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Cheap lunches. Spicy Ginger Noodle Bar

THE posters for the Spicy Ginger Noodle Bar make great play of their Chinese charcoal grill which I found intriguing.

They offer a “signature” lunch pack of three grilled meat skewers (lamb, beef, and chicken) with salad and rice for $7.99, a small can of coke was $1 extra.

They’re in the spot on Garema Place across from the games store where many a Chinese restaurant has come and gone over the last 15 years or so.

When I got there at 12.30pm there weren’t many customers but there was a lot of mess on the tables. The kitchen staff didn’t seem particularly thrilled to be working either.

You order at the cash register and get a receipt and then wait for your number to be called. For the noodle dishes this was pretty swift, but less so for the skewers. Number 21 came up long before my number 18 for the lunch pack.

They have chillies in oil on every table and with a whack of that over my sticks it turned into a pretty enjoyable meal.

They need to work on the experience. But what you get for the price is worth checking out.

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[This article is the twenty sixth in a series on cheap lunches to be found in and around the city. If you have any suggestions leave them in the comments or email them to john@citynews.com.au . The complete series can be found on our cheap lunches tag]

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3 Responses to Cheap lunches. Spicy Ginger Noodle Bar

Tim says: 3 July 2015 at 2:17 pm

You missed the $5 lunch pack, one choice of two different options each day, half meat half rice. Available until they run out for the day. Think it might only be Monday – Thursday

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Chris says: 8 July 2015 at 4:38 pm

Very much enjoyed chicken Singapore noodles there the other day while sitting at the window bar watching people dodging the charity chuggers outside

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