Posted by KB on November 19, 2010
Since the opening of Eat Street was announced last month, Sydney foodies (and relevant Twitter accounts) have spoken of little else. The promise: a new dining hub for Chatswood in the tradition of Asian hawker markets, but encompassing European and modern Australian cuisine too. Admittedly our first thought was, “how are we going to manage to eat it all?” So when we were given the opportunity to attend a “progressive dinner” – eating entrée, mains and dessert at three separate restaurants – it was as if the planets had aligned in our favour.
We start off the evening at the Bavarian Bier Café. We know to expect here, having visited some of the other six outlets dotted around Sydney, but that’s certainly not a bad thing; it means we’ve been looking forward to the beer since we left home. It’s frankly a terrible night outside, so we take a booth seat indoors and opt for one of the darker beers, the Franziskaner Hefe-Weissbier Dunkel, a malty, warmer-flavoured beer perfect for cold weather drinking. While waiting for the entrée proper, we indulgently add one of the restaurant’s famous pretzels to the order. If you’ve never had a hot pretzel with butter, you really haven’t lived. Speaking of which, one of our favourite parts of living is taking every opportunity to eat pork, so it was only natural to select the Bavarian Tasting Platter to share (pictured). It’s as easy on the eyes as it is on the tastebuds, an expanse of schnitzel, sausages and oh-so crisp pork belly served with mash, sauerkraut and red cabbage. More...
eat street, chatswood, mamak, rocket restaurant, bavarian bier cafe, izakaya arigato, three beans, bell thai, crazy wings