The Star // Love at the Oasis o((*^▽^*))o

Earlier in February I was invited to dine with a friend at the Oasis, which is located in the Star. The theme for the dinner was the "Month of Love". 

FCBA x MonteAltoRoasters // Casual Dining with fellow instafoodies! (*⌒▽⌒*)θ～♪

On Thursday, 11th August, I was invited by FCBA community to join them and a group of other foodies for a feast at the newly opened Monte Alto Roasters located in Crows Nest. They have been up and running for just over a month now and they have been expanding their good food, drinks and music with many of the locals. They are opened for breakfast, lunch and dinner, as well as offering a unique drink menu from the bar. 

TRUFFLE SEASON // First experience at BLACK by EZARD σ(≧ε≦ｏ)

Towards the end of July I headed out with my family for an early birthday dinner which was for myself and younger brother, as our birthdays are 3 days apart. We decided to try Black Ezard, since we had been going to Sokyo way too many times that month so we wanted to change it up a bit and plus, I've been hearing from my friends that Black Ezard has really nice dishes to eat.

Washoku Lovers invites me to Suminoya // Japanese Yakiniku Restaurant ヾ(*´∀｀*)ﾉ

Yesterday I was invited by Washoku Lovers to do a review at the Suminoya restaurant, located in Martin Place. Suminoya is known to be an authentic Japanese BBQ restaurant since the year 2000 and is affiliated with other well known Japanese BBQ restaurant such as Rengaya (still my #1 favourite Jap BBQ place) and Koh-ya, in Randwick. 

Suminoya Japanese Restaurant

1 Hosking Place, Sydney 2000

Opening Hours:

Lunch: Mon-Fri: 12pm - 2:30pm

Dinner: Mon-Fri: 6pm - 10:30pm, Sat & Sun: 5:30pm - 10pm

Ph: (02) 9231 2177

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I actually had already been to this restaurant for the first time about 2 months ago, for my friends' birthday dinner, so I roughly knew what to expect. As for today, I decided to invite my dearest childhood friend Stephy to come eat with me! 

This time round, we had the pleasure to try out Suminoya's lunch menu where we ordered the "12 piece salmon sashimi($19.90)" and 2 sets of the "3 Choice Charcoal BBQ (AUD$24.90)". 

First, we had the 12 piece salmon sashimi which was served fresh, while they played Jazz music in the background to make your experience more enjoyable and relaxed. 

Once we had finished our sashimi, we were then served our main lunch meal for the day. Our 3 choice charcoal sets also included rice, miso soup and salad. 

We had ordered 2x Beef tongue, wagyu beef loin, wagyu beef harami, wagyu beef rib fingers and pork belly, which were all well marinated and had a reasonable serving portion too! 

Each meat dish will vary in time when it comes to cooking them to perfection, as it will depend what 'cut' you are cooking. For example, the Beef tongue only needs a minute or less to cook both side until lightly toasted. This will leave the meat super juicy and tender and tastes even better with the BBQ sauce that is provided. 

Additionally the all-you-can-eat buffet dinner menu is very popular for a casual and affordable dining session with friends. It offers a wide variety of dishes from their a la carte and bbq menu. A few of of my favourites are listed and shown below! 

Yukke- well marinated and tender too! 

Eel Rice- my all time favourite Japanese dish! I had to have more than just one of these! 

Today's Slushie- we got grape flavour the night we went for my friend's birthday dinner! Yummy and flavourful! Perfect to freshen up your taste palette!!

Salmon Sashimi- how can I not order this! Salmon is one of my favourite fish to eat! 

ICE-CREAM!!-You have to try their black sesame ice-cream, as it is packed with that aromatic sesame taste!! The green tea is also super good too, so if you're not a fan of black sesame, green tea is the way to go! 

It was quite a chilly day yesterday, which made it perfect to warm ourselves up with Japanese BBQ. I had a lovely time with Stephy as we both enjoyed our delicious lunch meal and the staff were super friendly and attentive too. Although this post is sponsored by Washoku Lovers and Suminoya, I would recommend this place based on my personal experience as the ingredients that they use are all fresh and delicious! I would definitely recommend trying their Seafood & Yakiniku dinner buffet menu if you want to get a taste of everything! 

