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Marrickville is known internationally as the top spot for self-proclaimed ‘foodies’ to visit in Sydney. The suburb’s rich history makes it a multi-cultural melting pot, attracting some absolute beasts in the culinary world…
But how are you supposed to choose between the hundreds of great restaurants in the area? Well in this video we’ve hit up four of the best places to eat so you don’t have to.
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00:22 MARRICKVILLE PORK ROLL - An institution and it wouldn’
But how are you supposed to choose between the hundreds of great restaurants in the area? Well in this video we’ve hit up four of the best places to eat so you don’t have to.
Featured in this episode:
00:00 INTRO
00:22 MARRICKVILLE PORK ROLL - An institution and it wouldn’
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00:10so welcome back to Monday Munchies in this episode we're hitting up Marrickville we're
00:14gonna try smash burger we're gonna have dessert but of course you can't start anywhere else but
00:19the pork roll I can't believe I've never had one of these things before but this is the king of
00:25pork rolls in Sydney apparently but I've never had one so I've had plenty of pork rolls I'm
00:29thinking 20 to 30 different pork rolls in Sydney and Melbourne I think Melbourne's hiding some of
00:34the best but today we're gonna give a brutally honest review of this Marrickville pork roll we've
00:38got the crispy pork belly I'm only ever doing crispy pork belly we did Kenny's I think Kenny's
00:43for me is standing right up there but at $14 it's on the priciest side he's doing that thing for
00:47six
00:48hours though but how good is Marrickville pork roll this is a brutally honest review there's a place
00:52I've been to in Melbourne I don't know if there's one in Sydney but they do this like tiger bread
00:55and it's like this crispy outer layer of it bit ASMR for you is this crispy bread first bite got
01:03a nice
01:03bit of pork let's go first thoughts after the first bite this tastes like restaurant quality
01:18pate but I'm messing around and I've got chili on this too because I'm not weak
01:31the value for money on this is pretty good like this is 11 or 12 dollars for this roll
01:36but you're getting a packed roll and it's massive and the pate is top quality I'm not really noticing
01:42too much of the crackling I think Kenny's is definitely crispier it has that pork crackling
01:47all over the top I think I brought early early things early but I think I prefer Kenny's crackling
01:52the overall bun though bigger much bigger it has the pate it's a bit creamier I think they've got
01:57more sauce in here but so far this tastes more true to the pork roll appreciation that most people
02:05have for a pork roll it's good I think it's a really good pork roll I just I'm you know
02:09when someone
02:09just talks about the hype of something and it becomes like so overwhelming that you have to
02:13question everything this is a good deciding bite though that is a massive piece of cucumber
02:22this is what I mean though you're getting good value in this roll like that's a massive piece of
02:27cucumber that's a bite right there this is very much a deciding bite for me because it's got that
02:32perfect ratio and the pork crackling
02:36it's like you do get a lot of pork like there's a lot of pork in it I think it's
02:41really good I think
02:41it's a great pork roll I'm just not that blown away by it is that controversial I would summarize
02:46marigold pork roll by saying that you get really good bank for bucks like there's a lot of meat in
02:50this it's really filling the ingredients are topped here they're made with love quite clearly
02:55the pate though is the best part the pork is good but the pate is easily the best part of
03:01this roll
03:01I think the bread for me too alongside the pate is up there I don't know if you can see
03:05that but
03:06that is exactly what you want in your pork roll you want it to be crispy around the outside but
03:11then
03:11soft around the edges because then it gets it absorbs everything it gives you that perfect crunch
03:15mixed with that creamy pate with that crispy pork and the crunchy the crunchy what do they call that
03:20in french it's a julienne carrots the pork itself is really good actually I should just try it on
03:26so I think I need a more of a honest review of the pork crispy pork belly it's not that
03:32crispy pork
03:33belly you get I would say like a Kenny's but it's still a quality pork belly highlights pate bread the
03:38julienne the carrots the daikon all the veggies the coriander pork Kenny's are still winning in the
03:44pork but you're getting a lot of bang for buck with marigold pork roll would I say the marigold pork
03:48roll is overrated no it's perfectly rated I think this is one of the best pork rolls in Sydney
03:52especially if you like your pate and your bread and you like your bang for buck there are probably
03:57in my opinion better pork rolls in Sydney but this is definitely one of the best
04:00so we started with the OG it definitely lived up to my expectations it didn't exceed them though so
04:05now we're going to hit up two amazing smash burger places we're hitting up a legend and then we're going
04:10to a bit more of a unique modern maybe a contemporary smash burger place the double is one of the
04:15best live
04:16music venues in Sydney so let's go check them out and we might even have some dessert at the end
04:20too so
04:20let's go on the road so we've hit the OG spot the marigold pork roll but I'm dying for a
04:25smash
04:25burger because Sydney has some of the best smash burgers in the world as far as I'm concerned but
04:29we're starting at the OG Chebos here in marigold just across the road is this OG smash burger from
04:37Chebos still one of Sydney's best from the goat himself Chebo I've heard this is the best so let's give
04:42it a try
