DonToo: 330 Little Lonsdale Street Melbourne

DonToo has a small lunch menu and is not exactly fussy eater friendly. By day the restaurant does not serve ramen noodle soups, which is a bit sad as it is apparently the chefs specialty. 

For lunch you can choose between: 
¨        grilled beef, pork or chicken 
¨        curry tofu, beef or chicken 
¨        beef udon or soba noodle soup (the udon noodles contain egg) 
¨        a cold soba noodle salad (vegetarian – ask for no mayo if you are vegan) or 
¨        a lunch box with two types of meat, salad, rice and pickles. 

I ordered the cold soba noodle salad. It was decent, not too stingy on the vegetables but the dressing was very sweet and overall it was nothing remarkable. 

Senor Gringo had the lunch box, which came with grilled beef slices in soy sauce and chicken teriyaki. The chicken looked okay but Senor Gringo assured me the chunks of meat were fatty, poor quality and too sweet. The beef slices also had a line of fat along the edge which must be a quite traditional thing as it is quite common. Senor Gringo was not impressed and didn’t finish his meal. 

Most tables ordered the beef or pork soup which contained a boiled egg. I wanted a soup but didn't feel like meat that day and they weren’t willing to substitute tofu. The beef looked fatty anyway and I wouldn’t have been happy, which is a shame because the broth smelled delicious from afar.

I’m giving this place one tick. Lunch is really cheap ($5.9-$9) and I think the quality matches.