Ken U.
Yelp
Had this on my list of things to eat since it opened but I was either too full from eating the fresh seafood at the markets or too busy to drive there. I finally made it to Vic's Meat Market and with the DJ out front blazing my entrance theme, I was ready to satisfy my cravings for smokey BBQ meats.
First up, I ordered a pulled pork and beef brisket sandwich to share. The pork was shredded, juicy, and slathered with sweet and tangy BBQ sauce. Finished off with creamy coleslaw to balance the sauce out and nestled between two soft burger buns.
Damn the pork was good, but when I got my hands on the other half of the beef brisket sandwich...I just went to heaven. It was tender, juicy, and had the tasty Australian beef flavour that you just can't get anywhere else but what took it to another level was the burnt ends of the beef.
After the first bite, all I wanted was to eat more beef brisket.
Then something else caught my eye, written on the wall was a list of 9+ marble score Wagyu beef from NSW, VIC, and QLD. I overheard the teppanyaki chef explaining to the customers walking past that it was a Wagyu tasting bar.
Hell yeah I'll have one steak please, I ordered the "Marble Score 11". I didn't even bother telling the chef how I wanted the steak cooked as I just relied on his skills to prepare the perfect steak for me.
The steak came pre-sliced cubes, seasoned simply with salt and pepper and garnished with finely sliced carrot, cucumber, and radish. The steak was simply divine, it was amazingly tender and bursted with flavour when I bit into the meat. I didn't need the soy dipping sauce that accompanied the dish, but it actually did lift the flavours of the steak.
To add to all this great food, was the beautiful Sydney spring weather, views of the wharf, ambience, and the chance to talk to the chef as he explained the different types of Wagyu sold by Vic's Meat Market.
As I write this I am in a meat coma but it is well worth it, definitely having salad for dinner tonight.