Blog Marco - Sydney Cuisine

Vietnamese Pork Roll

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 19:02:01 -0700

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Vietnamese Pork Roll - Recipe and Where to Buy

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The best value fast food in Sydney is the humble Vietnamese pork roll. Most Vietnamese bakeries sell these pork rolls all day which has a variety of ingredients. I first discovered this food while I was standing in a bus line in Cabramatta - the bus was delayed so I went across the road for a snack... from that afternoon on I would savour this cheap as food as one of my favourite snacks.

But watch out! Bad food handling with Vietnamese pork rolls can lead to food poisoning. You'll often see these people handling money and also making your roll without wearing gloves or washing their hands. Some also don't keep their ingredients cool enough so bacteria tends to grow like crazy in their ingredients. Don't expect hygiene standards to be high when you buy your roll.

Vietnamese Pork Roll Recipe

Here's the typical recipe for a tasty Vietnamese pork roll:

Fresh Chille
Crusty Bread Roll aka baguette
Liver Pate
Chilli sauce (sometimes)
Fish sauce (to taste)
Mayonaise
Fresh coriander
Julienned carrot
Pork meat with the red edges
Some other pork meat derivative which has huge fat chunks
Cumumber

Where to get your Vietnamese Pork Roll in Sydney

Go to Cabramatta - Vietnamese central in Sydney's South western suburbs. You'll be able to go there and grab a pork roll on every street corner - or even pho.

Lindt Cafe Menu Drinks

Wed, 20 May 2009 16:51:33 -0700

Here is a screenshot of the Lindt Sydney Store Cafe Drinks Menu.

Lindt Cafe Menu Desserts

Wed, 20 May 2009 16:51:30 -0700

Here is a screenshot of the Lindt Sydney Store Cafe Desserts Menu.

Shit Sundae - Coogee Bay Hotel

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:13:07 -0700

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Coogee Bay Hotel Court Case - Customers Served Human Faeces in Complementary Ice Cream Gelato

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Argh! Imagine being given food with human excrement in it? Well that is what allegedly happened at Coogee Bay Hotel in a current court case. An editorial article by Matthew Evans (who was the chief restaurant reviewer for the SMH) made me even sicker...

Seeing the chef sitting on the toilet as they peeled prawns, perhaps? The slightly dodgy drip tray from the pub being used in the beer batter? The chef wiping the steak inside their Y-fronts or running it around the rim of the toilet because the customer had complained that their medium-cooked steak was still pink? It has happened.

"Of course I've seen chefs over-season food because it was off, using it in curries and the like," says one Sydney chef I spoke to who did not want to be named. "But the worst thing I've ever seen with my own eyes was in England. This guy always came in late. He'd order sea bass every night right on last orders at 11.30pm and then send it back and ask for it to be recooked. One day [the chef] did a huge hock and put a great big greenie under it. The customer reckoned it was the best sea bass ever."

Corregidor Entertainment Centre & Restaurant

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:34:49 -0700

Eat Here. Corregidor Entertainment Centre & Restaurant

122 Rooty Hill Road North, Rooty Hill. (Located in Sydney's Western Suburbs - Across the road from St Aidan's Church) Call them on 9625 6289. Open from Wednesday to Sunday for Lunch and Dinner.

You can have a look at their menu. Yummy Filipino Food. Yum.

Plus they have entertainment on some nights.

Tonkatsu in Broth with Soba

Thu, 14 Sep 2006 02:13:24 -0700

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Tonkatsu in Broth with Soba from Menya in Sydney ChinaTown

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I did a review for Menya before – that's where I got this dish... I forgot the name for this dish but I think its tonkatsu with soba? I'm not too sure. It was nice, the soup wasn't oily but the one hitch is that it isn't too filling. Maybe they need to put in more noodles? By the way, Menya is located in Sydney's ChinaTown.

Korean Fast Food in MarketCity

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 02:13:44 -0700

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MarketCity Food Court - Korean Fast Food – stay away from "seafood noodle"

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I regret eating this overpriced dish (was around $8.50). The picture may have looked great but the seafood noodle dish from the Korean fast food place in MarketCity's food court was bad. On the picture it looked enticing and tasty. But all the dish ever gave me was a bland taste with excessive oil. Next time I'll avoid this dish and stick to their spicy chicken with rice. MarketCity is located in Sydney's Chinatown. I much rather eat at Menya or Kura.

Bananas on Sale

Sat, 02 Sep 2006 06:16:51 -0700

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Imagine, this bunch of bananas at $2 a pop.

