Winter Sunset over Darling Harbour
I am torn about going to Darling Harbour. On the one hand, it is so touristy and full of tourist traps and on the other hand, it’s right next to the water and it’s ever so fun playing tourist in your own town on occasion. As often happens, the lure for me however was not the view or an event but the lure of seafood. Helm Bar in Darling Harbour has a different special every night and on the weekends you can get 1 kilo of prawns for $25. You know me – I am anywhere there are prawns to be had.
There is the lower deck that is supposed to serve the meals, including a selection for $10 and under but it’s empty and there’s more people upstairs so we sit there. We take a look at the menu. The prawns are a given but Mr NQN is a bit of a mussel fanatic and wanted to give one of their big cast iron pots of mussels a go (on a weeknight there is a All-You-Can-Eat mussel night for $19.90). We also decide to give a $10 and under meal a go too. Looking around the patrons are typical mixed Darling Harbour crowd of tourists and locals. $15 jugs of beer are popular here tonight it seems.
Wagyu Beef Burger $9.50
Our burger comes out and it’s topped with lettuce, tomato, bacon, cheese, caramelised onions and a fat, juicy beef patty on a soft, untoasted sesame seed bun. It’s juicy and moist although I find myself adding some aioli to it to give it a bit of extra flavour. Mr NQN likes the fact that it doesn’t have a dry, toasted bun and that the patty is juicy.
Fries with aioli $6
Aioli is my crack and the fries are nice and golden albeit a touch cold.
1 kg King Prawns $25
My eyes light up at the sight of 1 kg of prawns. All. To. Myself. OK Mr NQN gets to help out quite a bit but a girl can dream can’t she? The prawns are Queensland farmed prawns and they huge, sweet and fresh. They come with a thousand island sauce but I much prefer peeling them, squeezing lemon and lime juice all over them and then dunking them in the aioli. And because I’m a good wife and Mr NQN is a good husband I peel a huge load of prawns for him.
Pot of mussels in a Thai coconut curry sauce $19.90 with a Margan 2009 Semillon
Mr NQN is making fast work of the mussels in the cast iron pot. He has chosen the coconut curry sauce to go with them as that was recommended. It’s spicy, perhaps a tad too spicy if you want to drink the soup by itself . On the mussels, the chilli is still quite hot but it’s manageable.
Anyway I know that you’re hungry for prawns now! So thanks to the nice people at Helm Bar we are giving away prawns for you and FIVE friends plus bubbles at Helm Bar & Bistro! All you have to do is tell me who you would take with you and why! Yes I think this pretty much guarantees that you will be the most popular person in your social circle 
Simply add your answer as a comment to the story. The competition ends at Midnight AEST 11th August, 2010. You can enter this once daily.
**CONGRATULATIONS CATE G.!**
This offer is valid for 6 months and can be taken on any day or night except for Christmas or New Years Eve. You will need to be able to make your own way there and back (sorry darlings, my private yacht is out of service 
).
Best of luck!
Love,
Lorraine
xxx
NQN and Mr NQN dined as a guest of Helm Bar
Helm Bar, Darling Harbour
Aquarium Wharf, Wheat Road, Darling Harbour NSW
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What a pity I don’t live in Sydney
I would take Mr Mel, as he is seafood obsessed, and here in country NSW, most, if not all the seafood is frozen
What a magnificent view of the harbour! I would take hubby on a “date night”,also my sister and hubby and my mum and dad. We all deserve a special night away from kids, work, stress etc etc. I may have a chance to use my own private yacht – dust the cobwebs off! ha ha
I would definitely take my 5 best-friends from school who I get to see once or twice a year and have a big girly lunch
I’d take Hapi and his son. The prawns would only be the tip of the iceberg!I’m sure he would want to try the mussels, the fish, more prawns, and lots of oysters too!
My hubby, After having a thyroid condition I have had to give up seafood and sushi (sob sob) my fav foods. Anyway my husband has been so kind and refuses to eat it in my presence..God bless him!!!
Love it… so would take my wife because she also peels my prawns (snigger), my Mother from the UK who will be visiting later this year, because we can then showcase a perfect location with just perfect fresh Australian food…4th would have to be my elderly neighbour Shiela because it would be such a treat for her… and finally my friend John, who firstly loves his food and secondly does not drink and has a big car!!! Thanks NQN
I’ve been hearing good things about this restaurant and yay what a fantastic offer, I’m all for sharing my love of food with friends and family.
