Showing posts with label Thai. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thai. Show all posts

05 February 2024

Old School Kafey, Haymarket

Craving of something like cafe food and something fancy last weekend.  So, we landed at this quirky looking cafe owned by Thai.  This place used to serve sweet and dessert only but now they also have savoury dishes in the house.  We tried their toast and also spaghetti. 

Curry chicken toast $19

This toast looks amazing.  The bread was smeared with good amount of butter then toasted to golden brown yet inside was still soft.  Also, the toast came with katsu chicken pieces lying on the bed of creamy omelette and some curry sauce flows on top of them.  It is accompanied with baby spinach leaves and cherry tomatoes dressed with Japanese sesame salad dressing.  This dish tasted pretty good actually.


Beef with pepper sauce toast $28

We also tried their black pepper beef toast.  It was similar with the curry toast earlier, only the different was the meat and sauce.  I still prefer the chicken curry one for taste and flavour wise.  Somehow, chicken curry and toast blended much better together.


Aglio olio spaghetti with grilled sirloin $29

They cooked the spaghetti to al-dente.  This wasn't just a simple aglio alio dish.  It got a little bit Thai influenced.  They added some basil and chili into this spaghetti.  It was delicious and I also like the fact that they cooked the wagyu to medium-rare just what I like. 


Boscaiola fettuccine with salmon $27

I found that their fettuccine was a little too sweet.  Otherwise, it would be perfect. 


Iceberg bingsu (L) $24.90

This cute-looking ice-shaved was so refreshing.  Lychee flavoured ice with some fresh rock melon and watermelon.  It was sweet and fresh at the same time.  For the drinks, I think they were slightly too sweet, especially their butterfly pea coffee. 


Milo volcano $16.90

Croffle with nutella

Matcha orange $9.90 and strawberry velvet soda $9.90

Ice latte butterfly pea and mango yogurt $9.90 each

Old School Kafey
459 Pitt Street, Haymarket
Open: Monday - Thursday 1pm - 11pm and Friday - Sunday 1pm - 11:30pm


21 January 2024

Satang Thai Infinity


Satang Thai takeaway is one of my favourites to go for classic Thai dishes.  I've recently found out that they have rebranded their shop and opened another restaurant inside the World Square, more for an upscale market.  Their menus differ from the original store.  In here, they serve lots of seafood products and more like a dine-in restaurant vibe.



Fresh oysters at market price - We had huge pacific oyster today


This oyster is as huge as my palm.  It was ultra fresh and I could tell that they were just freshly shucked as well.  Although I prefer to have it only with squished lemon, but those Thai condiments like chili jam, seafood dipping sauce and deep-fried onions made a nice compliment to this fresh oyster.


Kon Pee Talay $44.90

This kon pee talay dish has variety of seafood from blue swimmer crab, prawn, calamari, mussel and salmon.  They were bathing in a Thai spicy fermented fish dressing.  For garden-fresh, they also added some sweet corn, cherry tomatoes, sliced red onions, chillies and carrot.  The portion was generously big.  With such a big portion, it is good for sharing between 2-4 people.  


Prawn cake $15.90

Duck salad $24.90

This duck salad dish was not that bad but not good either.  Flavour-wise, it was pretty standard but the duck meat itself wasn't that soft and tender to what it supposed to be.


Pad macaroni with prawn $22.90

This macaroni is a simple dish yet taste so good.  My kids love it.


Grilled beef rump $22.90

I am a fan of beef and am a big beef eater as well.  I always take beef seriously.  Unfortunately, they let me down with this dish.  The meat was overcooked, so it was quite tough and chewy.  


Satang Thai Infinity
Word Square, 15/91 Liverpool Street, Sydney
Ph: 0410 922 695

13 October 2023

77 Restaurant and Bar, Sydney

A Korean BBQ or Japanese BBQ is pretty common, isn't it?  How about Thai BBQ or they normally call it, moo krata.  First of all, the griller is different and they don't use charcoal.  For Thai BBQ, you not only get to grill your meat, but you can also get to put your ingredients on a broth like hot pot on the same griller plate.  Probably, I'm guessing that the original idea must come from the person who can't decide his/her meal. "Hmm... should I get a BBQ or a hot pot meal!!!  Ding..... How about have them both together at the same time."  Anyway, whoever invented this must be very genius.  So now, we can get to enjoy a tasty meal under one roof.   

Another great advantage is we don't need to fly to Bangkok to be able to enjoy this.  We now have a restaurant serving moo krata in Sydney and the best thing is, it comes as a buffet.  The price for an adult starts as cheap as $29.  It's included unlimited vegies, meats, and seafood from the display fridge.  Also, DIY papaya salad, hot food from the hot bar, drinks and boba milk tea.  Yes, you read it correctly.  Unlimited boba milk tea. So, gooooood.

They also have premium quality meats as part of their premium buffet option with the price for $55/pp.  However, if you pay by cash, it will cost you only $45.  So, don't forget to caryy some cash.  You need to order these premium beef and other seafood items by scanning the QR code.  So, basically with premium buffet you still can get all items from a standard buffet plus premium items as well.



