Healthy Food: Moore Park

Saturday, February 4, 2012

Joe Cross 'Reboot Tour' visits Supa Centa Moore Park, Sydney (4 Feb 2012)

http://www.fatsickandnearlydead.com

Regaining your natural health

For those who watched the film Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead on tv this week will have already heard about inspirational quest of Joe Cross to loose weight and get healthy by drinking only fresh juice for 60 days while travelling across the United States. In contrast to Supersize Me which actually made me think about wanting some McDonald's french fries after watching it believe it or not, Joe's movie made me want to get a freshly squeezed juice. After liking his Facebook group I noticed he was on a tour around Australia visiting Woolworths stores to promote his new juices plus also Harvey Norman in the Supa Centa Moore Park which was handy and very good timing for me. Breville seemed to be his juicer of choice but with only a quick 30 minutes available I missed out on seeing the juicing demonstration and most of what he had to say although noticed he was a very confident public speaker. I did get a chance to try his Reboot Juice #1 which I was hoping for anyway. The flavours were pretty balanced and likable for me and initially I noticed the cucumber taste. It definitely tasted like a healthy drink and I'll have to see if I can get it during the week when I'm at work. Would be great to be able to make it at work and share the healthy love around the office.

Reboot Recipe Juice #1

6 Kale leaves

1 Cucumber

4 Celery stalks

2 Green apples

1/2 Lemon

1 Piece of ginger

SNAPSHOT REVIEW:

PROS: Very healthy and made from all natural ingredients, Full of vitamins and minerals, Simple ingredients, Easy process to make if you have a juicer

CONS: You have to buy a juicer if you want to make it yourself and then clean it too

MUST TRY: Getting more fresh juices during the week and checking out the Reboot juices in Woolworths

—

Juicing demonstration

Fresh fruit and vegetables

Reboot Recipe Juice #1

Interested crowd amongst the appliances

Breville juicers being used

Breville product placement

Reality bites

Nespresso machines taking advantage of the crowd action

View Larger Map

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Moore Park Golden Century Seafood Restaurant: Chinese and Seafood, Moore Park (4 Jan 2012)

Cnr Errol Flynn Blvd and Lang Road, Moore Park NSW 2021

Phone: (02) 9358 4488

http://www.goldencentury.com.au

Love a good lobster

My generous brother took the family out for dinner to celebrate my birthday. He was keen to order the Salt & Pepper Lobster ($317.20, $168 per kg) so who was I to argue with that. The large lobster came at a premium price but provided large chunks of meat and was nicely flavoured which soon became a table favourite. I tend to prefer the ambience of the Golden Century in Haymarket but you'll find it much easier to park at the Moore Park restaurant. The acoustics of the restaurant was very noisy and having a large table of loud cricket fans well into their beers didn't help. Although because it's so noisy I guess it can make the place quite child and baby friendly because it's a lot harder to hear a crying baby once they awake as I soon found out. The disabled toilet on the ground floor via the lift had a table to help in changing a nappy so that was handy now that I have Baby Reviewer Isabelle on board to consider. This was her first restaurant visit.

You can't really go too wrong with the cheapest bottle of Sauvignon Blanc from Marlborough which was Angel Cove ($32 bottle). That region seems to make consistent wines. The Seafood with snowpeas ($30) had decent sized scallops and a good mix of seafood although was a bit light on taste so some chilli sauce will probably come in handy. The Beef with Peking Style ($24) was fairly crispy although I thought it was more batter than beef taste and I preferred the Crispy Shredded Fillet Steak from Bambusia in Bondi Junction for this style of dish. For the mushroom fans you might consider the King mushroom with vegetables ($24.80) which were huge slivers of mushrooms — a bit like steaks for vegetarians. For afters we received the complimentary house desserts of Watermelon and biscuits and a big bowl of Black sesame soup which surprisingly tasted better than it looked with its slightly sweet palate notes.

SNAPSHOT REVIEW:

PROS: Fresh seafood available, Lots of parking near by, Complimentary fruit and biscuits served at end of meal

CONS: Very noisy acoustics, Seafood is expensive, Service could be more attentive and friendly, Decor needs a face lift

MUST TRY: Salt & Pepper Lobster

BABY ON BOARD: Use lift access to level 1 for pram, Disabled toilet on ground floor had table for baby changing, Just enough space around tables to push pram around, Car park pretty close to restaurant

—