Best of 2004

Without fanfare and with more than a little drool, here is our Top 10 favorite best dishes for the year 2004. They aren't in any specific order but only because that would be too painful and we aren't really qualified anyhow...

Quay - Quail Ravioli with black lip abalone in quail broth
FishFace - steamed fish in curry coconut broth
Flying Fish - seared tuna with pork crackle and pink grapefruit
Yoshii - Triple layers of blue swimmer crab, scallop and green pea mousse
Danks St Depot - Reuben Sandwich
Moog Wine and Food - confit lamb in vine leaf with harissa
Than Binh - Hanoi Fish
Zenith on Booth- smoked mozzerella and sultanas wrapped in veal
Perama - Crisp fried whitebait with Ouzo mayo
Quay - cinnamon-spiced pressed duck

And here are a few bonus favorites in specialty categories....

Brekkie: Cafe Sopra - Fritatta of asparagus, pecorino and chanterelles
Pizza: Grappa
Dessert: Bills 2 - Chocolate Pudding
Pie: The Welcome Hotel - beef and Murphy's pie

Comments

[Sean]

thoughts? additions? controversy or comments?

[pinkcocoa]

ditto on dank st depot ;-)
we quite like the pizza from mad(e) in italy too.

Il Baretto: duck ragu papperdelle & gnocchi
Pompei: gelato
Ryo's Noodle: ramen

[Sean]

Hi Pinkcocoa,

We agree that Il Baretto is super-duper, we were worried that we might see a slight shift in quality on the pasta front with the departure of Antonio Facchinetti ( http://sfd.typepad.com/sfd/2004/05/il_baretto.html ) but so far we haven't.

Also agree that the gelato at Pompei is great (their pizza is pretty damn good too) but our favorite gelato is from Cafe 2000 in Rozelle, we can't resist Tonino home-made flavorings. (http://sfd.typepad.com/sfd/2004/02/ohhhh_gelato.html )

Now, as for Ryu's, we haven't been...tell us more....

:P

Cheers,
Sean