On this fine morning I decided to skip sushi in a desperate search of a post-gym snack and drove around the block to find another option, thus coming across Soonta, just west of where all the action is on Henley Beach Road.
Upon entering it was immediately obvious this was a bit of a Wok-in-a-box meets junior Asian McDonalds. It's a small quick service boxed salads, soups and rolls outfit. The packaging is pretty and colourful but with me less is more, or rather I want good food and I don't care about what it's wrapped in.
I picked up a couple of packs of cold rolls with a standard peanut sauce, smaller in size than some but well priced at $5 each, although you can get them bigger nearby for $4. I almost tried the soup bucket and kicked myself afterwards, although a change of mind may not have guaranteed satisfaction.
Each roll had 3 small prawns, a bit of lettuce and a lot of noodles - that's it. No herbs, no other veggies, no flavour, nothing. They were bland and "noodly" and the rather average sauce did nothing to lift the experience.
The other thing that bothered me was seeing the attendant preparing the days numerous "soup dishes" in the disposable latex gloves (tick) but then handling cash and notes to get my change and continuing her work in the same gloves (hmmm). I thought they were used for hygiene purposes but in their case perhaps for sensitive skin!! read more