Sydney, Concord - Il Trattoraro Pizzeria

Photo: Il Trattoraro Pizzeria, Concord

Vegetarian pizza with extra chicken

Quality: 4.5 nomnoms out 5

Service: 4 nomnoms out of 5

Pricing: $$ (Drinks are $)

The Nomnomgram!

• The Quality of the food is very good! They have very fresh ingredients and I always go for the Vegetarian pizza and then pay extra to get chicken on it cause then Id get a vege filled pizza! Yay! The food never seizes to disappoint me and everything tastes so good! I don't know if its authentic Italian food but I think its a lot better than home delivered pizza.

• The Customer Service there is pretty awesome. The restaurant itself is very homey so they're very chill and they don't harass you to make decisions or anything like that which is GOOD! You'll always find a waiter or waitress hanging about. I've been to restaurants before where the waiters never attend to you and its frustrating especially if you're sitting outside the restaurant! So it's perfect here!

• The Pricing of the food is relatively good. For the meal sizes its good to share with people and you can choose to get entrée sized or main meal sized pasta so for you small eaters out there, you don't have to waste food and pay for food you cant finish! 

• The Quantity of the food is pretty decent for the price that you pay. The pizza is always  loaded with toppings and its just super nomnoms! 

** Side notes

Concord is a really lovely quiet area 

they have lots of little café's and restaurants 

ranging from Asian to Middle Eastern food. 

There's a great cake store and a fish and 

chips store too! It's a really awesome place 

to explore during the day and at night!

Haven't been posting as OFTEN as I should but... I will eventually get around to it =D

Have a GREAT day!!

Camila. =)

Sydney City - Umi sushi and Udon Darling Harbour

Photo: Umi Sushi and Udon, Darling Harbour

Kimchi Pork Belly Udon Soup

Quality: 3.9 nomnoms out of 5

Service: 4.5 nomnoms out of 5

Pricing: $ - $$

The Nomnomgram!

•  The Quality of the food is pretty good, it's an average Sushi place. They do have seasonal menus and their normal menu is EXTENSIVE! They have everything from Entrees, Salads, Udon, Ramen, Sushi! The List goes on! The food is usually cooked on the spot and it does take a little while for the food to come out. The sushi train is not AS fresh. It's still pretty fresh but... I don't know. I think it's because the sushi train itself is really long, it doesn't get refilled as quick as a shorter train would!

• The Service of the place is very good. They're always very friendly and the waitresses are really nice, even though they don't speak much English haha. They will always greet their customers with a "Irrashaimase! - いっらしゃいませ" and "Arigatou Gozaimasu! - ありがとうございます" which is always very welcoming and it also makes you feel important!

• The Pricing is a little bit more expensive than your average sushi train. Each plate depends on what you get, will vary from $2.60 - $7.00. The sushi plates are usually around $4.00. They do have Lunch specials as well which are usually <$15.
     
• The Quantity of the meals are pretty good. Its just the average proportions for the sushi train and the Main meals are pretty good! Enough for you to be satisfied!

*** Side notes

The Umi Sushi and Udon restaurant has other 

franchises in the City as well as Darling 

Harbour. They have one in Haymarket 

opposite Capitol Theatre, George Street 

(inside the Event Cinema complex) and of 

course Darling Quarter in Darling Harbour. 

The food is pretty good option if you're in 

the area but it's not one of my favourite 

sushi places in the city centre! I really love 

the atmosphere of the place, its very oriental 

feeling and they sell lots of little souvenirs 

and things like that too!

Feel free to read my other blogs which I have conveniently archived on the left hand side hereee! <------ font="">

Meanwhile... Have a wonderful evening! 

See you back here tomorrow!

Camila. =)

**Umi Sushi and Udon Details

Address: Shop TR10 Darling Quarter, Darling Harbour

Trading Hours: Sun-Thurs: 11:30am-10:00pm, Fri-Sat: 11:30am-10:30pm

Contact: (02) 9283 2006

Sydney, The Rocks - The Rocks Foodies Market

Photo: Wine Odyssey Food Stall, The Rocks Market

Freshly made Marinated Chicken Tikka wrapped with baby spinach, Cucumber and Tzatziki Sauce. 

Quality: 4 nomnoms out of 5!

