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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. i like cheeseburgers, ice cream, macarons and Reuben sandwiches :D
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Smith's on Bayswater, Kings Cross
1 June 2011, 12:40
OH HAI! How’s your week been dudes? I have been horribly sick this past week thanks to too much dancing in the streets heh. There has been birthday celebrations galore and over the weekend after stalking their brunch menu for ages, I chose Smith’s on Bayswater (32 Bayswater Rd, Kings Cross) for the family clan to meet up. The former home of Bayswater Brasserie, the restaurant is bright and decked out with all important heaters for a perfect weekend lunch.
Complimentary basket of sourdough bread to start us off and glasses of tapwater immediately poured, service was friendly, attentive and just plain awesome. I don’t normally comment on service but it makes dining at a restaurant that much more memorable when waiters are happy humans.
The father unit has opted for the 62 degree egg with swiss brown mushrooms, potato, garlic and parsley ($9) with a side of bacon ($6). No oozy egg yolk innard shot because I took one look away and bam it was gone!
The brother bot has his sights set on the home made baked beans with house beef and pork sausages ($16). The beans I managed to swipe when he wasn’t looking were delicious plump specimens. I like the word plump. These beans were the very definition of plump. I didn’t get to try the sausages cos er I was busy taking photos and it seems my family are fast eaters…
The chicken liver parfait ($12) is calling my name and arrives on the cutest plank of wood in a ginormous glass that I gleefully slathered onto the butter laden crisps. Smooth, creamy, unctuous. I could totally eat my body weight of this parfait.
Just like how I have a weakness for chicken liver parfait, Noods has a weakness with steak tartare ($18). Perfectly seasoned, hand cut steak nubbins topped with a glistening quail egg- that was one sexy pile of raw meat!
From the lunch menu the mothership has chosen the seafood soup with the salmon, potato, yamba prawns and baby squid ($18). The smell of the cumin spiced seafood broth when it was poured at the table was incredible! Rich and heady, perfect for this crummy winter weather we’ve been having. Seriously what is up with the crap weather yo
Shirley’s 14 hour Kurobuta pork neck ($28) had the whole table drooling at the crisp tiles of pork crackle which she generously shared hehe cos sharing is caring! The pork is tender and dare I use the word- MOIST.
And the reason why I chose to come here: THE REUBEN SANDWICH ($16) OH BABY YEAH! Slices of awesome house corned Wagyu with the perfect ratio of sauerkraut, gruyere and dressing on rye bread. Freaking awesome! And um freaking massive for my teeny stomach. It comes a very close second to the Reuben at Felix mainly because the cheese wasn’t melty. I like melty cheese.
The mother in law has chosen the free range spatchcock ($28) and while it is impressive looking with tender, juicy meat she is sad there is no sides with it other than that lime half so she orders a salad:
The fig salad ($16) is a welcome sight of greenery and we all dive into the pile of rocket covered in a healthy scattering of pecorino nubbins.
Dessert time and I can haz sparkler!!! Cos it’s my b’day dontcha know :P
The peanut butter cream ($12) was a deliciously smooth pannacotta that hit all the right salty peanuty notes and was topped with a banana sorbet, lime and ginger granita and maple syrup honeycomb shards. It was deceptively filling and all too soon I was clutching my stomach in protest.
Churros ($9) are of the fat donut variety, crispy on the edges with soft and fluffy innards just begging to be dipped in the chocolate sauce.
Unfortunately pretty soon the brunch menu will be discontinued so get there fast if ya want to try it out dudes. We were able to order from the brunch and lunch menu but sadly didn’t order any steaks even tho this place is pretty well known for their cut to order steaks so will def have to return.
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Great way to celebrate your birthday over the weekend. I seriously need to try those reuben sandwiches since you’ve been craving about them. The desserts look wicked esp PB cream!
— Phuoc'n Delicious Jun 1, 12:58 PM #I know about some parfait calling your name. lol. Love the look of the dessert. Peanut butter cream? Yum!
— Helen (grabyourfork) Jun 1, 01:04 PM #Whattt no steaks? That’s crazytalk! But everything else looks so awesome, hee hee plump
— FFichiban Jun 1, 01:14 PM #That is a pretty bad combo, food blogger + family that eat quickly!
