Red Crane

Red Crane used to be a regular stop for me whenever I was in the shopping centre, however the meals seem to have dropped off in quality recently. With the surge of competitors around the centre, it's getting hard to justify choosing them over some of the others.

I had the tempura vegetable rice paper rolls and they were terrible. Vegetables were rubbery and hardly any filling - it was mostly just plain rice noodles

Red Crane is one humble asian takeaway outlet within the large and busy main food court of Westfield Carindale Shopping Centre.

It sells pretty much some of everything from every cuisine type: a range of made-to-order bento boxes (such as stir fried or katsu rice or udon dishes), as well as some sushi rolls, rice paper rolls, and rice noodle salads.

The sushi are quite affordable, priced starting from $2.40 each (although those ones don't really look particularly appealing). The other food offerings are also quite affordable and have a little more appeal to increase appetite.

I tried their rice noodle salad and it was quite nice. It came with some kind of a peanut sauce on the side. The quality was relatively fresh although it does taste like it has been there for a little while. The staffs are slightly robotic in the service but I really cannot expect much service from a takeaway shop.

Great food. Made all on site and in front of you