Service: 3.5 nomnoms out of 5

Pricing: $ - $$ (Food is generally $10)

The Nomnomgram!

• The Quality of the food stalls in The Rocks Foodie market is pretty top notch as the majority of the restaurants in The Rocks are very good quality. Everything is made fresh before your eyes and the aromatic atmosphere makes it really hard to not want to buy all the fooood! Because it's fresh, it just tastes really good and yup. I'ma hungry now =(

• The Customer Service is generally pretty good. Because the stalls have only so much space to work with, it does get very crowded in the common areas on the lane and around the stalls. The people serving may get a little grumpy at times but generally they're pretty good =)

• The Pricing for the food is around $10. As you may or may not know, The Rocks is a pretty expensive area to eat in but because the Market is something a bit different, $10 for lunch is pretty good! And with the cheaper pricing's you can taste a bit of each restaurant and get a feel of what the place sells and also the quality of their food!

• The Quantity of the meals are average, just enough to fill you up! The burgers, wraps and things like that are usually just sold on its own. They don't really have chips and salad on the side type of meals. its more for "on-the-go" walk and explore The Rocks type of meal! 

*** Side Notes

The Rocks Foodies Market is on every Friday 

and every time I'm at work it just smells 

absolutely delightful throughout the whole 

dayyyyy! They have a range of different 

Stalls selling different kinds of food! They 

have Wine Odyssey, The Fine Food Store, 

The Lowenbrau Keller, The Hero Sushi Box 

and etc etc etc! They have really good 

food and Ive tried majority of the stalls 

and they are reaally good! 

Ps: If you do head over to the Foodies Market, make sure you try the Nutella Turkish Gozleme or the Chicken and Mushroom Gozleme from the Dare Cafe Stall! And try the Chicken Tikka Wrap from the Wine Odyssey! And the Wagyu Burger from the Pony Restaurant stall is AWESOME! They have the best sauceeeee! They're all $10 so... yep! Do that! 

Have a great day and keep posted for more blogs! I try to post up a blog errrday! 

Have an AWESOME day and keep SMILINGGGG! 

Camila. =)

** The Rocks Foodies Market Details

Address: Kendall Lane, The Rocks Circular Quay

Trading Hours: 10:00am to 5:00pm

Sydney, Newtown - The Pie Tin

Photo: The Pie Tin

The Pie Tin's Signature Homebaked pies with a side of 

Kumera Chips and Baby Spinach Salad.

The Pie Tin's Signature Pie with Mashed Sweet Potato and Cauliflower

Quality: 4 nomnoms out of 5

Service: 4.9 nomnoms out of 5!!

Pricing: $ - $$ (depending if you get sides!) 

The Nomnomgram!

• The Quality of the pies and food here in general is really fresh and awesome! They have so many funky flavours that you can't get elsewhere and its always fresh and their Pies change everyday so it ain't no 'boring' pie place down the street! They ALSO have… wait for it…. DESSERT PIES! oh my cupcake fluffies! They have the best dessert pies and they are usually made in really big proportions so you can get a great big hunk-a-chunk of pie! Really good pastries and well made with all the succulent juices locked in the pastry *licks lips*

• The Customer service here is so lovely and they are always so friendly! Never have I ever gotten crappy service from here! They are always busy and yet they keep their cool and they have an awesome target market where everyone is chill and no one is grumpy for their food and its just a beautiful smelling warm sanctuary of loveeeee!

• The Pricing for the pies are pretty good considering the quality of the pie! It's about $5.80-$7.80 and the meals (you get a Pie as well as two sides!) for an average of $11.00 - $13.00. They also serve Hot and Cold drinks ($) as well as alcohol (Beer, Cider and bubbles!) which is around $10 more or less. 

• The Quantity of your meals are pretty big. The pies are stuffed with hearty goodness and they also have vegetarian pie as well! The pies are usually very filling and if you're not full, you can always go for dessert ;) No one be stopping you! Run wild!

***Side Notes

The Pie Tin is seriously one of my FAVOURITE 

places to go In Newtown! Newtown has 

the BEST and the most delicious foods and 

EVERYONE there is so wonderful and kind 

and sweet and outgoing and AWESOME! 

