Rengaya @ North Sydney

After my office moved to North Sydney, we first had lunch all together for a whole department. That was first time I know " Rengaya " where is 5 mins walk from my office.

This is my second time here as one of my workmate who left the company. I would like to treat a meal before she leaves, and not that hard to make a decision where I would like to take her out for lunch.

Definitely " Rengaya " as I have read a lot from blogger & reviews after first trial. They are owned by I's Holding and are managing six restaurants and have classified these restaurants into 3 classes

Rengaya -High class fine dining
Suminoya -Stylish, sophisticated modern feeling
Kohya -Comfortable, easy enjoyable feeling

You may know " Menya at China Town ", they are a part of I's group as well as classified - Modern Ramen restaurant, the best traditional Japanese Ramen noodles.

Special Business Lunch Box $29.95

Consist of Assorted Sashimi ( They are very fresh, generously slice piece), Sushi ( I didnt have them), Chicken Tempura, Cold Prawn Salad & side salad ( They are so good, tatse great )

Yakiniku Lunch Box $29.95

Yakiniku is a cooking style in which fresh, seasoned ingredients such as meat, seafood and vegetables are placed on a mesh and grilled over a direct flame.

What a Beef !!!

Absolutely delicious!, lovely colourful pictures of marbled beef. You won't find any better beef than this in Australia.

" Melt in Mouth "

If you are a beef lover, you wont miss it though.

There is only Oyster come with Yakiniku set, and I had it. OH MY GOD, It is my first time that I could feel, oyster is soo sweet.... Im in heaven ^_^

Salad is as a compliment, they are great and go well with meat really.

I've got to say, Rengayas lunch menu I find extremely good value for money. You get what you pay. The food is always fresh and delicious.

For dinner, I have a look the menu and it is a bit pricey. BUT as I said " You get what you Pay " then I believe that thier dinner menu / BBQ dishes are ~$30 ++ ( for a small portion ) only because Wagyu is expensive stuff. Their premium steaks would cost close to $200/kg

So really $30 is a fair price to pay. If you compare it to steakhouses, you get an Angus for $50, which is nowhere near as tender as Wagyu.

If I need to give a score for Rengaya, it will be 10/10

Rengaya

73 Miller St

North Sydney

Ph: (02) 9929 6169

http://www.yakiniku.com.au/

Taste of Shanghai World Square I

My building is 5 mins walk to World Sqaure, and I walk pass "Tatse of Shanghai" many times. They are always busy, especially dining time.

I had Citizenship ceremony on that day, and I had appointment with Ja to dine out together as Ping was on holiday in Thailand and Tan visited his girlfriend in Japan.

We were very excited and waiting for 30 mins to get a table.

Shanghai pan fried pork buns (8 pieces) $9.80

While we were waiting for a table, we observed inside the restaurant that every table would order them. But we thought that would be too much as we were 2 girls.

Anyway we ordered it !!

Oh, it was so good. Soup come out of the 1st bite. I had 3, Ja had 4 and 1 left takeaway for Ja.

"Incredible"

Chilli beef in wok $18.8

Beef dish was good but it was huge. We couldnt finish it and half of them was a takeaway for next day ^_^

Braised pork belly and preserved veggetable $18.80

I love this dish, bit oily but taste was perfect. Personally I like Pork belly dish anyway, it was soo good to me. If you have it with nice, I am in haven.

Pumpkin cake $8.80

I didn't know what make me order this. We were so full and couldnt finish any dishes. I had a look from the menu and look Yummy. But It felt like they are tastless.

( or We were too full perhaps )

Look at us, we are So happy & will be back again definitely.

Taste of Shanghai
Shop 9.07, World Square,

644 George St, Sydney
Tel: 9261 8832

Taste of Shanghai @ World Sqaure II

Chicken Crispy serve in bamboo basket

It is my second time within a month for " Taste of Shanghai ", this resturant changed my mind of Chinese food, as I always thought that chinese food is all about oyster sauce, very oily dishes.

We first started with Chicken basket, it was so good, crispy, tasty and garnish with fired garlic and shallot.

Szechuan style shredded pork & golden buns

This was an interesting dish that I hadn’t come across before. What you had to do was stuff the pork in the bun, which had a hole at the bottom.

When you upside down, here is a hole.

Live Mud Crab with vermicelli

This dish was so huge, waitress came over to our table with Mud Crab. We were in shock as it was still moving, and it was big as weigh around almost 1 kg.

I am always having a trouble with crab, actually lazy to get crabmeat out of the shell, I had a lot of vermicelli. ^_^

Three people Three dishes, seem too much as we were too full. Dishes are all huge, if you are 3 girls, 2 dishes still enough.

Overall was great and impressive, just a bit pricy.

Here we are, I, Ja and Tan. As Tan come back from Japan and had dinner here. Tan gave us a box of Tokyo Banana & Toy ^_^

Taste of Shanghai
(02) 9261 8832

World Sqaure - Ground Floor

Bacco Pasticceria

Bacco Pasticceria would never come into my eating list as they only open on weekdays – so if you're not working or studying nearby, it's a little hard to visit.

One of my lovely sister, http://www.beansproutscafe.blogspot.com/, is working at Bacco. She has updated unbelievably exquisite-looking cakes and confections on Facebook, that really makes me to Try Bacco some day.

I had an appoinment at the Immigrations in the morning on weekday, after that I decided to visit Bacco right away :D

It is located at Chifley Plaza where is surrounded by Offices.

