V Rating: V-ware
Where: 1 Harris Street, Pyrmont
When: Lunch: Tue - Sun: 12 - 3pm. Dinner: Mon - Sat: 6pm - late.
Tel: (02) 9571 5055
Price: Entree: $12- $15 Main: $25 - $28

Sugaroom is one of Pyrmont’s top restaurants and is located at the harbour end of Harris Street. Although Sugaroom is a fine dining restaurant, it is surrounded by undeveloped lots and occasional water traffic. This creates the slightly surreal situation where you munch on your $30 main while overlooking the last remnants of Sydney’s working harbour.

Like Ravesi’s, Sugaroom gets a V-ware rating because despite serving good quality vegetarian food, there is only one vegetarian entrée and main.

The vegetarian main is baked mushroom pithivier (basically mushroom pie in thick flaky pastry) with steamed zucchini flowers & slow cooked truss tomatoes.

It makes a great winter choice. The pie gave off the warm, homely smell of a country bakery. The pastry crust was soft without being too oily. The filling was creamy and delicious.

The zucchini flower on the side was stuffed and came on a bed of lettuce with the rich, cherry-sized truss tomatoes. A tartare mayonnaise sauce came with it, and went well with the salad by adding a savoury bite.

We also ordered some hearty, home-made wedges and a salad, which were more than we could manage.

Overall, the meal was a metaphor for Pyrmont’s metamorphosis from a working class industrial area to an expensive yuppie hub. While my mushroom pie and chips had become expensive pithivier and wedges, in the end it was still a delicious, filling, and unpretentious meal.

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