22 Union St, Pyrmont
www.cafexxii.com.au
(02) 9552 3093
Don't be fooled by how small this restaurant looks. Stopping by one Friday evening, it looked as though there were only 4 small tables filling up the gorgeous sandstone street corner location. On further discovery, there were two additional rooms with tables cozily nestled amongst exposed beam ceilings, and whitewash walls. Great waitstaff and good food make this restaurant a lovely find. It's also BYO @ $3.00 per head which wins points with me every time. Food is fresh and innovative enough. I had the crisp calamari fritti, whilst the silent-diner ordered the Sydney rock oysters. My crispy-skin salmon main was slightly overcooked, but the crispy battered prawns that accompanied it, combined with the fennel salad and salsa verde was a great balance of flavours and textures.
Silent-diner's veal cotoletta had spent too many seconds extra in the fryer rendering the meat a little tough and dry, but the seasonal vegetable side, corn on the cob with snow peas and sugar snaps was delightfully sweet and crunchy.
Overall I enjoyed my dining experience here, and will definitely be back, even if only for breakfast, which I hear is worth the trek.
RATING OUT OF 10: PRICE: 7/10 SERVING SIZE: 7/10
CRUNCH FACTOR: 5/10 SPICE: N/A
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