ISYS100 Macq Foodies

By: Adwar, Angeliquee, Cara, Harry and Kezia

This video has been created by the ISYS100 Macq Foodies Group. The video introduced the audience to the five team members (Adwar, Angeliquee, Cara, Harry and Kezia) and shares each member's favourite food. Throughout the video you are also given a tour of our Macquarie University campus food hub, where you see the best places to buy food and explore the variety of cultural cuisines that Macquarie University has to offer its students and staff members. Whilst Adwar and Kezia filmed the various food outlets at Macquarie Uni, Harry, Cara and Angelique helped brainstorm which features to include in our videos and the whole group agreed to included a title frame, ending credits, background music and transitions between each frame. Once we had shot ourselves with the introduction of our favourite food and come up with our features for the video, Kezia edited the video with the rest of the group giving feedback to finalise our video. Finally, Adwar drafted the blog and with the feedback of Kezia, Angeliquee, Harry and Cara the video was embedded onto blogger and the tutor, Mr Wangdra, was tagged with this post on Twitter.

Sushi Oh Oo

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Sushi OH-OO serves authentic sushi meals in Five Dock's Great North Road area. Apart from sushi, we also offer a wide range of signature Japanese cuisine dishes like El Bento Box, Beef U-don, and Chicken Katsu in addition to many others. Customers can also choose from our eclectic range of starters, salads, noodle dishes, Bento Box, Set Menu, Sashimi Set, Sushi rolls, Temaki, Donburi, Nigiri, Platters and drinks.

Japanese cuisine is all about serving fresh and we have ingrained this fact into the way we prepare your meals. Only the freshest and healthiest of ingredients are used and the entire process is overseen by trained chefs from the Japanese mainland itself. 

The most popular dishes include:- steamed Gyoza (home made steamed dumplings with pork, prawns and vegetables)- Chicken Karaage (Japanese style fried chicken)- Teriyaki Chicken Meal (chargrilled chicken thigh fillet and vegetables with teriyaki sauce)- Teriyaki Salmon Meal (Stir fried salmon fillet with teriyaki sauce on vegetables)






information:
http://www.sushioh-oo.com.au/sushi-oh-oo-five-dock
photos:
https://www.facebook.com/Sushi-Oh-Oo-164586746897581/?fref=photo

Musumeci Seafoods

Musumeci Seafood is a shop open 7 days a week, located at the Sydney Fish Markets, in Pyrmont. They are completely devoted to providing their customers with the freshest seafood product every day. The owners of Musumeci Seafoods have over 40 years’ experience in several award winning seafood businesses. Therefore highlighting their great amounts of knowledge and familiarity in the seafood industry. Moreover, employees at Musumeci seek to fulfil their customers needs on a daily basis, and continue to provide them with the best quality seafood.

Musumeci Seafood is actually a retail and wholesale company that supplies fresh, live and frozen products direct to the public, some of Sydney’s major restaurants, hotels, sushi stores, and other wholesalers are also supplied through Musumeci. Despite this aspect, Musumeci still creates a wonderful opportunity for the public to have lunch and dine out, as the Sydney Fish Markets contain a large range of table and chair facilities right close by to the shop. Fresh cooked products that customers can eat right away, include prawns (tiger/king), oysters (syd rock/pacific) blue swimmer crabs, eastern and western rock lobster etc.
Overall, it’s an amazing business that creates a lovely satisfying experience for every customer, whether that’d be in regards for, instantly purchasing food to eat or purchasing fresh seafood to prepare and take home themselves.

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Botanica Garden Cafe

Opening in 2012 just across the road from Waverton train station sits the funky yet relaxing Botanica Garden Café. Built and creatively sitting around giant trees, water features and little garden beds, it emulates a garden paradise with a seemingly random assortment of recycled furniture creating a homely space. 

Botanica has a large menu offering both breakfast and lunch (it’s open from 8-4pm Tuesday-Friday and 8-3pm on weekends). If you’re an early riser you can’t look past the Botanica Breaky with both meat and vege options ($17 and $18 respectively). The vegetarian breakfast includes eggs, grilled haloumi, mushrooms, baked beans, spinach and tomato, and personally I think it’s the best offering on the whole menu! Be sure to order a coffee while you're at it.

If late wake up calls are more your style the lunch menu also provides amazing food. The Botanica Signature Sandwich is a jam-packed favourite, with char-grilled Scotch fillet, Swiss cheese, beetroot relish, homemade pickles and Dijon aioli served with a basket of homemade fries and slaw ($17). 

The quaint café also caters exceptionally well for families with kids. There’s a fenced in kids playground located up the back of the café and the coy fish in the small pond next to the kitchen always draw a crowd. There are breakfast and lunch menu options available for the kids ($7.5-$9.50), as well as specializing in babychinos.

So next time you’re on the T1 train line, jump off at Waverton and if nothing else, grab a takeaway coffee!

