Yummy Sydney Part 2

This is the second part of the blog. During my trip to Sydney, I remembered I ate a lot of Korean and Thai food. Not sure why I stumble upon that kind of food but nevertheless I was satisfied eating them. Desserts; cakes, tim tams, ice creams and gelatos was never missing from my 'what to eat today' lists. I try to consume as much ice creams and cakes as much as possible as I learn from my Melbourne days that Australia has one of the best dairy and confectionery products!

YUMMY FUSION BBQ

 

This restaurant is situated in "Castle Tower" in the Baulkham Hills area. It is about 40 minutes drive from the city area. We did some shopping therapy in this mall and had lunch here. I ordered the "Chili Pork" AUD 10.90 and DH ordered "Grilled Pork Belly" AUD 12.50. The food was quite tasty and the big portion sufficiently powered me to walk and shop even further.

WATERS EDGE

The main reason why I came to Sydney was to attend DH sister's wedding. It was a beautiful setting and venue. The Waters Edge was situated at the quay of Darling Harbor and thus the view was surely splendid to the eye. Everyone dressed up to the occasion and the food was simply mouth watering. The day begins with everyone busy preparing getting ready and the night ends with people partying on the dance floor!!!

 

IN CHAN

This is the Thai Restaurant that I bragged about in the previous post (part 1). "In Chan" is situated on the Kingsford Street, just along Kingsford Chinese Restaurant. One of the most things that amazed me was that the cook in the kitchen were very young. Probably in the late 20's. I also assume that this is a family run restaurant, because almost all of the worker there looked alike. The next time I come back to Sydney, I'll definitely pop myself back in here again and order more dishes for sure!

> Tom Yum Goong AUD 7.00

> Yum Ped yang AUD 16.90

> BBQ Beef Crying Tiger AUD 15.90

THAI FOON
That day, a few of us went to the Star City Casino and try out our luck and as it turns out, we had good luck on our side! I won AUD 1200 and DH's dad won even much much more. Thus as for dinner, we decided to splurge more because in a way it was complimentary from Star City. We had exotic Kangaroo's meat, duck salad, tom yum soup, curry seafood soup (turns out to be the star of the meal) and many others.

PHO PASTEUR

I wanted to eat at "CHAT THAI" in the city but the queue was just crazy to be true. Instead we went for Vietnamese Beef Noodle Soup at "PHO PASTEUR". The restaurant was pretty busy when we were there during the peak dinner hour. I had a "Grilled Pork With Vermicelli AUD 9.00" and DH had "Special Beef Rice Noodle Soup AUD 11.00" and as for our starter, we choose to have fried spring rolls to share.

 

Gyu Kaku

Gyu Kaku is a restaurant that previously never caught my eye. I'm not sure why but maybe it didn't have enough buzz about it. My cousin came back from Singapore and he wanted to try Gyu Kaku's  "Ox tongue", thus ending up having a dinner there. The Tofu Kimchi Chigae Soup completely took me by surprise and since then, I came back there quite often. Personally, I reckon' they have the best kimchi soup in J-Town. I might be exaggerating, but I simply LOVE it. Truly heavenly! Gyu Kaku is located at Plaza Indonesia, ground floor just across to Cork and Screw.

Menu : Tofu Kimchi Chigae Soup

Price : Rp 68,000++

Score : 8.5 / 10

» My goodnes this is SO GOOD! I loveeee the soup ohhh my lord yummy. Even though the stuffing was pretty much the same with normal kimchi soup, the soup is fragrant and thicker than normally. I can even taste the egg and chili plus the spices was heavenly good!!! A MUST have :) 

Menu : Wagyu Rum Cap
Price : Rp 229,000++
Score : 6.5 / 10

» It is a bit pricey for 11 pieces of beef. Even though it's premium beef but I can't seem to appreciate beef too much. However I remembered someone said premium beef has marbled fats within the meat and if that statement is true then these meat slices are definitely premium!


Menu : Wagyu Nakaoshi
Price : Rp 176,000++ (Large = 140 grams)
Score : 7.0 / 10

» This premium beef was juicy and if you like meat with thick fats, then you'll like this for sure. I'm not a big fan of fatty meat but people who like those really enjoy this dish!


Menu : Beef Tounge (Gyu Tan)
Price : Rp 112,000 ++
Score : 6.5 / 10
» The gyu tan are actually fresh and nice. But somehow I always compare gyu tan I ate in Indo with the ones in Melbourne (Melbourne Central, Oishi : Gyu Tan Don). If only any restaurant can steal the recipe for the sauce Oishi uses ..nyuum! Someone please franchise that restaurant!

Menu : Assorted Grilled Sausage
Price : Rp 56,000++ (Small)
Score : 6.0 / 10

» This was not anything fancy or special. But I guess it was okay. A variety of sausages, some beef, some chicken. There's even one type with cheese in it.




