Cheap Eats - Sakae, Sydney (restaurant review - update)

2 Comments by Mai / March 14, 2010 / Posted in Food & Wine, Reviews

Today I decided to feast on Sashimi at Sakae. Please check my old post about Sakae here.
I love everything about Sakae . It’s one of those hidden gems of Japanese food where not a lot of people knows about  (because I never have to queue for a table unlike the other popular eateries in Sydney).
For [...]

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The Wharf Restaurant Review, Sydney, Australia

0 Comment by Mai / March 10, 2010 / Posted in Food & Wine, Reviews

The Wharf Restaurant
Pier 4, Hickson Road
Walsh Bay - Sydney 2000
Ph: +61 (0) 2 9250 1761
For Christmas lunch last year we went to ‘The Wharf Restaurant’ which is located at the Walsh Bay (near the Sydney Theatre Company at the Rocks).
The view here is amazing. The restaurant has a rustic look of wooden deck floor overlooking Sydney Harbour.  I [...]

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Must eat pancake at Sydney Chinatown Night Market (Haymarket) - Sydney, Australia

0 Comment by Mai / March 6, 2010 / Posted in Food & Wine

One thing I really enjoy on friday nights in Sydney is going to the weekly night market in Chinatown. Chinatown night market sells knick knacks ranging from mobile phone covers to fake tiffanys jewellery. However, I go there especially for the food. My favourite are the desserts. You can find dessert such as black sticky [...]

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Din Tai Fung Restaurant Review, Sydney - The best dumpling in Australia

0 Comment by Mai / February 16, 2010 / Posted in Food & Wine, Reviews

Din Tai Fung
Shop 11.04, Level 1
World Square Shopping Centre
644 George St,
Sydney NSW 2000
Ph: +61 (0) 2 9264 6010/6012
The moment you get to this restaurant, you’ll be thinking - whoa, that’s a long queue!
Before you join the queue, make sure you go right to the front of the concierge table, outside the restaurant, and let the person who’s [...]

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Cheap eats - Sushi Rio (Sushi Train), Sydney, Australia - Restaurant Review

0 Comment by Mai / February 9, 2010 / Posted in Food & Wine, Reviews

Sushi Rio
Shop 7, 339 Sussex St
NSW 2000
Ph: +61 (0) 2 9261 2388
Like most Melburnians and Sydney Syders I like to compare the 2 cities. I have lived in both long enough to say which is the better city No I will not make this announcement in this post, rather I will compare the sushi [...]

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Cheap Eats - Sakae, Sydney - Australia

1 Comment by Mai / December 22, 2009 / Posted in Food & Wine

Sakae
3/116 Liverpool St,
Sydney- NSW 2000 (Australia)
Ph: +61 (0) 2 9269 0990
Everyone keeps telling me how expensive food in Sydney is. One of my favourite restaurants,  Sakae, is  definitely an exception. Sakae is an authentic Japanese, very tasty and very affordable.
When you walk into the restaurant you are immediately greeted with the usual Japanese hospitality. The restaurant is open kitchen and the chefs seem [...]

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Etch Restaurant - Sydney, Australia

0 Comment by Mai / December 7, 2009 / Posted in Food & Wine

OK my dear Sydney fans, this is the 2nd restaurant review for the week, hope you enjoy it.
This time,  I thought I’d pick a restaurant right at the heart of the Sydney CBD - Etch Restaurant
62 Bridge St,
Sydney - NSW 2000
Ph: +61 (0) 2 9247 4777
I like the decor of this restaurant - really pretty [...]

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Bistrode - Surry Hills, Sydney

2 Comments by Mai / December 6, 2009 / Posted in Food & Wine

Bistrode
478 Bourke St, Surry Hills - NSW 2010
Ph: +61 (0) 2 9380 7333
There are many restaurants in Sydney I that I quite enjoy, sometimes so much so that I will even go myself :). One of them is called Bistrode which is run by Jane and Jeremy Strode. It is located at Surrey Hills (which [...]

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Pyrmont Growers Market - Sydney, Australia

0 Comment by Mai / December 5, 2009 / Posted in Food & Wine, Life

Happy Weekends!
Living in Sydney is about the weather, the beach and the market!! In Sydney, you get an abundant of growers or farmers market. The ones that I visit often are - the rocks, potts point, and my favourite Pyrmont Growers Market.
Pyrmont Growers market is held on the first Saturday of the month. You can find fresh produces ranging [...]

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