Degustation
Degustation is an amazing way to eat. It holds my short attention span and keeps both mind and tastebuds interested. However, there is a certain amount of prep involved to commit to a degustation. For one, it takes a strong mind to pass up on lunch or an arvo snack. You have to commit to it and prepare to indulge.
L'Olioteca
‘L'Olioteca' ~ The ‘olive oil library'. At least that's what I think it means. Well, it sounds like ‘biblioteca', and that means ‘library' in Spanish. But these guys aren't Spanish, they're Italian and the truth is that I don't really know what I'm talking about. Likewise, I don't really know what I am talking about with wine tasting, or for that matter olive oil tasting.
O Bal Tan and Sydney Madang
Unlike Melbourne, we in Sydney are not yet accustomed to gallivanting around filthy back alleys to access bars and restaurants. So as you lead your date down a dodgy little unnamed alley off Pitt Street, have some fun and casually describe IRREVERSIBLE as the sexiest movie you've ever seen and just as they're about to leg it - hit them with the choice of not one but two Korean BBQ restaurants.
Doy Tao Thai
Party sparklers lead a pretty insular life in that they really only appear on birthday cakes and on top of the harbor bridge on NYE. Banned from most outdoor events (along with other criminal things like having fun) the supermarket variety sparkler is often confined to sharing a life with the likes of incense.
Harry's Singapore Chilli Crab
There's another, unassuming, "Harry's" in town that's (ahem) clawing for your attention. From the moment you're greeted by the neon-lit ‘live seafood' sign, you know there's no turning back. It's everything the name promises... and more.
Owner, Harry Lau, has fisherman friends in high places delivering his famous Queensland mud crabs direct.
Maya Indian Sweets & Maya Masala
After being greeted at the counter by surely the cutest of all deities, Ganesh the Hindu elephant god of arts and sciences, this is the place to try some of the tastiest and most authentic Indian food in Sydney. The menu is all vegetarian but the complexity and variety of flavours ensures that no matter what you order, it's all great.
Brunch at Love Supreme
You know when you do something so good you don't want to risk spoiling it by telling everyone - this is that. It is with great reluctance but a whole lot of goodwill that I pass on this piece of edible information.
If you haven't already experienced the pizza-magic of Love Supreme, then you're an idiot, but even if you have, you may not realise that on a Saturday and Sunday morning those same pizza ovens and dedicated pastry chefs are turningout THE BEST BRUNCH anywhere in Sydney (no exaggeration, it's science).
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