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Imagine, this bunch of bananas at $2 a pop. P80 (80 pesos) is about AUD$2.10. I gorged on bananas while I was in the Philippines. I miss bananas. I'm too frugal to spend AUD$8+ a kilo (the going rate here in Sydney) for bananas. I guess apples, kiwis and mandarins will have to do.

Cold Rock - Ice Creamery

Fri, 01 Sep 2006 01:03:11 -0700

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It's a Small World after all: I bumped into "Cold Rock - Ice Creamery" which is an Australian company venturing out to the Phils

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If you follow this blog, you would have known that I went on a short getaway to the Philippines a month ago. Walking around SM Mall of Asia (the largest shopping mall in Asia) I saw a "Cold Rock - Ice Creamery", which of course is from Australia. Cold Rock serves ice creams with a difference. They basically have you choose an ice-cream flavour, then you can choose what to mix with it - from chocolates, sweets like m&m's, nuts and biscuits like oreos. All this is chopped up and mixed together on a "cold-rock". My first time to taste this delicacy was is my home-town of Sydney (They have a shop in Parramatta). It's great to see Aussie businesses are venturing out into the international stage...

Publicly Report Food Safety Breaches!

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 18:44:06 -0700

Sydneysiders are not being told which restaurants are breaching food safety regulations. Restaurants found breaching any of these regulations are publicly reported in world-class cities like New York, London, Toronto, Copenhagen, Los Angeles. In Sydney, the council has ruled that it cannot reveal the names and addresses of the restaurants in breach because of privacy laws. The council did release a list to the SMH when they requested the information under FOI (Freedom of Information) laws but the list of 78 fines issued in the past year had their restaurant details blacked out with only the fine amount and the date showing. The SMH report says that "in Toronto restaurants must display a sticker in the window that reveals the results of health inspections with similar systems operating across the US and increasingly in Britain". I guess we just have to trust that the government officials return to these offending restaurants to follow up. I sure do hope that in future that the government publicly report those restaurants in breach of food safety regulations.

Bungarribee International Buffet

Mon, 21 Nov 2005 14:01:32 -0800

I was at this buffet a while back for a cousin's birthday.
It's an RSL buffet. Notice the cheap prices. And keep in mind - you get what you pay for. This isn't one place I would ever plan to go to on my own or with friends.

Bungarribee International Buffet Rating
$$$$ (4/5) for Value * (1/5) for Quality

The Bungarribee International Buffet is located in Blacktown Workers Club in Sydney Australia.

This dish is from the Bungarribee International Buffet.

I know, I know, there seems to be a lot stacked in this one dish. But when your in a buffet line, waiting for about 10 minutes to get to the actual buffet, well you tend to get a bit too much of everything.

On this one dish is Beef, Lamb, Ham, noodles and a bit of pork skin.

This dish was from the Bungarribee International Buffet is located in Blacktown Workers Club in Sydney Australia.

Restaurant Review - Kura Japanese Restaurant - Chinatown Sydney

Tue, 25 Oct 2005 04:07:51 -0700

The Japanese restaurant "Kura" is located opposite to the Market City in Chinatown Sydney. It is rather a minute restaurant so I had to order take-away.

Kura Restaurant Rating
$$$$ (4/5) for value ***** (5/5) for Quality

Restaurant Review - Istana's Parramatta (Sydney, Australia)

Thu, 20 Oct 2005 20:33:14 -0700

Istana's Parramatta - Even though this restaurant was featured in the Sydney Weekender, I didn't feel to satisfied with the quality of food they offered for the price point that they were offering. Being in the Church St precinct of Parramatta you would expect more from this restaurant.

Istana Parramatta Restaurant Rating:
$ (1/5) for Value ** (2/5) for Quality

Tonkatsu - Japanese Pork Cutlet on Rice

Thu, 25 Aug 2005 06:59:12 -0700

Ate this nice Japanese dinner (see photo) at a place called Menya located near my uni. I ordered Japanese pork cutlet - "tonkatsu" with Miso. And for $8.90 this meal is very filling and has the taste of authentic Japanese cooking. (Complete with soy sauce)

If you are ever in Chinatown in Sydney look this shop up. (Its on the fringes of China Town on the southern end)

Tel / Fax : 02 9212 1020
Shop TG8, 8 Quay St.,
Haymarket NSW 2000
(Entrance from Thomas St.,
next Burlington Centre)
Mon-Fri
Lunch:11:30am - 3:00pm
Dinner:5:00pm - 9:30pm

Sat & Sun
Lunch:11:30am - 4:00pm
Dinner:5:00pm - 9:30pm

http://www.yakiniku.com.au/