On a snap frozen evening, following an entertaining discussion by the author Sandy MacKinnon, we drop by Vanidol for a quick bite to eat on the way home. What a disappointment!
My Tom Yum Goong is full of hard pieces of ginger and lemongrass ... must have been the bottom of the pot. Her dumplings were great, but our shared duck curry was far too sweet and lacked any spiciness at all. The usual freshness of flavour that has been a trademark of Vanidol was gone, and in its place was a muddy smudge of unsatisfying curry.
Hopefully, this is just an off night for the standard in North Hobart cheap eats - but my suspicion is that Vanidol has had its day. Recently we took an old friend to Vanidol and Darjoh (Bellerive) on successive nights - the winner by a country mile was Darjoh.
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