Schmoozing in Sydney

Spent Australia Day in Sydney a couple of weeks ago (Jan 26th).

Food was great, guys were cute, and running in 20something degrees celcius and very very low humidity around Darling Harbour was terrific.

Oh - and a waiter tried to convince me to have Lambingtons for breakfast in honour of Australia Day, but I settled for toast, jam and cappucino instead. I'm not quite into having coconut-covered chocolatey cake for breakfast yet. Plus, I think it was Australian humour.

Sydney's always had great restaurants: innovative chefs incorporating cooking styles and ingredients from the many ethnicities living there, fresh ingredients, cool restaurant design and terrific service.

NY Times late last year had a feature on how the best food in the world is now in Sydney. It's also gotten a lot more expensive in the time I've been away - can't have it both ways I guess. Sydney's now one of the costliest places in the world to buy property.

Ate at:
Est - http://www.miettas.com/Australia/New_South_Wales/Sydney/Est.html
Consistently listed as one of Sydney's top restaurants.

Sugarroom - dinner was good, but dessert was even better. We had actually finished dinner and was on the way out the door when a Japanese co-worker reminded us that we hadn't had dessert yet so we went back in.

Ripples - right under the Sydney Harbour Bridge with a great view of the Sydney Opera House.