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Monday, 26 March 2012

Encasa - Spanish Restaurant in Sydney CBD *highly recommended*

Encasa is one of most famous Spanish Restaurant in Sydney CBD. To plan your visit, don't forget to book with them earlier. We have tried before as walk in, almost 10/10 couldn't find a seat. Hope you are luckier than us.
I brought some colleague there, Encasa seems to cater for everyone.

My favorite - Patatas Bravas

Fried potato with garlic mayo and spicy tomato salsa - must order dish!



This is meant to be garlic bread, kinda of look like ham burger buns.



Chorizo a la plancha - Grilled Spanish Sausages

I love sausage, specially Chorizo!



We are in Spanish Restaurant, how could we get away of ordering a jug of Sangria.



Sizzling Garlic Mushrooms



This is also must order!!!!!  - Garlic Prawn cooked to perfection! super tender and flavorsome.



Seafood Paella - this is a 4 dishes in 1
Even though Paella is quite expensive and need to wait for approximate 30 minutes, but geezz, definitely worth the wait.
There are plenty of seafood on the plate to share, mussels, pipis, king prawns, fresh squids, scalloopsetc etc....with drizzle of lemon juice, total perfection!



Beef meat balls with almond sauce

Very nice and gammy, if you are a meat eater.



Omelette with potato and onion

Pardon me, I was too full to remember this dish. ^^



Close the night with a fancy drink next door at Khao San



Some menu details for you to check

Tapas


Side dishes


Gourmet Pizza


Pasta menu


Where is it?
 Encaca

Address: 423 Pitt St. Sydney 2000
Phone: 02 9211 4257 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting            02 9211 4257      end_of_the_skype_highlighting 
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好上好茶餐厅Mr Hao Chinese Restaurant Eastwood *Recommended*

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Mr Hao is the new resident of Eastwood neighborhood. They originally started in Chatswood Victoria road. Their specialties are mainly BBQ pork, soy chicken, and other traditional Hongkie food. 
Eastwood store is more Hongkie cafe, not a relaxing one though I am afraid. Also, please be ready for their unfriendly nearly rude services.
How many set of menus do they have? properly more than 6 sets!!!!

 

I highly recommend this fish soup based noodle or congee, very nice and healthy.



Some special on the wall




One of the chef's recommended chilly chicken - nothing special with this dish

 

Fish soup served with soft shell crab
The fish soup was done very nicely, natural flavored not artificial nor salty at all. Perfect meal for a winter day or those frequent rainy days we're getting in Sydney these days.
Don't expect too much of the quality of their soft shell crab.



Generous amount of noodle soup, despite of their terrible services, I still will go back. ^^ (not sure about my friends tho)



Fish soup with home made squid ball and vegetables, Yummy!



For extra $1, you can get a homemade ice lemon tea





Where is it:?

Address: 261 Rowe Street, Eastwood, 2122
Phone: 02 9804 0288
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Meet Fresh Chinese Dessert

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Having to dining in our busting downtown, dessert choices are everywhere. We decided to embrace our Chinese origin tonight.

 

 Meet Fresh shouldn't be strange for most of Chinese or Asian customers, they now have quite few franchise in Sydney.



We went to the one in China Town, goodness me, the queue is all the way down the stairs. Lucky second level of sitting space has plenty of spots.


Seasonal Mango Ice

How huge is this? 




Traditional red bean and pearl served with Taiwanese mochi on shaved ice



Herbal gel served with mochi topping



Promotion at moment, regular dessert gets a free fig jelly green tea.



Where is it?

Hurstville: 236 Forest Road, Hurstville, 2220
Chatswood: 393 Victoria Rd., Chatswood, 2067
Eastwood: 175 Rowe Street, Eastwood, 2122
Sydney Chinatown: 13 Goulburn Street, Sydney, 2000
Sydney CBD: Lot 351, 569 George St, Sydney NSW 2000
Follow them:  http://meetfresh.net/
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Sunday, 11 March 2012

Taste of Sydney Show 2012 * Recommended*

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We are lucky enough to receive some free tickets to enter Taste of Sydney show 2012. Fasten your seat belts, you're in for a ride.
Generally you need to pay $25 entry fee, and buy crowns (spending token) as trading currency in the show. Then you good to go!
There are a lot of things we tried today, some good one and some not so goods....so keep read through...