The way Thais do their BBQ is firstly put a pork fat on the griller plate and rub it around from time to time.  This way is to make the meat not stick to the pan.

Dipping sauces

For standard buffet

Premium beef menu








 
DIY papaya salad


My successful trial

Unlimited boba milk tea

Loss count to how many glasses I had

Unlimited ice creams

Thai-style dessert



77 Restaurant and Bar
77 Liverpool Street, Sydney
Open: everyday from 12pm-12am
Price: Standard buffet $29 adult / $45 for premium buffet - cash payment ($55 - card payment)
          Kid below 4 yo is free

10 October 2023

Satang Thai Takeaway, Haymarket

Satang Thai in Haymarket is an old established Thai takeaway restaurant in Sydney and their first original store. I remembered when I was still a Uni student and every time I miss the authentic flavour of Thai dishes, this place is to go for.  Their stir fry basil and pad thai are absolutely fabulous.  Their price is pretty reasonable too yet they're very generous with serving portion. 



Krapow Kai dow Giant - Stir-fry pork basil with fried egg $17.90

For me, this is the best dish in the house.  It tastes as good as we can get from street food stalls in Bangkok.  They are very generous with the minced pork.  The flavour is just spot on, very fragrant and spicy. 

Pad kratiem giant - Stir-fry pork with garlic and pepper sauce and fried egg $17.90

This is the way I like a garlic pork dish to be served.  Dry and to the point, just like a classic garlic pork normally served in Thailand.  Basically, a genuine garlic pork dish is just meat pieces stir fried with heaps of garlic, sauce and pepper.  No need to add something like carrots, paprika or other things, just like some restaurants do to make it more colorful or looking somewhat bigger serving.

 
Sweet chilli ling fish $19.90

It was a fine piece of fried fish, nicely cooked to a golden-brown battered fish.  However, the sauce was quite a let-down.  It didn't give me any punch, just plain sweet chilli kinda sauce. 

Pad Thai with chicken $13.90

Satang Thai done this dish perfectly, they don't let me down at all.  I can smell the char aroma from the wok hay, not as much as in char kway teow though.  But it was good enough to tickle my tastebuds.  And I like the tanginess from tamarind and sweetness from their sauce too. 

Ladna pork $13.90

Their ladna dish was pretty mediocre.  Good broth but the greens were slightly undercooked. 


Satang Thai Takeaway
20 Quay Street, Haymarket
Ph: 02 9280 0956
Open: Daily from 11am - 10:30pm

15 August 2023

Nua Lao Thai Restaurant, Haymarket

 
Eating in a Thai restaurant won't be completed without having Thai milk tea and o'liang (Thai black coffee).  The drinks were sweet but freshening. 




We went for a full-on Esan (Eastern Thai) food tonight, so sticky rice is the best partner to all of our dishes. 

Esan sour sausage $17.90

This fermented pork sausage was absolutely delicious.  Perfectly grilled and the right amount of sourness as well.  It is normally eaten with peanuts. freshly chopped chilies and ginger, also cabbage.  However, they didn't give me those gingers otherwise I will give 10 out of 10 for this dish.


BBQ chicken liver $3/stick

This BBQ chicken liver is another great dish for the night.  Nicely grilled, not overcooked at all.  And that brown sauce that they poured on the meat is surely to die for.  Slightly sweet but I scrapped clean from the plate with my sticky rice.  Honestly, I can't get enough of this sauce and I could finish the whole basket of sticky rice just with this sauce.  I didn't even try their spicy dipping sauce though because it is already perfect on its own.

Fermented sour pork ribs $19.90

Unlike the sausage, for me, this fermented pork rib hasn't got enough flavour in it.  It is too subtle for my liking.  I love it when it's more sour.  


Deep fried chicken $17.90

This chicken was an ok dish.  I say this simply because to be frank I can't really remember what it tasted like.  So, if nothing in my memory this dish must be just mediocre, nothing outstanding nor nothing terrible. 


Pork liver salad $19.90

This pork liver was overcooked, so it was a little tough.  It had a nice color with all the fresh sliced onion and herbs however, it didn't taste as good as it looks.  Quite disappointing.


Thai papaya salad with salted egg and corn $25.90

This corn papaya salad with fermented fish (pla ra) sauce was really spicy, pungent and got a nice balance of flavour.  It was sweet, salty, sour and spicy, in the right proportion.  It would be even better if they gave more of those salted eggs.


Sour and spicy tendon soup $16.90

This soup is another let down again.  The tendon was nicely cooked but the flavour wasn't there.  I didn't get the punch-on-the-face effect when I slurped the soup.  

In my honest opinion, their food is kinda hit-and-miss.  They do some great dishes but some not so great dishes.  But hey!!!  I will not judge them too early.  Next time we're in the city, we will give it a go for different menus. 

Nua Lao Thai 
203/209 Thomas Street, Haymarket
Ph: 02 9281 3180
Open: daily 11:00-22:00