Sushi, Dumplings and Edible Puppies

12:09am Tuesday 19 January 2010 Sydney (gmt+10)

On the weekend on my way home I saw Agam and Greg on the train station. Given the fact that I could smell them a fair distance away means that they've been drinking. I really wish I could go and have a few rounds with them but I still had work to do. But by mid afternoon yesterday I was officially on my day off. Woohoo! So I took my wife to sushi.

As far as I'm concerned there are two kinds of sushi restaurants: The "Mass Consumption - Eat All You Can" Sushi restaurants, and the "Preen and Proper" Sushi restaurants. And the Sushi Roll at World Square is on top of my "Preen and Proper" Sushi restaurants list. The variety is about the same as most sushi trains but their stuff is a lot tastier, and fresher.

The first thing that you'll notice when you walk in is that the place is spotlessly clean. Even though you get a 360° view of the kitchen you'd hardly see any scrap on the benches and on the floor. And you don't get that stale fishy odor and those annoying fruit flies that most sushi places have. The prices are also very good. Some crappy sushi restaurants around the city are more expensive. And the best thing is that every time we go there there are always seats available. Its secluded location is probably why, but I'm just glad that I don't have to queue up. And it's never noisy so it's also a nice place to have a chat... and eat in peace.

After sushi I felt like having something sweet so we went downstairs to Breadtop. Then I saw what most people may find disturbing. They were selling lifelike Puppy Cakes. Geez! I guess that thing about Asians eating Dogs has some truth to it. Hehehe!

After a few minutes of strolling around my wife and I felt hungry again ( I don't call my website EATmarvin for nothing. Hehehe!) so we decided to have our 2nd lunch at Taste of Shanghai. They have two other branches in Sydney that I know of. One is just 2 minutes walk from where I live, and the other one is at Eastwood. LL's and StephCookie's reviews are accurate and good. The one at World Square however hasn't had a visit from a Food Blogger yet (as far as I know) because it is pretty new, probably less than 3 months old - the shop they're occupying used to be a Vietnamese Restaurant. The furniture and decor of the place is nice, it's clean and the general ambiance is good. The staff were quite friendly, which is uncommon with busy Chinese restaurants.

It's mostly dumplings and soup in the menu. The Xiao Long Bao was particularly good. It's a dumpling, with a meatball and a tasty sauce inside... kind'a like a savory Baba Au Rum. My wife had dumpling soup and we shared Crumbed Chicken in what looks like a cone-shaped basket, and it was perfectly done. It was crispy, not too oily and the chili mixed in with the vegies gave it a really yummy aroma. And it was also presented well. Overall I think I would go back there to try the other items on the menu. But it's best to show up between lunch and dinner (Like 3pm to 5pm) because as soon as we finished dozens of customers showed up and a lot of them had to wait outside for a table.

Burp!

The World Square

680 George Street

(Corner of Liverpool Street)

Sydney NSW 2000

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