It is a really quirky area which tends to 

make some people intimidated, but hey 

whats life if you don't encounter weird 

things everyone once in a while =D 

This place has a real rustic feel to it and its just so old school and warm! AND! It's tucked in a little alley way just off the main strip so there's not much people there which is awesome cause you don't have to deal with street noise!

In all honesty, this place is awesome and 

you MUST try the Slow Roasted Shredded 

Pork with Apple and BBQ sauce (as if that 

does not make your mouth water! Unless 

you don't eat pork…) Their Maltesers and 

Passionfruit Cream Pie is just… wow…

If you ever want to go somewhere different other than the City and where all the "normal" people go, head over to Newtown and get the REEEAAL feel of what Sydney's Best Kept Secret is all about =) 

Have a Wonderfully warm evening!

Keeeeeeep SMILING!

Camila. =)

**Pie Tin's Details

Address:1a Brown St, Newtown NSW 2042

Trading Hours: Mon, Tues, Wed - 10:00am ~ 8:00pm

                      Thurs, Fri and Sat - 10:00am ~ 10:00pm

                      Sun 10:00am ~ 6:00pm 

Contact (if you ever need to order a delicious PIE CAKE!: (02) 9519 7880 

Sydney City - Sydney Tower Buffet

Photo: Sydney Tower 360 Buffet, 

Fresh Prawns and Oysters with freshly baked Focaccia and a side of Mixed Leaf Salad.

Quality: 4.5 nomnoms out of 5

Service: 3.5 nomnoms out of 5

Pricing: $$ (Drinks are $ depending what you get)

The Nomnomgram!

• The Quality of the food is super clean and really fresh! I love buffets (I mean come on, unlimited food! whaaaaaat??!) and I have been to quite a lot of buffets in Sydney and most of them are really dingy, not very fresh and is usually dried out in the bain marie look like dehydrated souls.The Sydney tower buffet doesn't have a lot of variety and options but they do have a range of different types of food such as aisan, european, italian, australian (they have Crocodile Chipolatas!) and dessert! The seafood was zoo fresh and they always top up and refill the food every 15 minutes of so, even if the food hasn't been finished. The only thing that is always a let down for me at Buffets are the dessert. They usually are very presentable but the taste is just sad. 

• The Customer Service there is pretty good, I mean the waitresses and people working there don't engage in conversation with you so I guess its good..? The thing that ticked me off with the service is when we ordered drinks and the waitress giving the drinks to us was really really rude and was tossing our cups and drinks around. The concierge desk downstairs seemed to be very lost and unprofessional. When I was telling the lady I had a reservation she was asking me how many people and what time I wanted to make a booking for when I've already made the booking? I don't knowwwww >_<!

• The Pricing for the buffet varies, so on weekdays for lunch it's $55 pp and for dinner its $69.50. For Weekends the prices are $59.50 for Lunch and $85 for dinner. It's anot as expensive as what I thought it would be **I thought it would be like $100 per person!** 

• The Quantity of the food… really? LOL WOOT BUFFET! Run wild! Momma ain't raise no fool! Go get them food tiger!

***Side notes

Sydney Tower has been an ICON of Sydney 

for many many years now and because of 

the 360 degrees panoramic views up in the 

tower (woo! spinning floor!), it makes the 

experience so much more special especially 

for tourists! I'm not a tourist but I enjoyed 

it so much! I went during sunset and the 

views were just magnificent. I'd definitely 

go again! 

Have a wonderful evening!

Keep Smiling and take in all them warm fuzzies!

Camila. =)

** Sydney Tower Buffet Details

Address: Sydney Tower Dining, Reception Level 4, Sydney Westfield Centre, Between Pitt & Castlereagh Streets, Sydney, NSW 2000

Trading Hours: Lunch - 11:30 ~ 2:00pm and Dinner - 5:00pm ~ 9:00pm, 7 Days

Contact: (02) 8223 3800

Sydney City - The Fine Food Store (The Rocks)

Photo: The Fine Food Store (The Rocks)

Freshly made Prawn Baguette drizzled with Spicy Mayonnaise with a side of Quinoa pumpkin salad.

Quality: 4 nomnoms out of 5

Service: 4 nomnoms out of 5

Pricing: $-$$ (Food is $$, Drinks are $)

The Nomnomgram!

