High Tea @ Bistro Fax

 If you're after a quite place to relax on a lazy Sunday afternoon, Bistro Fax is the place.

Bistro Fax Restaurant & Bar is located in a newly designed space on the corner of O’Connell Street inside the Radisson Plaza Hotel Sydney. The heritage-listed building was once owned by the Fairfax newspaper empire.

 The boutique tea room provides a warm atmosphere to sink into a comfortable throne lounge and enjoy a few drinks and light snacks.

$40 per person with unlimited cups of tea or coffee.

If you're after a boozy meal, $45 with a glass of Brown Brothers Zibibbo Rosa. 

The kitchen will send out more of the items you like, which is essential if you want value for money.

A platter of sweet treats and sandwiches.

Savouries.

 Smoked salmon and creme fraiche dill tart.

Open sandwiches of;

Rare roast beef and horseradish.

Crab and corn.

Chicken and avocado.

Sweets.

Orange cake with raspberry.

Caramel slice.

Lemon tart.

Chocolate cannoli.

Citrus friand.

Our tea pot and coffee cup are topped up several times. We decide on some more of the open sandwiches, the sugar hit is definitely adequate.

 

Bistro Fax

CBD
27 O'Connell St

02 8214 0400 

 

See where else you can enjoy High Tea here.

Night Noodle Markets

It wouldn't be the Sydney Food Festival without the Night Noodle Markets. 

For the next two weeks, a portion of Hyde Park in the CBD will be sectioned off for local restaurants to set up stalls and serve authentic food.

 The market is only open weekday nights from 5 - 9:30pm and has lots to offer, download a copy of the Night Noodle Markets Map here.

We decided to check out opening night, so we had a chance to get around to most of the stalls. I suggest arriving early to beat the crowds, especially in the second week when it's busier.

This year's markets is double the size of last years with over 40 stalls. It has a variety of cultural influences, from Thai and Malaysian to Turkish and Lebanese.

A few must see stalls are;

DIN TAI FUNG - Chinese dumplings

Set up just like the restaurant kitchen in World Square. Chefs carefully rolling dough to order, weighing every filling to go inside. Great to watch.

Pork Dumplings - 4 for $6
Lot's of flavour, great with ginger and black vinegar.

 Sweet Taro Buns - 3 for $6
Soft, sweet and sticky filling.

Din Tai Fung

CBD
644 George St
(02) 9264 6010

 

EAST OCEAN RESTAURANT - Chinese seafood and Dim Sum

It takes a double sized stall to fit all their cooking equipment in. 

Heaps of hot steaming dim sum ready to go.

 San Choy Bau - $6

 We decide on San Choy Bau and some deep fried items. I think $6 is a little steep for one serve, but their someone's favourite and were full of flavour.

East Ocean 

Haymarket

421 Sussex St

02 9212 4198

 

JACKIE M MALAYSIAN CUISINE

Definitely a highlight.

 

We watch the chefs tossing their woks in a smokey kitchen as we wait for our food.

 

Otak Otak - $4

Grilled spicy fish cake in banana leaf.

Smells slightly like a cigar, slightly sweet and very tasty.

 Char Kway Teow (CKT) - $9

 Stir fried egg and rice noodles with garlic, egg, beansprouts and chives.

Available with chicken or beef too, for a little extra.

Jackie M Malaysian Cuisine

Concord
85 Majors Bay Rd

(02) 9743 0390

 

 

CHAT THAI

 

We decide to try Chat Thai's desserts. 

Their skewers and noodles are also available, sold next door.

 

 Coconut Ice Cream - $8

 With toasted peanuts and soft jellies.

 Banana Fritters - $8

You get a box stuffed full. Sweet and crunchy and coated in sesame.

 

Chat Thai

Haymarket

20 Campbell St

02 9211 1808

MINI PANCAKES

They seem a bit out of place amongst all the other stalls.
Feeling quite full, but we manage to stuff these light, fluffy and dripping in syrup morsels in, somewhere.

 If your after a drink there are three bars stationed around the area serving wine by the glass or bottle, beer and soft drinks.

You can relax and enjoy some music in the beer garden.

Don't forget to see the Art and About works hanging around Hyde Park too.

These are just a few of the stalls and sights at the Night Noodle Markets.
There is way too much to see and to fit in our stomachs for just one night, I think we'll go again before it ends.