13
2010
Golden Century, Sydney China Town
An article by obesebaby
| Ratings | |
| Food: | 7/10 |
| Atmosphere: | 5/10 |
| Service: | 7/10 |
| Value: | 7/10 |
| Average Price | |
| Entrée: | $15 – $20 |
| Main: | $20 – $30, seafood over $100 |
| Dessert: | $2 – $5 |
| Degustation: | Banquet menu available from $38 to $60 p/p |
| Corkage: | $5 p/p |
| Cakeage: | Free |
| Others | |
| Ease of finding a car park: | Extremely Hard |
| Ease of finding the restaurant: | Easy |
| Brightness of restaurant: | Bright |
| Noise Level: | Noisy |
| Waiting time for foods: | 15 mins – 20 mins |
| Booking time require: | 1 – 2 days |
| Child friendly/High Chair: | Yes |
Complimentary pork and vegetables soup
This place is always packed, maybe because of the number of awards they have received in the past and it is listed on a lot of tourist guides. When you walk in it is almost like a multi-cultural day based on the different nationalities of people you see there.
XO Sauce pipi, $65/kg
Pipi is one of my favourite seafood, it is tasty and pair well with XO sauce. The Pipi in Golden century are very fresh, medium sized and well clean, I did not taste any sands in it. Some of the background information for the non-Chinese readers, XO sauce is a popular Asian seasoning made with chillies and dried scallop, shrimp, onion and garlic.
Lamb Brisket hot pot, $39.80
The Lamb hot pot came with a plate of veges and a gas device, so from start to finish your meal is still boiling hot. I guess they adopted this idea from Chinese steam boat. The lamb were juicy and full of flavour, the soup base are full of lamb flavour which further lifted the sweetness of the meat. The green is not the normal bok choy or choy sum, it is call the Shingiku or Tang Ho which is commonly used in Korean style hot pot as well.
Complimentary sponge cake and egg cracker
Complimentary orange
Complimentary sweet red bean soup
The service was impeccable, waitress are very attentive and even helped to cook our veges. After our main meals, we were absolutely stuffed, I was struggled to finish off the complimentary sweets and fruits.
very complimentary wine list, the most expensive wine I spotted was over $20,000
Conclusion: Golden Century is located in the prime location of China town, make sure you book in advance because this place is popular. Don’t expect great service or ambience because these are not the things Golden century focus on. I recommend going in a group to make most of the fresh seafood and to try a vast variety of dishes.
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Address:
393-399 Sussex St, Sydney
opening hrs: Mon – Sun: 12:00 to 04:00
Ph:+612-9212-3901
Web: www.goldencentury.com.au
Getting There:
Parking: Kent St or Pitt St
By Train: Central or Townhall
By Bus:
you’re lucky with the good service. i usually get pretty average service in Chinese restaurants which are busy.