Steel bar & Grill

60 Carrington Street, (cnr Wynyard St, & Carrington St)

Sydney NSW 2000

p: 929 99 997

Tonight is Ann's birthday. She chose the Steel Bar & Grill in the city. It's conveniently located just around the corner from bar 333 where we had drinks before we came in for dinner. The restaurant looked pretty posh from outside in with it's silver themed decor and artsy photos hanging on the walls

We took a table over near the wine rack on the left hand side of the dining area. The table was set with olives, bread and olive oil so we could nibble on those while we ordered. The black olives were quite a bit nicer than the green olives which were a little less flavoursome. The sourdough bread was matched well with the olive oil, it tasted awesome!

Tonight we chose to order two wines for the table. One half wanted a red wine and the other half wanted a white, so we had a stella bella shiraz and some kind of sauvignon blanc for the other half. The wine was quite good considering we had no idea what to choose.

I ordered an entree sized oyster platter (6 pieces). This came with a sauce with chopped tomato and some kind of balsamic vinegar. The oysters were from a southern area of NSW but were called "Sydney rock oysters". They were very fresh and the sauce enhanced the flavours of the oysters (having this kind of sauce was a first for us).

The mains came out about five minutes later. I ordered a rib eye steak with beetroot and jus and Betty ordered a Scallop & paw paw salad. The steak was so tender, as soon as it went in your mouth you could taste the natural flavours of the beef without having to supplement it with a sauce. Having the jus drizzled on the plate enhanced that natural flavour even more. The steak itself was cooked to perfection without any of it's juices drizzling out onto the plate. The beetroot on the side were your usual flavoured pickled beetroot, so there was nothing special there.

The paw paw & scallop salad had a very distinct Vietnamese influence with the shredded unripe paw paw strands. All it lacked was some nuoc mam and it would be a vietnamese dish! Betty thought the scallops could have been softer and more tender but the paw paw salad made up for it. There were little crushed up cashew pieces which added to the semi crunchy texture of the paw paw salad, this went nicely together.

Everyone else had these:

Barramundi,

Lamb

Spatchcock
Steak

For dessert, the group ordered a strawberry pavlova, some other dessert that I can't remember and a plate of mixed cheese and crackers. The strawberry pavlova was quite nice, possibly the best pavlova I've had in a while. On the cheese platter, there was a brie cheese, blue cheese and an aged cheddar cheese. Out of all three, I'd say the blue cheese was the best. It's a pity I had to drive, the cheeses would have went so nicely with a glass of red :)

Overall, I'd definately come back to this restaurant. I'd recommend it to all my friends and it's safe to say the steak here is the best I've ever had. 10/10 for this place in all aspects!

Zoo Bar

175 Oxford Street
Bondi Junction NSW 2022
Phone 02 9369 5348

We were exitedly on our way to eat brunch @ Macro Cafe in Bondi Junction - bad sadly their breakfast menu ended at 12 :(

Sadly walking back down to westfields we decided on eating at this place. It looked quite busy, so we gave it a go.

We started off with drinks, i had appletiser because they didn't have the grapefruit drink that i wanted, and Rick had the santa vittoria. Santa vittoria has the nicest drinks!! I ended up drinkin his one, and he finished off mine for me :)


I was in a naughty mood and wanted fries with homemade aoli, this was BEAUTIFUL!! Shoe string fries are my favourite fries of them all!! These were not too oily, and werent salted, and later on the waiter came with some cracked pepper to sprinkle on it. Yummy!

I chose the mushroom open grilled turkish bread, i think they used tasty cheese, there was tomato, avocado i think, and thick mushrooms. The side salad was quite.. bland, i didn't really like it, but the rest of it was average tasting. I was starving, so you know how it is, anythings nice when you're really hungry


Rick had smoked salmon andscrambled eggs of toasted turkish bread. The smoked salmon was fresh, but the scrambled eggs were't that great. They were too yellow, too hard, and ruined the dish altogether, and the capers were dusgusting!!


I regret choosing this place for brunch.. I wish we went to westfields foodcourt instead!!


bleh my writing skills suck, babe you can do the reviews from now on i give up!

Max Brennars Parramatta

SYDNEY - PARRAMATTA Shop 2187, Level 2, Westfield
159-175 Church Street, Parramatta NSW 2150
Phone Number: +61 2 9635 7566

This is my favourite place to go have chocolate stuff :)

These jars are just for looks i think, they're so pretty they wouldn't last long in my home!!

My favourite thing on the menu is this, Suckao. The thing in the middle is like a bunsen burner, which heats up the milk, and then you put in chocolate bits to make your own hot chocolate. We chose darkchocolate, and you can request extra milk and choc chips without any extra charge.

What i like to do is put HEAPS of choc bits and then, as they melt i eat them without stirring it *yum*


We've been here a couple of times (there is also one in double bay, and in the city somewhere). The waffles are really decadent, with sugar crystals sprinkled on top of a hot toasted waffle, melted chocolate on the waffle, with your choice of icecream, strawberries, bananas and marshmallows.


I have yet to taste anything else from here, but it all looks so nice!!


Definately come and try this place out, even though it can get really busy, the place is quite small, and the service can be slow (when it's packed out), its kind of worth the wait, especially if you go with friends you can just chit chat to pass the time