass, turmeric, galangal and chillies.
Seafood
Spicy Calamari
Wok-tossed lightly battered calamari with rice wine, spicy seasoning, garlic, chopped chillies and spring onions.
BB King Prawns
Lightly battered king prawns with a full tangy mayonnaise coating, topped with grounded peanuts.
King Ling Sum
Rockling fillets, king prawns and scallops with zucchini, red capsicums, ginger and garlic in spicy bean sauce.
More about the restaurant: Monk & Me
Tucked away on Evans Place, Monk & Me is a quirky Malaysian hawker-style restaurant decked out with lavish red walls, zen-like decor and a jazzy soundtrack playing the smoothest songs to match the mood. With lunchtime deals and special banqueting menus, Monk & Me is perfect for any occasion, whether it's a big group meal, an intimate dinner date or a business lunch, drawing in diners from all over Melbourne to their Hawthorn location.
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Monk & Me is unlike any other Asian restaurant in Melbourne. Flying the flag for authentic hawker-style Malaysian cuisine, this Hawthorn restaurant offers food that comforts the body and soul. One of the few locations in town offering truly authentic Southeast Asian street food, this restaurant is hugely popular among locals looking to try something new as well as for emigres looking to enjoy a piece of home. Whether it’s for lunch, dinner or drinks, Monk & Me restaurant is certain to lure you away to another world.
From unique Asian cocktails to hearty main courses and decadent desserts, Monk & Me on Hawthorn’s Evans Place has all the bases covered when it comes to hawker-style Malaysian cuisine. Their menu is extensive, but we recommend beginning with some prawns in blues (deep-fried prawns curled with vermicelli and served with a chilli mayonnaise) before moving on to one of the enchanting chef specialties like the okra-wakra (pan-fried chicken and ham-wrapped okra served a black bean sauce). Spaces are limited at Melbourne’s famous Monk & Me, so be sure to book beforehand to avoid missing out!