Sydney Fish Market
Bank Street
Pyrmont, NSW 2009
Today’s a public holiday, hurray!! It’s actually winter here, but today was bright and sunny and warm.. and just too perfect to coop ourselves up indoors, so we scooted on down to Pyrmont Fish Markets. Fortunately it wasn’t too crowded, but we still had to navigate around masses of people, all eagerly ordering or waiting or collecting or eating their fresh seafood.
We decided on a small seafood platter which came in a big mound of fish & chips, octopus, calamari, various oysters and prawns. Everything was super fresh (well, duh) and completely delicious!!! We also had some salmon sashimi. The cool slippery slivers of raw salmon is always a winner. We scoffed everything in under 10 mins, much to the amusement of the elderly couple next to us that were watching us stuff our faces 😉
After that, I was peckish for some ice cream.. and here’s when I discovered THE BEST ICE CREAM IN THE ENTIRE WORLD. I’m normally not a huge ice cream fan, the only one I’ll eat is Connoisseur’s Cookies & cream, which I have pretty much every night after dinner. But today, I discovered Nestle’s Maxibon – it sounds like a Maxipad, to my amusement 😛 Anyway, it’s just fantastic. The ice cream is sandwiched between 2 soft cookies and ooooooooooooeeerrrrrrrr it’s divine!!! All rich and chewy and yummy. IT’S A WINNER! Going to have that all the time now :)~
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Sashimi… mmm…
Super fresh scallops – bought some to cook for dinner tomorrow
A bucket of “fish scraps”. It’s funny, Aussie’s don’t realise the value
and delicious-ness of Salmon Belly. So we got 8 pieces for $2.40!! HAHAH!!!!
Our seafood platter
Other side of the seafood platter
We shared a small plate of salmon sashimi
Maxibon. Flippin’ amazing.
Mmmm… ahhhh….
Us, all filled up and VERY happy!
Cafe Belle
242 Pacific Hwy
Crows Nest, NSW 2065
This little unassuming pizzeria is located along the highway and really easy to miss. Yet it’s still one of our favourite pizzerias. Priced at around $18 for a *ahem* “gourmet” pizza, it’s actually quite reasonable. My favourite is the Mongolian Lamb with onion, capsicum and mushrooms, which is almost always the pizza we get 😉 It’s fabulous! The lamb actually looks quite dry and tough on the pizza, but one bite and you’ll be sold – because the lamb is super duper ultra soft and juicy! No weird stringy or hard bits, it’s just pure bliss. And the sauce and other toppings just make it so perfect.
The only downside? The pizza drips with oil. There is SO MUCH oil that it oozes everywhere, drips off the pizza, and makes you feel like you’ve drunk a glass of pure oil after you’ve eaten. So in one sitting, I can really only eat 4 slices instead of all 8. But I’m willing to overlook that, because the pizza’s so good :)~
Mongolian Lamb with onion, capsicum and mushrooms
Oh, and a few people emailed me and asked for this.. so here’s the colour variation between the blue Balenciaga bags. Don’t ask me to choose which one I like best.. because I like ’em all 😛
Clockwise: Skyblue City, Teal City, Turquoise 05 Mini Twiggy
Oh the turquoise is a pretty pretty color 🙂 Yum! And speaking of yum..the seafood the pizza…mmmmm…and ive never heard of the maxibon? is it like a chipwich? an ice cream sandwich with cookies on the outsides? cause thats de-lish! but the maxibon looks just huge!
It’s really hard to capture the turquoise colour.. it’s so pretty and vibrant, I really like it 🙂
I haven’t seen a chipwich! BUt ya, it’s ice cream with choc chip bits in it.. and with 2 soft cookies on either side :)~
Oh the turquoise is a pretty pretty color 🙂 Yum! And speaking of yum..the seafood the pizza…mmmmm…and ive never heard of the maxibon? is it like a chipwich? an ice cream sandwich with cookies on the outsides? cause thats de-lish! but the maxibon looks just huge!
