January | 2015 | For Food's Sake – A Sydney Food Blog | Page 2

GUEST POST: Manny: As a FFS spouse, I’m generally on the other side of these posts. Cooking is my passion, and as an owner of a full size spit, a mini spit and multiple BBQs, you could say I have a love for meat and fire. So you can imagine my excitement when I was invited, along with “Team FFS” – Vanessa, Bianca and Alex, to a Brazilian BBQ ‘fiesta’ hosted by Vic’s Meat Market and Tramontina.    Vic’s Meats is a Sydney institution of fine butchery, supplying our fair city’s every carnivorous need through their wholesale butchery in Mascot and their upmarket retail butchery, Victor Churchill, in Woollahra. Vic’s newest venture is a brave push into seafood territory, with ‘Vic’s Meat Market’ located at Sydney’s iconic fish markets in Pyrmont. Vic’s Meat Market is a shrine to all things a carnivore would love… from dried to fresh meats (in a variety of cuts) and even its own attached BBQ Wagyu Bar, complete with the largest meat smoker outside of the US (as proudly exclaimed by …

Vanessa: Attention all cheese lovers – this post is for you! I was very excited to have finally been to the Paesanella Café and Food Emporium – which is now definitely up there as a favourite on my list. Paesanella’s name is synonymous with cheese production in Australia and in particular their multi-award winning ricotta, bocconcini and fior di latte to name a few. Having heard for quite some time about the new additions to the Marrickville HQ, hubby and I decided to check out the breakfast menu at the Paesanella Cafe (rumour had it one can sample their ricotta whilst it’s still warm in the morning). Paesanella’s café is located on the ground floor with the food emporium located on the third floor, easily accessed via a lift. The café has a very open feel whilst being completely covered so the elements will never interfere with one’s ability to dine on delicious fresh cheese and other Italian-influenced dishes! We settled in to order coffees and our chosen meals from the menu which, in addition …