VLOG: THE MISSING PIECE CAFE

Cafe/Restaurant: The Missing Piece Cafe
Location: Macquarie Centre

Rating: 4/5

Today, Nish and I decided to do something different.
We made a vlog of our food journey to show you guys our experience and how much fun we have when we review these cafes and restaurants.

Nish and I travelled to Macquarie Centre in North Ryde and looked at the range of cafes and restaurants they had to offer. We decided to go to The Missing Piece Cafe.
It was an enjoyable experience bonding over our love for food and we hope this vlog allows you all to get to know us on a personal level.

Overall, Missing Piece Cafe is a great place to go to with friends for a appetising food that is equally filling and delicious.
The staff were friendly and the music they played made the experience more enjoyable.
Hopefully you enjoy this vlog as we had a lot of fun making it :-)

Happy Eating!!
- Isabella Lim

Contribution:
Isabella Lim
- vlogger
- filming footage
- vlog idea

Nish Eve
- vlogger
- filming footage
- provided camera
- video editor

Nish and I were both vloggers in the video. We both shared the amount of times we speak in the video and were both took turns filming footage with the camera.
Isabella gave ideas on what to film and how to create the video, with the help of Nish.
Nish was the owner of the camera. She also edited footage and put together the vlog.

GRILL'D

Cafe / Restaurant: GRILL’D

Location(s): Macquarie Centre

Rating: 5 / 5

This would probably have to be my best burger experience, ever. I’d been wanting to go to the Grill’d at Chatswood for a long time but never really got around to it. So when my friend suggested that we eat at the one at Macquarie, I couldn’t say no. I mean how many burgers advertise themselves as ‘healthy’. 

Although I’m not sure about the health aspects of these burgers I do have to say that the “Ba Ba Burger” was the best of period. Pretty much stole it off my friend and it was the best decision. The portion was just the right size and I felt so full after. It was beautiful.

- Nishorgo Eve

Cafe information:
GRILL'D
Level 4 Macquarie Centre
North Ryde NSW 2133

Tel: (02) 9888 7700

ASSEMBLY BAR

Cafe / Restaurant: ASSEMBLY BAR

Location(s): Sydney City

Rating: 3.5 / 5

Oh my God, so I got so lost trying to find the entrance to this place, I can’t even start. Turns out it’s easier to come in through the back entrance than it is through the front. Basically, once you know where it is, you won’t get lost, like ever. Located in amidst the city bustle, this bar not only has a chilled down vibe but also has a great wait staff with excellent service. 

On the day itself, I didn't have any drinks, but ordered a nice Steak Burger with Chips. The burger itself was really nice, although portion-wise I felt it could have been a bit bigger, comparative to its price. Overall, the place was really chilled out, really liked it.

- Nishorgo Eve

Cafe information:
ASSEMBLY BAR
488 Kent St
Sydney NSW 2000

Tel: (02) 9283 8808

WHAT THE FUDGE CAFE

Cafe/Restaurant: What The Fudge Cafe
Location(s): Canley Heights

Rating: 3.5 / 5

What The Fudge is a cafe located in Canley Heights that caters for desserts and beverages. They have so much variety on their menu that it is hard to choose what to have. 

The most popular item on the menu and my favourite is the deep fried golden gaytime! 

They also have a variety of deep fried chocolate bars, mars, twix and many more. 

What The Fudge cafe also sells light meals such as burgers, cheesy fries, and a wide range of chocolate beverages and fruit shakes. 

The service is fast with friendly staff members. The store overall has a welcoming and inviting atmosphere that creates a great hang out spot with friends and is a trendy dessert place that I would recommend to go to if you're in the area! 

Happy Eating!!
- Isabella Lim

Cafe information:
WHAT THE FUDGE CAFE
278A Canley Vale Road,
Canley Heights NSW 2166

Tel: (02) 9727 6712

BELLY BAO

Cafe/Restaurant: Belly Bao
Location(s): Sydney
Rating: 4.2 / 5

Guo Bao is a Taiwanese street food of braised pork belly, pickled mustard greens, crushed peanuts and coriander cradled in a steamed, taco-shaped bun. 

Belly Bao is the first restaurant to specialises in these 'Gua Bao' in Australia, bringing a taste of Asian cuisine. Belly Bao have been stalwart Paddo Market stall holders and now they've set up a shop at GOODGOD Small Club. 

The bao shop also sells sweet potato fries and fried chicken. 

"A year ago, when Belly Bao started, we never dreamt of having a permanent location like this" - Sylvia Tran, founder and head chef at Belly Bao. 

Belly Bao offers 7 types of Gua Bao, including roading pork belly with crackling, slow braised beef short rib, panko-crumbed chicken, and deep fried ice cream dessert drizzled in condensed milk. 

