Assiette, Surry Hills, for Friday lunch

After reading on Not Quite Nigella about the $30 three course meal available for Friday lunch, I immediately put it on my list of things to do. So, the first Friday after uni exams finished, I ventured off to Assiette in Surry Hills with Sir D, Queen Chu, Captain Awesome and BLT for a celebratory lunch.

Prix Fixe menu for Friday 26th June

We're shown the a la carte menu and the prix fixe menu, and being poor students we of course select the prix fixe menu, which has some lovely sounding dishes for the bargain price of $30! Since I love to have a taste of everything, Sir D and I decide to order all the dishes between the two of us and do a plate swap.

After ordering the waiter brings some sourdough so fresh out of the oven that it nearly burns my fingers when I pick it up. As expected, being a blogging noob, I forget to take a photo of it. It's nice and crunchy on the outside with soft fluffy insides, and our resident bread-lover Captain Awesome is very pleased.

Vegetable minestrone with garlic toast

The minestrone soup arrives first and it is green which is quite surprising as I've only ever had tomato-based minestrone soups. It's a hearty soup with kidney beans, celery, potato and other vegetables, and towards the bottom of the soup I find some chewy round balls which remind me of tapioca balls but are white and floury. Queen Chu describes them as 'gnocchi balls', which is a pretty accurate description, but they're a bit more chewy than your typical gnocchi. The soup is accompanied by a crunchy garlic toast and it's delicious.

Sliced prosciutto with truffled celeriac remoulade and port syrup

About Penguin

Penguin is Jacq, a born and bred Sydney girl who loves all things food and is always thinking about the next meal. After a long-term love affair with other Sydney food blogs, I decided to start my own food blog to keep a record of the all the amazing cooking and eating adventures that I experience in Sydney and (hopefully one day) around the world.

I love to eat out with my other food-obsessed friends and take photos of the food, all the while getting impatient looks from friends and strange looks from strangers! I also enjoy spending time in the kitchen baking or cooking up a storm - and making a giant mess in the process.

Although I will eat just about anything edible that's put in front of me, I have a particular weakness for French and Japanese food. I love sashimi, scallops, noodles, macarons and gelato, but am still trying to get a taste for coriander, kaffir lime, olives and liquorice. It may sound strange but I keep continuing to try these foods in the hope that one day my tastebuds will magically acquire a taste for them!

I hope that Penguin says Feed Me will be my personal food diary that other people can read and enjoy. I would love to hear any comments or feedback about the blog and I'm always open to any recommendations for places to eat!

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