I would take my brother, cousin (the only family members I have left in Sydney, the rest are overseas), my boyfriend, and my best friend, along with myself
I would take my hubby but we don’t live in in your country.
I’d love to take my wife (of course) and two of our closest friends, to make up for not being able to make it to their wedding in Japan (GFC ftw!). The spare two will go to a recently engaged couple as a congratulations.
I live waaaay out in the country, so I would send my son(who lives in Sydney) and 5 of his mates. Then when I next visit him, he can take me out… see it’s all about brownie points!
I would have to take my gang of foodie fanatics: Frank, because he cleans all my dishes; Pete & Lisa because they love food as much as me; and Tracey & Matt as they have just had a beautiful little bub and would love the night out! Thanks for the great competition Lorraine!
I would take mum and dad, of course, because they are my biggest supporters. I would take my best friend, Adrian, because he is nuts about prawns and he is the best conversationalist and the life of any party. I would take my friend Aurelie, because her and I bonded as mums, and she can bring her son and I will bring my daughter, and we shall watch the babies eat prawns! This would be so awesome!
I am going to Sydney in a few weeks with 5 friends (what a coincidence!) who are watching the wrestling. It would be great to meet up with them after for some prawns and bubbles to discuss the delicate art of wrestling…
I’d take my ‘Devine Secrets of Yabby Sisterhood’ club. We were formed more than a decade ago back in the old uni days in Sydney. One of our dear friends Amelia who came from war torn Bosnia wasn’t a very keen fan of seafood. According to her, seafood was not widely available in Bosnia due to the war and geography. She likened yabbies to insects of the sea. We each took turns to convert her by cooking and sharing seafood recipes, that’s how the club started. Although we’ve now gone our separate ways, with various members moving to different states after graduation, we still maintain contact through regular email updates on seafood recipes and sharing cooking tips. Each year, we would make a pilgrimage to Sydney for our annual get-together, to rekindle old memories of the ‘Devine Secrets of Yabby Sisterhood’ and how we managed to convert Amelia from seafood tragic into a seafood connoisseur. Thanks Lorraine for this very lovely offer.
Despite the fact that we don’t get to cruise the harbour on your private yacht, my BigJ and I and our besties just happen to be in Sydney next weekend for the food and wine show. Despite stuffing ourselves all day, I’m sure we could find room for PRAWNS! and bubbly….lots of bubbly……
I would take my besties nothing like bubbles, giggles and a great girls night out
a couple of my wife’s girlfriends have had a bit of a rough time of late so I would like to be able to take them all out for a ‘no worries’ dinner away from all their problems
I’d definitely take my hubby to peel my prawns for me (hehe!) and 4 other seafood loving friends so we can order as much as we can from the menu and try as much as we can!!
Sounds like they are recreating that great spot ‘On the Inlet’ in Port Douglas that sells prawns at sunset. I’d take my hubby and son because when we were in Port Douglas last year they were too busy for us to get a table
Too bad about your private yacht, my privat jet is currently out of service too.
Too bad for me because I would absolutely love to visit Australia!
I would take my BIL and SIL when they come home for xmas (currently living in England) and hubby and my parents. Love seafood!
I would take my varied hoard of friends as we don’t get many chances to catch up.
I think I would have to run some kind of mini competition of my own amongst my little band of seafood crazed friends, to make sure I get the best out of the evening.
I would take my parents, my brother and my boyfriend. My brother’s birthday is coming up and this would be a great surprise for him!
Great looking food and good prices!
Quite a drive from here though!
i’d take my family for sure… because the are serious seafood lovers!
Whilst I don’t live in Sydney any excuse for a trip and a good meal out is reason enough to come up, let alone the shopping
I’d definately be taking my mum and dad, my wonderful partner and my sister and her 3 year old who’s favourite foods include duck and crab legs. Fabulous offer, thanks 
I’d take a former work colleague who was just made redundant. I didn’t get to say goodbye so some prawns and some bubbly I’m sure will make her day.
