Alas, I still have frequent and enjoyable food experiences so from now on I shall add Viva la Cornuta back on my "to blog" list!
Let me start by some of the goodies appreciated in 2010:
For the start of 2010, fellow foodies visited Melbourne via country Vic/NSW, the highlight being Brown Brothers at Milawa, Vic, where every dish from entree to dessert came with a matching Brown Brother's wine, and the servings were generous, not to mention delicious!
It's not easy to get to for most people involved; most of the patrons I believe are on holidays, and thank goodness for a half-way point like Brown Brothers for roadtrippers between Sydney and Melbourne.
Back to Sydney - part of the Sydney Festival, many restaurants offer Sydney Festival food and wine deals where you get a main course and a wine (not matching wine, unfortunately... just house red/white) for $35. We chose Summit Restaurant for its revolving 360 view of Sydney, its beautiful cocktail creations (Orbit Bar) and its delectable dessert selections.
The food and wine deal was average - we concur that we have had better.
Thankfully the dessert and cocktails redeemed Summit for us! The chocolate and coffee creme brulee (not mocha creme brulee, but a blob of chocolate creme brulee PLUS a blob of coffee creme brulee) was top notch and we all highly recommended it.
Third place I'd like to introduce to people is Phamish, which is somewhere I've wanted to come to but never did for whatever reason... Its a fusion Asian cuisine, with a blend of flavours from various regions of Asia, in fact apart from calling it SE Asian food, I couldn't put my finger on a particular location; the dishes often have Chinese, Thai and Vienamese flavour elements, sometimes one more distinct than the other, sometimes just
blended (eg style A + flavour B). It was very delicious, certainly would return for more, but the purist that I am, I still prefer my "single origin" cuisines!! Highly recommend the duck roll (with egg pastry and tasty tender juicy duck pieces), and crab dumplings (luxurious dish).
