Ph: (02) 9600 9255
Fax: (02) 9601 0448
Website: http://www.rashays.com/
This place seems to be some sort of Western Sydney institution (On a Friday night anyway).
I was told to come here for the best steak and food ever by a fellow halal-meat-eating friend.
Western parts of Sydney is a cultural melting pot with an array of ethnicities spanning from Eastern Europe, Middle Eastern to South East Asia. Hence this restaurant caters for, and has a flavour which doesn't discriminate.
Drinks:
I am a huge sucker for fruit juice blends. This is the Berry Blast Mocktail: "Strawberries, Raspberries, Sorbet, Apple Fruit Juice".
Tastes like a non-syrupy version of a slurpee...nice childish-fruitiness.
Below: The display window of Rashay's is lined with these "Twist n Drink" - originating from Austria (according to the label). It is basically some water with sugar and flavouring. We were told by the waitress it was for children, but we insisted on ordering it anyway. The cool novelty about this is that when you tip the bottle upside down, it doesn't spill - you have to squeeze the bottle to release the liquid. Very child and idiot friendly.
Starters:Oysters Kilpatrick - "Premium Sydney Rock oysters with beef rashes and worcestershire sauce". This was a very different take on Kilpatrick Oysters which I had to try. The beef gave it an interesting flavour but this combination with worcestershire sauce wasnt salty enough - I prefer the bacon for more smoky flavour. But it was good to get my halal peeps who couldn't otherwise try oysters kilpatrick style an introduction.
Grilled Garlic Butter Prawns - "Garlic buttered prawns with a wedge of lemon". This was actually my favourite. I could go on eating these forever. Done very well - butterflied prawns, grilled so the shell was smoky but gave the flesh a nice tender texture. Butter flavour was fluffy and garlic not overpowering (very light & subtle). Bliss.
Mains:
Beef Ribs - "Slow cooked rack of ribs with your choice of sauce on the side". We actually ordered this as an additional entree because it is a small rib serving - only 4 ribs. You see it served with the gravy sauce. The meat was very tender - in between a brisket and soft steak, almost melts in your mouth.
Barramundi - "Grilled boneless barramundi fillet with dill sauce and lemon". If you are sane, do not ever in your right mind order this dish. I was supposed to order the "Rashay’s signature filled barramundi - Filled with oven dried tomatoes, mushrooms & bocconcini, wrapped in potato
served with a lemon butter sauce" which already sounds and looks better, but who was to know a restaurant would serve 2 different types of barramundi? Lesson learnt - be specific and spell out the name of the dish you are ordering.
The barramundi tasted like it came straight out a metallic container of salt water. The dill sauce is out of this world - should be listed as a legal poison. This is my fault, but I know better now.
New York Cut & Lobster -"Grain fed 300g sirloin grilled to your liking and your choice of sauce". You can choose your half a lobster mornay (cheese) or garlic style.The steak (tasted my friend's "well done" which I normally don't like because I find well-done too tough) was suprising good, and even better with the sauce.
The mushroom sauce here is really out of this world - great with steak, chips, and had I known I would have put it on my barramundi as well. Exceptionally creamy but tasty as well.
Potato mash is also a little different - very peppery.
Desserts:
Rashay’s Jumbo Brownie Sundae - "Rich chocolate brownie pieces in a layered ice cream sundae". This is a dessert within a dessert. Chocolate brownies have an initial slight coconut aftertaste. Then you get to the chocolate syrup and its just sugar hitting your brain from that point. A good challenge...
Mud Cake Sensation -Warm chocolate mud cake served with a scoop of vanilla icing. The centre is actually liquid, the icecream melts into the craters of the cake, fusing to form like a liquid chocolate icecream sensation.
All in all not a bad place. I've heard mixed opinions about this place. I probably wouldn't choose another Friday night to go there unless I wanted to be surrounded by teeny boppers and screaming kids, and the service can sometimes be shocking (we had a mix of exceptionally courteous and drugged-up waitresses/waiters).
