Nest Restaurant - 159 Roma St Brisbane QLD 4000

What happens when East Meets West? Nest Restaurant - nested within Roma Street's Transit Centre, serves classical Asian food with a modern Australian Twist.

With funky stylish nest-like décor and a brilliant view of the red lantern adorned 100-year old fig tree, Nest Restaurant will certainly become a great place to perch.

Nest's hybrid menu offers both cheap Asian meals ($10 - $15) and sophisticated dishes including Honey Pepped Beef, Duck Salad, and Moreton Bay Bugs ($20 - $25).

We ordered 2 classical dishes, which came with an interesting twist.

1) Pad Thai ($12) - generous servings of flat rice noodles with chicken, prawns, fish cake slices, perfectly caramelised onions, sprinkled with crushed peanuts. The sauce was a little too tangy for my liking, but the chilli gave it an extra kick.

Pad Thai ($12)

2) Beef Teriyaki ($12) - massive plate of Hokkien noodles with fresh beans and teriyaki beef. The flavours were a little dull and I was shocked to find the Hokkien noodles al-dente (which was certainly an interestingly strange twist for a traditional Asian dish).

Beef Teriyaki ($12)

Verdict
Loved the stylish ambience - will happily pay $12 just to perch here. There's not too many places in the city which sell Pad Thai and Beef Teriyaki for $12.