Unbeatable Sydney Dining by the Sea

can’t think of anything better on a mild summer’s day than a trip to the beach and a spot of lunch at one of my favourite beachside restaurants, open to the sea breezes. I ask myself why we travel to exotic places when we have it all here? And it’s even more of a treat when I have a visitor in tow. They love it!

It’s almost impossible to better the experience of a beachside table at Doyle’s Beach Restaurant – Established 1885 in Watson’s Bay.

Doyle’s is a bit of a tourist trap, but if I manage to land one of the beachside tables a couple of metres from the sand and sea, it’s worth paying them to let us sit down! And now that they’re finally accepting the American Express Card, I will be back.

Doyle's on the Beach at Watson's Bay

The famous Australian whiting was on the menu today – you can’t go past it for delicate flavour, and I love that dash of brown vinegar to dip it in as a change from the tartare sauce.

Portofino! Villefranche-sur-Mer! Sydney!

ver on the Pacific Ocean coastline of Sydney’s eastern suburbs, is a restaurant and a view of another kind – at ‘Seasalt’ restaurant in Clovelly. Fish and Chips again! Great.

Whiting fillets - beachside

Michael under the large canopy of the Moreton Bay Fig tree at Watson's Bay

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hile talking Seafood and Sydney, I can’t go past a quick lunch experience right here in my apartment building at Blancharu by Yomo restaurant today.

A Seafood Curry with a difference – with spices and elusive hints of apple and pineapple adding delicious mystery to the curry sauce prepared in one pot by a chef who is more French in style than Japanese. And doesn’t that add to the mystery of the culinary experience too!

The fresh seafood, including tubes of delicate baby calamari, king prawns, mussels and vongole is sautéed in a separate pan, then served on the curry, with rice. So good!

Japanese Seafood Curry with a French refinement - at Blancharu by Yomo (right here in my apartment block)