Sydney Trotting - Pastries & Cakes

One thing that i found really awesome about Sydney is the wide variety of Pastries and Cakes shops. From the famous Lindt chocolate makers to the french cafes they all look irresistible. Just passing by their shops, it made me feel like I was 5 years old again; which made me want to grab everything on display...

On the first day we had a chance to try the Lindt Cafe at Darling Habour, the place was packed so it had to be pretty good.The first thing i saw when i came in here was the Macaroons, the nicely arranged and colourful arrangements caught my eyes, and I couldn't resist .I just had to try the macaroons there and... it was superb, the crisp of the macaroon cracks in your mouth and the cold sweet filling was just a Killer!

Location: 104-105 Cockle Bay Wharf Darling Harbour, Sydney

La Renaissance's Courtyard

Goya

We also tried this small french cafe at the Rocks which YM introduced, called La Renaissance Café Patisserie. Slightly hidden from the main area, with its cosy Parisian style courtyart, I felt like I was in Europe. I paid $9 for a small cake, that one could possibly gobble in one bite, but I couldn't resist; just look at it; Yes I'm a sucker for colourful things. Once we cut into this tiny work of art, we discovered the many layers and taste to this one cake, which blended really well. As they say good things comes in small packages.

Location: 47 Argyle Street The Rocks Sydney NSW

Sydney Trotting - A Taste of Malaysia

After that intense ramen, we headed to check in to our hotel. As mentioned before we got a pretty good deal; $99 per night at the Holiday Inn thanks to Lastminute.com . Above is the view that we got, not too shabby for that price eh?

Huge Door at Martin Place

We Heart U Boom

Fire Station


We soon freshen up, and set off and headed do the Harbour Bridge and also the Opera House. To be even more adventurous, we walked from our hotel in Potts Point around Kings Cross and headed upwards to the Circular Quay.



For dinner,we met up with some friends who took us to Mamak, an up and coming Malaysian restaurant. For your information,Mamak is refereed to Tamil Muslims who generally runs stalls/shops which sells local road side Indian/Malaysian food;most famous the Roti Canai or Pratha and teh tarik or Pull tea. This kinda stalls has a become very much a part of our Malaysian culture. However one thing is for sure, you'll never find a Chinese man in a mamak flipping a roti in Malaysia.

Having a shop that sells mamak food here in Sydney is great as it allows Australian to have a taste of our culture and also good for Malaysians who just misses home. Price wise, it is very pricey if you compare it to Malaysia; plain roti in Malaysia - RM 0.70 ie Aud 0.25 ; plain roti here is about AUD 5, however for Australian standard its quite reasonable. Although you can't compare the food here to what you can get back in Malaysia, it does ease the cravings.



Location: 15 Goulburn St Haymarket NSW 2000



Taste : Not too bad, our local mamaks would be proud of this chinaman.

So what food do you crave when you are away from home?

Sydney Trotting - Gumshara Ramen

We had a great trip to Sydney over the Easter break. Me and Yoshi trotted around this town like a couple of mad horses wanting to see, do and eat everything. Sydney is undoubtedly a beautiful city, playing host to iconic old buildings and structures; most famous the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge. The madness and chaos of this big city is neutralised by the great scenic views and excellent food.


The first thing we did here was to head down town to China Town, mind you we haven't even checked into our hotel room. Dragging our bags, we headed to a ramen shop called "GUMSHARA". I was told prior to coming here that there he only makes a limit 10 bowls of pork spare rib ramen and I want to be one of that 10 !


The Master Mind behind Gumshara -Chef Mori

This bowl of noodles is Mad! I ordered the Pork Spare Rib Ramen; being the greedy person that I am, I added extra Char Siu, extra eggs and a side of pickled chili cabbage. The soup here is cooked for 7 days, made out of 120kgs of pork bones and soy. It is so thick you could almost chew it!

The first slurp was just magic, you can taste the hard work put into this bowl of ramen. The char siu was soft, full of flavours and just melted like butter. The spare rib was a really juicy, the noodles were nice and firm, and the boiled eggs was marinated and boiled to perfection. My greediness did get the better of me, thanks to all those extra toppings I was struggling to finish this bowl. One other great thing about this bowl of ramen is that after the meal, it leaves you with a free lip gloss made out of collagen

Location: Shop 209, Eating World Food Court25 - 29 Dixon Street, Haymarket

Taste: Intense