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Bakery Chinese Dessert

Fujimi Bakehouse – Burwood NSW Restaurant Review


I had the opportunity to not enjoy this pearl custard/egg tart almost 2 years ago, not post about it, and have the photo sit on my computer until now.

I had in fact forgotten about the experience, until I revisited it when I was served baked goods from Fujimi during a recent echocardiogram course.

Clearly not learning from my mistake, I had again the same tart. My main criticism about this arises from the fact that I don’t actually enjoy the pearls in bubble tea that much, let alone on top of a tart. They’re OK one by one, surrounded by a large mouthful of bubble tea, but when clumped in a group together I think they’re just too sticky and flavourless.

I also had this purple tart, which I can’t identify, but was slightly better. My main complaint about the pastry was that it was soft, rather than crispy. Was this due to the travel-and-wait time, or is this a factor inherent in these tarts?

I don’t know, but I don’t want to have them again to find out.

Fujimi Bakehouse
Burwood Chinatown
Murray Arcade, 127 Burwood Rd, Burwood NSW 2134

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Italian

Wally & Ossies Pizza – Campsie NSW Restaurant Review

I don’t normally go for this style of pizza (prefer Neapolitan) but this Ayers Rock ($26 for a family size, 15 inches) is really not bad – purchased for $2 delivered as part of a once off app promotion.

The base is very thin, as can be seen through the cross-section, which means that the topping to bread ratio is actually very good. The flavour, in keeping with a ham, onion, and egg pizza, is predominantly of salt with a hint of tang from the tomato base. They managed, in a rare display of restraint and skill, to avoid the pie being over-salty.

Overall, and deadnaming the landmark aside, it was a pretty good pizza – though not something I’d go out and get.

Wally & Ossies Pizza
288 Beamish St, Campsie NSW 2194
(02) 9789 4019

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Italian

Pane e Vino Trattoria – Croydon NSW Restaurant Review

Pane e Vino Trattoria was actually not the Croydon pizza restaurant I had intended to visit, something I realised only as we drove past Mario’s Pizzeria. In spite of this, and the tail end of a protracted URTI, we had a pretty good meal.

My partner is on a bit of a health kick and requested the insalata di rucola ($17), a plate of mostly rocket drizzled with vinaigrette and with some walnut , parmesan, and a few pear slices mixed in. She enjoyed it, though I could not appreciate it much apart from the vinegar.

The rustica ($26) was a good pizza. Very tasty, well topped, and with a very crispy and chewy crust – a trait that is surely a class characteristic and not unique to this particular topping offering.

The pistaccio pizza ($27) is somewhat of a house specialty, and much more subdued in flavour compared to the rustica. As this pizza relied on subtlety rather than a combination of highly seasoned meats, I had difficulty really appreciating it at the time of consumption, apart from the creamy textures and excellent base. My partner however really enjoyed this pizza, going so far as to not even pick off the prawns. I hope to try it again in a more sinus-clear state.

Pane e Vino Trattoria
21 The Strand, Croydon NSW 2132

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Café

Story So Far – Southbank VIC Restaurant Review

It’s hardly fair to write a review about a cafe based only on a croissant that they don’t make themselves, but here I am doing so – this site is as much an attempt to drop pins on everywhere I’ve eaten as it is a real attempt to write food reviews.

I had this croissant ($6.80) from Story So Far on the morning of the second portion of a difficult verbal quiz. My morning’s caffeine needs were already met by a white Monster.

I was informed that it was baked buy a husband and wife operation nearby, but no further information was volunteered.

It did what it needed to do and absolutely nothing more.

Story So Far
8 b Dorcas St, Southbank VIC 3006

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American Fast Food Korean

Rainbow Fried Delights – Wollongong NSW Restaurant Review

We don’t eat at a lot of food court outlets, and the ones where we do are mostly out of desperation, rather than out of intention. Rainbow Fried Delights was an exception to this rule. The deep hankering for fried chicken, not satisfiable by their absence from His Boy Elroy’s breakfast menu, led us on a multi-level journey to actually find the location of the Wollongong Central Food Court.

We had the 8 piece boneless spicy chicken ($9.75), chosen strategically as it was one of the only options not available at time of ordering, meaning that we’d get it fresh out of the fryer a mere six minutes after we ordered.

The batter was light in texture as well as light in salting, reminiscent of a Korean fried chicken prior to it being sauced. Indeed, they offer “Korean fried chicken” separately on the menu, though I wasn’t sure how this would differ from what we had. The spiciness of this allegedly spicy chicken was very minimal, though there was an array of sauces on offer for an additional sum.

The meat was predominantly dark meat, with a bit of white meat mixed in. No bony thigh pieces were on offer (the most superior of all fried chicken cuts), and though this meant that Rainbow’s fried chicken was more user-friendly to eat, they did miss out on some optimal flavour.

Overall – consider adding to the rotation, for a less salty alternative to Chicko’s, but be aware that it’s not 1:1 comparable. I’m still searching for something to live up to the fried chicken I had on campus at uni in 2012.

Rainbow Fried Delights
L1 W216/200 Crown St, Wollongong NSW 2500