• The Quality of the food there is always fresh. They generally prepare their displayed baguettes, pies and salads in the morning and they continue to top up and make the food during the day as they get sold. They also have cooked meals as well which changes everyday so they have a wide variety of food to offer. As the Cafe offers really fresh healthy food it's not always my to-go place for lunch but every once in a while its great to have a healthy cleansing day! Especially for those who want to have a healthy diet, this place is definitely your to go place! 

• The Service here is pretty good. The waitresses and waiters are really friendly and they have small chit chats . When it's lunch time, they do get very busy and because they have a small preparation kitchen area, you might have to wait a bit for the food to get to you but they're usually pretty good! 

• The Pricing of the food is pretty pricey. Only because they have fresh ingredients. For example the baguette in the photo was about $9.50 and then salad was around $6 or so? The prices can vary from $10 - $30. It is pretty pricey but all healthy foods are expensive so it's not too bad considering the quantity and quality of the food!

• The Quantity of the servings are pretty decent. They have pretty average serving sizes. Like the baguettes/bagels and etc are sure to keep you filled up because they have quite a lot of filling in them and if you match it with a coffee, you'll feel super satisfied!

***Side notes

When I first discovered the Fine Food store 

I instantly fell in love with it because they 

have a rustic cafe design and its really cool 

cause they also sell lots of weird little snacks 

and things like that such as Tabasco Sauce, 

Chocolate, Chocolate Popcorn (WHAAAT? Its 

so delectably nomnomtastic!) and they have 

Ritter Sport chocolate as well which is 

awesome if you haven't tried it before 

**Especially the one with cornflakes in it!!* 

It's one of my most favorite chocolate brands!

Ps: When you go you have to try their Iced Coffee! I've had iced coffee where it's either blended like a Frappuccino or prepared with lots of milk topped with a few cubes of ice which both will result in uuckyy diluted coffee at the end BUT! at The Fine Food store they make the coffee with the little extra milk to make it cool and then they put in a block of frozen espresso shot into the coffee that way it keeps your coffee cold and consistent AND you will have non diluted coffee WOOT! Win-Win!!  

Have a GREAT day! And also... Happy Mothers Day!! 

Sharing all the love and warm fuzzies,

Camila. =)

** The Fine Food Store Details

Address: Shop 9 The Rocks Centre on Kendall Ln, The Rocks NSW 2000 (Located inside the building) 

Trading Hours: Mon to Fri - 7:00am~ 5:00pm 

                      Sat and Sun - 7:30am ~ 4:30pm 

Contact: 02 9252 1196

Sydney City - Sushi Hotaru (Bathurst Street)

Photo: Sushi Hotaru (on Bathurst Street) 

Grilled Spicy Salmon Nigiri, Grilled Spicy Scallop and Mackerel Nigiri, 

Quality: 4 nomnoms out of 5

Service: 3.5 nomnoms out of 5

Pricing: $ - $$ (drinks are $ and sushi plates are $ but the meals are <$15)

The Nomnomgram!

•  The Quality of the food at Sushi Hotaru on Bathurst Street is pretty good. They're not as busy as the main one in the Victoria Galleries (George St) so their food quality is a lot more fresh. It's quite consistent at any time of the day. They have a sushi train as well as ordering off the menu and you can see them preparing the sushi's in front of you which is always entertaining =P

• The Service there is generally very good, unless they're really busy then they do get a little bit iffy and seem very grumpy but they're just stressed so it's understandable. The girls at the front desk are very friendly and they often yell out greetings in Japanese and etc. It's also very convenient to eat here because they are very high tech with their ordering system as they have iPads for you to order off. They also have very prompt service which is awesome especially when your hungry! 

• The Pricing of the plates are pretty cheap each plate of Sushi and side dishes are $3. They also have main meals as well, such as rice dishes, Seafood Udon Hot Pots, Sashimi and etc, which are around $10. They also sell Alcohol as well as cocktails and mocktails (which is rather exciting ;) mmm...) and the drinks depends on what you want as well.. so it will be about $ - $$. I'd reckon an average meal would probably cost about $20 odd dollars including a drink..? 

• The Quantity of the meals are pretty average, like 2 nigiri's per $3 plate? They have the full sized meals like the Seafood Hotpot Udon and etc and they're enough to share between 2 people. 

