Eastbank Cafe Bar Pizzeria..

Well the other day I was lucky enough to enjoy a dinner gathering with friends at Circular Quay, with the view of Harbour Bridge. Really nice view and the ambience there was just relaxing. We went to Eastbank Cafe Bar Pizzeria, it's a Modern Australian and Italian restaurant. 

Looking through the menu.

My friend ordered the seafood linguine, wrapped in paper and baked. Very fancy indeed.

The look inside. Wow, there was definately lots of ingredients, generous portion of seafood. Well the taste was really strong and fragrant, but  I think the linguine was slightly too soggy.

For me, I've ordered for the slow roasted duck breast, served with herb crepe stuffed with mushroom duxelle, sauteed wild mushrooms and a porcini cream. 

Yum! The duck breast was cooked perfectly, keeping the juicyness and tenderness of the duck meat. It went really well with the mushroom and the sauce. The portion was just nice for me.

We've also had the grilled black angus beef tenderloin with creamy mash potato, wilted spinach, confit field mushroom and truffle reduction. The beef was moist and tender. 

And another one, pizza on the specials menu. It was chicken, potato and herbs, if I'm not mistaken. The pizza base was thin and crispy. Awesome view, nice atmosphere, good company and good food. 

Ratings: 7/10

Address: 61-69 Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSW 2000

max bar and restaurant..

merry x'mas everyone!! i finally have some relxing time after a hectic week at work. and finally some time to blog. i've been eating alot and wanting to share with you all but i was too tired by the time i reached home after work. anyways it's christmas! well i had my company christmas lunch at max bar and restaurant at hardware lane. we had three course set menu. with entree to share, we had bread with three kinds of dipping sauces, baked mushrooms and baked prawns. i personally like the baked mushrooms, something interesting.

then we had our main courses. we had a selection of eye fillet, lamb shanks, seafood paella, chicken max and also vegetarian options.

their lamb shanks was pretty good, the meat was juicy and tender after long hours of stewing.

as for the eye fillet, it was average, like the bed of mashed pumpkin underneath the steak.

i ordered the seafood paella, basically it was something like seafood fried rice. i think it was quite yummy but it was bit too dry. overall we had a satisfying meal. of course we still have desserts with coffee and tea!

i ordered the chocolate pudding.. it was delicious, with the hot melting chocolate inside. and ate it with the vanilla ice-cream. i was really full after the lunch. the fun part of christmas. yummy food, desserts, presents and good company.