4:53PM - Barbies, Starbucks, Lowenbrau.
Today started off a little late, we eventually left the hotel about 9:30AM. For breakfast, we stopped by a place called Barby's, which is an Indonesian (and now Australian) bakery chain, much alike BreadTalk in Singapore. I picked up some pandan roll, coconut and custard roll and shared half a sweet bun (the sweet bun comes in two sections). This was topped off with a Mocha Starbucks Frappa.
After having breakfast and reading the Sydney Morning Herald, we set off. We were originally going to go to the Zoo, however, the weather forecast predicted bad weather. It turned out to be a humid but fine day. We went up to Pitt Street mall and through Centrepoint to EB (they have $79 2nd hand XBoxes here but the two CBD stores don't have any). After, we walked to The Rocks area and got some brochures from the Visitors Centre.
The Visitors Centre was right next to Lowenbrau, so we decided to have lunch. I wasn't hungry at all, but decided to go for the Lowenschnitzel anyway, which was a giant pork schnitzel, chips, small salad and a herb mayonnaise. It wasn't that tasty, it was edible but nothing that great. Some tomato sauce and cheese to make a giant parmigiana would of been nicer ;) I was struggling at the end but managed to finish it.
After lunch, we decided to go to Homebush to shop at the DFO there. We headed to Circular Quay train station and took the train down to Homebush. However, upon getting to the train station, there wasn't really anything of interest around. Turns out that the DFO is closer to Olympic Park instead of Homebush, we couldn't be bothered going further so decided to head back to the CBD.
Looking through the brochures, we saw that Paddy's Markets was open. We went to Market City and went into the IGA there. It wasn't normal IGA, it wasn't 'Super Progressive IGA'. It was 'Thai Kee IGA'. This is a super duper fandango IGA, with a whole Asian section (with a whole heap of Japanese and Chinese goods and wares). I bought 2 1.5L bottles of water at 99c each (not quite Sing prices but still good). Afterwards, we hit Paddy's Markets.
11:52PM - Rockpool (Fish), 5 Star Kebabs
Tonight, we had a booking at Neil Perry's refurbished restaurant at The Rocks, named Rockpool (Fish). For starters, I went for the Prawn Cocktail, and I was expecting it old school style, in a glass. However it was on a plate, with 3 prawns, lettuce, seafood sauce and lemon. The cocktail was great, however, at close to $30, it did seem a little excessive... I forgot to take a picture before digging in, so here's a half eaten pic.
For mains, I bit the bullet and went for the Wagyu beef. At $92, this 200g steak was very expensive, but I wanted to try Wagyu/Kobe (any cows raised in a specific manner outside of Kobe, Japan is called Wagyu) beef. It was a very tasty bit of meat, well seasoned and the meat itself was tasty. It wasn't the most tender, some chewing was needed, but it was passable. It was quite fatty (as expected), the best way I could describe it would be that it was a big piece of grissle from a scotch fillet steak, but tastier. I don't think I'd try it again, at $92 a pop though, I could eat 3 x $30 steaks and be just as happy...
For desert, I opted for the Passionfruit Souffle. The souffle was very passionfruity, soft and a little eggy. It was served with a passionfruit topped yoghurt. Whilst being nice, it didn't top the Creme Brulee from last night in my mind.
We actually got to see Neil Perry too. He was having dinner with some people not too far from us. I saw him but wasn't sure if it was actually him.. CB could see the resemblance but thought it wasn't him. After awhile, it was concluded that it was him.
Afterwards, we had a drink at the Opera Bar, which is a bar at the Opera House, overlooking the water. We then made our way back to the hotel and I stopped at the 24 hour kebab shop near the hotel for a chicken kebab. It wasn't bad, I'd like to try the Doner there (maybe tomorrow after Joss Stone). I don't think it was better than the time we went before last year, before the Gamma Ray concert...
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