Glass Brasserie at Hilton, Sydney

22 June 2011, 00:29


We were on a mission. A mission to try out steak tartare. And so the boy and I found ourselves at Glass Brasserie (Level 2 Hilton, 488 George St, Sydney). We were gearing up for an ‘interesting’ not so great month and decided we might as well splurge on a fabulous meal and fabulous it was!


Pan fried goose foie gras, scallop, quince, hazelnuts, spiced bread ($37). Oh man so much lobe. That wasn’t a typo heh. It was a lobe full of love. Fatty love. I love you lobe! Slightly crisp edges giving way to unctuous innards, I wanted to lick the plate clean! It was like meat flavoured butter! It was just THAT delicious though I had issues with the hazelnuts which were candied. Normally I heart candied hazelnuts but the toffee coating totes stuck to my teeth which made me worry for my fillings. A side of spiced bread also came with the foie gras and tasted awesomely like gingerbread but kinda made me wish it came for dessert haha my tastebuds got all kinds of confused!


Classic steak tartare ($27). Noods is almost fanatical about his steak tartare now! If he sees it on a menu it’s all he’ll talk about non stop until it arrives. Personally I think it’s just cos he likes playing with the condiments :P



<3 watching someone enjoying their food!



David Blackmore Wagyu best end of rump 9+, beef cheek bourguignon, roasted bone marrow, grilled asparagus, mash ($125). We were in the mood for a bit of a splurge and decided we might as well go full hog cow and get the Wagyu platter to share and by golly be still my heart! The ginormous platter arrived with its own stand and the lovely waitress carefully portioned out our foods 50/50. Tho really i ended up having to pass Noods half my food cos um I get full quite fast and after the deliciously fatty foie gras my heart pretty much skipped a beat at the bone marrow OMGS sooo fatty! Is this the richest, fattiest dinner I’ve ever had?? The uneasy twitching in my heart says yes but ah my stomach was so very happy.


The beef cheek was incredible, each forkful just exploded with delicious beef-y juices and the slices of Wagyu just melted in the mouth. And not that I’m complaining but the mash had so much butter in it that it should have been called butter with a side of potato. Totally how I love my mash but all that richness made me reach for the aspargus and assorted mushrooms which were were grilled in MORE BUTTER.


Coconut, rhubarb & lime bombe Alaska ($18). And then there was dessert. The boy couldn’t resist the bombe alaska after watching one too many eps of Masterchef (go team Billy!) but somehow this just didn’t quite live up to the epicness of the savoury foods we’d just eaten. The shavings of coconut were pretty to look at but weren’t too flavourful, almost like it had had it’s coconut life sucked out of it. The rhubarb was a welcome vegetable and while I’m not a huge fan of eggwhite-y marshmallow concoctions the boy managed to demolish the dessert just in time for my dessert.


The Toffee soufflé with pecan butter ice cream ($20) has a 20min preparation time so when I had ordered this I had asked for the bombe alaska to arrive first because I have patience issues… And look at the height on this baby! I can just imagine someone sitting in front of the oven door and staring at the souffle and cackling RISE MY PRETTY RISE! No? Am I the only one that does that? Whatever, it was delish, light and airy and the pecan ice cream just perfect.


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  1. Oh dude… that beef platter… it’s MAGICAL. All the beef angels are singing! I’m utterly mesmerised, besotted and totally in lurvvveeee.

    — Karen | Citrus and Candy    Jun 22, 01:06 AM    #

  2. Wow! That’s awesome. I’m salivating! The hubby and I will be heading to Glass in a few weeks time for his bday and I’m soooooo looking forward to it (more than him)! It’s been a couple of years since our last visit. I think he wants to try the steak tartare too. :)

    — MJ    Jun 22, 08:20 AM    #

  3. I want some of that toffee souffle w/ pecan buter ice cream! Looks unreal!

    — Raff (Ramen Raff)    Jun 22, 08:33 AM    #

  4. Looks well worth it for the souffle alone! Oooh, I love ‘interesting’ news…!

    — Tina@foodboozeshoes    Jun 22, 09:29 AM    #

  5. oh wow – that looks superb!!!!!! havent been to glass for a while – this is another reason to visit i think!. oooo and ‘interesting’ news? :)

    — gastronomous anonymous    Jun 22, 10:18 AM    #

  6. what beautiful food! plus i love the way you’ve processed these photos — like magical rosey fairyland dinner. :)

    — ragingyoghurt    Jun 22, 10:33 AM    #

  7. Glass is my fave restaurant at the moment. I have to go back soon for the platter and the foie gras, looks sooo divine!

