Lunch time just got a whole lot better
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo this year at one of Sydney's top mexican joints
Learn to cook like a master chef
A new Cantonese palace has opened at the top of Market City
It's a rare Sydneysider who won't put up with being yelled at by irate Chinese trolly trundlers for great dumplings. At the Eight, the new house of 'cha brought to you by Henry Tang (Zilver), the trolley dollies are pushier than most, but at least no one told us to die in Cantonese when we refused the fried noodles (as happened to Time Out at a certain waterside yum cha restaurant that will remain nameless).
At the Eight, however, they push the boat just that little further – there's an extra lick of attention paid to everything on offer, from the moist, sweet, tender barbecue pork ($14.80) to the stout little mango pancakes ($6.20). The congee ($9.80) is excellent – all loose and glutenous with little pieces of pork and preserved egg woven through, topped with little bits of fried bread and green onion. If you're not a Chinese nanna, you might have to arm wrestle the waitress for it, but persevere.
The dumplings are generally a little smaller than the footballs you see around Sydney, and just a little more tender - namely the plain prawn and pork ($6.20). Rolled-then-fried rice rolls ($7.20), studded with dried shrimp and served with sweet soybean paste and sesame seeds, are light and slightly scorched rather than having sat on the hotplate for hours. We weren't quick enough for the fried bread wrapped in rice noodles (a personal favourite) but we'll be going back for it. The enormous, plush red room seats 750. There are fish tanks in the corner, filled with all your piscine faves, and if you get a seat near the door, you'll be in best-stuff-in-the-room heaven.
Sydney 2000
Telephone 02 9282 9988
Price per person including drinks from $1.00 to $50.00
Open Lunch Mon-Fri 10am-3.30pm & Sat-Sun 9am-4pm; dinner Mon-Sun 5.30pm-11pm
116m - Plenty of choices here but don't miss the fresh sugarcane juice pressed from...
135m - Ching Yip Coffee Lounge is one of Chinatown’s best-kept secrets, and...
345m - Plenty going on at the C Bar - martinis 'n' manicures, $10 burgers plus a...
448m - Reigning over Sydney’s laughably tiny Spanish Quarter, the downstairs bar...
178m - The Sydney Entertainment Centre is one of Australia's largest and busiest...
277m - Located amid the flurry and culinary excitement of Sydney's Chinatown, the...
-152x110.jpg)
317m - Waterfalls, weeping willows, lily pads and blossoms make this one-hectare...
327m - The key drawcard of this new harbourside precinct is the choice of dining....
© 2007 - 2012 Time Out Group Ltd. All rights reserved. All material on this site is © Time Out.
Newsletter
RSS feed
Twitter
Facebook
Google+
Spotify
Foursquare
iPhone App
Other Time Out cities
Magazine subscription
Print
Email
Good food and service! I had yum cha with my family, we really enjoyed the atmosphere becaue we could see the traditonal dim sum trolleys. Green Tea custard buns, prawn dumpling and scallops dumpling are very excellent!!
Posted on Sat 05 May 2012 07:15:56
Good food and service! I had yum cha with my family, we really enjoyed the atmosphere becaue we could see the traditonal dim sum trolleys. Green Tea custard buns, prawn dumpling and scallops dumpling are very excellent!!
Posted on Sat 05 May 2012 07:15:56
Good food and service! I had yum cha with my family, we really enjoyed the atmosphere becaue we could see the traditonal dim sum trolleys. Green Tea custard buns, prawn dumpling and scallops dumpling are very excellent!!
Posted on Sat 05 May 2012 07:15:56
Good food and service! I had yum cha with my family, we really enjoyed the atmosphere becaue we could see the traditonal dim sum trolleys. Green Tea custard buns, prawn dumpling and scallops dumpling are very excellent!!
Posted on Sat 05 May 2012 07:15:56
Good food and service! I had yum cha with my family, we really enjoyed the atmosphere becaue we could see the traditonal dim sum trolleys. Green Tea custard buns, prawn dumpling and scallops dumpling are very excellent!!
Posted on Sat 05 May 2012 07:15:56
Good food and service! I had yum cha with my family, we really enjoyed the atmosphere becaue we could see the traditonal dim sum trolleys. Green Tea custard buns, prawn dumpling and scallops dumpling are very excellent!!
Posted on Sat 05 May 2012 07:15:56
Good food and service! I had yum cha with my family, we really enjoyed the atmosphere becaue we could see the traditonal dim sum trolleys. Green Tea custard buns, prawn dumpling and scallops dumpling are very excellent!!
Posted on Sat 05 May 2012 07:15:56
Good food and service! I had yum cha with my family, we really enjoyed the atmosphere becaue we could see the traditonal dim sum trolleys. Green Tea custard buns, prawn dumpling and scallops dumpling are very excellent!!
Posted on Sat 05 May 2012 07:15:56
Good food and service! I had yum cha with my family, we really enjoyed the atmosphere becaue we could see the traditonal dim sum trolleys. Green Tea custard buns, prawn dumpling and scallops dumpling are very excellent!!
Posted on Sat 05 May 2012 07:15:56
Good food and service! I had yum cha with my family, we really enjoyed the atmosphere becaue we could see the traditonal dim sum trolleys. Green Tea custard buns, prawn dumpling and scallops dumpling are very excellent!!
Posted on Sat 05 May 2012 07:15:56
Good food and service! I had yum cha with my family, we really enjoyed the atmosphere becaue we could see the traditonal dim sum trolleys. Green Tea custard buns, prawn dumpling and scallops dumpling are very excellent!!
Posted on Sat 05 May 2012 07:15:56
Good food and service! I had yum cha with my family, we really enjoyed the atmosphere becaue we could see the traditonal dim sum trolleys. Green Tea custard buns, prawn dumpling and scallops dumpling are very excellent!!
Posted on Sat 05 May 2012 07:15:56
Good food and service! I had yum cha with my family, we really enjoyed the atmosphere becaue we could see the traditonal dim sum trolleys. Green Tea custard buns, prawn dumpling and scallops dumpling are very excellent!!
Posted on Sat 05 May 2012 07:15:56