A Blog about Food
Anyone who is into mega sized sandwiches with options catered to the adventurous needs to try Aria in Merrylands out. I stumbled upon this place accidentally, as I never venture towards that particular side, as it doesn’t seem like much is happening on that particular end.
Aria – Persian Sandwiches
Sandwiches are well priced, and very filling.
Brain and tongue
Unfortunately the final product looks nothing like the photos, but fortunately they do taste good.
Aaboll is a hands-on food experience discovered out west. It is conveniently located next to the train station for all you non-drivers.I have not been to any other Ethiopian restaurants – so can’t fairly compare. But thus far, I have really enjoyed eating here.
Very cool decorations, and an area for a coffee ceremony.
Above is the Aaboll combination. It includes Injera bread, Doro Wot Chicken, Lamb Tibs, Kye Sega Wot, Alicha, and Vegies.
Sabu is located within the main food precinct of Parramatta.
Quite nice looking inside.
James Ninja -mixed berries and sweetened apple juice.
GREEN TEA COOLER
A summer infusion to refresh the body with apple
juice, green tea, mint, strawberries and cucumber.
I liked this one very refreshing.
CHERRY BLOSSOM
This lush blend of fresh pink grapefruit and
cherries served tall with orange and mango nectar
will help you kick those shoes off and unwind.
Mixed Vegetable Tempura
Mixed seasonal vegetables with blue cheese espuma.
Scallops
Seared scallop with pickled seaweed, shiitake and rich dashi espuma. 2
I think the sauce was overbearing. Way too much of it. The scallops were okay, but would have been better if they were a little more seared/browned on the outside.
Mushroom Skewers
Mushroom and zucchini skewed with truffle mayonnaise and tarragon.
Sauce was nice. Vegies were a little overcooked though.
Pork Belly
Slow cooked pork belly, carrot purée, pop pork skin, cumin crumble and ginger
glaze.
The carrot puree has quite a sweet flavour, which is quite a common pairing when it comes to Pork Belly dishes. In this instance, it did not work for me (subjective). The Pork Belly was okay. It could do with some sides to balance to dish a little better.
Kasuka
Crispy brick pastry with strawberry Ice Cream, chocolate soil, assorted nuts and rasberry anglaise shot.
Quite a unique and pretty looking dessert. Could do with a little more strawberry ice cream, to compensate for the generous chocolate soil provided. Could do with a little more fresh berries.
Overall
The staff are super friendly and helpful, however unfortunately I do find the food does need a little refining. I think simplicity is the key in this instance. I would rather eat something basic and well cooked rather than something that is confusing and complicated…
Perhaps my experience will be different next time round, but for now it was just okay.
Finally Paparich opened a restaurant in the Western Suburbs of Sydney.
Expect to wait a while to get in. So make sure you dress warm.
Paparich uses a buzzer style system of ordering accompanied with a sheet of paper.
Basically you write down the menu number (which is listed on the menu) , quanity, table number, and number of people, press the button and a server comes and collects it off you.
Mango Mania. Basically a fruit Frappe, with Lychees on the top.
Ribena Melon. Fruit frappe with fresh lychees, jelly, and melon balls.
We started off with Hainan Steamed Bread & Kaya. Kaya is a sweet creamy, coconut spread. Nice dish, wish it was a little less soggy though.
Vegetarian Dim Sum.
Roti Canai, Tandoori Chicken. Delicious. Should’ve gotten another serve of Tandoor Chicken.
Biryani Rice with Vegetarian Curry Mutton..
Biryani Rice, Grilled Prawns, Fried Chicken, Sambal Eggplants. The Sambal Eggplant is delicious.
Macha Soya, red bean, and green tea ice cream. Classic combination of asian flavours. Very nice.
Ice Blended Bandung with Glass Jelly. Banddung is condensed milk and rose cordial.
We finish off with 2 plates of Banana Fritters. We were stuffed by the end of it, and realised we should have just ordered the one plate. They have an option to get the ‘premium’ ice-cream. The standard option is more like a soft style ice cream.
Heavenly Salad. Very evident South Eastern flavours. The prawns (vegan) actually taste like prawns. Served with Vegan Prawn chips. yummy. Quite a lot of salad for a side dish.
Sweet and sour soup. A light style of dish. I recommend to have it with rice.
Braised fish pot. I quite like this. Tasted a lot like fish. The only criticism i have is that it should have been a little more flaky to mimic the texture of fish. Otherwise a nice dish.
