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Restaurant Review – Suminoya, Sydney

Suminoya is the sister restaurant of Rengaya (North Sydney) and Koh Ya (now in Randwick) that serves Japanese yakiniku, either buffet style or ala carte. It is located at a little alley way near Martin Place, which may not be easy to find if you haven’t looked it up on map beforehand. I reckon they are almost always busy, so booking ahead is definitely recommended. When I made the booking for dinner buffet option over the phone, I was offered two slots of time: 5.30 pm (when they just open) or 7.30 pm, which of course we chose the earliest 🙂

They offered two options of yakiniku buffet: Gourmet Buffet and Premium Buffet. Gourmet buffet is priced at $45 pp, whereas Premium buffet is priced at $55 pp. As seen on their menu, there are more options to choose from the Premium Buffet option, such as sashimi, wagyu beef loin, pork loin, and many more. Also on the Premium Buffet option, you can get unlimited order of beef tongue which was limited to one per person on the Gourmet option. I think their beef tongue is best, thin, tender and just lightly seasoned.

On our first time visit, we opted for the Premium Buffet, which was not disappointing at all. The salmon sashimi are delicious and very fresh, of course we ordered heaps of those beef tongue, beef harami, wagyu beef loin, beef ribs, marinated chicken pieces, salad, soup, edamame, eel rice, garlic prawn, and many more. Indeed as many people said, the 90 minutes just went by really quick; nevertheless we left the restaurant with super full tummies 😀 But sadly they don’t have gyoza on the menu, we love the gyoza at Koh Ya when in was still located in Double Bay area.

Without further ado, here are some pictures we “remembered” to take on our dining trip to Suminoya. A lot of the time, we were just way into the bbq-ing and forgot to take pictures as the ordered were delivered or as we cooked them.

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The entrance and shop front

 

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Various meat on bbq, seaweed salad, garlic butter prawn, eel rice, mashed potato, and green tea-black sesame ice cream

Suminoya Japanese Restaurant

1 Hosking Pl, Sydney NSW 2000

Phone: (02) 9231 2177

www.yakiniku.com.au/

 

 

 

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Milk Bread Loaf with Peanut Butter&Choco

Courtesy of hubby, we welcome a new “toy” in our kitchen last week, a kitchen aid mixer. It was a highlight of 2016 so far, apart from me getting older 🙂 I love making and eating bread, and I have shared few recipes that worked for me over few posts here. So, of course we made bread using the tangzhong method that is well-known to produce milky soft bread. Previously, I kneaded the dough by hands and it took a while to achieve the smooth elastic consistency mainly because the recipe calls for slightly more liquid ingredient (in this case, milk) than other bread recipes which makes the dough very sticky. But, the end result really pays off those hard work and it is incredibly satisfying when your house smells like bakery ლ(´ڡ`ლ) The milk bread recipe is very versatile, you can bake it plain or with filling.  And this time, we made the milk bread loaf with peanut butter and chocolate rices – delicious!

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Restaurant Review – Tan Thai, Campsie NSW

We went to Campsie last weekend to replenish our stash of Indonesian condiments and seasonings. That was the first time we had to since we came back from our Indonesia trip, September last year and mainly due to we finally run out of Sambal ABC Ekstra Pedas 😀 We bought back like three refill packs of those chili sauce from Bali and it finally ran out after about three months and here goes time to replenish our stash again. So, while we were in the area, we decided to have lunch there and try something new. The first option was Cinta Ria but sadly they were still closed for new year holiday and we walked along the street then saw this Tan Thai restaurant. If you followed my blog posts, you’d know we love Thai food – we agreed to try the food there.

Looking briefly from the outside, the restaurant looks small with mainly dark color interior with few tables and chairs and a see-through glass wall to separate the dining area with kitchen area. Then there is a curved archway at the back leading to more seating with a water feature in the middle. The seating at this area is mostly of wooden materials and kind of dim lighting. Then another small seating area with mostly white walls at the far back of the restaurant (see the picture below) with brighter lighting.

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The menu on offer are mainly Thai dishes consists of stir fries, noodles, rice, curry, and the usual entrees options. For our lunch, we tried their Duck Red Curry and Crispy Soft Shell Crab Salad with rice.

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Duck Red Curry $15.90
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Crispy Soft Shell Crab Salad $15.90

We think the red curry is more of sweet tone than our favorite at Green Peppercorn also the duck itself is not as tender. But the crispy soft shell crab salad is awesome, pack with flavors and the soft shell crab was truly crispy and huge! We love the sauce on the salad, just a nice balance of sweet, salty, sour, spicy and generous coriander-mint on top. Overall we had a nice meal at Tan Thai and may come back again for the soft shell crab salad (っ˘ڡ˘ς)

Tan Thai

148 Beamish St, Campsie NSW 2194

Phone: (02) 9789 0003

www.tanthai.com.au

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Healthy Green Salad

December is usually a month where most of us tend to indulge too much (in term of food), or at least I do! 😀 There are always a catch-up dinner, office functions, then all those festivities celebrations, it is just too hard to resist the temptations. But now that we are in the new year already, I truly think my body is in need of a simple green salad to cleanse out toxins from all the “naughty” eating and drinking.

These are the goodies that I put in my salad bowl:

  • Butter lettuce, also known as butter head. This soft leaves lettuce have very subtle buttery sweet flavor and naturally low in calories/fat/sugar.
  • Iceberg lettuce, these are great addition to salad for it has high water content and sodium then other lettuce families. It also gives a nice crisp texture to the salad, something different to the butter lettuce leaves.
  • Green apple. We all know how apple is great fruit, loaded with dietary fibers and vitamins(especially vitamin C) thus the saying “An apple a day keeps the doctor away” 🙂 I used green apple in the salad for extra tangy, sweetness, and crunch.
  • Cherry tomatoes. Apart from giving the bright red color in the green salad, they are also loaded with vitamin C and lycopene, an antioxidant that lowers your risk of certain diseases caused by cellular damage.
  • Cucumber, which is a well-known for its antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer benefits. They are naturally low in calories, carbohydrates, sodium, fat and cholesterol. Because of their high water content, cucumbers can help supports hydration, especially during summer months.
  • Avocado. Another food that is loaded with vitamins and minerals, also high “heart-healthy fat” content as well as dietary fibers. On top of that, avocado contains even higher level of potassium than bananas, which help to support healthy blood pressure level.
  • Lemon juice and olive oil dressing. A very simple salad dressing that is not just tastes great, but also good for your body.
  • Cracked black pepper to taste

And last but not least, a mug of green tea to wash it all down!

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Reviews – Nasi Ayam Bali

One of many popular Balinese dishes is nasi ayam (or chicken rice), a dish that gains just more fans these days. As most Balinese are Hindus, which allows them to eat pork, you will find so many Balinese dishes that contains pork. This makes Bali as one of very few places in whole Indonesia that serves non-halal food publicly.

Nasi ayam, however is one of the halal dish that can also be easily found in Bali and is definitely attracts many people, especially those who loves spicy food. One serving of nasi ayam Bali usually contains rice, spicy chicken, sate lilit, sayur urap, egg, roasted/fried peanuts, some crispy fried chicken pieces (may include skin or intestines), and of course the spicy sambal. Urap sayur is a mixed vegetables (typically long beans and bean sprouts) with shredded coconut side dish. Some also serve their nasi ayam with a bowl of spicy chicken broth. By the description above, I hope you get the point that this dish is truly hot and spicy! Nevertheless it is still a very tasty and delicious dish, one that hubby and I crave for.

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