The first item on today's agenda is to visit the Sydney Fish Market for a sashimi breakfast. Yuma. We love sushi/sashimi breakfasts. They are such a luxurious treat.
Sydney Fish Market is the world's second largest fish market after Tsukiji market in Tokyo.
Nice blue skies on that morning
The market wasn't too big. It took abt 15 minutes to finish walking around the market. It is not as vibrant as Tsukiji Market and lacked the charming old school vibes of Tsukiji. Nonethless, there were many different shops here selling fresh and cooked seafood.
Oysters is the prized seafood here: cheap and good. I even tried the oysters!
We took some time to decide what to eat. In the end we didn't get any sashimi cos the prices were not enticing enough and we figured we would have eaten better sashimi in Japan for the same price.
In the end we went for a seafood platter which includes a baked lobster. Turned out the lobster was dry. So it was disappointing and a bad choice on my part cos I was the one who chose the dish. :(
Surprise, surprise. The Sydney rock oysters we had was sweet and crunchy. So it's pretty good comments from a non-oyster eater like me.
Besides interior seats, there are also exterior seats where you can bring your food out and eat beside the waters. But beware of the seagulls who are everywhere and waiting to dine with you.
One thing about Sydney: there are lots of seagulls. And they are always hungry for food. Tell you more about the seagulls later.
After eating, we walked towards the Darling Harbour and took a long stroll around that part of the city.
People watching street performances
The seagulls are back. Each one of the posts has a seagull on it!
See how they are waiting for people to share food with them, military style. If you are having a picnic, don't feed them cos they can create quite a commotion.
A little boy was throwing his French fries to the seagulls for fun. Each time he does that, every bird in the platoon flap and jostle to get the food.
Snatching food
We finally walked the restaurant that we had planned to have lunch at. I saw this restaurant recommendation on the Taiwanese food show for a cheap lunch beside the harbour. We had the chicken schnitzal and a burger set.
Our verdict: pretty cheap pricing, yes. But taste is so-so. Not as mouth-watering as it was portrayed on the show lor.
Near the end of the Darling Harbour stretch lies the Madame Tussands Museum and a mini zoo, which includes koala bears!
We didn't visit the zoo. There was a mini exhibit outside the ticket counter with a koala in the trees. We were wondering if the koala was real and not a well-made automated fake koala cos why would they place a star animal there? Then who will visit the zoo?
So we stood there and stretch our necks to try a get a better look as the koala was also covered with the leaves. In the ends, we concluded the koala seemed more natural than fake, so it should be the real deal. So yeah, we saw a koala! Achievement unlocked for free!
Evening time was near by now and we made our way to Chinatown for some shopping the Chinese way haha.
My fav photo of the trip. The evening light was great for taking photos.
Inside the shopping mall of Market City. The mall is Sydney's biggest mall of factory outlets and had a cinema too.
Next to Market City is the Paddy's market. It is like the typical Asian street market but is underground. Fruits and vegetables are sold in one corner of the market as well. I felt so close to home coming to shop in a street bazzar with so many Asian faces haha.
But actually nothing much to buy here although the place is quite big becos a lot of the things here are gimmicky tourist stuff.
When it was time to replenish energy, we had ramen at a famous ramen stall in a food court. Apparently the chef had learned his craft in Kyoto and his soup base is famous for being cooked over the fire for 8 hours.
The resulting soup is thicker than the usual ramen broth as it is heavy with collagen from the pork used to cook the broth.
Pork rib ramen that I ordered. Super huge portion! The soup was great, thick with porky fragrance but we got a little tired after a while because it was ver heavy.
Dear's char siew ramen with tamago. At least the tamago was runny too.
Walking out from the food court after dinner, we proceeded to the Chinatown night market. I guess this is where all Asians in Sydney comes to get their food and shopping fix.
We queued for little custard puffs from the famous 'Emperor's Cream Puff' for supper. They are famous for being a yummy and cheap snack in expensive Sydney.
There is always a long queue but it moves pretty fast. After we bought the puffs, we called it a night and went back to the hotel.
Photo courtoesy of Dear who took it when I was busy watching TV in the room haha.
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