All the dishes look great, I am now having cravings for raw meat and peanut butter cream – err, not together ;)
— sara @ Belly Rumbles Jun 1, 01:24 PM #Going to get there just for the PB cream alone.
— Dave Jun 1, 01:28 PM #wow the ruben looks fantastic! so does the PB cream!!!! hope you had a fantastic birthday and feeling better :)
— gastronomous anonymous Jun 1, 01:34 PM #wow looks like you had a lot of food! those pieces of crackling look awesome. you can never have too much dancing in the streets hehe
— Jacq Jun 1, 01:45 PM #Wow – that seafood soup looks good value… Nice review of a bit of everything!
— Tina@foodboozeshoes Jun 1, 01:47 PM #What an awesome brunch! My eyes lit up as soon as I read: PEANUT BUTTER CREAM! Oh my.
— Chanel Jun 1, 02:18 PM #Oh wow that Steak Tartare and the Fig Salad look awesome!!
Also, happy belated birthday!! =)
— Tammi Jun 1, 02:21 PM #wow, the steak tartare and the home made beans look so yummy!
why is it that my list of restaurants to go to are neverending?
— lifeis2munch Jun 1, 03:18 PM #Plump. Nubbins. MOIST, this post had it all hehe. But yay to multiple birthday celebrations and yay to dancing in the streets!
Oh gawd those sausages and beans are just calling out to me :(
— Karen | C&C Jun 1, 03:32 PM #OMG tiles of pork crackle! And that kurobuta pork neck is full of awesomeness!
How good are those funky chunky churros? Yum!
— Raff (Ramen Raff) Jun 1, 05:49 PM #Ooh those churros are nice and fat
— Fiona Jun 1, 07:57 PM #man that spatchcock looks pretty sad for $28
— Clare Jun 1, 08:36 PM #i’m always looking for a good place for churros. and the steak tartare looks pretty good — was it as good as Kingsleys? :-)
— Simon Food Favourites Jun 1, 10:19 PM #Sad to hear that the brunch menu will be going. Been craving reubens ever since Reubens & Moore introduced theirs.
Guess I’ll have to make my way over there soon, huh? :)
— Simon @ the heart of food Jun 1, 10:38 PM #Now THAT’s a churro!
— JasmyneTea Jun 1, 10:40 PM #Happy belated Birthday :)
What a feast! It’s a shame that Bayswater has closed, the bar there had a roaring 1920s feel!
— Jenny (minibites) Jun 1, 10:48 PM #Happy belated birthday! That all looks delish. The fig salad, chicken liver pate and the eggs and mushrooms look great!
— Dressed and Eaten Jun 1, 11:44 PM #Are those tofu like square blocks potatoes?!
— Tossed salads and scrambled eggs Jun 2, 07:49 AM #Shame to hear they are discontinuing brunch. have to admit though, on the day we went we were the only ones there. I really love the Reuben at Smith’s, my favourite so far…have yet to try Felix though.
— Squeak Jun 2, 08:58 AM #Sorry to hear that you haven’t been well. Hope you’re on the road to recovery. I’ll make sure to try the brunch menu before it’s gone forever. Such a shame, it all looks so yummy.
— Dumpling Girl Jun 2, 10:54 AM #Just thought I’d let you know, I found out about your fabulous blog through the review on Hope 103.2FM a few months ago!
— Hotly Spiced Jun 2, 10:16 PM #It’s like you’re having a never-ending birthday. Cool! The Reuben looks suitably meaty and delicious.
— OohLookBel Jun 3, 12:52 AM #Isn’t the Reuben orgasmic! I think I had one when I took my first bite!
— john@heneedsfood Jun 3, 10:38 AM #Aww sounds like an awesome birthday lunch with the family. You would think by now they’d be well trained in waiting until you finish taking photos to eat hey? ;)
— angie Jun 3, 12:20 PM #DROOL @ the pork belly and JEALOUS @ the dessert. Glad you had fun Suze :)
— Nic@diningwithastud Jun 6, 05:24 PM #Plump, moist and nubbins all in the one post?! My word, it’s must be someone’s birthday =D
— mademoiselle délicieuse Jun 12, 12:18 PM #