Category Archives: Food

The queue.

Meat on display.

The bar.

Dark and moody interior.

The menu.

Sieu mai tasted just like sieu mai… just a lot more expensive haha.

Drunken chicken was yum, and looked prettier than any drunken chicken I’ve ever ordered.

Char siew was super juicy. Very nice.

The cheung fan was next level, so soft you could only just pick it up off the plate, melted in your mouth too.

Zi asked me if I was up for having pretentious yum cha. How could I refuse?! Mr Wong is situated in Bridge Lane where Tank nightclub used to be (ahhh the memories). There was a queue of people waiting to get in when we got there, the laneway stunk of garbage. Authentic!

The decor inside was amazing. I could still see the old Tank club through it all, but they did a great job and the soundtrack was pretty cool too. Food wise, amazingly, it has to be the best yum cha I’ve ever had. The only thing that lets Mr Wong down is the expectation (due to price, hype, decor and atmosphere) I had for them to make every dish served better than say Marigold, or The Palace. Some things were ‘just the same’, but other things were definitely next level, more complex in flavour and much prettier to look at too.

Lunch cost me $55, albeit I did have 2 Tsingtao’s, $35/head for everyone else. Would I recommend it? Yes, as a treat so long as you’re not expecting to fill yourself up like you usually would at yum cha (we were left hungry and joked about going to yum cha after yum cha haha).

Nanami’s good friends Alex and Leo got engaged whilst they were on a holiday overseas so champers was popped to celebrate!

Nana treated us all to an awesome Paella too (we’d bought all the fresh seafood just hours before).

Best Paella I’ve had in forever!

Buffalo cheese + Jamon.

Served from a round of cheese.

Messina across the road.

Caught up with the boys the other night. We were meant to eat at Unas but I convinced them to try Buffalo Dining Club instead. The boys can eat (lots) so we ordered more than I’d usually order at Buffalo (got to try most of the meats)/. So good, and whilst I’m sure the desserts are great at Buffalo we couldn’t resist going across the road for Messina!

Bottle shop down the road is so evil. They know I love Japanese beers… if you’re gonna stock this shit I’m going to BUY IT!!!

Hot weather, cold beer and an absolutely delish feast @ Buffalo Dining Club.

Love it. A hole in the wall, basically!

The menu – there was SO much to choose from. Too much! Will have to go back to try the lot.

Our waiter was very friendly, and very much into his sake. He brought out these 3 massive sake bottles and let us try all 3. We went for the one in the middle “enyu”. Beautiful stuff.

Sushi Yachiyo picks the best seafood from the fish markets daily, so we couldn’t go past the sushi and sashimi plate. It was amazing!

Nana ordered this Nabe Hotpot, what a wow dish! Served over a flame in paper! Yup, that’s basically a seafood udon noodle soup in a paper basket, lovely.

Nana’s Mum has been haunting a little sushi joint called Sushi Yachiyo for some time. Last night we both had a sushi craving so we thought we’d give it a go. It’s tiny, you have to book but we got there at 6PM sharp and luckily scored a table. The staff and food were awesome. What I didn’t get a picture of was the deep fried deep cheeks, damn those things were so good (melt in your mouth material!) that they were demolished way before the camera could focus.

Best fish cake I’ve ever eaten (bit too hot for me though, had me sweating!).

Duck massaman was amazing.

Mia Tequila!

Nanami spotted these awesome hand painted and individually numbered Kah Tequila skulls at Camperdown Cellars in Darlinghurst. They’re not meant to be for sale anywhere outside the US, but the bottle shop owner managed to score a few pieces. Nana ended up buying a couple and I ended up buying one too to keep my Crystal Head Vodka skull company.

Spag bol & salad.

Ever since tropfest (used to go every year many many moons ago) I’ve always wanted to check out Tropicana Caffe, last night I finally did! I wasn’t expecting anything special (which was part of the fun of it), ordering off a lightbox was interesting, and having lots of big TV’s play music videos made me feel like I was in a 24hr restaurant at 3am in the morning.

Cutlery came in pre-packaged paper bags which then made me feel like I was in an airport lounge. Looking around at the other patrons I spotted lots of older ladies sporting arty frizzy hairstyles and thick frames glasses.

Lighting inside the cafe was an off-putting blue due tot he fluorescent tubes used in the kitchen, but people watching both inside and out was fun and the meal was reliable and un-pretentious. Loved it :)

Forget Peking Duck (boring!) go deep fried duck instead!

Frid so hard you can eat the bones.

Shredded beef. No place else does it this crunchy.

Shantung Chicken.

We had a last minute gathering of the troops last night and hit Kensington Peking. My fave Chinese restaurant (run by a chef which my family has been following since I was a little kid). Might not look pretty, but gahhhhh, so so good!