Happy Boy

One of Brisbane’s most beloved Chinese restaurants Happy Boy made some big moves in 2017, when brothers Cameron and Jordan Votan relocated its lauded Chinese-inspired banqueting and drinking hall to Fortitude Valley. The Fortitude Valley Happy Boy can be found on East Street, and carries through the restaurant’s contemporary regional Chinese focus, but has expand the offering to include more Asian street bites for snacking, a broader wine list and craft beer and Asian lagers on tap. Previously, the restaurant had only dabbled in regional Chinese cuisine, but not Happy Boy dives deep into the wok cooking of Southern China and Hong Kong, as well as traditional barbecue cooking in the Guangdong style. Swing through for prawn and pork wontons in chilli broth, mapo tofu with special spicy sauce and ground pork, twice-cooked dry and sticky beef rib in sweet sauce, and cha-siu-style barbecue chicken with honey glaze.