All you can eat ribs at Cafe Ish, Surry Hills

17 May 2010, 01:42


Dearly beloved. We are gathered here today in the presence of these witnesses to celebrate the union of food bloggers and all you can eat ribs. Heh. Cafe Ish (82 Campbell St, Surry Hills note- the Albion St cafe has closed) has started doing all you can eat ribs for $35p.p on Wednesday nights. That’s right all you can eat ribs baby yeah! Though there is a 1.5 hr time limit from when the first bowls appear and a surcharge if there’s too much wastage. But the ribs oh how they are fan freaking tastic!


Oh hai. Ready for some tastyness! The ribs: Blue gum smoked beef or pork ribs marinated in sake, soy, mirin and ginger finished with coriander, fresh chili, shallots, sesame and black vinegar.


Bowls of giant mutant sized pork ribs were set down on the table and we fall silent with the sounds of nomming. Nom nom. Nom. But not before an avalanche of shutter clicks. Click click. Btw Josh doesn’t mind photos just have a chat with him and let him know. Hi Josh!


Beef ribs. Fat and meat meld together for awesomeness. The bowl held a deceptively large amount of super tender juicy morsels of meat with ribbons of melt in the mouth fat. Oh gawd. Need more.


We ordered some sides- Edamame with Murray River pink salt ($6)


Fries with wasabi mayo ($6) are the stuff dreams are made of and were so freaking addictive it was painful trying to decide if i wanted the chips to compete for stomach space with the ribs


Japanese Potato Salad ($5). I only managed a couple of pieces of mayo and shallot covered potato nubbins because my stomach was nearing the explodey point. Stomach how could you fail me?


Carnage. Of course the night is not over until we have dessert. The suggestion of 1 of everything was met with a slight pause as we eyed each other before someone chimes in with ‘how about 2 of everything’ and we chortle with glee


Lemon delicious is indeed delicious, fluffy and light with a lemony zing and is so very moreish. Heh more-ish. Geddit? Oh dear i think it’s time for bed.


Wattleseed creme brulee with azuki beans. The girls had fun cracking into the caramelized layer which gave way with a satisfying crunch and hid creamy smooth custardy innards that had the slight nuttiness of wattleseed.


Yeah i totally didn’t write down what this was. Um. Anyone? Bueller? Um chocolate gateau? Omg [brain sputter] with a giant scoop of wattle seed ice cream and a dab of sour plum jam so sour it was like someone hit you in the face with a giant flavour bag of sourness (bwahaha Masterchef reference) but when eaten with a spoonful of the rich chocolate made for a perfect pairing of sweet and sour goodness.


Drinks were had. Wine, Sake (otoko yama) and crazy awesome Mad Brewers Orchard Ale. And we were merry. And oh how i must return soon for the beef ribs are calling to me…

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  1. Oh yes, we must go back to the holy temple of awesome ribs and wattleseed créme brulee pronto. I still want that lemon delicious plate and sake bottle. Can I have them Josh? Hehehe :P

    Ummm gotta love those flavour bags.

    — Karen | C&C    May 17, 02:40 AM    #

  2. The ribs look really good :)Food here is excellent.

    — Maria    May 17, 05:51 AM    #

  3. Wheee so much meaty goodness! And mmm spicy edamame :D The lemon delicious was so freakin delicious, I wanted more! I am super sad I didn’t take photos.

    — Steph    May 17, 08:29 AM    #

  4. Oh, such a shame I had to miss this :( The ribs look so good and great work ordering two of every dessert! I wouldn’t expect any less of you guys!

    — Betty @ The Hungry Girl    May 17, 09:12 AM    #

  5. Pretty good-ish. Heh.

    — The Ninja    May 17, 09:49 AM    #

  6. Yum yum ribs. I hate explodey point…

    — Tina    May 17, 10:30 AM    #

  7. Haha, ‘flavour bags’! Mmmm…flavour-baggy ribs =D

    — mademoiselle delicieuse    May 17, 11:18 AM    #

  8. Ribs! Ribs! Ribs! Enough said. =D

    — angie    May 17, 11:18 AM    #

  9. Gosh, looks like quite a feast!

    — spice and more    May 17, 11:34 AM    #

  10. Sadness that I missed out on the “union”! Will have to check it out sometime when I get back :)

    — Simon @ the heart of food    May 17, 11:54 AM    #

  11. Oohh those beef ribbssss, I am soo definitely going back for moooreee drool drool

    — FFichiban    May 17, 12:02 PM    #

  12. Those ribs look awesome, love the flavour combinations. A great Creme brulee is always a winner.

    — Sara @ Belly Rumbles    May 17, 01:18 PM    #

  13. ohh! those ribs look awesome!!! and a good change from the ordinary bbq ribs (though i still love them very much) :D

