Meat & Wine Co., Circular Quay
Meat & Wine Co. Circular Quay is tucked away inside Sydney's Intercontinental Hotel. When you step in, the dim lighting and booth seating makes the restaurant feel more intimate than its Darling Harbour counterpart. We were seated near the entry, but the bathroom was located right at the back. To get there we had to walk past fridges of raw meat . . . Not the most appetising imagery!
Witlof SaladGreen and purple witlof, Milawa Ceridwen ash goats cheese, toasted walnuts, cherry tomatoes, fresh orange and shaved fennel with a caramelised fig & pepper balsamic dressing
It's presentation like this that reaffirms my belief that food definitely is an art form. Unfortunately, for $19, the salad was sadly lacking in substance. I know I'm paying for more than just a meal when I dine out, but if I had closed my eyes and eaten this I would have never believed it was worth as much as it was. The produce was beautiful, but I can only describe it as insubstantial. Perhaps a larger portion size would have made it more worth it.
Palmer & Co is an adult bar. The type with a glaringly obvious absence of gyrating of sweaty bodies in skimpy outfits and/or the cringeworthy sexual tension. Instead there are the small groups of well-dressed yuppie types sharing a bottle of wine over cheese boards. There is live music. Most of us have just left teen-hood, and I don't know about my friends but I felt far too young and immature for a scene like that! Maybe eight years later I can return and actually know how to enjoy wine.
Kim and Sunny are impeccable. Always.
There was a Gelato Messina stand at Vivid Martin Place! To my disappointment none of the gelato combinations were perfect for any of our tastebuds ("Meh"ssina ha ha . . .) but we took a chance anyway. Service was charming, though!
How lucky I am to have so many friends to love. Happy Wednesday, lovers x
Labels: CBD, food, personal, photography, photos, sydney
If you read my main blog you probably already know (quite well) that I recently went on a short trip to Melbourne with three of my very close girlfriends! :) Here are some snapshots from the trip~
We left so early - 4am! The plane was delayed, and the sun was still rising
My perfect angels sleeping on the plane. Glad they didn't get any shots of me, I am such an ugly sleeper - gaping wide mouth, head tipped back..
Melbourne had yellow taxis, which amused me a lot for some reason
I felt like Melbourne did things properly, if that made any sense. This was just one of the many cafes we walked past and I had to get a snap of this just because of their beautiful logo.
Our first food stop was The Hardware Societe, a place we'd heard a lot about. So many people were milling around waiting for seats, and it was half an hour before we got to sit down. By then it was lunch, and Anna didn't think much of their lunch menu! (Out of the three dishes we ordered she only ate off one)
Moar yellow cabs :$
Much of our first day was spent perusing the main Melbourne CBD area. We ate dumplings for dinner (Melbourne is huge on dumplings wth) and had dropped dead in our Travelodge hotel room by 9pm (we ended up sleeping for eleven hours). The wind was cold but the days were (mostly) sunny, and our hotel room was warm and toasty so I was actually sweating during the night HAHA. n__n
Part two coming soon! :)(OH - and P.S., friends bought me a new DSLR for my birthday!!!!! Say hello to my new baby Nikon D5200!
Labels: CBD, friends, Melbourne, photos, snapshots, travel