{"id":1728,"date":"2014-10-05T18:55:50","date_gmt":"2014-10-05T08:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.raining-chaos.net\/blog\/?p=1728"},"modified":"2014-10-05T18:55:50","modified_gmt":"2014-10-05T08:55:50","slug":"rockpool-1989","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raining-chaos.net\/blog\/2014\/10\/05\/rockpool-1989\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockpool 1989"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rockpool, a place I’ve wanted to visit since before Rockpool Bar and Grill, but never found the opportunity to until I decided to squeeze it into a two day Sydney visit. \u00a0Their new place on Bridge St is super pretty and I love waiters that are suited up and are wearing lapel pins too!<\/p>\n

It’s essentially a degustation plus up to three extra courses (2 savoury and 1 sweet) to finish up. Since everything on the menu looked tasty, I went for three courses. Having had no time (or computer) to blog for a good five or so weeks, there’s not too much commentary except that there was a lot of deliciousness!<\/p>\n

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Prawn tempura with daikon, soy, shiso, prawn cream and dashi jelly<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0Who doesn’t love fried stuff with a creamy sauce! This tasty morsel was a great way to start the night.
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Chicken wing with egg batter and konbu butter<\/em><\/p>\n

The wings were beautifully frenched – in fact, I’d never even thought about frenching chicken wings. I assume that the cooking process also shrinks it to the circle shapes so there’s no wastage from the trimming process.<\/p>\n

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Pork belly with coriander, chilli and rice roll<\/em><\/p>\n

These burgers were tiny! It was also interesting having a rice bun as it had a different texture from normal buns. Pretty tasty!<\/p>\n

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Chirashi zushi of tuna, kingfish, bonito and squid<\/em><\/p>\n

The prettiest dish of Rockpool! I can never resist good raw fish and this was delicious.<\/p>\n

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Kangaroo Island scallop with drunken condiment and ginger vinaigrette<\/em><\/p>\n

These scallops are beautiful, and even though I’ve had plenty in Adelaide, this was one unique in the fact that they left the frills on, since they’re actually edible. Plus, I love these scallops because they have such gorgeous purple shells and are huge! This was super tasty and one of my favourites for the night.<\/p>\n

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King George Whiting with apple, artichoke and red date infusion<\/em><\/p>\n

I admit that I’m now writing this far too late after my visit, so I don’t actually remember too much of the details. It was interesting to have red date with fish but I think it worked. The fish was cooked superbly.<\/p>\n

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Mapo tofu with\u00a0avocado,\u00a0sea urchin and eight precious herbs<\/em><\/p>\n

This was a bit of a theatric experience as a hot pot was actually brought out during the previous course and soy milk, a setting agent and chilli were combined and left to sit on heat. And voila, mapo tofu was ready when the bowl of herbs and sea urchin came out. It wasn’t too chilli and I quite enjoyed it.<\/p>\n

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Sterling caviar with soft poached egg, crispy potato and allemande sauce<\/em><\/p>\n

This was one of the options that I chose, mainly because I’ve always wanted super fancy caviar from one of the Rockpool chains. I wish I had more caviar!<\/p>\n

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Braised beef sukiyaki with winter melon, lettuce and tendon<\/em><\/p>\n

This was a dish my brother chose, and we were both super excited when we saw that the tendon was rare – what better way to enjoy such wonderful beef!<\/p>\n

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Pigeon Zheng Shui Dan with prawn stuffed eggplant and strange flavour dressing<\/em><\/p>\n

What else would I choose but my beloved all-purpose pigeon as my second main option! This was cooked so well and it was so tasty, albeit a tad too salty for my liking, and it felt like I had just eaten the happiest pigeon in the world it was that pretty, big and tender. I love pigeon!<\/p>\n

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Partridge with chestnut filled lotus root and bone marrow poached quince<\/em><\/p>\n

This was my mum’s choice, though I think my brother and I did recommend it because of the lotus root. Plus, having partridges and pheasants is a must! I’m all for game birds.<\/p>\n

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“Buddha jumps over the wall” pork shoulder, clams, guanciale and white cut chicken<\/em><\/p>\n

My dad ordered this one once we understood the meaning of the title. In Chinese cuisine, this dish is made out of luxurious ingredients that are so delicious, that it essentially makes Buddha jump over a wall and he becomes un-vegetarian.<\/p>\n

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Moscato custard with rhubarb, apple and streusel<\/em><\/p>\n

This was the pre-dessert, and I love custard. The ripple effect through the ice cream was also pretty neat, mainly because in a recent episode of Masterchef, one of the contestants had managed to turn their ice cream pink instead of rippley.<\/p>\n

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Vacherin of pandan custard with coconut parfait, jasmine sorbet and lime granita<\/em><\/p>\n

This was my dessert choice, and just look at that thin meringue shell! How impressive! I absolutely love pandan, and together with the lime granita, it was an absolute winner for me.<\/p>\n

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Sweet potato braised in soy caramel with lemon curd, miso ice cream, sesame and candied shiso<\/em><\/p>\n

This was my brother’s dessert option – we were curious about it because it had sweet potato and a curious miso ice cream. The highlight of this memory though, is not the food but rather the extraordinary wait staff (and his cute Rockpool lapel pin), as we had forgotten what the crystallised petal was, and our waiter then brought our minds back to the beginning of the night and mentioned that we had started with this ingredient too – shiso!<\/p>\n

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Date tart – original since 1984<\/em><\/p>\n

And last but not least, the petit fours: The Rockpool Date Tart. Impossible to take a non ugly picture of, but tasty!<\/p>\n

This was a great experience, and even though I tend to be a little biased against Asian flavours outside of my home (because my parents cook the best \u00a0chinese, of course), with wonderful waiters and delicious food. I do feel sad that I never got to visit their George Street residence, but their new home on Bridge Street is pretty awesome!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rockpool, a place I’ve wanted to visit since before Rockpool Bar and Grill, but never found the opportunity to until I decided to squeeze it into a two day Sydney visit. \u00a0Their new place on Bridge St is super pretty and I love waiters that are suited up and are wearing lapel pins too! It’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[353,452,1628,1659],"class_list":["post-1728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food","tag-delicious","tag-epic-dining-experience","tag-restaurant","tag-rockpool"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raining-chaos.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raining-chaos.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raining-chaos.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raining-chaos.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raining-chaos.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.raining-chaos.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1728\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raining-chaos.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raining-chaos.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raining-chaos.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}