Firehouse Hotel
86 Walker St
North Sydney, NSW 2060
$$—

I’m a huge fan of Firehouse Hotel. It’s just over the Sydney Harbour Bridge and is a great pub/restaurant to hang out for a casual meal+drinks with friends. The place is mostly red-hued, true to its name, and it seems the weather is always chilly when I’m there, so I’ve associated it as a cozy comfort-place. Firehouse has 2 levels, but I definitely favour the upper Cocktail Lounge, as it has large couches to flop around on and relax.

But the best bit? All mains are $10. The menu’s pretty extensive too, and they don’t scrimp on the size or quality. For $10, you get a very very decent steak, or salmon, or whatever your heart desires. I normally opt for the steak, but this time I went for the Lamb Shank with mash, caramelised onion & jus, to go with my glass of red wine. The lamb shank was tender and came as one large shank sitting proudly atop buttery mash. Total comfort food. I did find the jus a little too rich and more-ish for me, but still very good. Favourite was definitely the Fries with tomato sauce which I shared with a girl friend – they came in a large bowl and were awesome!! I could just have the whole bowl for dinner, and be quite happy 😉

Very pleased with the place, and just great for a casual meal. Considering I’ll be moving into the area soon, I’m pleased there’s a place close-by for good, cheap food.

Ultra cute Japanese goodies from my girl friend!

Little bags of sugary goodness

Man they were SWEET!!

Not sure what is going on here..

The Scotsman has his beer

Happy pic

Out of all my friends, these guys are the only truly Aussie couple, lol

Another food blogger

Completely random photo of all 3 of us

Margherita, basil, oregano, bocconcini, dried tomatoes & mozzarella

Char-grilled Porterhouse Steak with mescalin, fries

Fries with Tomato Sauce

Lamb Shank with mash, caramelised onion & jus

Salmon Fillet with creamy mash, balsamic jus & pesto

Tandoori Chicken, baby tomatoes, flamed zucchini & minted yoghurt

Food bloggin 😛

Mmm… the fries were good…

*gobbles*

Very happy girls (and a strange boy)

Our smorgasboard of food

I am so Asian!

The girls

We are so rawk

Typical nighttime shot of us – Me looking super perky, Chris looking super tired 😉

Awwww Chris about to snuggle in for the night

The boys make it clear they wanna go home… zzzz…

Being a weirdo! GOODNIGHT!

But YES I’M MOVING OUT!!! My lease ends at the end of this month so I’ve been going house-hunting and finally found a place. I love it – it’s about a 10min train to work and in a lovely, leafy, pretty suburb. The rent is blimmin’ $$$ but rental prices are going up astronomically here right now, so I don’t have much of a choice. I’ve got this place on the 20th May so will be moving in over a few days after that. I’m looking forward to it – the place is just lovely! 🙂