Friday, December 29, 2006
On the 23rd, Aya and I had our 'Christmas dinner' at Quay, with spectacular views of Opera House and Harbour Bridge.
Our reservation was at 6.30 pm but we arrived early. So we had a walk on the promenade, taking in the beautiful scenery around The Rocks and Circular Quay. We were lucky that it didn't rain that evening, as it had been cloudy and rainy over the Christmas weekend.
Quay restaurant was located on the top level of the Overseas Passengers Terminal for those large cruise ships at The Rocks so it had the nicest views. We were given a table on the protruded section of the building, which is the tower section of the building as seen from the above photo so we have clear and wide views of the famous landmarks in Sydney, The Opera House and Harbour Bridge.
We were planning to order the chef's signature menu but we weren't feeling that hungry as we just finished a barbie at Emily's apartment at around 3 that afternoon. So we decided to order individual dishes. We started off with a special entree of the day to share. It's a lobster and abalone dish with really good shitake mushrooms and their own handmade silken tofu. It had a bit of the Chinese culinary flavour and looks as you can see from the photos, but it tasted great.
For our mains, Aya had a crispy skin murray cod with scallops, radish, tofu and shitake mushrooms. As for myself, I tried their medium rare 300-day grain fed beef with a special green peas sauce. At first I misread it as a 300g steak so I was slightly disappointed by the portion of the steak when first served. But it was good. The steak was just so juicy, moist and soft that it seemed to melt in my mouth. In the end, the portion is just nice for we wanted to try their desserts. To go with the fish, Aya had a glass of chardonnay; and I had a glass of shiraz with my steak. The meal was really nice, can't say that it's exceptionally exquisite but it's definitely at a whole different level compared to a good steakhouse or cafe. It better be as we paid good money for the meal!
A friend of Aya's recommended that we must try one of their desserts, a five-textured chocolate cake. We did and it didn't disappoint. Why given the 'five-textured' label? Well, when first served, it looked like a normal thin chocolate cake. It appeared to have three layers, a chocolate biscuit base at the bottom, a chocolate mousse layer in the middle followed by a wafer thin chocolate layer on top. It looked like a squashed donut as it had a hole in the middle. The experienced waitress then poured a hot chocolate sauce into the hole and it started to melt from the middle. As we stirred and began in the middle, we discovered that it had a white chocolate layer in the middle that had been melted away by the hot fudge. Because of the five different types of chocolate, hence the name 'five-textured chocolate cake'. It was awesome!
We also had a another dessert, a raspberry-themed sorbet and fruit dessert. But it paled compared to the chocolate cake. We also had a delicious and fruity dessert white dessert wine.
Overall, it was a wonderful dinner. Great views, good service as expected from such a restaurant. Definitely worth a try but be prepared to pay up to 100 bucks minimum including desserts and wine.
Here are some night photos we took of the surroundings.
Our reservation was at 6.30 pm but we arrived early. So we had a walk on the promenade, taking in the beautiful scenery around The Rocks and Circular Quay. We were lucky that it didn't rain that evening, as it had been cloudy and rainy over the Christmas weekend.
Quay restaurant was located on the top level of the Overseas Passengers Terminal for those large cruise ships at The Rocks so it had the nicest views. We were given a table on the protruded section of the building, which is the tower section of the building as seen from the above photo so we have clear and wide views of the famous landmarks in Sydney, The Opera House and Harbour Bridge.
We were planning to order the chef's signature menu but we weren't feeling that hungry as we just finished a barbie at Emily's apartment at around 3 that afternoon. So we decided to order individual dishes. We started off with a special entree of the day to share. It's a lobster and abalone dish with really good shitake mushrooms and their own handmade silken tofu. It had a bit of the Chinese culinary flavour and looks as you can see from the photos, but it tasted great.
For our mains, Aya had a crispy skin murray cod with scallops, radish, tofu and shitake mushrooms. As for myself, I tried their medium rare 300-day grain fed beef with a special green peas sauce. At first I misread it as a 300g steak so I was slightly disappointed by the portion of the steak when first served. But it was good. The steak was just so juicy, moist and soft that it seemed to melt in my mouth. In the end, the portion is just nice for we wanted to try their desserts. To go with the fish, Aya had a glass of chardonnay; and I had a glass of shiraz with my steak. The meal was really nice, can't say that it's exceptionally exquisite but it's definitely at a whole different level compared to a good steakhouse or cafe. It better be as we paid good money for the meal!
A friend of Aya's recommended that we must try one of their desserts, a five-textured chocolate cake. We did and it didn't disappoint. Why given the 'five-textured' label? Well, when first served, it looked like a normal thin chocolate cake. It appeared to have three layers, a chocolate biscuit base at the bottom, a chocolate mousse layer in the middle followed by a wafer thin chocolate layer on top. It looked like a squashed donut as it had a hole in the middle. The experienced waitress then poured a hot chocolate sauce into the hole and it started to melt from the middle. As we stirred and began in the middle, we discovered that it had a white chocolate layer in the middle that had been melted away by the hot fudge. Because of the five different types of chocolate, hence the name 'five-textured chocolate cake'. It was awesome!
We also had a another dessert, a raspberry-themed sorbet and fruit dessert. But it paled compared to the chocolate cake. We also had a delicious and fruity dessert white dessert wine.
Overall, it was a wonderful dinner. Great views, good service as expected from such a restaurant. Definitely worth a try but be prepared to pay up to 100 bucks minimum including desserts and wine.
Here are some night photos we took of the surroundings.
Comments:
It all looks so delectable! *picture me doing the Homer Simpson drool here* Hope you guys enjoy New Year's in Melbourne/Sydney!
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