*** Side Notes

Sushi Hotaru opened up its first store in 

Sydney CBD in The Victoria Galleries and I 

always went there until they opened up 

their second store just down the road on 

Bathurst St. Personally I think the consistency 

and food quality is a lot better at the Bathurst 

St store because it's not as busy and the food 

is always great AND you don't have to wait 

agessss for a seat! (woot! SCORE!) 

I personally prefer going to places where I 

don't have to wait YEAAAARS for a seat and 

especially when its really busy, it takes a 

long time to get service and then everyone 

is grumpy cause its so busy and it becomes 

a domino effect and everyone gets all pissy 

and grumpy faced. 

Nevertheless! If you are in Sydney, you MUST 

go to Sushi Hotaru whether its the one in the 

Galleries or the one on Bathurst street! I've 

taken quite a few friends there and introduced 

them to the sushi place and now all of us can't 

keep ourselves away from that delectable place!

Ps... They have really awesome Chicken wings and all the dishes in the photo above is 

A-W-E-S-O-M-E!! Especially the Grilled Salmon Hand roll…. Oh-my-potatoes! When it's fresh, it literally just melts in your mouth and this is making me hungry even though I just had Sushi Hotaru today TT.TT 

PPS! They also have a Green Tea drink with a big scoop of Green tea on top and its just beautiful *droooool* There is just too much deliciousness from that place!


Anyways, Thats all for today, Keep in touch for daily blogs on all the delicious places you can visit when you're in Sydney!

Have a Super DOOOPER night and I'ma make you drool tomorrow ;)

Aaannd! Keep Smiling! 

Camila. =)

**Sushi Hotaru Details
Address: 125 - 129 Bathurst Street, Sydney NSW
Trading Hours: 12:00pm - 10:00pm 
Contact: 02 9264 1630

Sydney City - Mappen Japanese Noodles and Rice Bowl Bar

Photo: Mappen Japanese Noodlse and Rice Bowl Bar  

Centre: Mappen Set Menu - Small bowl of Udon Soup with an Ontama on-top (half boiled egg), a small serving of Spicy Pork Rice Bowl accompanied with a Takoyaki Stick, Wakame seaweed salad and corn kernels. 

Quality: 5 nomnoms out of 5! (Woaaaahh!)

Service: 4.5 nomnoms out of 5

Pricing: $ (Food and Drinks are all under $6, Meal will usually equate to about $10) 

The Nomnomgram!

• The Quality of the food is always consistent and there is honestly nothing wrong with the food quality. They have a wide range of little dishes and also sides that you can have with your meal. Example: Chicken Karaage (Fried chicken), Fish cakes, Prawn Tempura, Vegetable Tempura, Fried Tofu and etc. Every time I go there it the food quality is consistent and there wasn't one time where I went and the food tasted different or weird!

• The Service of this place is really good. The atmosphere of the restaurant is very traditional so they have Japanese music playing in the background and the chefs and waitresses are all Japanese so don't feel alarmed when they will do the occasional "irrashaimase" -  いっらしゃいませ meaning "Welcome"! They're very friendly although their English may not be Top notch =\

• The Pricing of the food is super dooper affordable! The meals are at an average of $3-$4 and it comes in Regular or Large sized dishes which is great because you can have entrée sized meals or normal meal sizes! Their side dishes are at an average of $3 which is awesome cause you can mix 'n match! 

• The Quantity of their food is very good. Everything is made and cooked fresh in front of you and there's nothing weird or strange that they put in your food. It's very clean and with the price, you get a lot for your buck! 

*** Side Notes

The franchising company of Mappen actually 

have other stores as well, where each of 

them focus on specific types of food. So 

Mappen is more popular for their Udon and 

Soba noodles (which you can have it both 

hot or cold, talk about seasonal food!) whilst 

they have right next door, Oiden which 

focuses more on rice (they have exceptional 

food too! You MUST try the Salmon flakes rice 

bowl *drooool*) and they also have Tenkomori 

Ramen House which as of course sells more 

Ramen noodles. 

Mappen is really great especially for those who 

want a good quality cheap feed! You get super 

full and its pretty clean and there's very minimal 

oil prepared with the food so you will be feeling 

pretty dandy rather than oily and crappy x.x

Anywhooo... Have a great day and I'll be posting another Nomnom Blog later today because I missed one yesterday =D

Meanwhile, don't forget to smileeeee!

