Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Australia - Sydney, To Eat (Harry's Cafe de Wheels, Passionflower, Star Bar, SAAP Thai in China Town, Dan's House Chinese Cuisine)

Sydney - To Stay
Sydney - To Do
Sydney - To Eat
Sydney To Eat:
Harry's Cafe de Wheels
Hay Street (near crn of George)
Outside Entrance of Capitol Square Shopping
Centre – Next to Paddy Maguires Pub
Click here for ABBA Location of Harry's Cafe de Wheels, Haymarket, NSW 2000
The walls are adorned with pictures of celebrities that have sampled their Aussie fare.
Their signature offering is the 'Tiger' (AUD$6.40), a beef pie with mashed potatoes, mushy peas and gravy. Unlike the store-bought minced variety, their pies are filled chunks of beef and oh so filling!
Till A&W returns, the chilli dog (AUD$6) is also worth a try, with ample portions of chilli con carne and a nice amount of spice.*Contributed by Denison Tan

Passionflower
Cue nostalgic memories of undergraduate days in NSW... Located inside the Capitol Theatre building, it is a popular hangout for Asian students and serves all sorts of Asian-inspired flavours of ice-cream. While it was thick and creamy, the Pandan flavour was a bit light though the Thai Milk Tea tasted authentic enough.
*Contributed by Denison Tan 
Star Bar

Located about 200m from the hotel, southwards on George Street, this bar seemed to have a deal too good to miss out on, but we did. 250gm certified Angus Rump Steak AUD11.95 and an even 2-4-1 meal offers, 1200-2200hrs Thursday and Wednesday. 

The Angus Steak was bland compared other cuts one has sampled before. Disappointing. The Schnitzel with Prawns fared better - crunchy without too much oil and a cream sauce to accompany the chicken.
Click here for ABBA Location of Starbar, 600 George Street
*Contributed by Denison Tan  
China Town
Every country has a China Town and this is no different. However, it isn't so much as a town, but more Asian ethnic streets like Thai & Korean, Chinese Street. A short 10min walk from the hotel gets you to China Town with majority of the shops open till 2200hrs/2300hrs. Sporadic 24hrs Kebab shops also line this district.

SAAP Thai in China Town
Ordered:
Thai Beef Green Curry*Good, creamy and slightly on 
the sweet side with a mild spice. Tailored towards the caucasian pallet.
Fried Morning Glory Leaves (a.k.a Kang Kong)
Fried Cured Pork. *Sweet beef jerky
X3 Thai Ice Team *Deep and creamy flavor
ABBATip: You can have Warm Glutenous Rice
instead of the conventional steamed rice,
which goes very nice with their curries. 
 
Total: AUD54
*Contributed by Denison Tan
Dan's House Chinese Cuisine in China Town
Dan's House claims to have Authentic Peking Duck, and with their own oven to boot. When visited, it was near closing. Last order was made 2130hrs.
Ordered:
Half A Peking Duck at aprox AUD40.
*We wondered where the other half was.

Serve of garlic fried Chinese spinach.

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