Bay Tandoori (Waverton Sydney)

For New Year’s Eve, we went to Bay Tandoori at Waverton for an Indian banquet dinner. We worked up an appetite after a long stroll along the vantage points for the Sydney Harbour fireworks.

While we expects a New Year’s Eve banquet to be overpriced (at any places), we certainly feel we have got our money’s worth. There was prompt pappadams on arrival, followed by a freshly fried platter of vegetarian starters. The curries was flavourful with enough naan bread and rice for the 2 of us.

Details:
Bay Tandoori
69-71 Bay Road
Waverton
NSW 2060
http://www.baytandoori.com.au

The Bridge Room (Sydney)

For our pre-Christmas celebrations, the wife and I chose The Bridge Room for some modern Australian cuisine.

We came with very high expectations due to the restaurant’s recent awards and were not disappointed. Our sake cured John Dory and reputed raw wagyu shoulder with robata mushroom had a nice touch of Japanese flavours which we liked. My wagyu sirloin was fantastic (do order the potato puree to match).

The white chocolate with mango dessert had this uncanny similarity to a Thai sticky rice with mango – but much more sophisticated.

Details:
The Bridge Room
44 Bridge Street
Sydney
NSW 2000
http://www.thebridgeroom.com.au/

Aqua Dining (Sydney)

Start of the holiday season brought the family to Aqua Dining, which featured a fantastic view of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

The menu consists of a range of pasta dishes, which we ordered as starters, and an attractive list of fish and meat main courses. My fig and pancetta casarecce pasta has a good balance of sweet and savory. The prawn risotto was also excellent. The perfectly cooked snapper dish with crispy skin was nicely highlighted by the very light sauce.

Details:
Aqua Dining
Corner Paul & Northcliff  Streets 
Milsons Point
NSW 2061
http://www.aquadining.com.au