Day 23 The Little Snail

So a little while back, my friend saw an online deal, I think it was $69 for two people for a 3-course meal at the little snail. Considering that none of us had been there we were all like "why not".

I think about 8 of us bought that coupon/deal and booked in a date for dinner. I remember on that day, parking was hard to find and it was hella windy and cold.....

When we walked into The Little Snail and waitress greeted us and then directed us to our table. We had a great view of darling harbour since our table was upstairs. It was pretty packed both upstairs and down too.

After we all had arrived and looked over the menu, we ordered. I was very impressed with the way the waitress took our orders, because there was no confusion when the food arrived.

This was a complimentary drink. Didnt taste that nice. Tasted like vodka orange, but worse

Entre:

Calamari Rings

Nicely golden, crispy on the outside, a little chewy on the inside (I think my friend was hungry for more)

Duck liver patty

Very rich but flavourful despite the appearance

SNAILS~

Surprisingly they tasted nice but it was so hard to get them out of the shells. Especially when its your first time using the tongs... 

Seafood soup 

Was so delicious. I could have just had this alone as a main. The salmon wasnt overcooked and nicely pink inside. And I loved the broth.

Mains:

I cant remember what meat this was. it was either beef or pork? Doesnt look that fab but it smelt and tasted lovely. Potatoes were a bit average though along with the 2 pieces of broccoli...

I think this one is lamb with a red wine sauce.

Salmon with risotto rice

The skin was crispy and the salmon was cooked perfectly. I couldnt finish it because of my entrée. The risotto rice tasted very much like tomato but it as a whole. Its a nice dish that I would definitely order again.

Crab ball

I cant remember what it was called, but the broth is similar to my seafood soup. However the ball in the middle was a mixture of crab meat and veggies. Looks tasty but i think they could have incorporated some other colors to the dish though.... its all so orangey

Desserts:

Chocolate mousse

The design for this dessert was fun. No one was allowed to touch anything until pictures were taken. The chocolate casing was crispy hard but the mousse inside was soft, light and very chocolatey. 

Chocolate Banana Crepe

The name says it all. Chocolate. Banana. Cream crepe ball. Kinda average but having the added chocolate underneath made up for it. 

Vanilla ice cream

Might sound normal but the vanilla bean ice cream was so rice. Underneath it was a sweet biscuit and on top was a caramel disc. Pretty yum for a simple dessert.

Creme brûlée

LOL looks like one of the store bought creme brûlée's that was tipped upside down on a plate and had a sliced strawberry stuck on top.

I think the little snail likes to go for a simplistic appeal when plating because most of their dishes looked like something that I could do....

I'm sure it tasted nice ( cant remember )

Chocolate cake and vanilla ice-cream

This one was my dessert and I loved it! The chocolate cake was almost brownie-like and underneath it was a biscuit base, almost similar to what cold cheesecakes have. The cake wasnt too rich but almost moist inside. Underneath the ice-cream was a pineapple biscuit? toffee? i dont know what to call it but it was chewy and tasted like sweet pineapple.

It was hard to try it altogether. You pretty much had to eat each separately.

Sticky date pudding

yummmmmm-o loved how the ice-cream melted into the middle and made the texture different in your mouth. surprisingly it wasnt too sweet, but you definitely had to eat each spoonful with the sauce and ice-cream together

There were more people on the night but because the table was set out in a long row, I couldnt take pictures of their food. Overall night was fun and enjoyable. It was also good to catch up with my friends over some nice food and I cant wait to go back there to try the rest of their menu. 

Day 5 Thai

TGIF~ 

After walking around Surry Hills aimlessly for a while, my friends and I settled for In the Mood for Thai on Crown St.

Being Friday, it wasn't a surprise that the restaurant was packed and busy. We got a table at the back and boy was it cozy.

Tonight we were to celebrate my  friend's 21st birthday. Cheers to wine and good food. We chose the $30 pp set menu, just because we couldn't be bothered to decide on what we wanted to eat.

After ordering, our entres came out quite fast. The plate consisted of satay chicken skewers, curry pufffs and spring rolls. the side sauces were sweet chilli and honey.

I loved~the satay chicken skewers and the curry puffs. The chicken was not dry and though like many other places and they had lots of creamy satay sauce drizzled on top. The curry puffs were crunchy on the outside and there were cubes of potato, carrot and meat inside. There werent too spicy or oily at all. The spring roll werent bad, but there was nothing "wow"about them. Good thing about them all is that there was a lot and they were not dripping in oil.

Next the mains came pumping out.

 (my blurry shot) Jasmine rice and Thai green curry

vegetable stir fry?

lamb chops (bad lighting)

There was another dish but I was too busy eating to take a picture. 

The Thai green curry was delicious, but spicy, the vegetables didnt really do much for me. There was too much soya sauce added into the dish and overall, all the vegetables and tofu were really salty. 

Loved the lamb chops. Dont know what they marinated the chops in, doesnt matter because there were crazy good. If there was more on a plate or less of us, I'd definitely go for seconds.

After all the food and wine, we left bloated just to walk over to Messina Gelato shop, which was two shops down.

Messina is always packed... whether it be the store in Pyrmont (inside the casino) or the store on Oxford st. There is always a crowd inside and a long line leading outside the store.

these are just some of their many flavours

I bought a scoop of pistachio flavored gelato in a cone. it wasnt too sweet, very creamy and had a real pistachio flavor to it. Even though I was really full, I still had room to finish my cone. 

The rest of the night I felt content, happy and full.

-steph

Great start to the weekend~