We have started out in Rozelle for breakfast at my sisters favorite breakfast haunt - La Grand Bouffe. Rumali and Erica have chosen ' oefs sur le plat with truffles' and I chose the house cured smoked salmon on a rosti. I love the smoky taste of my salmon and the textural difference between it and the rosti . Mali and Erica enjoyed the flavour of their eggs but feel it would be improved if the truffles weren't puréed . All three of us were disappointed by the weak coffees.
Next we drive to 114 Terry Street to Adriano Zumbo's famous macaroon store. It was undergoing renovations so after a very difficult 'deciding time ' we chose our treats - which we will have for dessert tonight instead. The building also houses their bakery and we really enjoyed watching the creations spring to 'life' .
Due to Erica's ankle injury she could not join us on any more traipsing around town , so she dropped us off at Strathfield Railway Station. Mali and I caught the train to Central so that we could go to Paddy's Market. She had vowed to shop til she dropped so we spent three hours in the complex. We both came out with many bargains . Unfortunately we both went horrendously over budget.
At four o'clock we finally stopped for lunch at Taiwanese eatery I had been to in 2010. Mali found her BBQ pork soup a bit bland so she enhanced it with some soya sauce. I had the green onion pancake with fried bread and we shared a large Taro bubble tea.
Since we were very close to Darling Harbour we walked along with other excited tourists until the water was in sight .
We sat down by the waters edge to enjoy the ambience of the dappled light on the water. At this point I realized that Pyrmont was just a hop skip and a jump away so up we hopped and we followed the sign posts to The Star (casino) .
The Star was very impressive on the lower floors albeit dimly lit, Mali and I quickly located Messina Gelato - one of Alice's recommendations ! We were disappointed that it was only a gelato bar as we were very keen to sample one if the molded gelatos they displayed on their website. After a tiny bit of deliberation we chose to share a trio of ; chocolate fondant , strawberry and fig jam and pannacotta . I preferred the latter which Mali didn't enjoy at all. The other two flavours were 'nice' but definitely no better than Geloccio or Vanilla in Cairns .
We were absolutely exhausted and had no idea of how yo get back to a railway station . After a quick phone call to Erica who conferred with Alice in Norway we were on our way , sadly on foot back over Cockle Street Wharf bridge . After half an hour of walking we finally reached the nether regions of QVB and caught the train back to Strathfield where we were kindly picked up by Erica.
The eating didn't stop there , Erica had whipped up an Italian meal consisting of lasagne, gnocchi with a tomato and chorizo ragu a salad and the lovely olive bread from Adriano Zumbo's. When we had all done that meal justice Erica made tea and brought out our Adriano desserts . Mmmmm delish - what an eventful first day in Sydney ! 
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