Baroque Bistro Patisserie

We went to this french place called Baroque Bistro Patisserie at the Rocks for Marcus birthday and they had a range of yummy looking desserts displayed as you enter. They had lots of colourful macarons on display!


The food here was delicious! They served bread in the basket accompanied with oil and keeps being refilled when its finished. Their very creative with their presentation and the food was really tasty and colourful and pleasing to both the eyes and the tummy!

Filet de Barramundi, aubergine, olives vertes, anise, sauce basquaise


Confit Berkshire pork belly, heirloom carrots, tarragon, silverbeet


I enjoyed the food here and it's at a really good location by the opera house and the rocks, would definately want to return again! Yummy!

Address:
Baroque Bistro Patisserie
88 George Street (corner of Hickson Road)
The Rocks, Sydney NSW 2000

Ikea

Arrived at serviced aparment in the afternoon but wasn't ready so went to Marcus work to collect some stuff & I was thinking of Ikea's meatballs. I don't know why I was wanting to eat them but my friend said something yummy about it and should try it so we went all the way there to eat their meatballs!

Some food was pretty good,their mushroom soup tasted like the ones in the cans but it's the taste that children will like for sure...basically it's quite salty!


The chicken and chips here cost $3.95 and it was quite popular amoung the customers.


Meatballs was alright but both Marcus & I liked the mash potatoes and the gravy...it tasted like KFC mash potatoes to me!


After dinner we walked around IKEA & it was like a maze...there were loads of stuff to look at with their showrooms & cool gadgets! However, as we just arrived and pretty much tired out we had no mood to shop until we found a place to rent lol so all we can do for now is eat & look =)

Number 5

Last night we had dinner at Number 5 which is said to be one of Auckland's best fine dining restaurants. We thought we would give this place a try before we leave on Friday to Sydney & say that we've been to a fine dining in Auckland if anyone ask =)
When we first entered the restaurant it seemed abit quiet but the service was great! The table that we sat at was by the window and the chairs and lighting made the whole place glamourous and high class! The waitress really knew her wines and she was very good at selling the food as well.

The food was well presented and the portion was nice. Every bite that I took went well together and makes you want to take the next bite again! The meat was very tender and the wine was delicious! I had a Spatlese riesling that the waitress recommended & it was light and definately sweet! Definately would recommend this wine for those sweet wine lovers!

We ordered panfried pork fillet black pudding, pumpkin gnocchi, spinach leaves and port apple coulis, market fist of the day which was pan fried hoki with mash potatoes and beans and we were too full to order any desserts but we couldnt resist not having one so we chose this chocolate fondant with vanilla bean ice cream and orange tuille.

The dessert was quite sweet but hubby enjoyed it so it's all good. The chocolate sauce that came oozing out of the pudding had a very strong orange flavour to it so don't order this if you don't like orange chocolate!


I would definately come back here again if we had the money and splash it on more wines while we are at it!

Food: 10/10
Service: 10/10
Price: Pricey but worth it for a romantic date or just to pamper yourselves ;p
Location: 5 City Road, Auckland, New Zealand
Website: www.number5.co.nz

Orbit

We wanted to use up our points on our action card before heading over to Sydney and thought we will dine at Orbit which revolves around 360 degrees with its great views!


The food wasn't bad, I had the salmon on top of rissoto rice which tasted very curry like. Eating the food made me not feel the spinning of the restaurant even though it was SO slow (takes 1 hour to rotate completely) it gave me a headache! - but it's not that bad honest!

It's a nice place to dine especially if you're a tourist and want to check out Auckland City.

Buffalo Bar & Grill

We tried this new place in the city because we havent had western for awhile so checked out this place called Buffalo bar & grill: This place is located at shed 23, Princes Wharf Viaduct Basin


Walnut and Mascarpone crusted Lamb Rump with feta and herb potatoes crush, aubergine caviar, glazed bulbs and a merlot jus:


Forrest Mushroom and Baby Spinach Canelloni: Fresh egg pasta filled with a mushroom, baby spinach and thyme farce braised in a vanilla and toasted herb cream sauce:


This dish was delicious and I think the creamy sauce made it even more YUM!

It was quieter than expected being in the city and along the viaduct.
I was impressed with the presentation of the food. The portion was good, not too much that drowns you down so you can still have dessert after that!
We got placed by the fireplace and by the glass window which gave us great view of the sea!

So overall I thought this place had a nice ambiance, nice music, nice presentation and food was not bad too. Also, if you dread the thought or finding car park in the city, this restaurant allows you to park for free at Downtown carpark after 5.30pm.

Location: Shed 23, Princes Wharf, Viaduct Basin, Auckland

Food: 8.5/10
Atmophere: 8.5/10
Service: 8.5/10

http://www.buffalobarandgrill.co.nz