I would take the girls so we can get all giddy on prawns and cocktails, then go for dessert and coffee after since that’s what girls do!
Well I think I will be taking my mother, she is 89 years old and has dementia but still loves her food. Her name is Joan and she has a fantastic culinary history, she ran a successful Gastro Pub in the UK and was the chef, she went on to be the Chef of her own Country House Hotel in the UK, I didn’t appreciate how talented and clever she was then but now I am amazed at what she did. The sad thing is that she can’t stand cooking shows any more! I wish she could remember the achievements she made during her life. As often as I can I try to engage her to talk about it all, then her memory comes back.
I would like to take my wife and her three sisters (yes my sister -in – laws) all three ladies are single and as they have been such wonderful sister in laws to me for the last 32 years, not to mention the fact that they all LOVE prawns I think this would be a real treat for “The 3 Sisters” What more can I say!!
O yes I just realised the price allows a total of 6 people I would also include my lovely daughter Lisa
Oh this is easy…my daughter Nell & her husband are due back to Sydney in October after 4 years in NYC. My son & daughter in law live in Sydney they’d be invited too. Then I’d fly down to Sydney from Cairns & meet up with my husband who lives on the Gold Coast…(we are rekindling our relationship) so this evening at The Helm Bar would be a perfect family reunion.
id take my seafood loving hubby, my sister and her partner as they all seafood nuts. Would be exciting dining at the harbour also. Havent been to the city in yonks!
I’d take my girlfriends, we are all accountants and and will need some stress relief after the year end is over
Hi Lorraine, I wish I could say we could be there and try to win, but 1/2 way around the world is a bit far. My husband loves mussels and I love prawns but have not gotten used to seeing them served with their eyes attached. I am surely getting a lesson in all kinds of food and quantity. Love prawns though. What is aioli sauce? I googled it and found a few variations, mostly with garlic and olive oil and some include egg. I love your first photo with the clouds.
I have to take my darling husband, because he is my prawn peeler!!!!!!!
I’d have to take my Mum, and her best friends, after a bit of a rough patch my mum deserves a night out, surrounded by the people she loves, a glass of bubbly in hand and a fat juicy prawn (lovingly peeled by me of course) in the other hand! Love the blog! X
Ooohhh.. Last time I was in Darling Harbour was more than 22 years ago!! Eeek do I feel old now! Those mussels and prawns look just lovely and the prices are pretty reasonable too (if I dont convert exchange rates!) Sometimes I miss Oz so much…
Son is turning 18, he is one of 4 kids and there is no way we could ever afford to take him to one of these restaurants….. how brilliant to take him, his 2 brothers, sister, hubby and myself…..perfect number, perfect venue.
I would take my 2 Besties, their passion for food, its tastes, textures and the amazing conversations it starts and memories it creates. Helm looks amazing, fingers x
I would take my best friend Pauline who is giving birth to her first baby in September. After that enormous effort I figure she will deserve a night out, a kilo of prawns (not recommended while pregnant) and a glass of bubbles (again – something she has been deprived of in pregnancy!!). She is crying out for this prize!
As the resident prawn peeler, I think my friends would be the lucky ones! Dinner AND peeled prawns! But my “friends” would really be my family- my partner, BIL + SIL and my brother and sister, because one thing that brings our entire family together is food (especially prawns)!
And I love your photo of the beef burger! It has made me very hungry, actually
Off to find some food!
I’d take my husband, my sisters and their husbands. It’d be so nice to have an evening out together. Mum and Dad would usuaully be invited, but we’d need them for babysitting duties!
I am with you -we stay away from darling harbour because of the tourist crowds- but I am from Seattle (7 years ago) and still enjoy the harbour views there- yes my wife would kill me if she wasn’t invited to go for a prawn feed there so she is the one i would take.Crab is better in Seattle, but prawn are better here- they only get fresh prawns a couple of weeks out of the year–thanks for listening-if you ever go to Seattle I will tell you about an amazing seafood stop that my wife goes crazy for
I would take Heather, Claire, Adele, Vicky and Kat. My 5 best girlfriends in sydney. and the right crowd to besure we stay on for at least a few jugs after!