 Happy Eating!!
- Isabella Lim

Restaurant information:
BELLY BAO KITCHEN
53-55 Liverpool Street,
Sydney NSW 2000

CANLEY HOTEL BISTRO

Cafe/Restaurant: Canley Hotel Bistro
Location(s): Canley Heights
Rating: 4.5 / 5

The Canley Hotel bistro is situated in Canley Heights and offer casual and affordable meals, light or hearty. The menu ranges rom mouthwatering steaks, chicken, seafood dishes, burgers and changing blackboard specials.

The bistro is a great place to get together with friends, family or workmates for a celebration or a quiet dinner.

The food is delicious and find myself going there almost every week!

The bistro is situated in the popular Canley Heights that is constantly busy especially on weekends.

The Canley Hotel bistro is definitely a friendly spot for a bite to eat.

Trading Hours:
Mon - Sat 10am - 3am
Sunday 10am - 11pm

Happy Eating!!
- Isabella Lim

Restaurant information:
CANLEY HOTEL BISTRO
274 Canley Vale Road,
Canley Heights NSW 2166

Tel: (02) 9724 4033

GELATO MESSINA

Cafe/Restaurant: Gelato Messina Bondi
Location(s): Bondi, Sydney  

Rating: 4 / 5

Messina is honestly the best gelato place in Sydney! 

With 6 stores in Sydney, Messina has created a popular branding for themselves. 

I heard about Messina from social media. I would see my friends post pictures of the gelato and thought I have to go there. 

The gelato is made fresh on the premises daily, offering a diverse range of over 40 flavours at any one time and a select number of bespoke gelato cakes and single serve pieces.
They also have opened a Dessert Bar next to their Darlinghurst store, which I must try out soon.

Gelato Messina is a great place to go for dessert after dinner or just for a snack. Perfect for the hot weather in Sydney and is definitely delicious and refreshing.

Happy Eating!!
- Isabella Lim 

Gelato information: 

GELATO MESSINA

G6/61 Hall Street, 

Sydney NSW 2026

Tel: (02) 9130 2877
www.gelatomessina.com/au/

PAPARICH: MALAYSIAN RESTAURANT

Restaurant: Paparich

Location(s): Macquarie Centre 

Rating: 3 / 5

PappaRich is a restaurant situated in Macquarie Centre that serves delicious Malaysian cuisine.
PappaRich was established in 2005 with its 1st outlet in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Today, PappaRich has grown extensively and with a total of 70 outlets in Malaysia and continuously growing rapidly internationally. Papparich is emerging as a formidable player in the local and international food and beverage industry.
There are currently 15 outlets in Australia, 4 of them are in New South Wales.

PappaRich offers high quality food, here is a list of some of my favourites!

• Freshly made Roti Canai 
• Traditional Hainan Bread with Kaya and butter 
• Satay 
• Nasi Lemak 
• Fried Kuey Teow 
• Curry Laksa 
• Chicken Rice 
• Mee Goreng 

Overall, PappaRich is a great place for lunch or dinner and for affordable quality Malaysian cuisine.
The service is fast and reliable. The only criticism I have is the serving portions of the food is quite less.

Happy Eating!!
- Isabella Lim


Restaurant information:
PAPPARICH: MALAYSIAN RESTAURANT
Upper Level 3, Macquarie Centre
Herring Road,
North Ryde NSW 2113

Tel: (02) 9870 8754

HOLY BASIL: THAI & LAO RESTAURANT

Restaurant: Holy Basil Restaurant
Location(s): Canley Heights 

Rating: 5 / 5

Today I will be reviewing my favourite Thai and Laos Restaurant in my area, Holy Basil.
Holy Basil specialises in traditional and modern Thai and Laos cuisine that are dominated with fresh herbs and spices, and a delicate balance between sweet, sour and spicy that represents the cultural heritage of Thai and Laos.

Holy Basil has been featured in the press several times due to its popularity and is dubbed as one of the best places to dine at in Western Sydney.

Thai and Laotian style dishes range from appetisers, seafood, grilled meat, curries, salads to stir fry, soup, noodles and rice dishes.

Dishes you must try at Holy Basil:

From the Grill

• Ox Tongue 
• Lao Pork Sausage 
• Marinated BBQ Beef

Salads

• Tarte Raw Beef Salad 
• Laos Papaya Salad 

• Tom Yum Hot & Sour Soup
• Chicken & Cashew Nut Stir Fry
• Pad Thai Noodles 
• Pad See Ew Noodles 
• Thai Fried Rice 
• Holy Basil Fried Ice Cream 

Holy Basil also serves desserts and alcoholic/non-alcoholic beverages.