04:57look at the branding he's leveled up man like this guy's the goat for a reason
05:06we didn't even tell Chebo that we're coming we bought the burger honest review 100% it's
05:12independent review so the thing that I like the most about the Chebo style which is what this burger is
05:16is it's just the nuts and bolts of a great smash burger it has CB special sauce so it's his
05:22sauce
05:22with caramelized onions you get your lettuce you get your smash patty you get your pickles and it's
05:26just keeping things simple but adding a little twist so let's take a bite it's got such a nice
05:31bun to it and it's crispy all the way around first bite
05:42I like the sauce it's a particularly saucy smash burger but it's his sauce it's a mayo base or aioli
05:48base with a bit of mustard I'd say maybe a little bit of pickle but yeah it's just a really
05:52nice quality
05:53sauce it's not it's it's thick like it has a good consistency and I think with that American cheese
05:58it just combines it to like a nice creaminess it creates a good texture I think I think some people
06:02learn too much sauce but nah don't listen to them it has the right amount it's not like they put
06:07up a
06:07bottle of mayonnaise on the bloody thing second bite
06:20the patty's like it still has a substance to it so it's smashed and it has a bit of lattice
06:25but
06:25it's not that overly smashed overly greasy it has substance to it and the meat is juicy
06:31it's seasoned right it's not too spicy it's not too here or there it's kind of just like right in
06:35the middle it's quintessential that's what I say it is the quintessential smash burger with a nice
06:40little house touch with the sauce and the caramelized onions quality I think it makes sense that this is
06:45the OG smash burger in Sydney it's the first one I ever saw I remember Chevo was popping up a
06:49lot of
06:49social media during lockdown but there's a reason why this is OG it's just it hits all the points
06:55that's the sauce it has the nice patty caramelized onions really add something to it but it has that
06:58creaminess from the cheese and the sauce and it's just it's a really solid smash burger I think it still
07:03holds up amongst all the weird things that we've seen pop up in the last two years it's nice to
07:07return to an OG and now we're gonna head over to a slightly different version of the smash burger
07:12it's more hardcore it has more stuff on it it's more intense but I've also heard it's one of Sydney's
07:16best so let's go head over about 1k that way and we'll go check out that burger we're at the
07:22crowbar
07:22this grungy fairly shitty location average location it's on a main road I can barely hear myself speak
07:30right now it's usually there's a bunch of grungy soft edge hard edge kids standing out the front
07:34you're lining up for live music but I've heard they've got one of the best smash burgers in Sydney
07:38so we're gonna head inside and try out this crow burger so we're sitting here with a Nashville hot
07:43fried chicken burger and the crow burger the legendary burger that I've heard things about all
07:47over Sydney but there's also a whole entire menu filled with amazing burgers so I'm gonna run you
07:52through everything you get here at the crowbar you have your classic cheeseburger you have the crow
07:56burger which is what we've got here it's the staple of this house it comes with lettuce tomato
08:00onion rings over the cheeseburger house made bacon and bourbon jam which sounds exceptional these guys
08:05are making a lot of the ingredients themselves they're not just putting it out of the packet
08:09like a lot of places you've got the ultimate pig full pork sandwich brisket cheeseburger I can see
08:12that they're making the brisket out the back like they are doing this all legit it's a 12-hour house
08:17smoked brisket then you've got the Nashville fried chicken burger hot fried chicken burger which we have
08:22here house made spices house brine chicken that's a tick in my book that gets an extra flavor extra
08:27juiciness apparently this thing's really spicy so we're gonna tuck into that one in a second and
08:31you also got buffalo chicken fried chicken I should also say that you can get these as part of an
08:36$18
08:36lunch special with fries burger and a drink and that includes cheeseburger crow burger and any
08:42chicken burger that you want it's pretty damn good deal if you ask me this is what we came to
08:46have
08:46I'm gonna use my cheat sheet to explain exactly what's on here but we've got a smashed beef patty
08:49lettuce tomato onion rings house made bacon and bourbon jam American cheese and a crowbar special
08:55sauce which you can see it oozing out of this thing right now and look at that little crispy bit
09:01you can also get all these other crazy things on the menu like barbecued stuff chicken I mean they
09:05go to town here they're not messing around and a lot of this stuff is in-house which is really
09:10impressive to me they're not buying it in they're making it so we also got this Nashville hot fried
09:13chicken but we're gonna come back to that we're gonna start with this the star of the show the crow
09:17burger I've heard so many good things about this look at that it's a handful of a burger but man
09:24who doesn't love an onion ring on a burger
09:34that's super crisp best bite
09:44you gotta balance out your bite man it's with a perfect amount of seasoning or it's not overly
09:50salty I hate when they make these things like super salty but the crispness is unreal
10:05unreal damn
10:10that was a good ass burger and the onion rings onion rings add everything controversial take how come no
10:15one's doing a beetroot smash burger I reckon a beetroot would go out of a smash burger
10:31it's that house made jam it has the sweetness has that little bourbon bite to it though which really
10:36kind of combines with that crispy factor with the onion rings and the smashed patty and I know not
10:40everyone loves tomato on burgers but I'm pro tomato on burgers I'm not taking this thing off one more bite
