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Food is one of my many joys in life. It is a common bond I share among my friends and family. Combining food and travel makes it all the more interesting. I enjoy going out for a good meal with friends and family. The array of various cuisines and our fantastic array of produce really makes Sydney such a great city to live in. Blogging is my hobby and my posts on restaurant meals I have had are paid for and not gratis. Any gratis provided to me will always be stated beforehand.

Saturday 28 March 2015

Pei Modern Sydney (The Rocks, Sydney)

For SH's birthday dinner this year, she chose Pei Modern. It opened in the latter part of 2014 at the Four Seasons Hotel near Circular Quay.

Mark Best, the renowned Sydney chef, opened his first Pei Modern in Melbourne a few years ago and when news filtered through of a Sydney opening, the foodie world was abuzz!


We initially booked to meet in January but I got so sick we had to postpone until late February.

Bread was served in a rustic mini sack. Interesting...

We decided to start with something 'Clean and Green' - Cucumber and young coconut salad. I don't think I have ever had young coconut flesh on a salad but I did like its sweetness and bite. It was a fresh and rather summery salad. There were bits of jellified coconut water which offset the crunchy cucumber.

We then had the Tiger prawns, vadouvan and caramelised yoghurt. It was beautifully cooked. There was a smoky flavour and the prawns were sweet. I didn't think we needed the yoghurt but I think it's a personal preference.

Ricotta dumplings, zucchini flowers, lazy man's pesto was the large dish we went for. So glad we ordered this, the dumplings were pillow soft and there was a lovely texture to the ricotta. It was a well balanced dish of flavours and textures.

Salmon tail cooked on the bone, with samphire and rouille. There was a lot of salmon meat at the tail end, a lot more than I anticipated. Which is a good thing but by this time we were starting to feel a tad full. I did enjoy the flavours of the salmon and liked the saltiness of the samphire.

How could we not order the Sebago hand cut chips! We couldn't resist and I must say it was a mighty fine bowl of hot chips. Quite addictive really!

For dessert I had one of their specials of the night. It was Mango sorbet with ginger granita. I enjoyed the freshness of the summer flavours. SH had a taste and thought the the ginger granita didn't taste natural. But I actually liked it!

The service I would say is good. The number of people serving us throughout the evening were friendly, attentive and made an effort to chat to us when they were at our table. I couldn't find fault with the service and the food as a whole was good.

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Pei Modern
Four Seasons Hotel
199 George Street
Sydney
NSW 2000
Website: www.peimodern.com.au/location/sydney

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8 comments:

Chris (Chew Your Chow) said...

Every dish looks amazing!
Not sure about the bread in a sack though haha.

Cindy said...

Hi Chris, thanks for visiting! Yes, it was odd having the bread in sack. 😄

Ramen Raff said...

Sooo many rave reviews about Pei Modern! I love all things mango and that Mango sorbet with ginger granita sounds awesome!

Cindy said...

Hi Ramn Raff, thanks for dropping by! I love all things mango too! :)

chocolatesuze said...

yum that salmon tail looks so plump!

Cindy said...

Hi chocolatesuze, that's a good way to describe it!

Helen (Grab Your Fork) said...

Nothing like a fab dinner for a b'day treat! The prawns sounds incredible and lol at the menu description of lazy man's pesto!

Cindy said...

Hi Helen, it took a while for me to work out what they meant by lazy man's pesto! lol!