It’s really hard to capture the turquoise colour.. it’s so pretty and vibrant, I really like it 🙂
I haven’t seen a chipwich! BUt ya, it’s ice cream with choc chip bits in it.. and with 2 soft cookies on either side :)~
Mmmmmmm….maxibon!! Looks sooooo deelish….
You gotta try and get your hands on a Maxibon!!! Soooo terrific :)~
Mmmmmmm….maxibon!! Looks sooooo deelish….
You gotta try and get your hands on a Maxibon!!! Soooo terrific :)~
umm salmon sashimi – we always eat that at the fish market, along with the seaweed 🙂
maxibon ay? must also try.. hee
Ooo.. I’ve never had the seaweed.. it’s the bright green stuff right? It looks too weird for me 😛
GO TRY SOME maxibon!!! They’re soooooooooooooo good
i didn’t know that’s how scallops looked like in nature hee hee…
Hehe yeah! But most place sell them minus the orange roe and without the shell.. I think it’s more expensive when they come on shells as their fresher??
ahhh… i miss the Fish market…espcially the seafood platters!! cheap and fresh!!!
Mmmm yeah! I love fresh seafood, we don’t go there often so we pig out when we do 😛
I will do the same thing when i visit Sdyney again in the near future..
Wow, that pizza with the lamb on it must have been delicious!
*drooling over all the fresh seafood*
The pizza was SO GOOD but was a heart attack in just one slice I think, haha!
What holiday is it out there? It’s a holiday here in Hawaii too. It’s *King Kamehameha Day*. Say that ten times real fast. Haha! 😀
Queen’s bday! Which is a bit random as I believe her bday was a month or more ago… eh……..
umm salmon sashimi – we always eat that at the fish market, along with the seaweed 🙂
maxibon ay? must also try.. hee
Ooo.. I’ve never had the seaweed.. it’s the bright green stuff right? It looks too weird for me 😛
GO TRY SOME maxibon!!! They’re soooooooooooooo good
sighs Bev, I think I’m starting to get bit by the B-bag craze as well :O
BTW I don’t know how you can have such a flawless skin with all the greasy food you eat! tell me your secret 😛
*lol*! Ahh.. B bags are so nice, be careful or you’ll get obsessed too 😉
Ehhh my skin’s in a sorry state atm – it’s suddenly scarring really easily so I have little red scars all over, I HATE it 🙁
guess what, I just bought a 2006 lilac first *grins*
Eeeee post pics!!!! 😀
i didn’t know that’s how scallops looked like in nature hee hee…
Hehe yeah! But most place sell them minus the orange roe and without the shell.. I think it’s more expensive when they come on shells as their fresher??
ahhh… i miss the Fish market…espcially the seafood platters!! cheap and fresh!!!
Mmmm yeah! I love fresh seafood, we don’t go there often so we pig out when we do 😛
I will do the same thing when i visit Sdyney again in the near future..
Wow, that pizza with the lamb on it must have been delicious!
*drooling over all the fresh seafood*
The pizza was SO GOOD but was a heart attack in just one slice I think, haha!
What holiday is it out there? It’s a holiday here in Hawaii too. It’s *King Kamehameha Day*. Say that ten times real fast. Haha! 😀
Queen’s bday! Which is a bit random as I believe her bday was a month or more ago… eh……..
I love those Maxibon Cookies, too. I wish they sold packs of them in Coles.
That pizza looks really, really good. It’s a pity it’s oily, but I’ll try it sometime, anyway.
Oooooo good point, you can only buy Maxibons individually? That sucks 🙁
The pizza’s NICCCE but maybe you can ask for less oil and cheese when you order? I’m going to try that next time
Yeah, I’ve searched for them a bit, but haven’t come across packs of them yet. I know that packs of the original Maxibons used to exist (Pizza Hut had them as part of a meal deal), so maybe the Maxibon cookies will eventually come in packs. 🙂
There’s no chance of me asking for less cheese! Half of the reasons that pizza looks so good is all the cheese. The other half of the reasons is all the huge chunks of lamb…
I actually don’t like too much cheese on my pizza, I can’t taste the rest of the ingredients 😛 MMm… but gimmie lots of lamb…..