I got there around 12.45pm, and first ordered Tuna Salad. It looks plain but fresh, taste nice. Main reason to be here is coffee and dessert though.

As my usual coffee is Flat White, it was sooooo nice. I was told that they use cofffee bean of "Single Origins"


Concorde Chocolate Mousse
I am not a chocolate lover BUT Concorde catches my eye today. It looks Supurb !!!

Incredible Chocolate Mousse interior & Meringue base & outer.

It is so rich, smooth & creamy chocolate mousse I've ever had. Chocolate Merringue is not too sweet ( still sweet but not too sweet compare to other merringue )

But when I have them altogether, it tastes so sweet T_T

Peanut Butter Macaroon

Ja is a " Queen of Macaroon " as it is her first task at Bacco. I have to try one, eventhough I have not much room left after Salad, Coffee and Concorde Cake.

I order Peanut Butter Macaroon, but I dont feel it is peanut butter at all. > <"

I have a good time at Bacco, desserts are amazing, coffee is wonderful, reasonable price, Only thing is open weekday. It is really hard for me to try their sweets that often as I wish.

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Will be back whenever free time is available on Weekday.

Bacco is one of my top list cafe.

Bacco Pasticceria
Chifley Plaza2 Chifley Square
Sydney NSW 2000
+61 2 9223 9552
http://www.bacco.com.au/

Cafe Ish @ Surry Hill

I got unexpecting phone call from Tan at 4pm to check where to have dinner. There was no idea of any restuarant coming in my mind as I was extremely busy at work > <"

On the way back home, Cafe ish pop up in my mind as I have been reading reviews and commets of this cafe from many websites and bloggers. That was a good time to try.

We arrived around 6pm ( first table of course ), I ordered just water, Tan ordered Coke. But then waiter advised it was organic coke... Wooo Hooo Organic Coke - -"

I have a try, and couldnt find the differences but Tan has

( I'm not a big fan of Coke though )

Special Salad Silken Tofu with japanese dressing $7.00
It was really small serve, It would be a side dish instead.

Pork Rib with sweet sauce $19.00

Pork was tender and well cooked, but this dish was too sweet for me. I asked waiter whether there was Native pepper pork loin on roasted pumpkin with house made tomato relish ( as I have seen from bloggers ) But they took out of the menu. It was on last year T_T

Soft Shell Crab Omelette $22.00

It was a nice dish, soft shell crab and avocado salsa went well with the omelette. Also piquant relish on top was a good combination in a bite.

Soft shell crab was really :D

I was hearing a lot of good things about Cafe ish, and it is all about their coffee and their brunch. I went for dinner, it was not that impressive as I expected. There was not many choices to choose. Taste was average, not outstanding.

However, I will come back and try their coffee once again.

Cafe Ish

82 Campbell StreetSurry hills,

corner foster and campbell

Ph: +61 2 9281 1312

Guylian Cafe @ Circular Quay

Last Weekend, one of my cyber friend comes to Sydney. We first met in Kon-Krua Forum @ Pantip.com where is for Food, Cooking and Baking Lovers. Let's have a look her blog, it is so amazing how much she bakes & her journeys.

http://www.bloggang.com/mainblog.php?id=ceasartogo

Guylian is one of place, she wanted to visit.

My Flat White $5.00

We were in the shop at Circular Quay, and sat inside due to weird weather out there, windy & raining.

Coffee was nice though.

Lemon Merringue $7.50

It was unusal for me to order Lemon Merringue Pie as I'm not a kinda sweet tougue. When I took a walk and looked around their sweets and it was only one catch my attendtion !!!

It wasn't that bad at all, I would say that was nice Lemon Merringue ( but I couldnt finish all merringue anyway, still too sweet for me )

Belgian Waffles with Asian sauce & cream $18.00

P'Maam ordered waffles. She said it was fine. Waffle was fluffy inside and crispy on the outside, went well with dark chocolate sauce.

Waffle come with Praline Ice cream

Hot Chocolate ( Dark ) $8.00
There was a cube of dark chocolate in the cup, then a jug of Chocolate. It was a huge serve ( 2 cups )

Overall is great, and good for a Chocolate Lover.

Guylian Cafe

Shop 10, Opera Quays - 3 Macquarie Street

Sydney NSW 2000

T. +61 (02) 8274 7900

http://www.guyliancafe.com.au/

Makoto

Makoto is one of the best Sushi Train in Sydney for me, Delicious, Fresh and Tasty. If anyone of you think differrent, advise me then :D

Restuarant is always packed with customers waiting for Table, go earlier is better as they dont take any booking. If you dont want to wait, Take-away option is good (10% off)

Sushi / Grilled Eel
It is my favourite dish :D

I like having Sushi Train/Bar because I love watching they are cooking, rolling and serving freshly.

Califonia Hand Roll

It is a little pricey if compare to other Sushi Train around city, but it isn't going to stop me going there though.

Caramel Custard

Dessert doesnt hit me at all, It is just Okay.

Not as good as I've thought.

Green Tea Cheese Cake

Actually Tan wants to take his sister to have lunch. He calls me whether I wanna join as Makota is just 5 mins from my building.

*** Lucky me - Enjoy lunch here again ***

Holden Arcade Shop

Shop 1, 385-401

Pitt St, Sydney, NSW, 2000

Phone (02) 9283 6767