By Cara Fisscher

Image Sources:

http://brunched.com.au/botanica-garden-cafe-waverton/

http://www.brasseriebread.com.au/blog/2013/08/botanica-garden-cafe-waverton/ (for images 2 and 3)

Hurricane's Grill Brighton Le Sands

Located in one of Sydney's most renowned waterside destinations - Brighton-Le-Sands.

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Hurricanes Grill Brighton opened in Summer 2012, is an amazing steakhouse restaurant offering some of the best rib and steak dishes across Sydney as well as providing customers with a highly comfortable and relaxed atmosphere. The menu at Hurricanes appeals to every customers desires as it contains something for everyone in every aspect of the restaurant (mains, desserts, cocktails and wines). Moreover, their famous unique basting sauce inspired by the steak and grill houses of South Africa, adds great amounts of value to the menu as it highly complements their famous rib, steak and burger dishes. A visit at Hurricanes with the range of food and drink accessible will leave you absolutely satisfied guaranteed!

The most significant feature at Hurricane's Grill Brighton would probably have to be the stunning views, overlooking the amazing Botany Bay. The glass windows from the floor to ceiling helps provides the customers with this delight. Hurricane's Grill Brighton is a popular destination for multiple reasons, continuing from it's highly satisfying menu and location, it is also very family orientated as it provides a wonderful opportunity for a family meal, possibly following with a lovely walk on the beach. It can also accommodate for a variety of events and functions, including birthdays, anniversaries, christenings, engagements etc.

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The Butcher's Block

Located in the quaint Wahroonga Village on Sydney’s North Shore, The Butcher’s Block is open 6am-5pm daily (minus Sunday's) and is the perfect location for your weekend lunch. Getting its name from the fact it used to be a butcher’s shop, you can expect all the meals to have the highest quality meat products, but served at a reasonable price!

Taking a browse through the menu you can’t look pass the classic Beef Burger, with a locally sourced wagyu patty and pulled smoked brisket. Or perhaps chicken is more your style, where you can’t go wrong with the peri peri chicken, aioli, mint and coriander pita dish. 

All lunch options include a side of their delicious chips, but I’d recommend ordering a plate of the sweet potato fries. Order along with a serving of their homemade aioli to dip the chips in and you’ll be in heaven! 

So get your gang of friends together and go for lunch at The Butcher’s Block this Saturday! Make sure to grab a pastry from the front counter on your way out as well! 

By Cara Fisscher

Image References: 

https://www.facebook.com/242205025906381/photos/pb.242205025906381.-2207520000.1463121464./594682517325295/?type=3&theater

http://www.the-butchersblock.com/lunch/

http://www.the-butchersblock.com/restaurant/

Neptune Palace

By: Adwar Alkhamesi

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This fancy restaurant is located in the heart of Sydney city within walking distance from Circular Quay station. Neptune Palace serves a wide variety of Malaysian and Chinese cuisine and has won the Asian Restaurant of the Year Award in 1994! This unique restaurant has a fish tank in the restaurant providing customers with the option of selecting live seafood to be cooked as their meal, yes that’s right live seafood! They also cater to vegetarians with a large menu and varied options and have unlimited rice refills without extra cost, so head down there if you’re keen to fill up your spoon with endless rice.

Reference: https://www.google.com.au/search?sa=G&hl=en-AU&q=palace+chinese+restaurant+sydney&tbm=isch&tbs=simg:CAQSlQEJ1wH-Ec9W0YsaiQELEKjU2AQaAggCDAsQsIynCBpiCmAIAxIo2wr_1DMwXxheGBOYKoh6VFaMewBfWONU4zSqPKIo2iTbMKs4qzyqSKBowUmQEfMB97TCEPh2B5JckYdV-kHOmmJkebqCZVgmZCoxlaVxqsOsD-AxDsZ3Ku5a-IAMMCxCOrv4IGgoKCAgBEgSLcliFDA&ved=0ahUKEwi2lZ-G8b3MAhVHe6YKHb6ECCwQwg4IGSgA&biw=1280&bih=657#imgrc=1wH-Ec9W0Ys2zM%3A


One negative aspect is that this restaurant is very pricy, so if you are looking for something cheap this is not the place to go. But if you are willing to pay a bit more than usual for a truly fancy meal then Neptune Palace will without difficulty deliver excellent customer service and quality food to make up for its hefty prices. It was a treat to dine in at Neptune Palace and I will definitely be returning their someday when I save up enough money.

Reference: https://www.google.com.au/search?q=neptune+palace+video&biw=1280&bih=657&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwio7dz47b3MAhWF5KYKHZtkBFgQ_AUIBygC#tbm=isch&q=neptune+palace+sydney+live+seafood&imgrc=9dy-1Thzuh7IZM%3A

Reference: 

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More information on Neptune Palace can be found on their website: http://www.neptunepalace.com.au/home