‘Chin chin’ in Japanese means ‘penis’.

This useless fact bears little relevance to the city’s new Chin Chin Restaurant.

Chin Chin serves modern Thai food with further genital references not included. Or are they?

Just a few weeks old, Chin Chin’s no booking policy already means waiting an hour for a table. Thankfully a

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tail bar with classics for just $15 enables enjoyable time killing. Standouts are the ‘rose petal infused’ drinks that draw curious glances from your fellow bar friends. Do not be distracted by what appears to be a frozen

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floating in your glass. It is actually meticulously sculpted iced petals and makes your beverage taste a bit like a bouquet of flowers. Odd. But good.

Plenty of reasonably priced titbits makes Chin Chins perfect for a laid back meal out with friends. Be wary, friends could become enemies as you fight over who gets the last delectable dumpling

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. Succulent seafood, salads and curries are on offer for something heartier.

Chin Chin buzzes with as much energy as a Thai man at a Bangkok market selling you some cheap plastic shit you don’t need. Or a typical dude you run into on Khao San Road, completely wired.

Attentive, unpretentious wait staff process the dinner rush extremely well.

This uber cool space, donned with vintage pop art posters, welcomes Suits, Hipsters and hungry hedonists until around 3am. Unsurprisingly, hype surrounds the anticipated opening of Go Go Bar downstairs.

Chin Chins is impressive, fun and as devious as you wish it to be. Perhaps the name doesn’t make complete sense. But the rest certainly does.

Chin Chin

125 Flinders Lane
Licensed and BYO (Wine only)
Open 7 days. 11am till late.
No reservations.

Details: Chin Chin