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Dan and Amanda invited me to a family gathering at the Sizzling Mongolian BBQ House in Taringa, Brisbane Australia. Since Dan and Amanda (with family) were in the country I couldn’t miss an opportunity at another dinner with the American’s.
After poking about a bit to find this restaurant I was starving ready to eat a Mongolian… err.. anything!

Quite a unique little place, I came on a Thursday night which is ‘All you can eat’ (music to my ear’s), but in a slightly different manner. You can choose what you eat but adding the raw ingredients to your dining bowl. I was instructed by Veronica to choose my meat (choice of Lamb, Beef, Pork, or Chicken) and vegetables; then add one portion of every sauce available. There’s about ten different sauces to choose from ranging from hot spicy chilli to sugar water. I was a little puzzled at the advice of adding every sauce to the mix at first, later I thanked her.

After making your mega-mix you pass it to a friendly Ninja Mongolian Chief (at least that’s what I call ‘em) who uses the ancient art of chop stick BBQ’ing to create a tasty meal; which looks something like this.

Half the fun is watching these guys do their little jig as the meal cooks on the BBQ. The meat’s are very thin strips which make for quick cooking, and whilst the Ninja Chiefs do a great job of cooking you don’t have much choice in how you want it cooked. I personally had no problem with their BBQ wisdom, and after trying four different bowls of food I learnt that no matter how bad the mix, these guys make it better through some cosmic magic or something.

Let’s face it, everything taste better on a barbie, even as one as strange as this. So the formula in my books is pretty good and I’d be happy to take guests there anytime. And the price is right, at $15.90 a head you’ll be hard press to find better value for money.

If you want to fine the Mongolian BBQ House, you can find them at 2/ 144 Indooroopilly Rd Taringa 4068 or call (07) 3870 2272.