Tuesday, October 26, 2010

i love sydney - day 4

Day 4 ~ (16th Oct)

Yum Cha at Sydney's top recommended place, Marigold - a perfect hangover cure! :P Though this place wasn't as good as Zilver's last time.






 

 
We eventually worked out which bus to take us to Balmain in search of the famous patisserie by Adriano Zumbo. 

And just like the other raved about places we went... there was nothing short of a line of people to get in.
The tasty looking sweet and savory pastries in the window...

 The cake displays were already like 2/3 empty when we got there...
 It was a hard choice, but we managed to pick our four. (even though we wanted to get MORE lol)






Kana Express (Bargain Korean Snack stall!)



Yummy Chilli Rice Sticks
So we kept being told to go to the insanely popular Malaysian restaurant Mamak in Chinatown but the wait in the line could be over an hour long. But we had nothing else to do after our walk back from Darling Harbour... so we decided to wait since the line at the time didn't reach around the corner YET. lol
 We got to watch em make roti in the window - so pro how they do it so fast and it's so paper thin.  
Then finally about half an hour later we seated... so it wasn't as bad of a wait I guess.
One of the best Mee Goreng I can remember. 
OMG this drink (Teh Tarik)  is AMAZINGLY GOOD! It's a classic Malaysian sweetened tea, ‘stretched’ for a frothy topping. Seriously loved it!
The famous original Roti Canai: Served with two curry dips and spicy sambal sauce.
We also tried the a sweet roti too - Roti Kaya served with icecream

i love sydney - day 3

Day 3 ~ (15th Oct)
Bring on day 3 of fattening up. LOL.

Quay - first full on "fine dining" experience lol
 
Our table's view of Sydney Harbour
Choice of bread n butter
Our complimentary starter - it was so tiny n cute! We were told what it was... but it sounded so complicated we had no idea in the end haha.
Slow braised milk fed Suffolk lamb, comté custard, heirloom carrots, roasted almonds, quinoa, cumin
Free range chicken breast cooked slowly with truffle butter, spring vegetables, young garlic cream, jamon & oloroso juices
Eight texture chocolate cake Featuring Amedei Chocolate
It was really rich...and we couldn't exactly distinguish 8 either..
Jackfruit snow egg
The BESTEST dish. Loved this dessert so much!!! It definitely lives up to it's Masterchef hype~ The ice was absolutely delish! and the runny yellow stuff inside the egg was so nice too. Just perfectly sweet and refreshing! =) i suppose it made it worth the trip?? lol
Coffee & petits fours
Meet Fresh (Again!)
This time the line was longer too!
 
Taro Ball Dessert (Green Bean + Lotus Seed + Pearl)
Herbal Jelly Dessert (Pearl + Red Bean + Peanuts)
Chinatown Night Market
HK Style Cheung Fun


And if that wasn't enough... we went to Mizuya (Again!) for Karaoke at 10pm.
We had $260 of food and drinks to kill in like 2.5 hours LOL. It got to a stage where i just cud not be stuffed with photos anymore coz there was too many dishes that kept being brought into our room every like 5-10 mins. and everyone was too focused on trying to finish the drinks before time was up for it to be taken away. lol.
Trio of Desserts - The Green Tea Creme Brule was quite good.

i love sydney - day 2

Day 2 (14th Oct) ~

Pho An in Bankstown - Sydney's Most Famous Pho
Mizuya Japanese Karaoke and Restaurant 
Cheese Mochi
Hurricane Express at Bondi Beach
 
Half a rack of famous Hurricane Pork Ribs
Sake Restaurant (The Rocks)
Cold Sake
Sashimi Combo
 
Wagyu new style
Panko Rice Balls
Popcorn Shrimp
Miso-Cream Scallops
Crunch n Cream Sushi
 
Norita Board Game Cafe - Azn Dream Ice Cream (Green Tea & Black Sesame)