Emma&Tom's Greenpower juice is great!! They are sold in limited Woolworth and convenient stores.




Hats off to CHOBANI, only brand that made the stand giving our freebies NO CHARGE! Big deal in an costly event like this.
Don't forget to stir before eating, fruits are at the bottom of the jar. 
Available in your local supermarkets


Awesome and rear good weather tonight in Sydney


If you haven't had this one, the aroma of garlic, totally sensational!




Have you watch Bizarre Food?
If not, you might not have heard of this traditional Levantine Region (close to Turkey)  icecream.
quote on their website: It has featured at the souk (markets) since 1800s, where vendors traditionally pound this ice cream to a unique consistency with large wooden sticks and serve with lashings of pistachios."


Roasted pistachios


Sells in small tub



This is a very good muesli stand, I love the one with fig!!


If you love museli as your breakfast, you can try their muesli at their new shop.
Address: 45 Huchison St.,Surry HillsNSW 2010 





The got the cutest cup cakes




burger cupcake! What a great choice for Australian day.


So cute!




L'etoile supported by My Kitchen Rules Manu Feildel 
I give this pork belly 10/10 even though 3 tiny cube cost $12. Yes, $12!! It melt in your mouth smoothness is unbelivble! Total surprise from a festival stand!
I love pork bellies, and this is THE BEST one I had!!! THE BEST!
I can't wait to try L'etoile restaurant in the near future.



My friend bought this one bite steak from Ormeggio at the spit join force with Spiedo.
Very well cooked, a bit pricey indeed!





Nespresso is one of the biggest participants, nice coffee stands and sittings where you can comfortably sit down and enjoy a nice chat with your friend away from the general crows.


Music performances, sitting arrangement, dancing floor are well organised at the event. Thank Goodness for this awesome weather!




How to build a eco-garden? Here are your information center


Unique chili plant


Fish&Co. really put in a lot of thoughts in their dishes. Very well presented, even have samples at the stand.


Fine dinning presentation on the small plastic @ Taste of Sydney
This is why we're here at the event.


Grilled Mackerels served with eggplant 



Pat and Stick's locates in Tempe Unit 4, 3 Wood Street,Tempe,NSW,2044
They offers unique homemade icecream wrapped in matching cookies. Got try it next time I see it.


I wondered around Croquembouch Patisseries for a while, how could anyone bypass without looking?


Beautiful landscape


Croquembouch made of Macaroons


Variety of Macaroons


Traditional Croquembouch they make it for weddings or any events


Nearly everyone has one of this passionfruit drinks on hand, looks brilliant!


I am sure freshness is what they represent....


Foxy's frozen yogurt, passion fruit one is quite nice. The honeycomb one need a bit more work on.(sorry!)


Music band everywhere, hired by the brands. Great marketing strategy!


Cocktail bars


We love this little cocktail ball idea, extremely convenient at an event like this.





This stand brings you back to another country....don't you think?


Not sure if they sell in your local supermarket, we loved the kick of spice.


Black Label??? Oh we see, it's the orange juice brand...haha....


To spice things up, Black Label Juice hired an artist to paint at the event. What an awesome idea to attract people to their stands.


Mojito recipe provided by Black Label Juice, very simple to follow and taste awesome!


We loved those 2 olive oil - Basil Oil and Garlic Oil

Available in your local supermarkets


I have never bought orange tomato in the supermarket, trust me on this, it is DELICIOUS!
Available in your local supermarkets




After dinner, we were looking for deserts, Infinity Bakery looked appealing....


We bought Chocolate brownie - very expensive $4 for half normal sized brownie, extremely sugary and under-cooked. That just my opinion for my liking, as for my lost, I chucked it after second bite. 


Thanks to HSBC, we manage to enter the private function with one free full size drink. After you read the whole post, full size is truly generosity.


This is my first time came to Taste of Sydney, had a bit issue finding the place. After all realized that we overthinked about its location. It's in the Centennial Parkland. Parking can be hectic too. Hint for next year, go there early!

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