Gowings Bar and Grill
first Floor - 49 Market St.
Sydney CBD
Gowings was not always a name associated with food. It was in fact an iconic clothing store that sat in one of Sydney’s prime retail positions on the corner of George St and Market St in the city. These days though it’s a sophisticated grill and bar that serves up quality food and drinks in a relaxed yet elegant space one level up from the street.
This special cocktail had lots of colour and vibrancy to it. The hundreds and thousands around the glass rim added a sweet hit to the flavour too.
Sir of course headed straight for a Negroni - as he often does. It was a good sized tipple with a lovely tangy hit to it.
We find it hard to resist a few freshly shucked oysters to start a meal. These were very tasty and came served with lemon and mignonette dressing too to add some further tang. They disappeared very quickly!
We always love a good pasta and seafood combination - but it’s normally Sir heading this way. This time M’Lady grabbed the linguini with Mooloolaba spanner crab, chilli, lemon and roe. It was a vibrant dish with the bright orange roe on top and the flavour combination was delicious. There was plenty of crab in it too!
Sir went for the very substantial pork cotoletta. This was a huge piece of lightly crumbed pork, like a schnitzel, served with lemon aioli, rocket and capers and a juicy charred lemon half. This was a simply yet very tasty mix that was deliciously filling too.
We couldn’t resist ordering a side of duck fat roasted potatoes. They were golden and crispy on the outside and soft and fluffy inside, just as we had hoped for and expected!
Although filling up, once we looked at the dessert menu we were captured. The millefoglie was outstanding and so pretty too. It came with orange blossom and chantilly cream. The wafer layers were beautifully crispy and the creamy filling looked and tasted divine. A scattering of raspberries added some fruitiness to it all. This was a real wow factor dish.
Having a selection of gelato’s available creates a wonderful dessert opportunity for those wanting something sweet but not overly filling. M’Lady was in exactly this situation and chose two, baci chocolate and hazelnut and the pistachio and loved them both.
Sir decided to have a dessert wine too and chose an old favourite, a 2021 Tasmanian Frogmore Creek Iced Riesling which was delicious as he expected and knew.
Gowings Bar and Grill is a fairly sprawling place that also seems cozy at the same time as it’s broken up into different areas. It always seems to have a buzz there, but then it’s always popular too so this may explain it.
We thoroughly enjoyed this visit to Gowings Bar and Grill. They set high standards here and consistently live up to them. You know it’s going to be good here, and it is. We’ll definitely be back.