    — Nom Nom Nibblies    May 17, 01:29 PM    #

  14. that’s awesome!!! would love to try their ribs out.

    thank you for the link up, suze nice to meet you

    will link you up on my blog too.

    — ibyang    May 17, 01:47 PM    #

  15. Ohlalalal RIBBBSSS. How delicious. It much have been so messy. I love a good CRACK on a brulee. Gosh I love saying that word CRACK. Bahahahaha

    — Katherine    May 17, 02:28 PM    #

  16. That rib was bigger than you are!

    — Ladybird    May 17, 02:40 PM    #

  17. Hmmm….ribssss…..

    — Monica    May 17, 04:09 PM    #

  18. Awww… Saddness.. I missed out on this!? Looks like you guys a a wonderful feast; I have to make it next time.. YUM!

    — Phuoc'n Delicious    May 17, 04:37 PM    #

  19. mmm. Ribs. Salivate.

    — Renita    May 17, 06:51 PM    #

  20. Great looking food. I can imagine you all sitting around the table and staring at the carnage with pride. Oh and I commend you for using the word chortle.

    — Mark @ Cafe Campana    May 17, 07:52 PM    #

  21. oh! i finally figured out what those ribs remind me of! shandong chicken!! i wonder if it tasted anything similar …

    — Nom Nom Nibblies    May 17, 10:33 PM    #

  22. oh yum yum. i hope they were good although i’m thinking MUMU Grill’s all you can eat ribfest for $40 might even be better value because it includes at least 3 types of ribs and salad, bread and chips. :-)

    — Simon Food Favourites    May 18, 12:29 AM    #

  23. oh dear!! all you can eat ribs drools

    — Swee    May 18, 01:54 AM    #

  24. Looks like an awesome feast! You’ll have to do MuMu’s ribfest next! I wasn’t in town during MuMu’s recent event but I hear a another one is coming up!

    — Jen    May 18, 09:49 AM    #

  25. OMG those ribs look beyond heavenly!

    — john@heneedsfood    May 18, 11:27 AM    #

  26. Wow, so much food! I would have a hard time resisting the chips too – but you need to save stomach space for the ribs. Such a dilemma! :D

    — Katie    May 18, 01:34 PM    #

  27. Hmmm… meat…. hmm…. sake…. hm what else did I miss? wattleseed ice cream…….!!!

    — Ellie (Almost Bourdain)    May 18, 01:44 PM    #

  28. I need those ribs in my life! Maybe a ticket to the other side of the world is in order….

    — Emily Martin    May 18, 09:15 PM    #

  29. Ribs & drink, what more could you want? Maybe a crazy host…

    — Baz    May 19, 12:06 AM    #

  30. Oh my goodness ..all you can eat ribs ?!

    A half-rack of ribs is usually enough for me cos I get sick of the flavour …but oh my god !!
    I am soooo going here ahhhhhhhhhhh

    — eden@nutsaboutmynuts    May 19, 01:00 PM    #

  31. Hey Suze sorry I have taken so long to reply, something to do with me, modems and a lack of brain cells…its a white thing.
    I was extremely impressed to see my fave blogger go in there first, and even more impressed to see her hot hubby a week later. Alas not as impressed as the table who I introduced to your hubby….I didn’t realise food bloggers had groupies.
    any ways thanks for the pics and words etc.
    New menu starts in bout 2 weeks….;);)

    — josh cafe ish    Jun 2, 10:17 PM    #

  32. Ribs are my most favourite food! (except on first dates!). How do they compare to Hurricanes? Does the meat fall off the bone? :)

    — FoodieChat @ www.foodiechat.com    Aug 15, 12:09 AM    #

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