Spanish Terrazas

There are so many of these group buy voucher websites popping up in the last few months. Whilst it saves you a lot of money buying the vouchers, I also go out a lot more than I should to use these vouchers! On this occassion, I finally got to try Spanish Terrazzas.

Gambas al Ajillo - Garlic Prawns

When the prawns were put down, me and my friend immediately gave each other a look. The prawns gave off a very strong fishy smell that hit both of us at the same time. We decided to try it anyway, and surprisingly, the prawns didn't TASTE off. Hard to explain. It could have been a combination of other smells. We ate the prawns anyway and had no ill effect.

Patatas Bravas - Spicy Potatoes

Nice salty crispy potatoes. Just wish there was some aioli with it.

Albondigas - Meat Balls

Meatballs were nice and juicy, although slightly lacking in flavour. Needed a little more salt and garlic, or maybe I'm thinking more italian food now haha

Bread

The tapas is smaller than I expected. Usually when I visit Encasa, 4 tapas is more than enough to fill me and my friend up. We weren't that hungry and thought 3 dishes would be enough, but we were still hungry. We were slightly put off ordering more food since there were about 4 fruit flies buzzing around my head. We decided to cut our losses short and went to find more food at Chinatown instead.

Spanish Terrazas
541 Kent Street
Sydney NSW 2000
Ph: 02 9283 3046
http://www.spanishterrazas.com.au


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Cafe Strada - Summer Hill

From the outside, the place looks cold stark sandwich shop. The menu is simple and the inside is actually an internet cafe. Definitely not your run of the mill cafe, but they do serve some of the best food in the Summer Hill area!

Burger with the lot

First up, their burgers. Previously I talked about how I value a good greasy corner shop burger with the lot, and Strada falls straight into this category. Its not a gourmet burger made with sour dough bread and wagyu beef with goats cheese or anything fancy, but it is a good burger. Beef, lettuce, tomato, beetroot, pineapple, onions, bacon and a perfectly fried and still runny egg. Can't ask for much more than that.

Ontop of their burgers, Strada has some of the best chips I've ever had. The trick is to always order them "extra crispy". You can hear the clink clink clink of the chips as they get tossed in a big bowl for good salt coverage. You know those chips are going to crispy.

Big Breakfast

Mixed Grill

If you can wake up early enough, Strada also does a decent big breakfast. Its nothing to write home about, but its big, filling and good value. For an extra $1, you get a piece of steak as a part of their Mixed grill. Great value in my books.

Boscaiola

For such an unassuming shop front, you wouldn't expect Strada to do one of the best Spaghetti Cabonara's I've ever tasted! Unlike a lot of other Italian restaurants who douse their cabonaras with copious amounts of cream, Strada does it the traditional Italian way with eggs and cheese only. No cream. And the result is heavenly. The strands of pasta are lightly coated with a creamy eggy sauce so it won't leave you feeling bloated and gluggy after eating. Unfortunately I've only had it take away and don't have any photos :(

Their Boscaiola however, I've had eat-in and it was just as good. Whilst the boscaiola contains cream, its not swimming in a pool of cream. Another thumbs up from me.

Cafe Strada
12 Lackey Street
Summer Hill NSW 2130
Ph: (02) 9798 5691


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