10:51yeah we're gonna try out the chips too I love a thin cut
10:55and you kind of want you're gonna like combine it like this for a good bite
11:03good seasoning and now I'm gonna bring in the Nashville hot I love when a menu says that something
11:08is hot it almost sounds like it's gonna be dangerous so I'm kind of looking forward to seeing what
11:13this is like I love a hot whoa I don't even see the front of it it looks crazy for
11:19them no I didn't even
11:20see that look at the front of it looks mental wow I'm almost as excited about this as I was
11:25about the
11:26crow burger yeah it's a big ass piece of chicken oh look at that man that looks juicy I'm as
11:32much of a fiend for a
11:34Nashville fried chicken as I am a smash burger so I've got high hopes and this looks insane I haven't
11:39seen anything like this let's go to dive in
11:54damn look at the juice you can almost see how juicy it is yeah it's crispy it's super crisp I
11:59love it it's
11:59really good if you've done this soup and ash this is another one to try it's different but it's like
12:03it's its own spice because they're making this spice in-house similar sort of crisp factor to
12:07the soup and ash but man potentially juicier than the soup and ash I'm not gonna lie another bite
12:21that is so good I love bites like this we've just got this crispy piece of chicken it's like kind
12:28of
12:28overly breaded there's not heaps of chicken in it but man this is really good this is a toss-up
12:33I don't
12:33even know which one I prefer I think I almost like this one I think this is a great smash
12:44burger the
12:44onion rings add the crisp factor it's almost like a double crisp but then you have that thick cut
12:49tomato and lettuce and the sauce which sort of balances it out with some creaminess this Nashville
12:53hot fried chicken burger is unreal it's house Brian it's not something that just put in the
12:58fryer out of a packet and it has the right amount of heat I love heat but this is not
13:02overpowering I'm
13:02getting the I'm getting the runs a little bit but it's a good amount of heat I think most people
13:06will be able to handle that so I'm not gonna lie I've devoured both of these burgers but I'm dying
13:11for a dessert so I'm gonna put away this Nashville and then we're gonna head to the next spot so
13:16we've
13:16hit up two amazing burger places Marrickville pork roll and now I'm dying for dessert and John on our
13:22team has let me know a little secret because he knows I love Filipino desserts there's this place
13:26called teeters or teeter which says ube and ube for me is up there with the best Italian gelato there
13:34I mean it's so good as a dessert we're gonna hit up that place right now and show you guys
13:39some of
13:39this purple goodness is this Filipino ube soft serve better than Italian gelato we're checking
13:46out teeter in Marrickville teeter means aren't by the way and we've got dessert covered for you because
13:51these ube soft serves and this ube matcha float are some of the best desserts I've ever had they
13:57could even be better than Italian gelato in my books I don't even know where you find something
14:02this aesthetic in Sydney but we're melting here so we don't have much time to go tuck in
14:12ube is like you know what we're getting the facts up it's a it's a potato isn't it so ube
14:17if you can
14:17even believe it is basically a purple yam and it's the sweetest textural it's like acai almost in
14:25terms of texture but in terms of flavor it's like more of that sort of matcha turmeric latte sort of
14:31flavor it's so good though if you've never had ube come to teeter and try this out it's just the
14:36best
14:36I love it ube is for me up there with Italian gelato it is that good
14:43and I don't know many places in Sydney that do soft serves like this this is has to be one
14:48of
14:48my favorite and this thing is literally three dollars I'm looking at the menu right now it's
14:52like three bucks for this aesthetic dessert
14:58so I found some ube's can be really sort of potatoe really root like so we did an episode not
15:04that long ago maybe halfway through last year at burger point in circular cape there's a heap of these
15:09burger point places around Sydney but they do a little bit of a similar take on ube it's nice
15:14and sweet but it still has that textural flavor some ube's are a little bit too strong for me but
15:19this has good flavor it's approachable flavor and if it's your first time trying it's like three bucks
15:23so come to teeters and get one of these
15:28and then you've got this if you love matcha I know matcha floats right now are like the most in
15:33trend ever
15:33there's blueberry marches there's all different kinds of marches around Sydney but
15:37other soft spot for an ube matcha
15:41it's like the most textural thing you'll ever drink it's like a little bit gritty
15:44but then you've got a spoon so you can have your ube soft serve with your matcha like that
15:52I cannot get enough ube soft serve ube soft serve for me I said it but it's like man is
15:58it good
16:04big thanks to john from the team for pointing this place out because he knows all the good
16:08filipino spots so that's it for today done and dusted I have to say we've barely even scratched
16:13the surface on marrickville's food culture and restaurants because this place you can walk down
16:17any street in this suburb and find amazing food we've had smash burgers we've had very unique
16:23at contemporary smash burgers at crowbar the og at chebos we've had of course you can't go past
16:28potentially sydney's best pork roll at marrickville pork roll and then to finish with an ube soft serve
16:34within a five minute walk all the other places we hit is just particularly special and it's what
16:39makes this suburb so special but you don't know which suburbs we should go to next and what places
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