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Quay Sydney

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Two or three friends recommended this place, so we made sure to try it.  It was very hard to reserve  so we just got whatever slot was available which was a late lunch.  It was worth it.  Walk towards the port to the Passenger Terminal  

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It’s in the corner of the second floor

View from the second floor facing the city

Facade of the restaurant


View of the Harbour Bridge

And supposedly the Opera House but since there as a Cruise Ship docked at that time, this was our view 🙂  




























Click on the link below

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Flying Fish Jones bay Wharf Sydney

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A restaurant recommended by the concierge.  It’s a beautiful building with an exquisite view.  Since it is inside a complex, I suggest that instead of asking them to call a cab, just walk towards the main street and hail a cab from there.  It’s faster and easier.  

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Private dining
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Open kitchen
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Light bulbs hanging in the middle of the restaurant 🙂  Though it’s sort of blocking the view 
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Modern Sashimi – Scallops

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 Tuna

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Spanner Crabs – Yum!
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Degustation
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 Ala Carte

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Duck Breast, crispy leg, Umeboshi,  fig, pickled eggplant

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Click below to go to their website

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Zumbo

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My friend, Maj, told me about Adriano Zumbo, the Australian Patisier, so when we walked into the Queen Victoria Building ( QVB ) and saw this,

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we immediately lined up to try the macarons.  Here it’s called ZUMBARONS! He has very unique flavours!




Caramel flavour ( Caramel with salted butter ) for us to have a basis of comparison!  YUM!!  It has a generous centre filling!!! 

Stores in Australia close early, so at around 5pm when we went to the mall, the showcase of Zumbo was almost wiped out.  Not too many pastries left displayed.  I caught only these but loved the way they look!!!





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One of our companions on the trip was able to go to the main boutique of Zumbo and took home more macarons!!  And this was my favourite!!!! LOVE!!!!!  I am sure you will find your own favourite too!!
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He even has books with many many recipes and nice photos of all his creations!!!!!
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A book on just the Zumbarons
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FLAVORS!!

Click below to go to their website  

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You can even order this for Aus$99

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Guylian Sydney

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 Walking down George street by the Rocks, I saw this building in the corner!! Guylian 🙂

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I love window eating 🙂  

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They have their own version of spread
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Chocolates! Chocolates!
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Golden Century Sydney Part 3

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First meal upon arrival is our favourite place!!!  This is part three because we ate here twice during our last trip.  

Previous entry:  Golden Century Chinatown Sydney June 16, 2009

First stop is always the water tanks to see what they have that’s alive and swimming 🙂

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They will go to your table and show you what you ordered and weigh it in front of you
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The famous Pippies in XO sauce

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The last time we were here, Chef Javs was only 9 years old and was hiding behind Tito Quits

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But someone always has to do the ceremonial photo with the Tasmanian King crab, so now it’s Chef Javs carrying the crab 🙂

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Which we have three ways – I prefer the first way which is fried and a second way for me would be just steamed or grilled since all the sauces are masking the freshness of the crab

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WIPED OUT! 🙂

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Click below to go to their website

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Buffet Breakfast at Cocktails at the Executive Club of the Four Seasons Hotel Syndey

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Heart2Heart loves this cozy set up for breakfast at the Executive Club in the Four Seasons hotel.  It comes with the room and you can come here for breakfast and cocktails

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Cocktails

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There is this interesting cabinet that you will see during breakfast

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and at night they open it and it becomes a self service bar! Get any drink you want!!

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Best Desserts by Vangie Baga Reyes

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I was so happy to see Vangie Baga Reyes from the Philippine Daily Inquirer ( PDI ).   I have not seen her in more than ten years and she’s blooming 🙂   

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She is the famous writer of the Best Desserts article that comes out in the PDI every year!!  I believe this started in 2011

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then 2012 

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And because of it’s popularity, they published a book!!!  Not only maybe because it is so popular, I am sure she has a hard time limiting the list to only 20 that she had to make a book!! 🙂  We have so many talented bakers in our country!

They launched it last February.  Congratulations Vangie!! More power!!  

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