GYU KAKU
Address: Plaza Indonesia 1st Floor #173, Jl. M.H. Thamrin Kav. 28-30 Jakarta 10350,
Phone : (62-21)310 7196
Monday till Sunday : 11am - 10pm

Balinese food escape!

This trip to Bali was actually a couple of months back during Lebaran Holidays! I ate so much great food that I came back to Jakarta about 3 Kilo heavier. Nevertheless, it was freakin' worth it!

Venue : The Ayana Rock Bar - Jimbaran, Bali
Menu : Chicken Popcorn
Price : Rp 85,000 ++
Score : 6 / 10

>> Visit Ayana Rock Bar for the beautiful view but not the food. The menu has a great selection of alcoholic beverages but not ideal for meal. Nevertheless, the place was a great place to hang out!

Venue : The Ayana Rock Bar - Jimbaran, Bali Menu : Virgin Lavender & Virgin Tropical
Price : Rp 80,000 ++ (each)
Score : Lavender 5 / 10 & Tropical 7 / 10

>> The tropical drink is very refreshing, very citrus! The lavender is more of a fragrant and soothing drink.

Venue : Ibu Andika - Kuta, Bali
Menu : Nasi Pedes
Price : Rp 17,000
Score : 7 / 10

» Don't count on the surrounding, it's just hawker food along the street. The dishes are actually plain, but the chili is crazily superb !!! I'm a sucker for chili and my tongue definitely dance with sensation!

Venue : Ifiori - Across Discovery Mall Kuta, Bali
Menu : Australian Sirloin Steak
Price : Rp 155,000 ++
Score : 7 /10
» Simply one word ; JUICY !! Very well cooked and tender indeed.

Venue : Ifiori - Across Discovery Mall Kuta, Bali
Menu : Asian Chicken Springroll
Price : Rp 55,000 ++
Score : 5 / 10

» It is too oily and reckoned overpriced for spring rolls. Order something else if you happen to be there.

Venue : Metis - Seminyak, Bali
Menu : Grilled Barramundi with Lemon Olive Oil Juice
Price : Rp 68,000 ++
Score : 6.5 / 10
» Very very suitable for a light lunch.

PS : Scenery view of across the paddy field.

Venue : Metis - Seminyak, Bali
Menu : Le Steak Frites with Garlic Butter
Price : Rp 85,000 ++
Score : 7.5 / 10

» Juicy and I like the garlic butter sauce a lot... YUMMY !!!!

Venue : Metis - Seminyak, Bali
Menu : Bali Fruit Fantasy & Banana Frosty
Price : Rp 50,000 ++ (each)
Score : Fruit Fantasy 5.5 / 10 & Banana Frosty 7.5 / 10

» Fruit Fantasy is okay but the banana is yummmy!!! They added expresso and chocolate bits blended with vanilla ice cream. Drooling yet???

Venue : Metis - Seminyak, Bali
Menu : Chocolate Dream
Price : Rp 55,000 ++
Score : 7.7 / 10

» You never ever go wrong with Chocolate! This devil consist of Mini Chocolate Moelleux and Brownies, Chocolate Pot de Creme and Sauce !!!

Venue : Nuris's Ribs - Ubud, Bali
Menu : Pork Ribs
Price : Rp 78,000 ++
Score : 8.5 / 10

» For the mere price this is good stuff! Ask for more lime squeeze and lots of their home made sambal. Definitely two thumbs up for this. Pig out mode : ON !!!

Venue :  Warung Made - Kuta, Bali
Menu : Sate Lilit Ikan
Price : Rp 55,000 ++
Score : 7.5 / 10

» Delicious !!! Spicy Tuna fish satay that can only be found in Bali :) Heavenly good!

Venue : Warung Made - Kuta, Bali
Menu : Nasi Campur ala Made
Price : Rp 50,000 ++
Score : 7 / 10

» Generously big portion and satisfying !! I like the sate lilit and the sambal chili :)

Venue : Coco Coffee Bali - Nusa Dua, Bali
Menu : Nasi Goreng Sari Nusa
Price : Rp 45,000 ++
Score : 5.75 / 10

» I wanna give this a six but the service bad -_-". Took such a long freakin time to get this dish out and yet they're not packed.

Venue : Bubba Gump - Kuta, Bali
Menu : Boat Bucket of Trash
Price : Rp 220,000 ++
Score : 6 / 10

» Deep fried shrimp, slipper lobster tail and mahi mahi seasoned with Cajun spices and french fries. But however, i think this dish is OVERPRICED for fried finger food.

Venue : Bubba Gump
Menu : Cajun Shrimp
Price : Rp 85,000 ++
Score : 6.5 / 10

» Sauteed in a spicy Cajun butter sauce, served with garlic bread for dippin'. I like garlic bread super super muachhhh!

Venue : Bubba Gump
Menu : I'm Stuffed! Shrimp
Price : Rp 190,000++
Score : 7.5 / 10

» Large shrimp stuffed with crab cake, baked in garlic butter and topped with mozzarella cheese. Served with rice! The crab cake is gooddddddddd me likey :)))