Eating Out - Winter Warmers
Reporter: FELICITY URQUHART
Winter is well and truly here…so here are a couple of restaurants that’ll really warm you up.
Una’s
When the winter woollies come out, heavy Austrian meaty dishes are sure to warm you up. Offspring of the Darlinghurst institution, Una's Ultimo serves the same more-ish, Austrian/European home cooking that keeps the regulars returning. Plate-sized veal and chicken schnitzel, and crispy, creamy potato rosti are some of the drawcards that keep them coming back for more.
Some of the dishes you may find on the menu:
Entrée
- “Weisswurst” with potato salad & bretzel
- Herring “Hausfrauenart” with blackbread
Main
- Chicken gypsy schnitzel with rosti potato and cabbage salad
- Oven roasted pork knuckle with caraway gravy, sauerkraut and bread dumplings
Dessert
- Home-made apple strudel
More Information
Una’s
133 - 135 Broadway, Ultimo
Telephone: (02) 9211 3805
Mains start from $13 and it’s open Tuesday to Sunday for lunch and dinner.
Prices correct as at 14/07/07
Bukhara
Bukhara means hungry, so make sure to bring your appetite.
Bukhara's decor is unlike most Indian restaurants, spacious and decorated with cane furnishings, soft lighting with the wrap-around windows giving you a view of leafy Cross Street.
Bukhara specialises in Southern Indian dishes which emphasises the use of spices, curry leaves and coconut milk, as well as Mauritian cuisine. Choose from a tempting variety of Tandoori dishes from the Tandoori clay oven.
Bukhara is a smart yet casual Indian restaurant, serving up Nouvelle Indian and Mauritian with a splash of Creole from an open kitchen. It’s the distinctive Mauritian bent that sets Bukhara apart from other Sydney Indian restaurants. Those not familiar with Mauritian Indian food will find this a good place to start exploring the light tomato flavoured dishes and seafood.
Combining both Indian and Mauritian influences, this restaurant is set amongst the chic boutiques of Double Bay - but thankfully lacks the typical Double Bay price tags. The Mauritian influence adds a point of difference to the primarily Indian fare and makes for a delightfully unique gastronomic experience.
Some of the dishes you may find on the menu:
- Baby lamb shanks masala - Lamb shanks marinated overnight with ginger, garlic, yogurt, madras curry powder braised on slow fire served on a bed of black lentils.
- Spicy crab creole - Zucchini flower stuffed with spicy crab meat & lightly battered served with tamarind sauce
- Ginger Mint Fish - Fillet of perch marinated with five spices, young ginger, garlic & mint, cooked in the tandoor
- Tandoori Lamb Cutlets - Young lamb cutlets marinated with fresh ginger, yogurt & tandoori masala broiled in tandoor
Dessert:
Gulab jamun - Milk dumplings soaked in rosewater syrup served warm with a side of chai ice cream
More Information
Bukhara
Level 1, Cnr Cross Street & Bay St
Double Bay
Telephone: (02) 9363 5510
It’s open every night for dinner and mains start at $18.
Prices correct as at 14/07/07
Eating In, Eating Out
You can get a copy of the “secret” recipes from Una’s and Bukhara Mauritian Indian Restaurant in the Sydney Weekender Eating In, Eating Out Restaurant Guide and Cookbook.
We’re working on it right now and it’ll hit the shelves later this year.