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22 October 2016

Barrafina: Seafood Paella, CBD Sydney (17 Oct 2016)

2 Bligh Street, Sydney NSW 2000
http://www.barrafina.com.au
https://www.instagram.com/barrafinasydney/


Monday Seafood Paella Special

“The phrase 'Barrafina' is Spanish in origin and translates to ‘long bar’ in English. The name was derived from our concept of sitting at a long bar in Spain where customers can view their meals being made and to watch the ‘theatre’ of the kitchen at work, where shared dining and experiencing multiple flavours from shared plates occurs, common to the lively hubs of food creativity in Las Ramblas of Barcelona and in the North of Spain, most notably San Sebastian.”

I've always liked the food here that caters well for those loving to share dishes. The Monday special of Seafood Paella sounded pretty good for $20. First they serve up a charcuterie board of jamon serano, Spanish salami, olives and pan con tomato. Love the big olives they use. Cured meats were nice. Wash downed with an Estrella Spanish beer on tap that's included in the price, or a glass of wine if you prefer. Seafood paella comes with chorizo, saffron rice, black mussel, prawn, calamari. Nice deveined prawns and a tasty rice underneath which is more a dry style than wet. The seafood seems to be added to the rice base rather than being cooked with it. A squeeze of lemon goes a long way with bring the dish together on the palate. Service was friendly and efficient.



Barrafina Tapas Bar Menu, Reviews, Photos, Location and Info - Zomato

22 April 2010

Nicholson & Saville Food Wholesalers: Supporting local growers, Hillsdale (20 Apr 2010)

18/75 Corish Circle, Hillsdale NSW 2036

So much pork ... Oink! Oink!

Thanks to Pascaline from San José Smallgoods I now have a fridge shelf full of various pork samples to try plus Derek from Nicholson & Saville also provided some of their products they stock like Murray River Gourmet Salk Flakes, Novello Frantoio Olive Oil, Cintra Estate Caramelised Red Wine Vinegar, Newman's Seeded Mustard, Hot English Mustard and Horseradish. It was great visiting the food warehouse which imports San José Smallgoods from South Australia and seeing large 20 litre containers of olive oil, 3.5 kg tubs of olives and smelling the chorizo and pancetta hanging to dry in the cooler. They seem to be big supporters of mostly Australian products and sell to many leading Sydney fine dining restaurants like Claudes, Cafe Sydney and Rockpool amongst others. San José Smallgoods were one of the suppliers featured at the Bacon Week Launch.

I'm surely going to need some help in finishing all these tasty products so I don't turn into a pig literally. I'm thinking of a huge antipasto with olives, pickles, dips, cheese and sliced baguette to share with the fresh chorizo being barbecued. I really hope I find some pork lovers who would love to sink their teeth into the 500g casalinga or 1 kg slab of pancetta — how am I going to slice this baby up? I feel a taste test score system is in order as well to see which one comes up the favourite out of all the different types of pork products.

SNAPSHOT REVIEW:
PROS: Quality Australian smallgoods and products used by many top Sydney restaurants
CONS: Mostly sell to restaurants so not really set up for retail purchases
MUST TRY: Finding a good recipe to use chorizo

San José Smallgoods fresh chorizo

San José Smallgoods bresaola

San José Smallgoods pancetta

San José Smallgoods sopressa

San José Smallgoods prosciutto

San José Smallgoods lombo

San José Smallgoods pancetta

San José Smallgoods chorizo

San José Smallgoods mild cacciatore

San José Smallgoods hot chorizo

San José Smallgoods casalinga

Newman's Seeded Mustard, Hot English Mustard, Horseradish

Novello Frantoio Olive Oil, Cintra Estate Caramelised Red Wine Vinegar

Murray River Gourmet Salk Flakes

Nicholson & Saville storeroom and cooler
Olives

Chef's blend olive oil

Novello Frantoio Olive Oil

Gina Green Pitted Olives

Meats and produce

San José Smallgoods pancetta

Chorizo


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