MARRICKVILLE RITZ HOTEL

Marrickville Ritz Hotel

Fresh off the oven. Who would've thought, Marrickville. 

This place is super new. I've only visited it once so unfortunately I wont be very helpful in giving you an objective recommendation. That being said I wont be attempting to recommend this place, YET. The sweet dimly lit pub, gives off an usually clean vibe. It's interesting to have an ambience of Surry Hills in this part of this city.

The DJ has to go. We came into a blanket of unappealing house music, which led me to ask for some hip-hop vibes. He replied with a confident "Yep, I'm about to put that next." Excited I went back to our party. Then Kendrick Lamar comes on followed by another Kendrick Lamar and the 'hip-hop set ended in Frank Ocean's Super Rich Kids. Now, there are just so many thing I can see how this type of dj-ing is so bad bordering on criminal, but I wont get into it. I'll give him props to putting on Disclosure and yes MJ was thrown in there, but its too late. This place needs a better DJ. SOON.

I hope this hotel take on criticism nicely and work towards bettering it because this is exactly what Sydney needs. Nice little oasis of good food, great drinks and awesome music just to spend the night away.

xx

FENNEL

I explored Fennel this week. Mainly because I've never tasted fennel before and it had been catching my attention during my recent visits to the grocers. So I experimented with a few things- at first sniff I thought it would go well with onions and a bit of lemon. I took it home and ended up with a few things. Firstly, the spinach sauté with grilled haloumi was great ! Fennel has this strong character that I've been finding difficult to describe. The best thing I could do was that it was like a mixture of onion and mint chewing gum. HA! The second attempt was a pasta salad where I added tomato, bacon and coriander. After my recent encounter with coriander pesto I now have an enlightened appreciation for coriander. This herb is amazing in so many ways- convenient, versatile, yummy and fresh. Oh so good. Here let's have a look at what I made !!

Hope y'all enjoyed that! 

Frankie's Pizza, Sydney

Rock and roll, and pizza!

I love going to joints right on the CBD. It gives the corporate city of Sydney more of a character. And this one is not an exception. It's pretty cool. I like the fact that it's got a restaurant vibe as you walk in and behind the second set of swing doors, is almost like a rock and roll arcade. Good vibes and good tunes. Though it can get pretty packed even during the 'quiet' days of the week. And who ever is controlling the sound system, please settle on a volume to run throughout the night. There is no need to blast it - people end up shouting on top of each other and the whole room eventually becomes this massive sound mess like its trivia or bingo night or something. Apart from that, pizzas are good. Drinks on tap are different which is always a plus- one does not always wish to be having the same yeasty beverage.

3.5/5

Good stuff. See y'all there!

GINGER

No one besides the awesome Brisbane markets seems to get my fruit juice with Ginger right. WHY? It's always either not gingery enough or ginger juice, that can tear your stomach apart.

AT MOS PHERE

People say not to have expectations because it gives room for disappointment. I mean, Albion Street - what happens on that street? And the name, Reuben, so personal and direct. HAHA! Despite it all, I had very high expectations for this one. With standards high, Reuben Hills met my expectations and surpassed it. It was all in the atmosphere - friendly, chilled and cool. And the rest just made it perfect.

I try not to overuse 'dope' as an adjective, but this cafe is exactly that! The Fluorescent lights, unpainted concrete floors and walls, exciting minimalist/modern decor gives this place an interesting personality. Throughout brunch, I found myself going crazy at the fluorescent lights! Such a great idea, giving the place a night time feel. And to add to the awesomeness of it all, THE PLAYLIST. I'm going to let you guys experience it for yourself. But much respect to whoever was/is in-charge of the playlist- not only was it exciting for me to hear the songs I listen to at home being played, but cool shit that music like that is still being shared :)

On this visit, we made sure that we got ourselves covered - food, coffee and tea. For food, we wanted to have everything. It all looked ammmmazing! But decision had to be made and chicken was the way to go. Ordered the Chicken in a Basket which was great and had the best salsa. Ever. Dirty Bird was the other choice and it was just spot on. For the coffee, I initially had my usual (thumbs up !) and followed it up with the Kenya Nyeri (butterscotch popcorn) filtered coffee, which was a little intense- intensity of the good kind that is. We ended with Assam black tea which is one nice fucking black tea.

My next visit, which will be very soon, I will try different dishes - The Not Reuben Wagyu and the Chorizo Gritz looks good !! Not a dessert person, but will definitely give it a go next time.

Anyway, besides some corrosion in their steel mugs (which I've seen at a few other places) (which i'm hoping is not deadly), overall good shit. It was so good that I was incessantly talking pictures of everything and everywhere sending it to friends - all while I eat, drink and talk. I'm sure they call it, BAWS MULTITASKING.

Enjoy these shots ;-)

#ilovethiscity

TWO DINNERS TONIGHT: ALWAYS HUNGRY FOR NANDOS

FEAST AT WORK ALLDAY ERRDAY

BAWS: PEPPERONI MUSHROOM CHEESE JAFFLES WITH NAPOLITANA SAUCE

BEST CHEESECAKE

Gotta love this place! Best Ricotta cheesecake. ever. Not to mention all the other cakes they have on offer. I wouldn't know where to begin. They serve small lunches too and good hot and cold drinks. But really, you should be here for the desserts! Check't out!

So good. Once you've gotten accustomed to Nandos Xhot chicken, try it with a dash of the XXhot sauce. !! It will be very hot, but if you love chilly-- so worth it.

EL JANNAH, GRANVILLE

NEW LINDT FLAVA

SO GOOD

Coffee. Spot on.
Food. Awesome.
Service. The lady topped my take away Earl Grey with cold water so I can drink it straight away.

Sick cup.

SO GOOD. What a mess !!

Who is the genius that thought of this?

THERE'S VEGEMITE IN MY PANTRY

PEPPERONI AND CHEESE WITH PIZZA SAUCE JAFFLE

FKN GOOD!

KILLA BURGER

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