    — Jen    Jun 22, 11:07 AM    #

  8. I am a FREAK for bombe alaska!! And it sounds FANTASTIC with rhubarb! Pity it didn’t live up to its potential :(

    The toffee souffle/butter pecan combo sounds fabulouuuuuus. Those are flavours that are just destined to be together.

    — Lizzi    Jun 22, 11:44 AM    #

  9. Oh how I love it when they serve souffle like that – YUM!

    — Ladybird    Jun 22, 12:53 PM    #

  10. I read your review holding my breath! Glass is one of my favourite restaurants in Sydney and we go there often because the food and service are excellent. I was hoping you loved it and you did :-)
    My favourite is the gnocchi (because it’s cooked then fried), but the steak tartare looks great too – might have to try it next time!

    — Martyna@WholesomeCook    Jun 22, 01:00 PM    #

  11. Been meaning to go to Glass for ages, just never seem to find time. You two are so cute, so sweet that you love watching Noods enjoy his food :)

    — Dumpling Girl    Jun 22, 01:21 PM    #

  12. The pictures of the food look gorgeous!

    — Lil    Jun 22, 02:48 PM    #

  13. Yum! That all looks so tasty. Especially the souffle, I could do with one of those right now, and maybe some of that foie gras too…. :)

    — jack    Jun 22, 07:45 PM    #

  14. Wow, what a splurge. But looks oh so yum!

    — Fiona    Jun 22, 10:20 PM    #

  15. lovely! that souffle looks so yummy, will try if I visit :)

    — Julie    Jun 22, 11:35 PM    #

  16. I’ve had the bomb alaska from kazbah and it’s delicious, make sure you give that a try if you haven’t already. and good on ya for spoiling yourself, we all need that sometimes! :)

    — Jenny    Jun 23, 12:38 AM    #

  17. Toffee souffle, sounds like heaven on earth!

    — Apple @Polkadotsandchopsticks    Jun 23, 10:26 AM    #

  18. Never heard of a shared wagyu platter before. It looks amazing!

    — ParmaRama    Jun 23, 10:28 AM    #

  19. omg one of these days I’m going to get that Wagyu platter, it looks amazing!

    — Jacq    Jun 23, 12:26 PM    #

  20. Suspect Noods’ love for steak tartare is fast reaching the levels you have for the Reuben.

    Meanwhile I’m rather taken by that soufflé which looks like it’s ready to burst out of the copper pot!

    PS. I LOBE you! <3

    — mademoiselle délicieuse    Jun 23, 02:50 PM    #

  21. Would love to try them one day when I can afford such food.

    — Biopolymath    Jun 23, 02:54 PM    #

  22. We were invited to Glass last Saturday night. I haven’t yet been there and we were very much looking forward to it but Carl came down with man-flu so we had to cancel. Thanks for letting me know what we missed out on.

    — Hotly Spiced    Jun 23, 11:33 PM    #

  23. That wagyu platter is what my dreams are made of LOL
    OMG roasted bone marrow!!!!
    And how funny is Noods mixing his steak tartare, such concentration and seriousness hahaha love it!

    — Brenda    Jun 24, 03:13 PM    #

  24. Oh yum!! The wagyu plate looks amazing!! I’m so craving a good steak right now.

    — Daphne    Jun 25, 03:46 AM    #

  25. OMG toffee souffle! Been wanting to come here for ages, tried making the mashed potato from Luke Mangan’s book and it was AMAZING. Great post :)

    — JasmyneTea    Jun 25, 11:04 PM    #

  26. In totally unrelated news… thanks so much for the Charlie & Co parmesan truffle fries tip. I went yesterday and they were pretty amazing! So crunchy and cheesy – I know where to get a little piece of NY whenever I’m hankering now! Thanks Suze!!

    — Keely aka The Richest Girl in Bondi    Jun 26, 11:28 AM    #

  27. The buffet breakfast here is also really great. After reading you’re post I’ll definitely be coming here for dinner too :)

    — Jeanne    Jun 26, 03:12 PM    #

  28. I went to Glass last year for my brothers birthday but i dont remember seeing the souffle on the menu….i must go back!!

    — Eesh    Jun 29, 01:44 AM    #

  29. How do you rate the steak tartare there, compared to the one at Felix perhaps?

    — E    Jun 29, 06:04 PM    #

  30. Uhh…no you are NOT the only one who sits in front of the oven saying “rise my pretty rise”. I do that too. Saying those exact words. We were made for each other my friend.

    — Sarah    Jul 7, 02:35 AM    #

  31. Ooh – a steak tartare fan! What does Noods think of the one at Rockpool? I think that one is my pick – and if Noods likes sour pickly flavours he might like that one too – I think it has boquerones smashed into it. So good!

    — forager @ The Gourmet Forager    Jul 28, 10:39 AM    #

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