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Eating Sydney – Ibis Hotel

Feb18

Restaurant: Ibis Hotel Sydney Airport

Location: Sydney, Australia

Date: December 24, 2017

Cuisine: Weird blend

Rating: interesting, but not a lot of flavor

A mechanical problem with our plane caused us to spend an extra night in Sydney — at the exciting Ibis Hotel near the airport. We went down to their restaurant and discovered to my pleasure and everyone else’s that it was vaguely Asian. Sort of Indian/Indonesian maybe.

Cider.

Salt and pepper squid. Pretty tasty actually. Best thing. VERY salty though.

Creamy mushroom pasta.

Pasta pomodoro.

Steamed veggies.

Boring salmon.

Chicken curry. I wanted to like it but it was super salty without much flavor.

Ice cream with chocolate sauce.

Seeing as it was Christmas Eve they gave us some eggnog!

And I ordered this yummy-sounding caramel shake, but it basically tasted like milk and caramel not ice cream.

Not the best meal at all, but kinda interesting. The hotel had nice staff, but I can’t say I will be booking at another Ibis again soon — accommodations and service were minimal to say the least!

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By: agavin
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Eating Sydney – Quay & Co

Feb03

Restaurant: Quay & Co

Location: Gateway, 2 Alfred St, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia

Date: December 20, 2017

Cuisine: Australian

Rating: okay

Another quick meal in Sydney.

Right across from the Gelato Messina.

The menu.

Fish & Chips are everywhere in Australia.

Salmon Benedict “sandwich.”

Lamb shoulder with fries, pita, and yogurt.

Sydney docks

Not the greatest meal ever, but certainly fine.

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By: agavin
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Eating Sydney – Gelato Messina

Feb02

Restaurant: Gelato Messina

Location: Alfred St, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia. +61 2 9252 4480

Date: December, 2017

Cuisine: Gelato

Rating: Better than I’ve had in the states

Gelato Messina has been a big inspiration to me as a Gelato-maker because they have the best English professional gelato book.

Anyway I was psyched to find one right next to my hotel in Sydney! Had to eat there 4 times in 2 days — Italian style (gelato twice a day).

It’s a little corner spot at the entrance to a food mall at Circular Quay.

Crowded most of the day.

Various specials.

Juicy looking over piled cabinets.

Milk based.

Sorbet.

More.

And even more.

Here is a strawberry sorbetto. Not quite as good as mine (with the strawberries from Avignon), but very very good.

Old-town Sydney

Overall, some fabulous gelato. Very interesting flavors and a bunch of nice Christmas flavors. Not quite as intense as mine. I even tried two flavors that I have made from their recipes and they are slightly less intense. I probably use more expensive ingredients because at home I use the best possible regardless.

Great place!

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