Phoenix, Parramatta

When I heard that Borders Bookshop was closing down in Westfield Parramatta I felt really sad. And then I felt VERY angry when they would not honour the gift voucher The Boy had bought me for my birthday - selling it to him one week and then going into liquidation the next. So angry (!!!!!).

And then when I heard Phoenix was opening up in the old Borders site I became happy once more as Phoenix = YUM CHA! Yum Cha is better than Borders any day of the week (plus I have a Kindle now so Borders is no longer a necessity in my Parramatta life).

I asked for ONE fork and received about 10, not THAT'S good service for you!

When checking out a new place what better way to do it than with 20 other food bloggers - we named it the #YumChaParty, booked ourselves a HUGE table complete with a Lazy Susan and gobble our way through most of the yum cha on offer for the best part of a Sunday afternoon. Blissful times.

REALLY great egg tarts - served warm.

So what did we eat?  It was crazy attempting to photograph everything that whizzed by on the Lazy Susan - I did try, but I failed. Here's a little snapshot of some of the food that stood still enough for a quick photo shoot.  I stuck to the vegetarian and seafood options of which there were plenty! Everything was hot and fresh apart from one dish that was a tad cold and was quickly replaces with a fresh plate.

I thought the food at Sky Phoenix was really great, everything was fresh (apart from that one dish, but who cares about one dish, right), the service was fast and attentive.  I thought the food was really flavoursome.  Judging by the amout we ate I think everyone was pretty happy and content.

Phoenix Parrmatta is at Westfield Parramatta: Shop 4070 159 - 175 Church Street. Phone them on 9891 3338.