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  • Collection of small plates of Chinese food.
  • San choi bau - minced meat in a lettuce cup.
  • Sophisticated setting of up-market Chinese restaurant - dimly lit and with white table cloths.

Flower Drum Restaurant

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  • Fine dining

A Melbourne culinary institution, Flower Drum in Chinatown is a fine-dining Cantonese restaurant that has been feeding the city for more than 40 years.

Delicate flavours and seasonal produce combine in signature dishes like peking duck and aromatic baked crab, and diners in the know ask for selections from the unpublished chefs’ menu.

To sample several favourites, share the banquet menu at dinner or lunch and fight over the steamed dim sum, quail sang choi bao, Peking duck, steamed barramundi, crispy-skinned chicken and toffee apple with organic ice cream.

Bookings are essential, and private dining is also available.

Hours

Day Times
Monday
  • 12pm - 3pm 12pm - 3pm
  • 6pm - 11pm 6pm - 11pm
Tuesday
  • 12pm - 3pm 12pm - 3pm
  • 6pm - 11pm 6pm - 11pm
Wednesday
  • 12pm - 3pm 12pm - 3pm
  • 6pm - 11pm 6pm - 11pm
Thursday
  • 12pm - 3pm 12pm - 3pm
  • 6pm - 11pm 6pm - 11pm
Friday
  • 12pm - 3pm 12pm - 3pm
  • 6pm - 11pm 6pm - 11pm
Saturday
  • 12pm - 3pm 12pm - 3pm
  • 6pm - 11pm 6pm - 11pm
Sunday
  • 6pm - 10.30pm 6pm - 10.30pm

Location

17 Market Ln
Melbourne 3000

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  • telephone number: 03 9662 3655
  • email address: enquiry@flower-drum.com
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