Saturday, July 24, 2010
Thursday, July 15, 2010
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
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
Friday, June 25, 2010
Jimmy's Laksa
Another Malaysian eatout we normally go to because it's
1) Good price
2) Quick and effiicent
3) Good portion for the price
4) Taste good to satisfy
There are all the food you would order when ur in Malaysia except Kuay Teow! Their probably more famous for their laksa hence their name. They have Assam Laksa, Ipoh Hor Fan, Curry Laksa, Prawn mee, Roti, Rendung, Nasi Lamak, Mutubak, Wonton Mee and other noodles.
Once you place your order the food is ready in 2 minutes. They don't accept cards so only cash which is annoying but it seems like it happens alot here in Sydney! It's so different to just using your eftpos card (AKA cash) back in Auckland.
Here, Jimmy is very busy during the weekdays with the working people eating there, and on Sundays after church. They are not open during nights so only lunch time! I would'nt say they are the best but in terms of price and quality I think it's worth it.
1) Good price
2) Quick and effiicent
3) Good portion for the price
4) Taste good to satisfy
There are all the food you would order when ur in Malaysia except Kuay Teow! Their probably more famous for their laksa hence their name. They have Assam Laksa, Ipoh Hor Fan, Curry Laksa, Prawn mee, Roti, Rendung, Nasi Lamak, Mutubak, Wonton Mee and other noodles.
Once you place your order the food is ready in 2 minutes. They don't accept cards so only cash which is annoying but it seems like it happens alot here in Sydney! It's so different to just using your eftpos card (AKA cash) back in Auckland.
Here, Jimmy is very busy during the weekdays with the working people eating there, and on Sundays after church. They are not open during nights so only lunch time! I would'nt say they are the best but in terms of price and quality I think it's worth it.
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Sydney Fish Market
I've finally visited the famous fish market here in Sydney! I must say it wasn't as big as I thought but I was welcomed by fresh lobsters, oysters, tuna, salmon, crabs, scallops, and of coz lots of seafood platters both battered and fresh!
If you do come here it's probably best to take public transport unless you don't mind paying $3 for the first half an hour then $5 for every hour after! It's probably worth driving if you have a few people.
Seafood here was relatively cheap compared to dining in a restaurant. They also have sushis, deli, coffee and bakery avaliable. There were a few eating places to choose from so it was a hard hard choice...you can take your food out to eat in the sun (with the birds) or enjoy it inside with the noise of people everywhere!
Sydney Market I'll definately return again n order more fresh seafood!
If you do come here it's probably best to take public transport unless you don't mind paying $3 for the first half an hour then $5 for every hour after! It's probably worth driving if you have a few people.
Seafood here was relatively cheap compared to dining in a restaurant. They also have sushis, deli, coffee and bakery avaliable. There were a few eating places to choose from so it was a hard hard choice...you can take your food out to eat in the sun (with the birds) or enjoy it inside with the noise of people everywhere!
Sydney Market I'll definately return again n order more fresh seafood!
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Crazy little Bakery
We were recommended to this little bakery on Bourke Street in Surry Hills and we thought how bad can it be, I'm sure we can find a place to sit. HAHAHA. Yea right...when we drove past the little corner shop, there was a line queuing and there were only like 5 tables for 2 along the outside of the stall! Inside, there was not much room at all! It was definately a nice little "french" bakery type place and I had to order my usual soy mocha to give it a try! The mocha turned out to have a very rich chocolatety taste that was very creamily yummy but I could'nt really taste the "coffee" aspect like i would with other coffees. I can imagine how rich and delicious their hot chocolate will be like!
Anyhoo, on our second trip to this bakery because I wanted to get some fresh bread for dinner & because we were taking a drive to the city we stopped by Bourke Street Bakery again. Guess what. There was a long line as usual. The line goes pretty fast though so no worries as long as you don't mind bringing ur food elsewhere to eat!
There was a few nice french pastries and desserts there such as this strawberry vanilla creme brulee $4, more to the sweeter side as you can imagine with these treats
They had lots of nicely fresh baked bread and I wanted to pick up one for dinner so decided on olive fig flatbread $4. It tasted and smelt so divine that it's enough to eat on it's own!
I didn't do a very good picture of the bread but it went well with olive oil and i'll definately go back to get thier yummy bread again!
Anyhoo, on our second trip to this bakery because I wanted to get some fresh bread for dinner & because we were taking a drive to the city we stopped by Bourke Street Bakery again. Guess what. There was a long line as usual. The line goes pretty fast though so no worries as long as you don't mind bringing ur food elsewhere to eat!
There was a few nice french pastries and desserts there such as this strawberry vanilla creme brulee $4, more to the sweeter side as you can imagine with these treats
They had lots of nicely fresh baked bread and I wanted to pick up one for dinner so decided on olive fig flatbread $4. It tasted and smelt so divine that it's enough to eat on it's own!
I didn't do a very good picture of the bread but it went well with olive oil and i'll definately go back to get thier yummy bread again!
Going nanas
I just love the smell of freshly baked banana cake or bread and the taste when it goes into my mouth! Yesterday I baked a banana cake instead of my usual sponge cake and decided to top it up with slicles of banana...however, when I inverted the tin, the cake came out perfectly but left the bananas on the tin so I had to scoop it up with a spoon and put it back lol!
I had to wait patiently to cut the cake at night when our cousins came over for dinner as you always want to know how the inside turns out after baking!
Banana cake with strawberries in the centre spinkled with icing over the top
This recipe is definately a keeper with its simple and few ingredients needed and definately a different texture to the sponge cake giving it a more firmer richer texture.
I had to wait patiently to cut the cake at night when our cousins came over for dinner as you always want to know how the inside turns out after baking!
Banana cake with strawberries in the centre spinkled with icing over the top
This recipe is definately a keeper with its simple and few ingredients needed and definately a different texture to the sponge cake giving it a more firmer richer texture.
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Upsidedown apple cake
Having a few granny apples from baking apple crumble the other day I decided to try an apple cake but it reminds me of an upside down pineapple cake because the apples are on top of the cake when inverted at the end.
Here's my not so good looking cake but taste better than it looks cake lol
Place the sliced apples, cinnamon and sugar at the base of the baking tray
Covered half the batter on top of the apples and topped the rest of the apples on the batter
Topped the remainder of the batter on top of the apples and smooth with a spatula
Baked the cake for only 35 - 40 mins because the top was cracking and looked slightly burnt but inside was cooked
but when I turned the cake upside down, the apples were nicely placed and steam was creeping out of the cake
Finished and hubby enjoyed this cake and so did I!
We also tried this cake with vanilla ice cream thinking it will be similar to apple crumble and agreed that this cake is better eaten alone served warm!
Here's my not so good looking cake but taste better than it looks cake lol
Place the sliced apples, cinnamon and sugar at the base of the baking tray
Covered half the batter on top of the apples and topped the rest of the apples on the batter
Topped the remainder of the batter on top of the apples and smooth with a spatula
Baked the cake for only 35 - 40 mins because the top was cracking and looked slightly burnt but inside was cooked
but when I turned the cake upside down, the apples were nicely placed and steam was creeping out of the cake
Finished and hubby enjoyed this cake and so did I!
We also tried this cake with vanilla ice cream thinking it will be similar to apple crumble and agreed that this cake is better eaten alone served warm!
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