Happy Eating!!
- Isabella Lim


Restaurant information:
HOLY BASIL: THAI & LAOS RESTAURANT
233A Canley Vale Rd,
Canley Heights NSW 2166

Tel: 9727 7585
www.holybasil.com.au

OLIVER BROWN BELGIAN CHOCOLATE CAFE

Cafe: Oliver Brown

Location(s): Liverpool

Rating: 3.5 / 5

Oliver Brown is a chocolate cafe franchise that is well known for their delicious chocolates made in Belgium.
The store is popular for their quality coffee and chocolate beverages and desserts.
Oliver Brown has 34 cafe's in Sydney due to its popularity.

My favourite item on the menu from Oliver Brown would have to be the hot chocolate. Their hot chocolate is rich with Belgian milk chocolate that is perfect for the cold weather.

Overall, Oliver Brown is the perfect place to go for dessert or chocolate beverages with friends. It has a cosy and warm atmosphere that is welcoming and a nice place to catch up with friends or to go after dinner. Also there is free wi-fi for those who would like to catch up on work at a cafe!

Happy Eating!!
- Isabella Lim

Cafe Information:
OLIVER BROWN BELGIAN CHOCOLATE CAFE
Shop 2016, Westfield Liverpool
Macquarie Street,
Liverpool NSW 2170

Tel: (02) 8712 9299

PAPER PLANE CAFE

Cafe: Paper Plane Cafe 

Location(s): Parramatta

Rating: 4.5 / 5

'"Building a paper plane and making it fly - that's kind of what we wanted to do with this cafe. Just putting our imagination into a shop and seeing if we could make it work."

Carla Soriano, co-owner of Paper Plane Cafe

Paper Plane Cafe is a popular cafe located in Parramatta. They offer classic brunch options with their own creative twist. 

The cafe is one of the few that open on weekends in the suburb. The venue is a casually inviting place decorated with fresh flowers on each table and stylish farmhouse furniture. 

Paper Plane serves breakfast/brunch meals, burgers, coffee, fruit shakes and juices.

 My favourite meal here would have to be the Eggs Benedict with smoked salmon.
The service is great with friendly staff and the food quality is amazing.
Would definitely recommend this place for anyone who enjoys brunch and breakfast food.

Happy Eating!
by Isabella Lim


Cafe Information: 
PAPER PLANE CAFE
Shop 5, 2 Horwood Place,
Parramatta NSW 2150

tel: 0400 888 772

MISTER GEE BURGER TRUCK

Restaurant: Mister Gee Burger Truck

Location(s): Haberfield

Rating: 4.5/5

Mister Gee Burger Truck is a burger restaurant that serves fresh, quality burgers.
The food truck has created a great name for themselves, publicised on popular social media including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

The food truck is so popular that you might have to wait hours just to have a taste of these delicious and mouthwatering burgers. But it is definitely worth the wait!

The burger truck sells one burger on their menu for a week along with truffle fries and a baklava shake.
The combination of all 3 goes really well together and is definitely filling.
Mister Gee's are only opened Thursday till Saturday every week from 6.30pm - 10pm.

Happy Eating!
- Isabella Lim

Restaurant information: 
MISTER GEE BURGER TRUCK
315 Parramatta road,
Haberfield NSW 2045

tel: 0411 092 663

WAGAYA: JAPANESE RESTAURANT

Restaurant: Wagaya

Location(s): Haymarket

Rating: 4.5 / 5

Wagaya is a Japanese restaurant that serves tapas style dishes and delicious Japanese cuisine.

Wagaya is situated in Haymarket Chinatown, Sydney and also in Newtown. 

This restaurant gives customers a unique and fun way to order food by a touch screen display at each table. 

The touch screen display is convenient for customers to browse through the menu as well as see the available ingredients within each dish, making it easy for us to pick the right dish we want! 

Also the touch screen display allows customers to request for bill as well as seek staff for assistance. 

The restaurant has a cosy atmosphere and each table has their own booths allowing privacy for you and your companions to enjoy your meal. 

The quality of food is excellent! Their dishes are fresh and delicious and are displayed beautifully and the restaurant has smart and groovy Japanese decor. 

Overall, Wagaya is a great restaurant that servers quality and delicious Japanese food.
The restaurant is suitable for any celebrations, formal or informal, special occasions or just for a good night with quality and affordable food.
Prices range from $30-70 per person and is suitable for large groups of friends.

Happy Eating!!
- Isabella Lim

Restaurant information:

WAGAYA Sydney

1/78 Harbour Street

Haymarket, NSW 2000

Tel: (02) 9212 6068

www.wagaya.com.au