Sydney Tower Buffet

Sydney Tower Buffet

Level 4/Castlereagh St, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia

As we were planning for our Sydney trip we realised that Sydney Tower entrance fee is about AUD25 so might as well pay a little more to enjoy the beautiful scenery and buffet lunch spread.

P.S. not for those with motion sickness or scared of heights.

Each group are allocated to a specific table that is clearly numbered to make it easier for guest to find their seats as the entire thing revolves around Sydney Tower for 360 degrees bird's eye view of the city.  Perhaps it is just me and my group of friends, once we noticed the revolving motion of the building, we started getting really dizzy, staring on at my plate and stuffing myself with food hahahas.

I must say that the spread is not very wide but the seafood is very fresh. Everything shown below is just first helping of all the dishes available before we grab for more :)

Oh AUD35 for a set of photographs, postcards, key chains and beer opener for memory keepsake.

 cold platters and salad

 fried finger food

 mains

 my HAPPY ICE CREAM! honestly I forgot the name but there are butterscotch bits with vanilla for a sweet crunch. Best buffet ice cream ever!

 

dessert spread :B

 Bird's eye view of Sydney's scenery

I must say that it is a nice experience having lunch at such an affordable price - not cheap but if you take out the entrance fee for the tower, an hour and half long buffet really worth every penny. However, once is enough, it is a pity that we were too dizzy to enjoy the scrumptious spread available.

Emperor's Garden Restaurant - Sydney

Emperor's Garden Restaurant - Sydney

96-100 Hay St, Haymarket NSW 2000, Australia

Time to pay sydney a visit with the girls after our exams. Nothing beats traveling around with good company. The girls will be graduating after this semester and since our exams ended and we did pretty well Sydney will be a good reward hehe.

One of the mornings we had dim sim cravings so we decided to head down to emperor's garden restaurant for yumcha. We have never been there before but the food the serve seems pretty authentic and there are many chinese elderly there, thus we gave it a go.

The dim sims were pretty authentic but you can't compare to those back home though. the hakau skin is too thick ><

 hakau

 siew mai

 char siew bao

 fong zhao

 pai kut

 pi dan chok

On the whole the dim sims were pretty authentic and yummy judging that it is a restaurant in Sydney and not in asia. It was pretty satisfying to down a cup of hot puer with the meal. It seems pretty surprising to the waitress that a group of relatively young girls came over that early in the morning for breakfast - the rest of the restaurant is filled with elderly you see. 

It is recommend to give it visit if you happen to be in Sydney's china town especially when the dim sims are not pricey compared to the ones in melbourne :D

Chat Thai

Chat  Thai

20 Campbell St, Haymarket NSW 2000

According to all of my friends in Melbourne, one place that we must visit in Sydney is Chat Thai. The food is awesome but pretty pricey. We spent a total of AUD89 for everything. 

Here's what we ordered:

1. Spicy sauce fried fish

2. King prawns with glass noodles

3. Prawn tom yam soup

4. Seafood fried rice

5. Mango sticky rice

The dishes tastes really great but very spicy ><

I love it that they come in huge portions and it is sufficient for a group of three. Hearty meal after a long day's trip at the blue mountains. I would recommend to order take out during peak period so that we do not have to wait for too long before we can have our dinner. 

Yummy dinner in the comfort of our apartment at Zara Towers. Shall go back and visit there again if I have the chance, anyway air ticket isn't too expensive with budget airlines, teehee.