Sydney Day 1
Zushi
239 Victoria Street
Darlinghurst NSW 2010
(02) 9357 3533
She said
We're back from Sydney! We definitely achieved our 'gourmet' trip this time round. Upon arriving in Sydney, we took a little break and went off to our first planned meal, Zushi. Zushi caught my attention when it was announced to be the food channel "Australia's favourite restaurant". So did it live up to its name?
Merits: The food was fresh and REALLY affordable. Check out the sushi plate that had toro on it for $24 AUD! The boy was in awe.... and devoured it within seconds. The soft shell crab roll had two whole crabs in it and the tempura was the highlight of the meal.
De-merits: The udon was the only disappointment of the meal. The soup was more like an instant soy base and the noodles lacked texture and did not have a "springy" bite.
Overall , the ambience was relaxed with the dim lights and soft music in the background.There was no pretentious tension and staff were friendly. Judging from the pictures however, it was not the ideal place to take pictures.
Rating:
3.5/5
He Said
Finally, a chance to blog and tell u guys abt our long awaited tip to Sydney during the mid semester break. Our aim: to indulge ourselves with great food and the first stop: Australia's favourite restaurant(as voted by viewers of food channel), Zushi~
It sure was a big name to live up to, and it sure has some high expectations to fulfill as the boy here, am a big fan of japanese food and have actually been to some pretty good japanese restaurants over the years, so how did zushi fare on my scale(personally feel the girl is kinda harsh with a 3.5 rating, she, afterall, ate the whole plate of tempura king prawns without giving me any...)
Hence heres my view on the restaurant:
Merits:
i)the ambience: relaxed but yet classy in some sense. Bt definitely no crazy tension like u would get in a fine dining restaurant. The setting was modern too, with a huge mirror on both side of the walls making the place seems a lot larger than it shud be.
ii) The ingredients, one word:fresh
iii)VALUE FOR MONEY: something the manager actually stresses on while being interviewed by food channel, and he sure kept to his word, the food was worth every penny, the portions were generous and the quality was more than acceptable, and i had 3 slices of tuna belly on my sashimi platter which cost only $24, need i say more??
Demerits:
i) cant help but complain a little about the sushi making skills of the chef, the fish was fresh for sure, but the proportion of rice to fish slices on the nigiri sushis are kinda off, maybe a sign of the chef not being a classically trained japanese sushi chef.
ii)the udon-i think the girl have told u all about it by now...lol..but the tempura sure made up for it...=)
Overall, a pleasant dining experience, will surely visit again sometime, for its spider roll and tempura, but locating somewhere to park might be a deterrent to that.
Rating: 4/5
Gelato Messina
Shop 1/ 241 Victoria St,
Darlinghurst NSW 2010
02 835 41 223
She said
What a wonderful surprise. After loading up at Zushi, we were walking back to the car when we found this dainty little place right next to it. Isn't it enticing to walk by a store with piles and piles of colourful, soft and luscious sugar-packed cream after a satisfying meal. The sweet tooth in you will be screaming for joy. As you can see, with such a variety, HE had to make the decision for me. We ended up with erm.... I forgot what we had but it was very very good! Real strong flavours coupled with 'melt in your mouth' texture. Yummylicious!
Rating: 4.5/5
HI there again, well as mentioned above by the girl, we walked by this place after zushi and it is hard to resist the many different buckets of multicoloured cream staring at you. So we decided to give this place a try, as a little treat after our meal at zushi.
Well i hope everyone would be thankful that, unlike the girl, i do have a pretty good memory when it comes to little bits of useless information like what flavour of icecream did we have on that night, as we can now share a little bit more of our food journey with everyone.
There were easily 30-40 different flavours up for grabs there, and after consulting with the friendly staff, we went ahead with a double scoop of pannacotta + honeycomb gelato...both were good, and i personally would go back there again whenever i am in sydney just to try out a few other flavours....lets hope the place do not move anytime soon.
rating: 4.8/5
Well thats it for day one, do scroll above to read more on our trip to sydney(its a four day trip), see u on the next post!
