Tuesday, June 19, 2012

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.

Parramatta Phoenix on Urbanspoon

19 comments:

  1. This looks so delicious and your photos are amazing! I have not had real deal yum cha before...something else for the next-trip-to-Sydney list :)

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  2. Really great pics! Yum cha is SO much more fun with a big group. Looks like y'all had a blast!

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  3. What a hunger inducing post - looks like you had a delicious time indeed! I still have fond memories from Sky Phoenix in the city when I used to work near that Borders!

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  4. funny enough i have not been to parra phoenix yet, i'm sure the day will come soon :)
    i had the best yum cha in china (as you would hope!)

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  5. Hehe it sounds like fun and I bet everyone was patient while taking photos! :)

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  6. For some reason I prefer Rhodes Phoenix? judging by the queues after 11am every weekend, i think a lot of others do too ?

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  7. I really enjoyed our visit to Phoenix, despite whatever its Urbanspoon score is :p

    Love that second-last photo! I have an unnatural affection for a good macro shot.

    --xo.

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  8. Nice photos! I've heard mixed reviews about Phoenix Parra but judging from your shots, they look pretty good.

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  9. Loving your snaps! Makes me hungry for more yummy cha

    I'm with KP, I think Rhodes is better

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  10. Haha, look at all those stamps!!! I think I'm due for a yum cha fix soon!

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  11. Was that an almost $40 charge for chinese tea? They really got a nice cut on that one, worse than a $8 a bottle corkage charge. And no Tsing Taos? love a breakfast beer with yum cha. The food looked great, mmmmmm.

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  12. oh yumm now im craving yumcha! CHICKEN FEET :D

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  13. I had the same reaction when borders was closing, but then when I found out it was going to be Yum Cha, I thought I guess its okay that Borders closed. haha

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  14. NOMZ! I love yum cha. Might have to take the trip.

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  15. Glad to hear the food at Pheonix Parramatta made all the bellies happy. I'm a fan of the Rhodes one and I find Sky Pheonix is a bit of a hit and miss. Glad to see that they're quite consistent across the board.

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  16. Great pics! I must go back, I have a hankering for those combination dumplings they have!

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  17. That yum cha party looks so fun! What a great way to do yum cha. And how awesome are your photos? Major drool factor.

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  18. Re."REALLY great egg tarts - served warm. REALLY great egg tarts - served warm."

    Is that the photo on the left or the right of the comment?

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