• 4
• indulgence!

Based on recommendations and after drooling over their menu online, I was really looking forward to eating here. Loving Hut in Northcote fulfilled all of my expectations of greasy, tasty, mock indulgence. The only slight disappointment was the decor - looking at the images on their website, I expected a more cosy date destination. It's the classic Loving Hut layout, in fact, with trademark yellow walls, plastic chairs and tables, and it's BIG. It does somewhat resemble a high school cafeteria, with slightly better lighting. The food though! We ordered the crumbed, mock prawns as an entree. I didn't like them. I should stay away from mock seafood. They just taste rubbery and weird to me. We shared the katsu duck and lemongrass stirfry with tofu as mains. The stirfry was crunchy, with a good variety of veg, and fragrant lemongrass sauce. It wasn't a fancy dish but some fresh veg were necessary to balance out the deepfried crunch of the katsu. SO. GOOD. The succulent, fake duck is coated in quite a thick layer of crunchy batter, served sizzling in sweet, spicy, plum sauce. Looking forward to going back to try some other dishes - "Bam Bam" is top of my list.