Bodhi Restaurant

I've always I wanted to try the food at Bodhi and was able to last friday (22/06). Unfortunately we missed out on the yum cha since they only run it during lunch we went there instead for their dinner menu. Did I mention that everything on their menu is vegan offering a fare of asian-fusion fine dining? The restaurant is tucked away between St Mary’s Cathedral and a swimming pool in the heart of Sydney. Its location is quite hidden so they must good to be able to get the amount of customers that they do. The restaurant is quite small but with a cosy and I must say, romantic ambience created by the dark lighting and candle lights. And woahh I didn't realise how classy it was... dressed up waiters and friendly full service. 

We started with some edamame beans (I forgot to take a photo) but quickly the mains came.

dry roasted salted peanut spices topped on fried eggplant with a celery and asian mushroom stuffing $17.50
A little on the oily side  (friends weren't too crazy about it) it was still delicious for me the salted peanut topping complemented the crispy oily eggplant well.

malaysian curry, lychee, asparagus, pineapple, snow pea, tofu, bamboo shoots and pine nuts $19
damn I missed out on the lychee haha friends got to it before I could. A good curry.

mushroom, asparagus, red capsicum, soft tofu and cashew nuts tossed in a creamy coconut lemongrass sauce in an asian pastry nest $20
Also delicious.

sour orange sago pudding with coconut cream and coconut, pandan leaf sorbet $12
Wasn't so crazy on the orange flavour... but damn the icecream was good.

lemongrass infused rice pudding with a passionfruit coulis and caramelised sugar $13.50
This was surprisingly delicious. Warm rice reminded me of eating sticky rice pudding, passionfruit nice and juicy. Serving was tiny though...

You'll notice the prices are pretty shocking (if you're a student like me) and the dishes not so massive... of course this is normal prices for fine dining. Overall the food is good! Is the price justified? Perhaps. I mean service was great, presentation is also wonderful. I have to admit the food isn't so exotic? I mean it would be exotic if you consider asian food exotic haha but I guess with an asian upbringing this style of food is pretty standard (Although as you can see there's a western twist to the dishes which made it fancy). That doesn't mean that it wasn't delicious though - it truly was. I suppose you're also paying for the excitement of eating at a restaurant in a nice location. Will I go again? When I start earning my own money. Although I would love to try the yumcha hopefully in the near future!