To be honest, I had not planned on doing any of the Let’s do Lunch during this SIFF period but when I laid my eyes on THIS, I think my heart actually skipped a beat. This “7 Deadly Sins” was my kind of meal because as I was reading about it, I could feel my left atrioventricular valve slamming shut. After wiping up the drool, a booking was made promptly afterwards.

When we reached the 2^nd level of the hotel at Star City I felt a strong Spanish theme from the restaurant. Obviously from the big hunky bull statue and the ceiling of red capes, similar to the ones matadors used.

We were greeted quite friendly by the man attending the desk but he quickly turned very defensive as there had been a problem with our booking. I had booked through the number on the SIFF site and made an 11:30am reservation but the restaurant did not open until noon (Note: Book through the number on their actual site to avoid any hassle). We had no problem waiting half an hour, if anything a little bit disappointed the lady I booked with did not tell me or contact me, but kept trying to justify that it was not his fault and was beginning to be slightly rude so that was a bad first impression.

We did get another good look at the “Shoot the Chef” photos during our wait and rest in some comfy seats

A 30min wait until being seated and another 30min wait as the kitchen started with their first LDLs of the day. It was a long wait especially since we could hear sounds of deep frying bread but it was worth it Here Comes the Food

At first I was wondering, “My that is a big plate for just a spoon” but then I realized it was the bread plate hee hee silly me -__-; I also had to take an obligatory shot of the cute cow on the butter

As soon as the food came all the bad service was forgiven starting with the warm and crusty sourdough. Fresh and warm just the way I like it, especially butter just melts as you spread it on ^^!

Seven deadly sins: Mixed grill of black pudding, duck-fat-fried bread, quail egg, wagyu sausage, bacon, duck hash and devilled kidneys ($35)

I was pleasantly surprised to see a green smear of pea puree with the 7 deadly sins (which probably resulted in too many complaints haha). Each component of this dish contributed to the meal with its own unique flavor or texture. I found that they all harmonized very well with each other, probably because everything either had blobs of fat or fried in fat.

It may be called Seven Deadly Sins but I only spy the one sin…. Just seven times

The pea puree was a good cutter through the grease and fat and added an enticing creaminess to the dish. The bacon was a good salty hit as well as tender to the bite. The black pudding was not as strong as the ones I am used to but it was filled with blobs of fat that pop flavor throughout the mouth. The wagyu sausages were the least impressive of them all but was still very tasty. The duck-fat-fried bread was delightfully sinful with the fat oozing flavor with each crunch of the big crouton. The quail egg and duck hash were done very well as well and made a good break for when you ran out of puree as there was only lean duck meat. The devilled kidneys were actually devilled liver as mentioned by Minh [http://www.eatshowandtell.com/2009/10/21/siff-lets-do-lunch-seans-kitchen/]. There wasn’t the strong liver taste and the texture was very refreshing for liver which I enjoyed immensely.

Although we had a frosty start here, the food and atmosphere was brilliant and so was the service after we had been seated. Gluttony sure tastes good…

SIFF 2009:

Sugar Hit #3 2009 – Sheraton on the Park

Sugar Hit #2 – glass brasserie, Hilton Sydney

Sugar Hit #1 2009 – Azuma Kushiyaki

Sean’s Kitchen

StarCity Casino, Level 1, 80 Pyrmont Street
Pyrmont, NSW 2009
Ph: (02) 9657 8767

http://www.seanskitchen.com.au/

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