Hello everybody,
I am back with the second part of my food journal in Sydney. On the previous entry, we visited the fish market and Sushi Rio- a very nice Japanese restaurant on Sussex street. This time, forget about sushi and all the seafood dishes, let me take you to brand new places with amazing foods that I had eaten several times when I was studying in Sydney. If you are hungry, please go get a snack and come back later :P
CHAT THAI – AUTHENTIC THAI RESTAURANT
This restaurant offers authentic Thai food, the best Thai dishes that I have ever tried (though I have been to Thailand several times). My first impression is the decoration here, very eye catching and modern. There are many Chat Thai restaurants in Sydney, but the one in Campbell street, near Paddy market is the best one. During lunchtime and dinnertime, the place is always crowded and you had better make a reservation other while you will have to wait in a long line. The second impression is the food stall where there are many chefs directly cooking and preparing food for customers.
My favorite dish here is Green curry duck with rice. I just love the curry sauce with coconut, not too spicy and the aroma is awesome. The rice is so sticky and soft. What a great combination <3
Guess what is it in the picture above? If you have never tried it, I bet you can’t tell. It’s FISH, FISH salad in Thai style. Describing this dish is a challenge to me, but I will try: fish is smashed, and then deep-fried until it turns yellow brown, and crunchy. Then they pour the sweet and sour sauce, and mix them with fresh vegetables. The fish is extremely aromatic, and it is just melted down in your mouth. The sauce is super balanced- 9/10 from me <3
(picture from “grabyourfork”)
Chat Thai also offers a popular menu of dessert, from Thai famous sweet soups to mango sticky rice, and some kinds of cakes. You can smell the aroma from the food stall once you step into the restaurant.
(picture from “grabyourfork”)
Thai sweet soup with a type of jelly (they put the coconut meat inside the jelly), the soup is coconut soup which is super creamy. You will not want to try it if you are on a diet :P
Black sticky rice with coconut sweet soup
and the famous mango sticky rice. Thai mango is the best mango in the world, and it is such a great idea to eat mango with sticky rice, and coconut sauce. I just can never get enough of this dessert, though it is very fat :(
THE TWISTED NOODLE BAR in DARLING HABOUR
If you are a fan of spicy food, this place is definitely a must-try. It offers Chinese twisted noodle with many flavors. The noodle bowl is named after different cities of China such as Yunnan, Kungming, Dali and Xishuang etc. You can choose the spicy level (there are total 3 levels). Let’s look at the menu:
And here is my meal:
Yes, you can tell it is spicy just by looking at the picture. I choose level 2 and it is super spicy already. I wonder how the highest level would taste. The special thing is each noodle bowl comes with a side dish, mine is deep-fried chicken wings and sausages. You can eat them separately or put them in the soup, both ways are tasty. I often order Yunnan noodle, it contains pork, beef, boiled egg and some vegetables. The noodle is very nice, they are fresh and directly made by the chef of the restaurant.
The drinks look so cool in these bottles. We ordered milk tea and lychee tea :)
MAX BRENNER – CHOCOLATE AND MORE
This place is quite famous in Sydney for chocolate-related desserts. There are many types of cakes:
We ordered chocolate fondue with strawberry, brownie and marshmallow. It looks yummy, and the taste is lovely. The chocolate is not too sweet and that is what I like about Max Brenner. Chocolate sauce is aromatic, hot and a little bitter.
I also had a cup of hot chocolate with marshmallow as well. Though I might gain 1 kg after finishing all of these, but who can resist this sweet trap? It is so tempting :P
That is the end of my part 2 for Sydney, but Sydney is more than that. There is still so many dishes that I want to introduce to our Steemian community, so see you later on my next post. Thank for taking time to read my entry :)
(Credits: some images are from google)
PS: Follow @knozaki2015's excellent initiative, I will from now on donate 8% of my earned SBD to Project Curie and Steemsquad.
Hello @mibenkito
OMG , that dessert looks insane...
Hello there, my 8% is just a very small contribution to this community, but I hope together we can make a better Steemit. And yep, these desserts are amazing, its great to hear about the meet-up plan, im excited right now. I'll try to make it as soon as I can, now my schedule is a little bit tight though :(
Hey ! Great that you sent the 8%.
and let's do a foodie meetup where only the food bloggers come together somewhere in the world ;)
A foodie meetup is too good to be true :D I'm absolutely in, let's meet up in Berlin first guys ^^
Wow. The foods look so good! yummy.
Ok... now i am salivating :D haha
ALL this food looks amazing! I love all asian food and am a massive fan of Thai currys. Coconut rice is sooo good :)
Yeahh, great to know that there is a thai curry fan here, but I like the green one better since it is less spicy. The coconut smell is so tempting, isn't it?
I love them, but i love all Asian (and most other types..) food haha.
Actually the green is supposed to be the hotter one, people just think that the red one should be as its red.
Most places cater to this though and make the red one hotter.
Really? i think the green one is less spicy and they put coconut milk into it, which creates a lovely flavour (I love coconut^^). Asian cuisine really rocks, doesn't it? Have you ever been to Asia? Or you come from Asia, too?
Yes traditionally the green is hotter but as i say most places switch it round in the UK anyway. I love Asian food :) its as nice on the eye as it is to the mouth!
No i am English (well my father was scottish so im 50/50 English / Scottish i guess) The best of both my mother would say haha.
I have not been to Asia no :( I have been near When i visited Australia. Amazing place actually and they are very big on Asian food there also :)
Yep, it is true that Australia has several Asian dishes with really good quality and authentic taste, since it is multicultural (especially Sydney and Melbourne). Anyway, if you love Asian cuisine, you definitely have to visit some Asian countries (I highly recommend South East Asia, the food is really cheap and interesting ^^)
Nice! :)
Looks fantastic!
Thanks. Sydney looks like quite a place for feasting trip.
That spicy noodle soup is by far my favorite one!
It is crazily spicy but also super tasty, you definitely have to try one @lisasang ;)
oooh, everything looks so yummy :D
all appears tasty.. Мммм
Enjoyed your pics, thanks for sharing
Have you tried Tom Yum soup? The best of the best in Thai cuisine! :)
I tried the Tom Yum soup already, really like it but it is too spicy for me since I have stomachache :(
Looks like authentic stuff! Like something you'd see in hawker stalls of Singapore!
Yep, they are pretty authentic @johnchang, it might be because Sydney is a multicultural city (people from different regions of the world gather in Sydney, especially there are so many Asians here)
Decent article. How about $50 payout?
Down voting for excessive pay(compared to the 500 other good ones)!
You got a point!