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Guillame at Bennelong

14 Feb 2009
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I was a little worried coming into this restaurant, I had never been before, and on the many occasions walking past it it always looked a little daunting. There were, however, very few complains that I could offer for our experience at this restaurant, the food was excellent, the views were great and the wait staff polite and reasonably attentive.

We were seated right next to the window, looking out over the harbour with scenes of the harbour bridge and of the opera house itself.

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We just got back from a really good lunch at this establishment. I could not believe how nice the location was, the attentiveness of the waiting staff and the quality of the food. The restaurant itself is in a small shopping mall in the rocks, on the corner of Argyle and Kendell lane. There is something very enticing about the restaurant, there is an open kitchen where you can see all the chefs at work, the art is appealing and minimalist, but still relevant to the location.

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My wife had a work function this evening, so I went with two of my closest friends to Rengaya, near the station in North Sydney. My first impression when walking through the door was that it was up market but with friendly waiting staff, giving the usual Japanese greating when you come through the door. The furniture and Japanese bbq was very clean and stylish as one would expect from a place like Rengaya. They even had a decorative suit of armour on display as you come in the front door.

We ordered quite a lot of beef, and oh how delicious it was.

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More Shopping

29 Sep 2008
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On Saturday we went shopping at Jung Ceylon. This shopping centre is situated in the Patong beach area and turns out to be a massive shopping complex. It is split into 4 main areas.

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Canoeing

29 Sep 2008
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Maybe I was wrong, I think we actually went on the elephant ride on Thursday, but hopefully no one noticed. Anyway on Friday we went canoeing in the caves around Phuket. The mornning started being picked up from the hotel at around 9am. While our hotel is nice and quiet it is a long way away from anything in the surrounding countryside. When we arrived we were taken by boat out to the islands.

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