Aussie Eat Spicy Food

Our second day in Sydney is another full day of activity. So by the end of the day we were famished. We thought the quickest eat we could get was probably back in Darling Harbour. We decided on Crinitis, Southern Italian cuisine. I think it was the seafood listing that pushed us over.

When we walked in, this place reminded me of Santori restaurant in Pasadena, until the music started blasting, then it reminded me of a night club. But then I looked up and there were flat screen TVs everywhere with the sports channel on. You kinda forget it's an Italian restaurant.

MA ordered seafood with pink sauce. We forgot what it was, actually. I remember she wanted something on the menu then changed it from marinara to rosa sauce, then she wanted the thinnest pasta they have. I think she's going for something she likes to order at Carmine's in South Pas. Not quite like it, but it was pretty good. Which is nice, since that makes it something unique.

For my dish, it was Risotto Pescado, with the spicy option. Now this was a surprise. Spicy Risotto. And not just a "tad spicy", but the "full on spicy." I didn't know the Sydneysiders eat spicy food. Look at the size of that chili! Of course, not only was it spicy, it was really a good Risotto too...mmmm (ala Homer Simpson).

Eat in Sydney

We left from LAX on Thur night. Got in to Sydney on Sat morning. Dang! Lost a whole day. Then we can't check in to our hotel till the afternoon. So, in the meantime we work up an appetite. When dinner time rolled around, we went to the Darling Harbour district looking for a seafood dinner.

Blue Fish claimed to have the be Fish n' Chips in town. Because of my fondness for Fish n' Chips, I couldn't passed this up. We seated outdoors and had a great view overlooking the water. When the Fish n Chips came, it wasn't serve as nuggets of fish as is usually typical. It came as a nice size fillet.

Although it's the only Fish n Chips in town that I ate, I think lived up to the claim. It has to be one of the best Fish n Chips I eaten...anywhere. MA's seafood basket wasn't bad either. Beside the fish, there's shrimp and calamari cooked just right, nice and tender and quite good.

For tomorrow night...more seafood down by the Harbourside.

Eat Ice Cream Sandwich

We were invited by our friend, Garmen, to drop by Inner City Arts today for their art auction preview event. This is the event that's held before their more formal annual art auction gala - for the benefit of LA's inner city kids. As a special treat for everyone at the preview event, they served what was probably the best ice cream cookie sandwich I ever had. Served from the Cool Haus ice cream truck - a converted postal truck with a pink camper and low profile tires.

The ice cream sandwich we had was named in honor of the architect who designed the remodel of the Inner City Arts campus - Michael Mocha Malted-zan. I think the ice cream was chocolate mocha, sandwiched between a chocolate chip and a chocolate chocolate chip cookie. It was about three inches thick! And even the wrapper was edible! I'vd had many ice cream sandwiches in my day. There were a few good ones, but this one was the best. Can't wait to try their other sandwiches.