February | 2015 | For Food's Sake – A Sydney Food Blog | Page 2

Vanessa: A new contender has emerged on the suburban dining scene, boasting southern Italian cuisine. Rimini Trattoria is situated in the inner west suburb of Concord and offers diners traditional Italian fair at reasonable prices. A recent Friday night outing with my fellow FFS family, Mr M and Cousin J brought us to Rimini Trattoria. When we arrived, sans booking, we were pleased and surprised that we were able to get a table with no dramas. We were promptly delivered menus, served water and read specials. We were enticed to try the  Rimini calzone with potato and cheese. ($25) This was a good serve for five people as an appetizer and had good flavor. The dough was cooked perfectly and the cheese oozed out over the potato when cut.   It seemed we were all in the mood for carb loading that night and clearly unable to make decisions between pizza and pasta, so we chose the best of both worlds. The downside of this is that we didn’t sample any of the main course …

Bianca: As we have gotten older, celebrating birthdays with a family meal out at a nice restaurant has taken precedence over a gift. Which has really fit in nicely with our never-ending mission to eat all of Sydney. Alex has had to endure quite a bit as the baby of the family, mainly from me because you always torment the ones you love and favour most of all, right? I am the only girl in a family of three male siblings, so I needed someone I could dress up, put make-up on and be my general plaything. Naturally that bullying fell onto Alex. We chose to celebrate Alex’s 20th birthday at ‘O Bar & Dining’, just the kiddies as our parents were off having a fabulous Hawaiian holiday. This happened to be a special dinner as it was the first time all the kids were reunited since October (as our brother Nick now lives in Melbourne). So the uncomfortable high-heels went on (just Alex’s obviously) and we sashayed our way into O Bar. Stepping out …