Good morning Sydney! Took bus 373 as usual to Sydney city. The bus tix is $3.70 per trip, we wanted to get the Mybus ticket which allows 10 trips covering region 3-5 (around $29) *betteroption* , but it was sold out everywhere :/.
Haymarket Sydney- Sydney Paddy's Market (Chinatown), a place that sells souvenirs.
So we got into the city, and the schedule today is Sydney Fish Market!
We walked there using our GPS navigating the dierection and you know what? this is why people always say sometimes we can't really fully rely on technology- cause in the end we took an hour ++ to reach the destination *phewhh*. The funny part is later on we actually found out that there is a nearer route, which you only need to pass by Darling Harbour, walk straight down the road and Sydney Fish Market is just right infront. Apparently we took the long way, got lost *not the first time lol* among the street. BUT whocares! we still managed to get to our destination *like Finally*
Feel the sunshine, seagulls everywhere, such a windy day.
The crowd is everywhere eventhough it is just a normal weekday! By the moment you step into the building, you can see a variety of seafood and shops/restaurant.
So we walked around before we decide what to eat. Most of the shop have similar price, but it may differ according to the species. Seriously, this place is like a seafood paradise *NOM*
We started off with the seafood platter (portion for 2) for around $38. It comes with calamari ring, fish and chips, prawns, scallops, squid and oyster. The portion is just nice for 4 of us as a starter. The taste is okay, fish and chips is just normal, but the squid and everything is NICE and FRESH.
Btw, you are free to sit anywhere you like, just that there are too many people and too little space for certain shops, so you will have to share table with strangers, and it is best to clean your own table after you feast as the workers there are too busy to clean it right away. You don't wanna leave the mess to the next person right? *saw allot of people just leave the mess like that and walk away like a boss* whatkindcultureisthat
After the seafood platter, we see Oyster, different species of oyster.
So our tactic is to try different dish at different shop, depending on their specialty/ the price. So we came across this shop that sells a whole loads of freshly shucked oyster. We chose two species of oyster out of few and so it is $16 for 12 oyster. Lemon comes along with the oyster and seriously, the freshness and juicyness omg i am so hungry now as i am writing this.
After the satisfaction of having oyster, we proceed to the main deal- salmon sashimi!
This is the another shop we tried for sashimi. There was crowd so we decided to give it a try.
You can actually order based on how much you want to pay, then they will weigh accordingly. For our case, we ordered salmon sashimi for a $12 dollar portion, and it comes in 20 piece.
The complexion, the texture, the after taste, words can't describe how heavenly this taste like! Definitely whoever who are planning to visit fish market MUST TRY THIS!
We are all happie girl! Satisfied and full, we almost forgot how hard, how long we took to get there cause we think it was a long walk but worthwhile.
A perfect weather to grab an ice-cream at Peters ( Raspberry flavour) YUMS!
So after the ice-cream, we walked into the building for one last round as they are closing too (around 4pm).
We saw this pan fried fish on sale for $7 at a japanese shop and decided to grab it since we haven't have chance to eat fish with bones ever since we come to Aussie
So yeah, we found a shortcut to go back to the city *dummies lol. Darling Harbour is such a nice place, everything is in the picture!
Sudden cravings for dessert and so we decided to give Lindt Chocolate Cafe a try!
I think most of you know that Lindt is actually a very famous chocolate brand.
Their specialty, Lindt waffle served with vanilla icecream and chocolate.
We ordered the milkshakes too. The milkshakes is not too sweet which is a good thing as you don't want to drown yourself with too much sugar. The bill was around $20++ notcheap
We went for a walk along the street at Darling Harbour, the scenery is breathtaking.
Not forget to mention there is a playground just located right beside Darling Harbour, and it is seriously the Most entertaining and adventurous playground i have ever seen! They have equipments like something similar like flying fox, or tall slide, climbing equiment etc. Let me show you some of the photos taken by my friend's camera.
The tall slildes
Too bad, there are no photos of the flying fox, but if you happened to pass by Darling Harbour, make sure you pay it a visit and reminisce your childhood memory again! LOL
Us
So we walked back to Chinatown to look for dinner,
street performer
We found this ramen shop around the corner, it is 'On Ramen' , promoting themselves as the best ramen in town!
ordered the original ramen, and it tastes nice. around $13.50. I would give it a 8/10.
So, here comes the end of part 3, day 3 of our Sydney trip. This is really a long post which i never thought it will be this long. I really miss the sashimi !
Heh, part 4 is gonna be another exciting page, be sure to stay tuned! Thanks for reading and Have a great day ahead everyone! :)
*all photos of the trip are taken with iphone5s (am amazed when some of the photos turned out really well)
