Ms.G's, Potts Point

So I’m taking a break from the USA post onslaught with a post about the best birthday meal ever at Ms.G’s (55 Victoria St, Potts Point). After following Dan Hong, Paul Donnelly and Patrick Friesen on Instagram for ages now I thought it was about bloody time I visited for a non event dinner like this one and this one and brought the whole clan along to celebrate me turning the big three-oh.

So anywhos. That pic above? Crispy Pork Hock ($35) and OH MY GAWWWWWWD THIS WAS SO FREAKING AMAZING THAT I’M WRITING IN CAPS AND ENDING IN MULTIPLE EXCLAMATION MARKS!!! Yeah this was a main and came out at the end but I have to write about it first because it was so damn awesome. Crispy skin, creamy layer of fat and meat so tender it was as if angels blessed it to comfort our souls during this cold winter. The pork hock came with apple kimchi, lettuce and herbs and was enough to feed 6 of us and have leftovers to take home. Wrapping the pork nubbins in the lettuce with a bit of the kimchi made me feel healthy at first, because you know vegetable matter and all that jazz, but after a while I gave up and just dug into the meat like a caveman cos it was so tasty that I didn’t want anything getting in the way between us…


So back to the starters, first out came the Snow Crab Betel Leaf ($6 each) which were bite sized bundles of wonder, fresh delicate crab meat with a zing from the yuzu in the light miso ranch dressing. Pretty generous with the filling too, so generous that about half fell into my safety bowl as I attempted to shove the whole leafy package into my mouth.


The Vietnamese Steak Tartare ($18) is an instant winner with Noods who half heartedly offers to share. Smooshing the egg yolk and mixing everything together I surprisingly loved the crunch of the fried shallots against the hand cut beef and scooped onto the prawn crackers. Prawn crackers over normal crackers = winning.


Ms G’s Grilled Corn on the Cob ($4ea) is insanely awesome thanks to the cloud of parmesan cheese and slather of lime mayo. It is bury-your-face-and-ignore-the-fact-you’re-in-a-public-space-get-messy type of food- simple but ridiculously tasty.


The Mini Bánh Mì‘s ($6ea) are almost too cute to eat. Almost. While the chicken katsu was delicious, the crisp pork belly was hands down the winner with freakishly soft pork, a schmear of rich pate, pickled veg and a pillowy soft bun. Totally want a full banh mi size!


We couldn’t resist the Malaysian Style Butter Prawns, ($29) which was fragrant with curry leaves, chilli and coriander. I wasn’t too fond of the amount of toasted shredded coconut coating the buttery prawns but that’s because I have issues with coconut that’s not in liquid form. Yeah ignore me.


Nearing explodey point we groan when the Crunchy Bangkok Fried Chicken ($25 whole) arrives for it is perfect with gloriously crispy skin and juicy tender meat. We do our best to finish but have to resort to tao pao.


Awww I do love candles but love free dessert even more haha thanks boys! Loved the presentation of the Dirty Passion ($12), a puddle of passionfruit curd hid beneath a rubble of dark chocolate ‘dirt’, chocolate wafers, shredded coconut and topped with a quenelle of refreshing coconut sorbet.


8 Treasure Textural Mind F@$k ($12). Ok, I’m totally going off my not-so-awesome memory but I do believe the 8 textures were: sago, honeycomb, blueberries, pandan ice cream, tapioca pearls, coconut cream and I THINK nata de coco- like the jelly rainbow strips in bubble tea? All up it was pretty crazy but we loved it.


And finally my favourite dessert, the Stoner’s Delight 2.0 ($12)- doughnut ice cream, peanut butter, raspberry jam, candied bacon, potato chips, mars bar slice and banana fritter. One word: PHENOMENAL. All the elements of awesome right there on that plate! Sweet, salty, crispy, smooth, hot, cold. Everything just worked! Of course the candied bacon stood out for me because well, it’s bacon 😛

ChocolateSuze received complimentary desserts thanks to Ms G’s