Camila. =)

** Mappen Details

Address: Shop 11, 537 - 551 George Street, Sydney (Located inside the Skyview Shopping Plaza)

Trading hours: 11:30am till 11:00pm, 7 Days

Contact: 02 9283 5525

Sydney City, Tom N Toms Cafe

Photo: Tom n Toms Coffee, Sydney CBD

Centre: Italiano Corn Pretzel with Salsa Sauce

Top Left: Signature Iced Peach Tea 

Top Right: Toasted Signature Honey Butter Bread

The Nomnomgram!

Quality: 4.9 nomnom out of 5

Service: 4 nomnoms out of 5

Pricing: $ (Drinks, Set menus and food are all <$10)

• The Quality of the food is just tip top, super über deliciousness! The food is always made fresh after you place the order and every time I go, the food quality never fails me. And as you might already realised, I love places that have consistency in the quality of their food and this wonderful little cafe is definitely one of my favourites!

• The Service is pretty good there. The people working there are mainly young adults so they're pretty chill and outgoing. The cafe has a really good atmosphere and they have really comfy cushiony chairs which is awesome! AND they have free wifi and power plugs as well! 

• The Pricing of the food is average and it's at an affordable price. The drinks and food are at an average of <$5 and the Set Menus are less than $10, which you will get a Pretzel with sauce as well as a Drink (Coffee, Iced Tea or a Soft Drink). 

• The Quantity of the food is really good in relation to the price. The Pretzels and breads are pretty filling so if you're going with a friend or someone else, you will be really satisfied!

*** Side notes! 

This cafe franchise was originally established 

in Korea and whoever thought of introducing 

it to Sydney was just AWESOME!  It's really 

hard to look for dessert places nowadays 

especially in the City. Only because when 

entrepreneurs open up dessert places, it's ALWAYS 

something to do with chocolate. I mean 

chocolate is great and it's nom nom worthy but 

there is way too many dessert places focusing 

on chocolate (and frozen yogurt!) and it's great 

to have something different for a change! 

The cafe itself is really chill and it's really welcoming

and just gives you warm fuzzies inside and lots 

of social groups hang out here and I've also seen 

a few students go here to study and it just has a 

great environment. They're also open till late which 

is awesome for some of us nocturnal owls out there ;)

Ps: When you go, you MUST get the Honey Butter bread. It is seriously to d-i-e for. Don't let the mountain of beautifully fluffyfied whipped cream intimidate your hidden love for sweet nomnoms! It really isn't that sweet and it goes perfectly with the freshly toasted bread drizzled in honey! I'm not a fan of sweet things but this is just perrrrrfect! Trust me. It's nomnom worthy!

Mmmm… all this writing is making me want dessert =(

Anyways.... have a Super Dooper day and Keep on smiling =D

Camila. =) 

** Tom n Toms Details

Address: 97-99 Bathurst Street, Sydney NSW

Trading Hours: Mon to Fri - 7:30am ~ 12 Midnight 

                      Sat and Sun - 10:00am ~ 12 Midnight

Contact: N/A

Sydney, Burwood - Tea+ (Tea Plus)

Photo: Tea+ , Burwood
Center: Signature Plant Milk Tea (Home brewed black milk tea with their specialty Sea-salt Foam topped with crushed Oreo biscuits) 
Top Left: Taiwanese Sausages glazed lightly with honey
Top Right: Signature Tamago (Japanese Omelette with Corn and Cheese drizzled with special BBQ sauce) 

The Nomnomgram!

Quality: 4.5 nomnoms out of 5
Service: 4 nomnoms out of 5
Pricing: $ (Drinks are $ and food are <$10)

• The Quality of the food is really good! It's always freshly made and they have a very different selection of food. They have mainly small dishes, kind of like a Taiwanese version of Tapas. AND the food is always consistent! They're very creative and the atmosphere of the place just gives you warm fuzzes. The walls are tinted baby blue and they also have really good natural lighting which gives a high school puppy love feeling. 

• The Service is preeeeeetty good. The owners don't speak much english but they're very friendly and they try to assist their customers as much as they can. They have a predominately Asian target market because they have Set menu's and Specials on their walls but it's mostly in Chinese. Although their menu does come in english too! 

