Omelet > wrote in
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> In article >,
> "." > wrote:
>
>> Well, not all in this post, but certainly over the next couple of
>> days.
>>
>> The food tastings in Sydney were many and varied....... not all good,
>> but not all bad.
>>
>> As I was staying near Chinatown, it was natural to partake of a fair
>> bit of oriental fare. For the most part it was same-same at basically
>> any Oriental joint you go to anywhere in the western world.
>>
>> One standout though was the Nine Dragons Chinese restaurant in Dixon
>> St, Haymarket, where we went for Yum Cha on the Friday. No Yum Cha
>> carts in sight, so we ordered our dishes off the Yum Cha menu and
>> they were made fresh for us.
>>
>> We certainly had our seafood fix that day!!
>>
>> There's also a little Chinese bakey down the other end of Dixon St,
>> (opposite Paddy's Market) inside the mall area........ absolutely
>> bloody delicious stuff they make, and they're about $1 cheaper per
>> item than other bakeries in the area, eg, egg custard tarts were
>> $1.20 there, and $2.30 in Barbies on Goulburn....... the coconut buns
>> were worlds apart as well. Barbies was a sweet bun with coconut
>> icing, the little bakery's was like a coconut swirl with the coconut
>> mixed into the dough.
>>
>>
>> More to come.......... especially about the top of the range places
>> like Rockpool and Doyles on the Beach.
>
> I need to save up some $$$ and visit y'all one of these years. :-)



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Brisbane
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"As viscous as motor oil swirled in a swamp, redolent of burnt bell
peppers nested in by incontinent mice and a finish reminiscent of the
dregs of a stale can of Coca-Cola that someone has been using as an
ashtray. Not a bad drink, though."

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