Sydney Fish Market (Sydney)

Visited the Sydney fish market today! Couldn’t wait to dig into the fresh seafood but it was so crowded, had wait quite awhile for the seats. 

We must’ve been really hungry cuz we were basically wowed by almost everything we saw. From the fresh prawns, oysters, lobsters and definitely the Scampi sashimi that I love! We looked around the different stores and decided on Peter’s (mostly cuz of their Scampi)

Ordered a huge array of seafood skewers (think scallops, squid, salmon and of course king prawns!) Most of them were just ok, if I were to head back, likely only going to order the fried king prawns which were packed in flavors, well-seasoned and buttery. The rest of the skewers were either a little too dry or overcooked for our liking. 

Ordered a separate serving of salt & pepper baby squid calamari which was pretty good. Thinly crumbed and not overcooked, but the portion for it was huge and we could barely finish. 

The fried soft-shell crab (served whole) was a little different to the ones we have in Sg too. Much bigger in size and the batter wasn’t exactly to my liking, thick and oily. Would give that a Miss definitely the next time. 

Fish & chips was fresh but somehow just tasted a little different compared to the many other fish& chips I might’ve had. 

Nothing overwhelming so it’s going to be a miss for me too. I guess in a way I went to the fish market looking forward to fresh (& cheap) seafood but really didn’t think it was really any much cheaper than the restaurants outside or in Sg. 

Also had the oyster and lobster mornay, as well as grilled lobster tail. 

Kind of regretted ordering the lobster mornay cuz it was basically smothered in mash potatoes and topped off with a layer of melted cheese, lacking in actual flavor. Whereas the grilled lobster tail was done just right, but inconsistent in freshness. My piece was alright but bunny’s wasn’t very fresh and broke easily when she tried to deshell it. 

Highlight of the day must’ve been the Scampi! 

Loved it so much, we had that, scallop and baby abalone for sashimi. Scallop was ok priced ($3.50AUD/piece) and Scampi was going for $89/KG for the bigger ones. Ordered 6pieces for about $50? Abalone was pretty meh that I almost forget we had that even. Hahaha. By the time we were done, we were too full to order the Oysters that we missed out on. It would be a lot nicer and easier to enjoy the food at the fish market if gone in bigger groups of 4-6pax? Easier to share the items as well. 

Bunny asked if I might wanna head back again before we leave, and I couldn’t decide. Maybe I guess, but will really be taking a number of things off the list. We shall see!