Last Friday I met up with one of my previous managers and we went to Sailors Thai at Ivy. Sailors Thai is known for offering authentic Thai food using premium Australian produce and superior Thai herbs and spices. There was a meal deal for $20 that includes one main course + glass of champagne. Unfortunately, it was not valid for us because you needed at least four people to dine there. Nevertheless, we dined there anyway as we already sat down and went to Sailors Thai at the Rocks for a christmas party and the food was marvelous.
The decor at the Ivy is much nicer than the Rocks. You still get the view of the kitchen from the communal sitting area but a black long table, dark lamp shades, neatly placed wine glasses, table cloth and eating plates.
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| Sailors Thai Kitchen |
The menu selection was quite extensive for mains but are over $25 per dish and Thai food tends not to be so generous in servings.
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| Menu |
The green curry of wagyu beef with roti was one of the stand outs from the select menu ($29.50). Although, the roti didn't look freshly made but the wagyu beef was quite tender and the curry was quite nice and spicy. We had to order the servings of rice on the side.
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| Green curry wagyu beef with roti ($29.50) |
Besides wagyu beef I really like duck as you know in my previous blogspot entries. So I chose the roasted duck and asian celery salad. There was generous servings of the duck but it definitely isn't value for money to be paying for celery salad plus pieces of duck for $26.00. Not much of a justification really especially if you can go to a food court and get it for $10.00. The duck didn't have crispy skin either. It was just soft, juicy and tender with plenty of celery and coriander. Duck has a thick texture and there were strips of fat near the skin. The sauce was like a sweet soy and it went well with the salad. However, I didn't get the "wow" factor I had back then when I dined at the Rocks about a year ago. This time was a bit of a disappointment.
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| Roasted duck with asian celery salad ($26.00) |
Personally I wouldn't go back to Sailors Thai again unless there was the special deal going on for $20 that includes a free glass of wine. The total meal for both of us came up to $91.00 for a lunch which is rather steep for lunch even though we both had a glass of wine each and a glass of sparkling or still water. You can almost get a degustation for $90.00 at other restaurants as well with a few courses.
Now that I'm also into cooking, I don't want to go and dine somewhere that I can replicate the meal easily. That is probably why I would love to dine at Heston Blumethal for his creativity and complexity in his meals. Not only does his food look fantastic but it tastes unbelievably astronomical. I'll have to dine at Fat Duck the next time I'm out to London unless he decides to open up a restaurant in Sydney just like Jamie Oliver (Jamie's Italian Australia) and David Chang (Momofuku). If I was Heston, I certainly would branch out to open my restaurant in Sydney. Even though the economy is currently bad with uncertainty from the Greek debt situation, it still takes 6 months to make a booking at the leading restaurant, the Quay.
Summary Review of Sailors Thai:
Food rating: 6.5/10
Service rating: 7/10
Ambience rating: 7/10
Price: $$$ (expensive)
Overall rating: 6.8/10
You need to catch the lift up from the Ivy building to Level 2. When you enter you see nice Thai Buddha statue and entrance has nice dining tables and there's another separate room where the kitchen is with the communal table.
Sailors Thai, Ivy
Level 2, 330 George Street
Sydney NSW 2000
Ph: (02) 9240 3000
Open Tuesday to Friday
Lunch: 12.00pm - 3.00pm
Dinner: 6.00pm - 10.30pm
Open Saturday (fixed price menu)
Dinner: 6.00pm - 10.30pm
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