Nomad, Surry Hills, Sydney
Guest blogger edition
It’s times like these when I wish I was one of those bloggers that carry those big ass DSLRs bazooka like cameras instead of my puny camera. That way I would be truly able to showcase the awesome food at Nomad in spite of its low light setting >_<.
We actually wanted to eat at Longrain this night, but even arriving at what I thought was early (630pm), the place was packed full of people already and the wait list of longing than my arm. Thus we decided to wander around to see what other restaurants were nearby. Lo and behold, with very little signage, sat Nomad. We were fortunate enough that upon querying for tables, they informed us that a table for two had just cancelled but we would have to leave before 830pm. That was fine by us as by this stage we were pretty ravenous.
We sat down, peroused the short menu and quickly made our selections.
The bar seating
Woodfired sourdough with black salt butter – $2.50 pp – we started off with some crusty sourdough bread to accompany the pickles and olives that we had ordered. Pretty nice bread but nothing amazing.
BBQ king prawns with pine nuts, brown butter and parmesan – $18 – wow! one of the most delicious prawns I’ve tasted! Two large prawns in an outstanding brown butter sauce. If I had a platter of this I would have been in heaven. (The price is a bit steep though for just two prawns)
BBQ Wagyu Tongue with mojo verde -$16 – Again, apologies for the photo quality as it was quite dim. This was a skewer of Wagyu tongue, sliced ever so thinly and covered with a green sauce. YUM but again not cheap! arrgghh – my poor wallet!
Overall, I would recommend this place if budget isn’t too much of a concern as the food is extremely mouth watering. The pork and the prawns were the standouts for me. Be sure to make a booking as a number of people walked in after us and were turned down because the place was full and reservations had been made.
