The Technology Park Hotel, Alexandria
I pass by The Technology Park Hotel in Alexandria every day on my way to and from work and ever since it (more recently) had a makeover I have wanted to have a meal there. What made me want to go more was that someone Tweeted that they have a number of gluten free options and the food is great.
Last Friday night I convinced my Mum, even though the pub is on a busy road (Wyndham Street), that we should go and check it out. We grabbed two window seats and started with a glass of wine each.
Photo courtesy of Jon Graham (http://www.gdaypubs.com.au/NSW/sydney/alexandria.html)
Photo courtesy of Jon Graham (http://www.gdaypubs.com.au/NSW/sydney/alexandria.html)
First impressions were that the place was beautifully done, it wasn’t actually too noisy and that the staff were some of the nicest we had come across. Even better, these impressions were exceeded throughout the night.
There are two food menus at the hotel, the bar menu and the tapas menu. Mum instantly laid eyes on the salt & pepper squid from the tapas menu and even though I suspected I would not be able to have it we decided to get a couple of tapas plates to share (having one dish to ourselves so Mum could have her salt & pepper squid!).
Once we had decided what we would like from the likely gluten free dishes I went up to order with a couple of options in mind. The staff were very knowledgeable regarding the gluten free items and to share we settled on the fetta, beetroot and walnut salad and grilled haloumi with eggplant salsa. For my ‘main’ I chose the chicken chorizo and Mum had her salt & pepper squid.
The food came out quite quickly and it all looked amazing and tasted even better!
The salad was fresh, tasty and the perfect amount for two.
Fetta, beetroot and walnut salad
I absolutely love haloumi and so knew this would be a winner – however I didn’t know what to expect from the eggplant salsa (which actually has a name but I can’t remember it!). The salsa contained eggplant and pine nuts among other ingredients and went well without drowning out the flavour of the halomi (we couldn’t have that!).
Grilled hamoumi on eggplant salsa
To give you a better idea of the eggplant salsa (that black thing is a pine nut in case you were wondering!)
The chicken chorizo was perfectly cooked, flavoursome and the mustard aioli went perfectly with it.
My very own chicken chorizo with mustard aioli
Great food, great staff, great company – I will definitely be back!
| Print article | This entry was posted by Petra on April 15, 2011 at 10:31 am, and is filed under Pub Food Reviews, Reviews. Follow any responses to this post through RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback from your own site. |
No trackbacks yet.
Gluten free banoffee pie
about 3 months ago - Comments Off
I’m back… and I am going to start making up for my absense with this amazing recipe for gluten free banoffee pie. Since moving to London I haven’t done much baking except when I went through a phase of making gluten free banana bread (recipe to come). However more recently I moved house and my
Wagamama
about 6 months ago - Comments Off
I used to eat at Wagamama all the time and loved it. But after being diagnosed with coeliac disease I visited Wagamama in Sydney and found out that I could only eat one item on the menu and it was far from the best dish I had had there. So I didn’t go back for
Nourish, Banff
about 6 months ago - Comments Off
Just when you thought there could not be anymore restaurants in Banff with gluten free options. I have one more for now… and it’s a good one. It took me 10 months of living in Banff and finally in my last month of living there I got around to visiting Nourish. I had been told
Baja Cantina, Glebe – gluten free friendly
about 6 months ago - No comments
I absolutely love Mexican food. The great thing about Mexican is that they often use corn tortilla’s and if not they usually at least have them as an option. So it is not surprising that after the first visit to Baja Cantina in Glebe, where they give you the option of corn or flour tortilla’s,
The Elk & Oarsman, Banff
about 8 months ago - No comments
As I have mentioned before there are a number of places with gluten free options in Banff, and The Elk and Oarsman Pub & Grill is no exception to this. I was very excited to find that The Elk & Oarsman actually have a separate two page (!!) gluten free menu. I usually go to the
Quinoa Burger Patties
about 10 months ago - 2 comments
There is a really awesome website in Canada, Well.ca, which has a great selection of gluten free foods and delivery is free! Whilst there is a pretty good selection of gluten free foods available at the two supermarkets in Banff there are some things I just cannot get my hands on. For these products I
Parmesan Crusted Chicken
about 10 months ago - 1 comment
I saw an advertisement on TV for Hellmann’s Mayonnaise with this recipe. Whilst it sounded, let’s say interesting, I was intrigued and had to try it. The first time I tried this recipe I bought some gluten free rice crumbs but I found them too crunchy with an almost sand type texture. The next time
Fish & vegetable coconut curry
about 10 months ago - No comments
One night I had planned to make the chickpea curry I saw on Scandi Foodie’s blog however I left the recipe at work (and I didn’t have internet at home at the time) so I had to put my thinking cap on to try and remember the ingredients for this recipe. Then I realised that
Sugar Lounge, Manly Beach
about 11 months ago - No comments
This was another daily deal site purchase – a voucher for a meal at Sugar Lounge at Manly Beach. A couple of friends and I headed down one sunny Sydney day to indulge in some fancy food and drink (well fancier than most of my dining out choices). First things first – cocktails! I went for
Win a bag of Matcha tea from Zen Green Tea
about 11 months ago - 11 comments
I have to say I go through my stages with green tea. There are times when I drink it quite often and then I usually go off it again. One of the things that puts me off is that if you don’t brew it for the exact right amount of time it can taste really
about 1 year ago
OUTSTANDING !!! have been to many restaurants in Sydney, some of which cost 10 X as much as the Technology Park, and are not all they are hyped up to be. Technology park offers the highest quality food we have had in a long time, and loads of range. I would reccomend any Tapas Dish on the menue, The Pork and lamb meatballs sensational !!! Its places like this that make living in Redfern a better place. Heres cheers for Tech Park Hotel and their wonderful staff !
about 1 year ago
have been to many restaurants in Sydney, some of which cost 10 X as much as the Technology Park, and are not all they are hyped up to be. Technology park offers the highest quality food we have had in a long time, and loads of range. I would reccomend any Tapas Dish on the menue, The Pork and lamb meatballs sensational !!! Its places like this that make living in Redfern a better place. Heres cheers for Tech Park Hotel and their wonderful staff !
about 1 year ago
Agreed!