After a morning of enjoying the very good beach-side playground at Carrum found us in the need for lunch. Unfortunately, the construction of the nearby train overpass meant that all the local shops were closed, except for a tuckshop that does a busy trade serving pies, soft drinks and the like, to the construction workers.
So back in the car we went to retrace our steps. I had noticed a suburban shopping precinct on the way to the beach - this turned out to be the Lakeview shopping centre. We picked the Lake Restaurant Cafe as it seemed to be the most popular eateries and it offered table service.
There's a typical suburban cafe menu on offer with a Japanese twist. For the three of us, we ordered two dishes to share. One of the dishes was a karaage chicken served with salad. The chicken was reasonably okay - nice big chunks of chicken thighs with soy-ginger overtones.