28feb2015 Sydney Fish Mkt_Opera Hse_Mamak

(1) Sydney Fish Market

       

On this day, we went to the Sydney light rail at the Central Station to catch the light rail to Sydney Fish market. However when we were at the platform we were told by an official that the light rail for that day was not working.

We were told to take the replacement bus opposite of the central station.

I ordered a standard cooked lobster platter at $68 per platter thinking that it was worth the price. But to my horror, it consisted of a cooked lobster as shown in the pic above, some big prawns, and the rest were filled with fried squids ,which I do not eat, some scallop, calamari and lots of french fries. In other words, more than half of the platter (in a box) were filled with fries and seafood that we did not like. The cooked lobster meat was small and was not to our liking. The price of $68 was not worth it.

(2) Sydney Opera House
         The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in Sydney. Situated
         on Bennelong Point in Sydney Harbour, close to the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the facility is
         adjacent to the Sydney central business district and the Royal Botanic Gardens, between Sydney
         and Farm Coves

         Identified as one of the 20th century's most distinctive buildings and one of the most famous
         performing arts centres in the world.The Sydney Opera House became a UNESCO World 
         Heritage Site on 28 June 2007.

(3) Chinatown Mamak Cafe
      We were told there was this famous Malaysian food in Sydney Chinatown by Robin. We went
       there twice but was not able to try it as the queue was so long that we went to another not so
       popular Malaysian hawker food restaurant and a Vietnamese food restaurant.

      We finally managed to make it on our 3rd visit where the queue was shorter. We waited for half
       hour in the queue.

We ordered roti canai, mee goreng, nasi goreng and satay.

Hmm. All of us felt that the taste was just ordinary. The canai was not as crispy as we expected. The curry was salty. We agreed that there were prata in Singapore that tasted better.

The satay was a disappointment. They were very dried and the mutton smell was strong.All of us did not like it.

Both nasi goreng and mee goreng were average.

But we were curious why the queue was always so long and while in the queue there was this Indian couple who kept praising the food and recommending us some of the items.

We were wondering if we could set up a similar cafe in Chinatown with tastier food than Mamak.Even our local QiJi franchise would have at least a similar queue if not longer than Mamak.

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