Your bags are oh so pretty :)…
Yum, I totally agree with you on the yumminess of the Maxibon Cookie icecream. I’m so happy they bought those out, because I used to eat the original Maxibon, but only the half with the chocolate cookies around it! The other half which was choc-dipped, I always threw out hehe.
I WISH I’d discovered it before! And yeah, Chris said the original one only has 1 cookie, so I prefer this new one 😛
Kidding?! Salmon belly are so fatty and so so so delicious. It’s so very expensive over here!!
I know!! we bought half-a-kilo for just AU$2.40… haha.. to Australians, it’s the scrap bits that they probably feed to their pets 😛
sighs Bev, I think I’m starting to get bit by the B-bag craze as well :O
BTW I don’t know how you can have such a flawless skin with all the greasy food you eat! tell me your secret 😛
*lol*! Ahh.. B bags are so nice, be careful or you’ll get obsessed too 😉
Ehhh my skin’s in a sorry state atm – it’s suddenly scarring really easily so I have little red scars all over, I HATE it 🙁
guess what, I just bought a 2006 lilac first *grins*
Eeeee post pics!!!! 😀
You’re killing me with pictures of the fresh seafood!!!!
AU has the best seafood imho.. so fresh and pretty cheap too, yay 🙂
MAXIBONS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They are SO GOOD.. how did I get through my whole life without ever having one?! ;(
issit expensive for salmon sashimi there at the fish markets?
im planning a trip down to sydney prolly in 2 -3 weeks.. anywhere that u can recommend to stay at? most impt i wanna visit fish market..
Nope, it’s super cheap at the fish markets! The one that we got in the pic above was only AU$5 🙂
I’m not sure where to say though.. as I haven’t really stayed in hotels around Sydney.. but we often have events at the Shangri-La or Grand Hyatt in the City and both are gorgeous and close to everything!
thanks for that! 😀
I love those Maxibon Cookies, too. I wish they sold packs of them in Coles.
That pizza looks really, really good. It’s a pity it’s oily, but I’ll try it sometime, anyway.
Oooooo good point, you can only buy Maxibons individually? That sucks 🙁
The pizza’s NICCCE but maybe you can ask for less oil and cheese when you order? I’m going to try that next time
Yeah, I’ve searched for them a bit, but haven’t come across packs of them yet. I know that packs of the original Maxibons used to exist (Pizza Hut had them as part of a meal deal), so maybe the Maxibon cookies will eventually come in packs. 🙂
There’s no chance of me asking for less cheese! Half of the reasons that pizza looks so good is all the cheese. The other half of the reasons is all the huge chunks of lamb…
I actually don’t like too much cheese on my pizza, I can’t taste the rest of the ingredients 😛 MMm… but gimmie lots of lamb…..
Your bags are oh so pretty :)…
Yum, I totally agree with you on the yumminess of the Maxibon Cookie icecream. I’m so happy they bought those out, because I used to eat the original Maxibon, but only the half with the chocolate cookies around it! The other half which was choc-dipped, I always threw out hehe.
I WISH I’d discovered it before! And yeah, Chris said the original one only has 1 cookie, so I prefer this new one 😛
Kidding?! Salmon belly are so fatty and so so so delicious. It’s so very expensive over here!!
I know!! we bought half-a-kilo for just AU$2.40… haha.. to Australians, it’s the scrap bits that they probably feed to their pets 😛
You’re killing me with pictures of the fresh seafood!!!!
AU has the best seafood imho.. so fresh and pretty cheap too, yay 🙂
MAXIBONS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They are SO GOOD.. how did I get through my whole life without ever having one?! ;(
issit expensive for salmon sashimi there at the fish markets?
im planning a trip down to sydney prolly in 2 -3 weeks.. anywhere that u can recommend to stay at? most impt i wanna visit fish market..
Nope, it’s super cheap at the fish markets! The one that we got in the pic above was only AU$5 🙂
I’m not sure where to say though.. as I haven’t really stayed in hotels around Sydney.. but we often have events at the Shangri-La or Grand Hyatt in the City and both are gorgeous and close to everything!
thanks for that! 😀