So this past weekend has been good. Finally I have found places in Sydney that have food which I would actually recommend to people. First on the list is Cafe Otto, I went there for my friend's friend's birthday. It has a very average ambience and the most annoying thing was that it had no wines on the menu but it had some pretty interesting things on it, I was pretty much spoilt for choice when I read it. For example, a sweet potato risotto with king prawns, there were a few other things they listed as ingredients in the recipe but I forgot them. I had a Mediterranean burger which had in it roasted red capsicums, a roasted eggplant, a lamb patte, tzatziki and all the usual stuff in a burger. But I have to apologise, I just had to dig in, completely forgot to take a photo before I got my grubby fingers all over the burger.
The burger was pretty awesome except for the fact it might have been a tad bit too dry. This is a fine case of an that idea was good, dam good but the execution of it was bad. The flavors balanced each other out nicely, the gamey robust flavor of the well marinated lamb patty, the char-grilled smokey flavor of the eggplant, the sweetness of the capsicums and the sour, cleansing flavors of the tzatziki. But as I said before the patty was a little dry and the choice of bread was very bad, the sour dough had a tough crust which made it very hard to cut and eat and it seemed a little stale because of that. Overall, I will still recommend it to people as it was just a busy service for them. Our table alone did have almost 20 orders.
The next place on the list is Pancakes on the Rocks, which is in a place called, surprise surprise, the Rocks. The Rocks is the area where the Sydney Opera House is located and sadly, I have yet to go there for a sight-seeing trip. Maybe I'll go this Wednesday and snap some photos of the ocean and the Opera House. Ok back to Pancakes. When I got there, there was a crazy queue outside, I was wondering to myself what the big deal was about, it was just pancakes and I was right! It was just pancakes with a very different texture from normal pancakes. The crumbly texture did not appeal to me but it might appeal to someone somewhere.
So I'm not recommending this place based on it's specialty but based on the pizza which I had. I had a double smoked ham pizza with pineapples, fetta cheese, spicy salsa and pesto. It was quite a lovely pizza. The salsa and fetta cheese made the pizza sweet, tangy and creamy and the pesto gave the pizza its much needed balance due to the overwhelming sweetness of the pineapples. Overall, a good place to chill out and enjoy a late night supper as it is one of the few places in Sydney that open til late.
I have one more place that I want to recommend but I do not have the pictures yet as I did not take the photos on my phone's camera, the place was too dark. I'll get to that once I get the pictures. On a side note, I saw an awesome sunset. It was as though there was a volcano in the sky. Take a look for yourself. The top of the clouds had a dark grey color like cooling volcanic rocks and the bottom of the clouds look like glowing magma. Too bad I did not have my DSLR with me again! It would have made an awesome picture. I have decided that i shall bring my DSLR with me wherever I go so I do not miss any photo opportunities.
So that is all for today, I'll tell you about the last eatery I went to when I get the pictures to back it up. Let me just say that it was freaking awesome!
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