Supper Inn

Could it be the forces of nature that compels me to only ever eat here in the wee hours of the morning? I guess it’s called Supper Inn for a reason. Open til 2:30am, it’s like a secret night club, tucked away at the end of an alleyway off Chinatown. Come 12:30am, the line resembles that outside a Wiggles show. Once inside this retro Chinese restaurant, which looks like both the fittings and crockery have been there since the 1970s, you’re in for a treat. The food is insanely rich and flavoursome, perfect to revive those tastebuds you’ve just destroyed after consuming 5 beers, 2 bourbon and cokes, 3 gin and tonics, and a Cosmo. The eggplant with pork mince and prawn is stewed down to a creamy texture, the suckling fatty pig hotpot with bean curd has plenty of ginger, garlic, spring onion power, the sweet and sour pork is a great salute to a western classic, oh so tangy, whilst the sliced pork and bean curd on rice is a favourite. This place is an institution and a chef’s late night favourite. You’ll leave, if you’re still tipsy, pointing your fingers like a gun slinger, cheerfully singing “Hot Potato Hot Potato…”

3 / 5 yums!

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Where? 15 Celestial Avenue, Melbourne

What? Average Rice Dish - $13, Main – $18 (usually $15 minimum spend)

Left to Right : Sliced pork and bean curd on rice, sweet and sour pork, beef and cashew, sliced pork and crispy fried noodles, suckling pig and bean curd hotpot, mandarin pork, eggplant with pork mince and prawn