Seafood platter for one at Ocean Beach Hotel

Another birthday celebrated at Shellharbour’s Ocean Beach Hotel.This time it was my Sister’s birthday and since she loves seafood (like her big Sister) we decided to share the seafood platter for one. Luckily it is enough to feed three, as was evident when I ended up taking a third of it home with me. My…

Seafood basket with salad – Emeralds Restaurant

Seafood basket with salad – Emeralds Restaurant, originally uploaded by Vanessa Pike-Russell. Another great meal from Emeralds Restaurant. This time it was lunch and they have a great lunch specials menu. As you may know, I am a big fan of seafood so I decided to try the Emeralds Seafood Basket. The highlight of this…

Restaurant: Essence, darling harbour, sydney nsw 2500

essence restaurant, darling harbour, sydney nsw 2500, originally uploaded by Vanessa Pike-Russell. Tasting plate consisting of baked cauliflower custard with parmesan crisp, pressed braised pork cheek with apple chutney, pan fried dory fillet with confit cherry tomato and aubergine caviar and thai style duck salad wiith seared scallop and palm sugar dressing. ($35 including a…

Collegians Wollongong – $5 steaks on Wednesday, Veal and Seafood Torino

$5.50 scotch fillet steak with chips and sald You just can’t beat the prices of Collegians Wollongong. Every day of the week they have a special lunch meal ranging from three to six dollars ($3-$6). Menu includes Chicken Schnitzel with chips and salad ($3), Sausages and vegetables ($3), Rissoles and vegetables ($3), Roast Chicken with…

Beachouse Seafood Restaurant – formerly Beach House Seafood, North Wollongong Beach

Beachouse Seafood Restaurant – one dozen mixed oysters including mornay, kilpatrick and soy&mirin toppings, originally uploaded by Vanessa Pike-Russell. Oysters $26 a dozen To celebrate the blood moon total lunar eclipse we headed down to North Wollongong to get a good vantage point for moon gazing. After a few hours we decided to have some…

Lemon and Garlic Scallops with squid ink pasta at Antics Restaurant,

Lemon and Garlic Scallops with squid ink pasta at Antics Restaurant, Wollongong NSW 2500 Australia, originally uploaded by Vanessa PR. Lemon Scallops $24.50 I had never heard of squid-ink pasta before this meal. I really liked it! After doing some googling I found out the following: Squid ink, which is also available from the Cuddlefish…

Deep fried soft-shell crab @ Baan Krua Thai Restaurant, Wollongong

Deep fried soft-shell crab @ Baan Krua Thai Restaurant, Wollongong, originally uploaded by Vanessa PR. It had been a while since we last visited Baan Krua Thai. On our last visit we sampled the amazing Deep-Fried Soft-Shell crab from Baan Krua Thai in Wollongong. It was so good that we decided to go back and…