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 Salad
Green 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.

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.

Vivid Sydney | Martin Place

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!

Qin, while taking the photo: "Awww Anna you're so pretty!!!" (trailing off here) "..and.. Jess.."

There were a lot of tempting food stalls at The Rocks' Weekend Markets, but we were all starving, so we turned the corner to Lowenbrau (which was packed. No surprise there)!

My huge tankard(!?) of Lemon Lime Bitters!! Which was beautifully authentic. Thank god. I've been really into LLB's lately, probably because they're (EXPLETIVE) AWESOME

A ridiculously yumdelicious garlic bread that I just had to get again. I'd been to Lowenbrau before, and my birthday earlier this year, and I fell right in love with it. I think I would happily eat it every day if I really really had to. ;)

Our sausage dish, which I enjoyed. Though none of us were a huge fan of the sauerkraut which was a little bland and tasteless and looked, according to Anna, like shredded noodles or something

Chicken Schnitzel dish, which I thought was a little lackluster. The chips weren't crispy, the schnitzel itself had a hard coating of bread crumbs which made it chewy and just wasn't super appealing.

The girls wanted something from the food markets but I was ridiculously stuffed (I had to finish the lemon lime bitters!!). They got this huge ass dumpling thing :3. A GOOD DECISION IN MY EYES.

We then went in search for dessert, though none of us were very keen on eating much now. So we visited La Renaissance Patisserie and Cafe which was right across the Markets. (Lazy us heh. Plus I didn't really know any other dessert places around)

I call this one 'whale out of water'.

I spied a street artist and his work, with a crowd around him. The man in the red there was paying his respects, though I suspected he may have been drunk (?__? Or maybe that's just how he talks and I'm an idiot)

That's all for tonight folks. I have been photoshopping, uploading and blogging since the moment I got home (about six thirty). This is ridiculous.
Sleep well my beautiful angels! x