• Sugar Hit at The Grace Hotel – Sydney CBD

    • By Ms. Taste

    Another year, another chance to check out what the top restaurants in Sydney have to offer as part of the Sydney International Food Festival (formerly known as Good Food Month).

    A big highlight on the calendar of festivities is Sugar Hit, which affords foodies a dessert and glass of Brown Brothers wine (or Hennessy cognac) for $20. Restaurants offering Sugar Hit include Azuma Kushiyaki, Glass Brasserie at the Hilton, Bilson’s and the Stamford Hotel.

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    Mr. Taste, Ms. Epicurean Explorer and I decided to check out The Grace Hotel, intrigued by their tasting plate featuring ‘Desserts of The World’.
    After a quick meal at an anonymous basement Japanese eatery, we arrived at The Grace Cafe ready to tackle whatever the kitchen had in store for us. Once seated, the waitress showed us the Sugar Hit menu, which listed a whopping 6 desserts. We were gobsmackingly impressed.

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    The desserts included:

    * Tiramisu with biscotti
    * Pavlova topped with fresh berries and cream
    * Blood orange sorbet in a brandy snap basket
    * Vanilla bean brulee tart
    * Sticky rice with custard
    * Turkish delight and fairy floss

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    The standout favourite for me was the blood orange sorbet. It was light and sweet, without the heavy acidity and bitterness that usually comes with the fruit. The brandy snap basket provided the perfect accompaniment.

    The vanilla bean brulee tart was a close second. Though a mere mouthful, the tart is meltingly satisfying and the caramelised top provides a nice crunch.

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    The most unusual dessert was the Turkish delight, which wasn’t anything like Turkish delight at all. It tasted more like fruit jubes, without the sugar coating.  That said, the fluff of Persian fairy floss was a real treat!

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    If you’re looking for value and plenty of variety, you really can’t go past The Grace Hotel for Sugar Hit. Happy indulging!

    The Grace Hotel
    Corner King & York Street
    Sydney NSW 2000
    # 02 9272 6636
    www.gracehotel.com.au

    Sugar Hit is available daily from 9-11pm for the month of October. For more information, please visit www.siff.com.au.


    COMMENTS / 12 COMMENTS

    oh I normally love turkish delight, and love the stuff my local Greek-run cafe sells. Mmmm. Shame.

    Fiona added these sweet words on Oct 19 09 at 12:23 pm

    That’s a massive platter of desserts! Did you manage to finish it all?

    Karen added these sweet words on Oct 19 09 at 12:41 pm

    The Turkish delight was the best – I could eat a whole bag of those

    Mr. Taste added these sweet words on Oct 19 09 at 1:33 pm

    Ewww gross. They weren’t good at all. I love Turkish delight and that was nothing like the real thing!

    Ms. Taste added these sweet words on Oct 19 09 at 1:54 pm

    Gosh I suddenly want to be old enough to enjoy the whole thing =[

    Charlieeeeeee added these sweet words on Oct 19 09 at 7:44 pm

    wow that’s looks like one of the best value desserts so far. so many treats. i’m so tempted to try now. :-)

    Simon Food Favourites added these sweet words on Oct 19 09 at 11:02 pm

    Went to check this out yesterday night after reading about it on your blog. Thanks for photos, it definately helped in adding The Grace Hotel to my growing list of Sugar Hits I’ve been to this year. Keep up the great work with your food blog. Cheers.

    Equus added these sweet words on Oct 20 09 at 9:22 am

    Just went to tried the desserts because I came across your lovely photos! Thanks heaps! It was one of the better sugar hits I’ve tried in recent years. The Sheraton on the park was awful~~ what a lucky find this was!

    Von added these sweet words on Oct 23 09 at 11:43 pm

    Glad to hear you’re all enjoying the Sugar Hit at Grace Hotel too! I really hope I’ll be able to squeeze one more in this month…

    Ms. Taste added these sweet words on Oct 24 09 at 3:57 pm

    i can now see the plating is a little different, but what about tastewise? I thought is aweful, everything taste “cheap”. Your brulee tart is burnt by the looks of it, I’d have sent it back to kitchen and ask for a new one.

    billy@ATFT added these sweet words on Oct 26 09 at 9:35 am

    It was really well made. The brulee tart was beautiful, the toffee was crisp and the custard just still hot inside. It didn’t taste burnt at all, although it does look it in the photo. The only thing that made me cringe was the Turkish Delight – which were like fruit jubes. Totally surprised by the drop in quality in just a week!

    Ms. Taste added these sweet words on Oct 26 09 at 9:51 am

    hmm, we didnt get any brandy snaps

    Suz added these sweet words on Oct 30 09 at 4:13 pm

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