Cafe Mix, Shangri-La

I read a while ago on herecomesthefood about the we love sydney offer and I immediately told everyone about it andd it was not long until we went too hehehhe

I must admit if it wasn't half price it would have sooo been a rip off!! The quality of the food has also dropped alot since the last time I went (approx 1-2yrs ago). Despite saying this I went twice - once with my mum, second time in a big group (and staying until we got kicked out at closing time!)

i didn't take that many pics but here's what i've got (i took some pics from your facebook miss nerd!!):

the famous entrance =]

cutlery~~

seafood!!

D.I.Y ceasar salad & pasta salad

hahaha the frist time i went i didn't know you were supposed to mix your salad in the big bowl thing there so i just dumped dressing on my greens and walked back to my table 

HUUUUUGE fish eye!!!! (hahaha i <3>

assorted =]

and here's the desserts:

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I have to say the desserts weren't anything flash....i think the nicest thing was the chocolate fondue & fresh fruit!! AND THERE WAS NO CREME BRULEE ON BOTH OCCASIONS!!!! What's a hotel buffet without creme brulee!??!?!?!

I suggest if you want to go try to buffet here go before the we love sydney offer finishes as it's really not worth it otherwise.

Cafe Mix

Level 1

Shangri-La Hotel

176 Cumberland St

The Rocks, Sydney

Tel: (02) 9250 6206

Guylian Belgian Cafe, The Rocks

On our way to pork knuckle heaven we stumbled upon the Guylian cafe at The Rocks!! I just haaad to go back afterwards and buy some chocolate seeing as I didn't end up buying any last time LOL The staff there were really nice and helpful and very patient even though I was so indecisive! 

8pc of choc costing $14.xx including sea shells, hazelnut pralines, truffles and somethingelse 

Guylian chocolates are $14.00/100g 

Lowenbrau Keller, The Rocks

Lowerbrau Keller

Cnr Argyle and Playfair St

The Rocks

Lisa from Jesus Drinks Soy and K from TWO-KG (me?!?! LOL) have been dying to try this pork knuckle after seeing it on ChocolateSuze's blog. We finally got the chance to do so yesterday and it didn't fail to disappoint. True that the pork knuckle didn't look as big as it did in chocolatesuze's pics but we wer still happy with what we got. The crackle was a bit hard for me, being used to the crunch yet bitable crackle on chinese roast porks and a tad too salty. But the inside was soooo good! Nice and tender with plenty to go around. The mash was also excellent, you could really taste all the creamy. buttery fatty goodness they'd put into it.

We really wanted more of the mash after sharing this massive thing but due to some form of miscommunication/bad service!??! We didn't end up getting any but by that stage we'd started feeling full. The service was really bad! When we went to pay the bill they just asked us what we had and charged us for whatever we said we had. But of course being truthful little kiddies we told them the truth! =P

Schweinshaxn- Oven Roasted Pork Knuckle with Sauerkraut and Mashed Potato