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i am susan thye. aka chocolatesuze. lives in sydney, australia. born 30.5.83. hitched to noods. started The Biscuit Tree. this is a food and lifestyle blog with heaps of photos and not much writing heh. i like cheeseburgers, ice cream and macarons. i also like long walks on the beach :D
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bodegas tapas bar
27 April 2009, 02:31
plates of prettily presented bite sized foods pleases me greatly so i was super excited when the lovely Ellie from Kitchen Wench from melbourne asked on twitter (hey follow me on twitter here) if any of the syd foodbloggers were available for a meetup and a flurry of msgs later, Helen, Reem and i were making our way into tapas hotspot of the month Bodega (216 Commonwealth St, Surry Hills)
thick slices of fluffy bread appears sitting on a nifty tray which also holds a small well of olive oil
the Jamon serrano ($12) arrives next and helen and i share a look that says omg look at the pretty pig shavings! the soft pink (heh you could say baby pink) slices were gorgeously soft melt in the mouth morsels and ah how i wished i could order a plate of this all to myself! next time my pretties…
Mushrooms in garlic ($12). midway thru discussing the menu we pause and start smelling the awesomeness that is garlic mushrooms from the table next to us. it is immediately added to our list and soon we are gleefully smearing cloves of garlic onto our bread topped with thick slabs of juicy meaty mushrooms
Argentinian-style beef empanadas with salsa criolla ($13.50 for 4). the empanadas arrive hot and amid squeals of ‘oh baby look at how fat they are’ heh the pastry was golden and deliciously flaky
Sashimi kingfish on garlic toast with cuttlefish ceviche and mojama ($16) the ‘fish fingers’ have come highly recommended and it does not disappoint. thick slices of grilled bread comes piled high with thin slices of kingfish and diced cuttlefish and a whole crapload of onion. there was much onion on my slice. a little too much. um
Bodega chorizo with sofrito paste ($12). the chorizo arrives last in what looks like a purpose built platter and ellie is quick to arrange the first slice to make it more photogenic. it is meaty and i soon find that i am too weak to handle even mild chilli sauce. i do not honour my malaysian heritage and fail in eating chilli
but not to worry for it is dessert time! ellie had asked if we were sharing desserts and as i look up in horror i meet reems equal expression of horror before we blurt out that we needed our own desserts because we had already seen the dessert menu on the website heh and so ellie, helen and i order the Banana split with cream flan, dulce de leche ice cream, ginger biscuit and banana ($14). the banana marshmallow is so completely mindblowing with its charcoaly crispy edge and gooey melty innards! altho the cream flan just didnt quite do it for me, being a little too firm but a scoop of sweet dulce de leche ice cream and all was right in the world
Chocolate terrine with fresh fig, cava jelly and yoghurt ice cream ($14). reem was all set to order the banana split when the waiter convinced her to give this dessert a try and boy was she happy about it! figs and chocolate is such an awesome combination and i think we all suffered from dessert envy heh
bodegas does not take reservations so get there earli and be prepared to queue up! great meeting you ellie and i do hope those gingerbread men in melb treat you well =P
Back to home
Food looks great, but that jamon looks fantastic. I could eat that stuff all day with some pickles and crusty bread!
The kingfish sashimi on garlic toast looks interesting, never seen a Spanish dish like that before.
— Howard Apr 27, 02:24 AM #yum yum, i am craving those garlic mushrooms all over again :)
— Helen Apr 27, 03:04 AM #Ohh everything looks so yummy but that first dessert looks to-die-for! I totally understand why you wouldn’t want to share. The kingfish on garlic toast sounds great too :)
— Steph Apr 27, 09:21 AM #Those empanadas are big and fat and fantastic!
— Trisha Apr 27, 09:47 AM #The food looks delicious! I can imagine how fantastic those garlic mushrooms would’ve been… mm… yum.
— Betty Apr 27, 10:06 AM #Oh, it was all so good! Heh, yep, no sharing of desserts in my world ;-)
— Reemski Apr 27, 12:14 PM #good to see it’s still a winner of a place for food. have been once a long time ago and will need to revisit again one day i think.
— Simon Food Favourites Apr 27, 12:38 PM #hmmm i am yet to try it. Looks like I need to somehow invent a ‘date’ so I can go!
— billy@ATFT Apr 27, 05:04 PM #Yup definitely going for the desserts!
— FFichiban Apr 27, 06:45 PM #I am SO going to eat there soon, the photos are stunning!
— Moya Apr 27, 10:00 PM #Oh man that chorizo looks fantastic! Nice big lumps of fat.
My folks live in Spain and whenever I go over I pretty much live on Iberico and manchego. The flavour of good Spanish ham is in my Top 5 I think.
— Pete Apr 27, 10:58 PM #Heh! You guys were so funny when I made the comment about sharing dessert – you actually looked horrified :P And I forgot all about the bloody gingerbread men! ARGH! I’ll pop in tomorrow and see if they have ‘em, but if not, are there any other Melbourne delicacies you’re after?
— Ellie @ Kitchen Wench May 5, 10:10 PM #