Wednesday, July 2, 2008

The Victoria Room - Darlinghurst, NSW

after fifteen minutes wait outside where we contemplate going to a tavola (seemingly impossible without a booking) or seduce the doormen... we were let in and up the stairs to the bar where we had to wait another hour or so... accompanied by tasty cocktails it wasnt so bad afterall...

Sugar Daddy
wyborowa vodka, peach liquor and freshly torn mint leaves, sugarcane juice, lychee juice and lime juice... on the hands of every other girl (and some boys) and shamelessly mine too...


Turkish Flat Bread, Zat'ar and Olive Oil
definitely worthy of my weekly portion of wheat... soft and warm.... whatever Zat'ar is... me likey


New York Style Steak served medium rare

Fried Haloumi, Oven-Roasted Tomato, Asparagus & Basil Salad
the flavours mixed-in nicely... and i simply love fried haloumi cheese...

Scallops, pan fried with Parsnip Mash, Caper & Parsley Butter Sauce & Crisp Pancetta
parsnip mash was surprisingly nice... although, wasnt much different from potato mash

Prawns, pan-seared, with Garlic, Parsley, finished with Chilli & Lemon Olive Oil

Oven roasted Chicken, provincial style with Tomato, Anchovy, Black Olives & Thyme

Tarte tatin with double cream
the best thing about this place... tarttartaaannnnn!!!! i'm not sharing this next time... *insert evil laugh*


then we stayed so late its supper time and we got the hard sell from the host... he said the fondue's amazinggg...

Bourbon and Bitter chocolate fondue with turkish delight, marshmallow, seasonal fruits and taleggio cheese
worst tasting chocolate fondue ever... and taleggio cheese was disgusting... euughhhh....


rating: 7/10
minus points for the wait and the horrible fondue...

3 comments:

Erique Fat Owl said...

Ahh...Victoria Room. It's always too dark to take nice pics, and I know how you hate using flash (mee too).

BTW, Azuma this saturday?

Leony said...

Hey, do you guys have the place called Melting Pot in Sydney ? I guess kalo gak ada, it's an awesome opportunity to open one in Sydney. Kalau ngga, bisa buka dessert place aja (gak usah full meal) yg niru caranya Melting Pot in serving the fondue. Pick the chocolate type, and pick the liquor that we want to pour in. And they have a special pot untuk mix and heat the chocolate. I miss that place... nyum...

cla said...

i guess the closest thing we have is probably max brenner...