Also join Washoku Lovers today to receive multiply benefits at participating Japanese restaurants around Sydney and Melbourne! E.G. At Suminoya you will receive an extra dish of your choice for the Charcoal BBQ meal(Mon-Wed). A huge thank you to both the Washoku Lovers team and Suminoya team for inviting me and my friend to enjoy the food with such a wonderful experience!! 

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Good morning everyone! I think autumn/winter has finally hit us today with some rain early in the morning! It's time to bring out our thick coats and stay warm. Anyway, I shall be heading into work today but later tonight I will do edit some of the clips that I filmed at the restaurant and share it with you guys soon!! 

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「2ND BIRTHDAY」ヾ(◍’౪`◍)ﾉﾞ♡ // Celebrating over food

Last Friday I headed out on a date night with the boyfriend for a special occasion which was to celebrate our relationships 2nd birthday! We were originally going to head out to the Blue Mountains for a night, but apparently hotels and rooms there only accepts a minimum of 2 nights, costing around AUD$800+ for just the room. Instead we decided to go for the safe option of food. 

We thought we should pamper ourselves and decided on fine dining at Rockpool Est 1989. Rockpool Est has won many many awards and is a Three Hat restaurant which serves fine modern Australian cuisine by chef Neil Perry. Once we arrived at the restaurant the ambience is quite different to how I would imagine it to be. We went with the 8 course degustation menu and we also ordered a cocktail and a bottle of wine. 

We ordered our drinks first and I ordered the cocktail named High Five. It consists of Five spiced Gosling's rum, yuzu, Beechwood honey, pimento and ginger bear. It was quite delicious with its' citrusy falvours and I love yuzu too. 

As we were having our drinks, we were given complimentary bread as we waited for our meal to be made. It was honey and spelt sourdough with two spreads to go with it. The top one is a whipped konbu butter and it was incredibly delicious! The bottom one was ricotta with honey and pear, which was light and beautiful but I do prefer the whipped butter one due to the heavier taste. 

The first dish was their Scampi with grilled cucumber and sherry dressing. The dish was light yet full of flavour and it was the perfect way to start the evening. We didn't leave any drop of dressing on the plate.   

The second dish came out, which was their Kingfish sashimi on enriched Koshihikari rice with Japanese peach and mirin dressing. It was literally a de-constructed sushi and it was just amazing. The fish was so soft and tender, which went very well all the ingredients.  

Next was their King prawn mousse, rolled on pangrattato on squid ink sauce. The crumbed bits had a pinch of chilli in it, which gave the perfect punch of spice. This had the texture of steam eggs, soft and fluffy and was rich in flavour too. 

The final seafood dish was this lovely Mackerel wrapped in a turmeric leaf, topped with fried basil and almond sauce. Once again the fish was cooked perfectly and it tasted wonderful. 

Next up was their Char Siu goose from Llangothlin dish with a hot, sweet and sour sauce. I couldn't remember the entire dish name because their menu on their website is a little different. However this dish was really interesting in texture but it was lovely to eat. 

Now comes my favourite dish of the night, their Blue Mountain wagyu softly grilled, served with oxtail sauce and wasabi. I was tearing up when I placed the first piece into my mouth. The beef was perfection! It melts instantly into your mouth and the flavours were perfect, however I would have liked a little bit more wasabi. 

After finishing our meal, we were given our pre-dessert, the Vacherin of pandan custard with coconut parfait, jasmine sorbet and lime granita held together with a meringue mould. This was lovely and a great way to freshen up after all our heavy dishes. 

Next dish was their Volrhona chocolate with macadamia, malt and burnt orange ice-cream. This particular dessert was also quite lovely, but more on the sweeter side. 

The last dessert bits was their original date tart dated back since 1989 and their white chocolate and strawberry filled choux. The tart filling was really good and the choux wasn't my favourite as I am not a huge fan of white chocolate. 

Our last dessert was complimentary and it was their Chocolate cake with golden sugar spun nest. The cake had all the texture of a brownie, cake and mousse, it was incredibly delightful and delicious too. 

Rockpool Est 1989
11 Bridge St, Sydney, 200 NSW

Opening Hours: Lunch: Mon - Fri: 12PM - 3PM // Dinner: Mon-Sat: 6PM - 12AM // Sunday: CLOSED

Ph: (02) 9252 1888

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Had a crappy start to the morning, so I went to the gym to work up a sweat and now my arms are dying from the pain. Anyway, today I didn't do too much but I did finish editing a few videos to upload for you guys soon!

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