Shanghai and Sydney: Good eats recommendations please!
Mid to late January my husband will be travelling to Shanghai, China and then directly to Sydney, Australia on business. He has a habit of just ordering hotel room service rather than checking out what's out there(and then he proceeds to whine about how lousy hotel food is). Since he's going to be trapped on a plane for so much of his time, he'll actually want to get out there and walk around. Any recommendations on street food or restaurants to try? I'm sooo jealous, so I'd really like some feedback so I can eat vicariously through him.
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Hello,
I have never been to Shanghai even though my father is Shanghainese but I lived in Sydney for almost a year and enjoyed the food there tremendously.
All tourists flocked to Harry's Cafe de Wheels for the famous local meat pies. Also Australia has superior coffee..they serve them european style and they call them flat white.
I would go to Bondi Beach and have a drink at the Iceberg's bar while staring at the beautiful turquoise water. You can order food from the bar which is actually cheaper than eating at the restaurant which requires reservation.
I would also go to Sydney's famous Seafood Market at Pyrmont for brunch and eat freshly caught seafood from the boats unloading today's catch.
My favorite place to eat is Cafe Sopra in Waterloo. It is located in a warehouse/gallery district on top of an organice vegetable shop called Fratelli Fresh that resembles an industrial garage. The Chef Andy Bunn creates amazing Italian food with the freshest seasonal ingredients.
One of the pleasure of eating in sydney is outdoor dining in the beautiful sunlight. I would dine in area such as Woolloomooloo.
sailingsam at 2:47PM on 12/19/08
@sailingsam~Thanks for the advice. Your descriptions sound lovely. Sigh, I wish he could pack me in his bags.
Vietnam has now been added to his schedule. Anyone out there know anything about Ho Chi Minh City?
dhorst at 2:55PM on 12/19/08
I am jealous too. I want a job that gets me to travel to Shanghai and Sydney..What does he do exactly...skyone23@gmail.com
sailingsam at 7:31PM on 12/20/08
Shanghai is delicious. As is all of China. I can't recommend anything given my Chinese is zero and I rarely knew where I was when I was traveling in China.
Don't be afraid of the street vendors! Truly delicious things are to be found there. Be afraid of a street vendor who isn't busy. ;)
feriorrenna at 8:12PM on 12/20/08
@sailingsam~he's a market research analyst. He'll be conducting focus groups and breaking down data from previous research for clients.
@feriorrenna~I agree, street food rocks. Except for, as you wisely mentioned, those vendors who are not busy. I will encourage my somewhat food reticent husband to venture out of the hotel and look for something good on the street.
I can't believe he gets to go to Vietnam too. Sigh...I want a food adventure.
dhorst at 8:47AM on 12/21/08
You can get good Shanghainese food in Chinatown and all over New York...They are famous for their soup dumplings...
sailingsam at 1:43PM on 12/22/08
My friends told me that Cafe Sopra has a second restaurant closer to the city in Potts Point now....
sailingsam at 10:33PM on 12/23/08