• The Pricing of the meals are pretty cheap. Their small dishes are less than $7 and their main meals are around <$12. Omgahh What? Sahhh cheeeaap! WOOTS!

• The Quantity of their meals are pretty small which is why their pricing is pretty decent. Because their dishes are small, you can get a few of them which is aweeeesome!! One of the things I really like about this place is that they have affordable small entree dishes. I really like having a variety when I'm eating cause it gives me an opportunity to try a bit of everything and usually cafes charge $$ for an entree so dis place gives me nomnomnomss and I loves it!!  

*** Side notes!
Tea+ is a family owned Taiwanese Cafe and 
Tea house located in Burwood just off the 
main eatery strip of Burwood Road. I 
discovered this place when I first went 
there with a friend at the start of this year 
(2014) and boy was it delicious! 

The thing about this Cafe is that it offers 
something different to all the restaurants 
on Burwood Rd and it's just the type of 
food that you will keep craaaving for because 
you only taste a little bit everything and 
you get addicted and you just want to go 
back for moaaarrrr!     

Ps: You must try the Signature Plant Tea! 
It seems really ostentatious but believe me, 
it tastes as good as it looks! ;)

Have a Super Dooper Awesome Day! 

Camila. =)





** Tea+ Details
Address : Shop 9, 258 Burwood Road, Burwood NSW (Located on Clarence St)
Trading Hours : Mon - Closed
                      Tues to Thurs and Sun - 11:30am ~ 9:30pm
                      Fri and Sat - 11:30am ~ 10:30pm 
Contact : (02) 8958 4264 (For Pick-up only)

Sydney City - Miss Chu Tuckshop

Photo: Miss Chu Tuckshop, Sydney 

Top Left: Beef and Oxtail Soup (Traditional Beef Noodle Soup aka Phở) 

Top Right: Vietnamese warm Vermicelli Salad with Satay Chicken (Bún Thịt Nướng) 
Bottom Right: Pork and Wood Ear Mushroom Traditional Vietnamese steamed Rice Crepes (Bánh Cuôn)

The Nomnomgram!

Quality: 4 nomnoms out of 5

Service: 3.5 nomnoms out of 5

Pricing: $$ (Drinks are $ and food is around $9-15)

• The Quality of the food is pretty good, they do offer a range of different Vietnamese foods that you won't be able to get from other Vietnamese restaurants, which makes it really unique and awesomee! The food here is really clean, as in the ingredients are really fresh and you can see what you're eating. It's not exactly authentic Vietnamese food from Vietnam or Cabramatta haha so it's more a fusion between Western and Asian traditional foods. 

• The Customer Service is very friendly BUT! One thing that i think they can improve about this place is their calling system for when your meal is ready. They usually take your name down and they just yell out your name when the food is ready for pick up. It's not very effective especially when it's busy because they're just yelling names at everyone and it's noisy and cray cray! Other than that, you don't really communicate with the waitresses so its all good =)

• The Pricing of the food is slightly more expensive than the normal Vietnamese restaurants you find in the smaller suburbs and in the CBD. For the quality of the food, its pretty good although $$ for a bowl of Beef noodle soup is quite pricey considering a bowl of Pho is usually $9 or so.  

• The Quantity of the meals are pretty small considering the price you pay but then again it is a Tuckshop so that way you can get more dishes and try more things! HORRAY FOR VARIETY! The quantity are just enough for a meal so you will be perfectly satisfied, which means… Desserts! =D WOOT!) 

 *** Side notes

I've been here a few times and it's one of the best

Vietnamese restaurants in the Sydney CBD. They also 
have various franchises in around the City such as 
Manly, Bondi and etc. The food is always consistent and 
it's also very clean which is one of the many things I 
like about this place. Another thing that really stands 
out at Miss Chu is that they have power plugs hanging 
from their ceilings for people to charge their phones! 

As I work in the Tourism Industry, travellers are 

ALWAYS looking for places to charge their phones and 

not just travellers but people in general because lets 

be honest here, phone batteries don't last AT ALL. 

So, You go Glen Coco! 

Camila. =)

** Miss Chu Details

Address: 501 George Street, Sydney NSW (Located inside the Regent Place building)

Trading Hours: 11:00am to 9:30pm 7 days 

Contact : (02) 9283 0357