I have a friend who is off to Beijing next week for a week. If anyone has any tips for good eating (not western food) there, it would be great if you could let me know. [I also want good eating tips for when I next visit Beijing].
Here are my tips for "best value lunches in Sydney" (not cheapest, but best value).
1. Marque Go for the Friday lunch. Review (about as good a review as you'll find) in the Sydney Morning Herald here.
2. Restaurant Balzac - closer to uni, and $5 more than Marque, but a good value Friday lunch.
UPDATE: In case $50 is a bit too much for a meal, here are some cheaper, but still very tasty restaurants in Sydney.
1. Spice I Am - go to the Surry Hills one, not the Darlinghurst one. Good cheap, spicy Thai food. No decor.
2. Kiroran Silk Road Uigher Restaurant - Dixon Street, Chinatown. Ridiculously cheap Xinjiang restaurant.
3. Mamak - Chinatown. Great cheap Malaysian. Best roti in town.
4. Maya Masala - good cheap vegetarian Indian restaurant on Cleveland Street, Surry Hills.
Note: I've been advised that the restaurant in the photo above is:
Shun Xin Zhai Beijing Noodle Restaurant 顺心宅老北京炸酱面
Address: No. 40, Shuiyuan Wuchang, Huajiadi, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
朝阳区花家地小区水源五厂40号(方舟苑小区对面)
I've eaten there and it's great!
