Review - Moon Park - Redfern

This the first time I’ve actually had Korean outside of Korea. Being lucky enough to have eaten numerous times in Seoul and surrounding areas I was particularly curious to see if it truly was the taste of Korea. It was indeed.

I try to not critique a dish if I couldn’t replicate it myself as I don’t think it’s reasonable to judge something when you don’t know what you’re talking about. So, this review won’t make any suggestions around the dishes. In saying that, knowing Korean food or not, I'd challenge anyone to say that the food isn't delicious!!!

Starting with the service, it … was … flawless. Friendly, obliging, professional … nothing was a drama at all. We were pondering the banquet but as there were a few allergies we went against it. But, had we went with it, we were told we could sub anything to accommodate the allergies.

On the menu, there were three dishes that had been altered due to a shortage of ingredients – I have a love hate relationship with this type of situation. Love that it reinforces a high turnover of ingredients which can assume the ingredients are always fresh. Hate that you get your hopes up about something that you can’t then entirely have.

We went al la carte. Across 5 people we had: cucumber kimchi, ddokbeokki, potato pancake, zucchini and prawn pancake, the quail dish … that was no longer the quail dish, mubap, charred eggplant, bbq rangers, fried chicken, green beans. Dessert was the Patbingsu and moon pie.

Everything was ah-mazing!!! 

The one thing I can tell you about the food – if you’re like me and only know true Korean food and have sculled many a jug of water trying to put out the fire, you won’t have that issue here. Even the kimchi isn’t as spicy as what you’d expect – but at no expense to the flavour.

There is one part I’m a little confused about. We ordered off the menu. You can see we had a feast. Absolutely pleasantly stuffed after and that came to $45pp including at least one pot of tea per person. So, with the banquet being $65 … I’m not sure as to what the exact benefit is in term of cost or volume of food?

Last – service finished as fabulous as it started. No issue making payment across 3 credits and cash.

Review - Sagra - Darlinghurst

Can’t stop singing the praises of here! The service was amazing and the food was truly authentic Italian … I am one very happy customer. No wonder the likes of Urban Spoon, Timeout and Eatability have featured this as a great place to eat!

I flagged my partner’s shellfish allergy through the online booking form and the level of initiative and care taken to accommodate the allergy in a way that we could both try each other’s dishes (without me missing out on my shellfish friends) … it was like being looked after by family.

We started with the zucchini flowers off the menu and the stuffed sardines off the specials. Both were fantastic – only critique is they were a little under seasoned. Next, we shared the ricotta ravioli (the pasta was made fresh just 2 hours prior). For the mains, Bryan had the spatchcock from the specials and I had the cod (they kindly quarantined the clams in a separate bowl so we could share). Last we had the rhubarb & almond tart and the peach leaf ice-cream and rock melon granita. All photo’d.

Looking at the menu, you’d think choosing would be a cinch from such a small menu, but no. Once you see the dishes floating past to other diner’s tables, you’ll find yourself in an ordering dilemma.

Noteworthy is your booking will be in a limited time frames as they do sittings.

Also, if you’re a lover of beer there’s only one on the menu.

The bill for our four courses, pre-dinner drinks and a good bottle of wine came to just $222.