I live in the country (where fresh seafood is a novelty!) but will be going to Sydney soon for my best friend’s 40th! What a fabulous present it would be to take her and her hubby and 2 of our best friends and my “meat loving” boyfriend! All the more prawns for me if he doesn’t like them
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My georgous seafood fanatic hubby will be celebrating his 60th birthday in December. Being a Kiwi(Maori) he can find something to eat at just about any beach we visit.It would be wonderful to celebrate his birthday with the children at the Helm Bar and Bistro.
I’d take my partner, my parents and my brother – he’s coming back to Australia after four years living in Laos and some fresh Sydney seafood combined with a beautiful harbour view would be the perfect welcome home gift!
Id take my partner (who also loves prawns), my brother and sister in law (who only dabble with seafood) – more prawns for me! and three of my best friends all of whom love their food (especially sea food)so that we could all have the best time, eating and laughing together and pretending its summer.
Pick me, pick me!
Top 5 reasons you should:
1) First Id take my hubby, who has an allergic reaction to peeling his own prawns…but promising to peel his prawns for life was part of our wedding vows, so what can I do?!!
2) next in our party would be our monthly dinner clubbers; Ian & Janine who enjoy nothing more than good food & frivolity on a night out
3) thirdly, Id take my BFF Gracie who is one of those unfortunate people who doesnt live in Sydney…she’ll just have to drive down from Newcastle for the night!
4) Help me remediate the shameful fact that I live in Glebe and havent been to Helm Bar & Bistro…
5) is there anything better than dinner out on someone else?!!!
xox
My bestest girlfriends will LOVE me when i win this competition and take them to a seafood & bubbles lunch date at the Helm. All 5 of them are so unique and their personalities are so different – but when it comes to prawns – well we all share the same love of seafood! Xoxox
I would take my mothers group. We’d catch the train into the city, take the kids to the park, do a little shopping and finish off our day at Helm Bar. Couldn’t think of a better way to end a day… oh and I’m addicted to Aioli too!
Simply, I will take my friend since he does not like seafood. I will push him to eat a kg of prawn and make him to like it
WOW!Prawns and bubbles – perfect to share these with my girlfriends on a sunny sunday afternoon. Thanks for the amazing comp NQN.
i am getting hungry with the mussels !! and with french fries that’s the national dish of Belgium did you know that?
cheers from hot and sunny Paris
I would take my two daughters, hubby, and H & K who have been like my parents for the last 20 years. We all enjoy seafood, and an evening in Darling Harbour with the family sounds like a holiday already. Would be the ultimate treat.
I would make the trip down from wine country and take my daughter, who is amazing, her partner, who is a saint, my mother, who is wonderful, my 9 year old granddaughter to give her a special treat and OH because he loves peeling prawns.
i would take my parents and my brother and his wife with me cos i havent taken them out in some time and they r all seafood fanatics
Gorgeous photo of the sunset Lorraine!
I’d love take my sister when she visits from London in November because she was the one who taught me how to peel prawns.
My husband, mum, dad, sister and fiance
I’m so going there! If I wasn’t reading this at 9.15pm on the night before, I’d be going here for my birthday tomorrow – $15 jugs of beer, mussels, prawns and wagyu burgers – hubby and I would be in heaven… we just hooked ourselves up with a fabulous local babysitter too. hmmm.
So hypothetically speaking, if were to take 6 people – hmmm me, hubby, my bestie and her hubby (sans THEIR three kids) and another two of our eldest friends – we catch up so seldomly these days all together – this place would be PERFECT for us to celebrate new times, whilst recounting old..
Now why couldn’t you have reviewed this place a couple of months ago, before I visited Sydney?
Definitely my kind of food & once again your competitions make me wish I was a Sydneysider!
I’d take my family, just to be nice. They do so much for me, so it would be nice to repay them a little
I would take my mum and my cousins as all their birthdays are coming up in August and my partner, as he’ll be the driver while the girls have a nice relaxing night of drinks!!
I’d take my mum as she’s turning 81yrs on 2nd August, my two sweet daughters, hubby and my girlfriend who hasn’t had a genuine break since retiring from teaching for 35 years.
That big yummy burger looks great, and topping it with caramalized onions? Oh wow.
I would take my parents, brother and fiancee there to celebrate my birthday on the 27th July
I would take with me and why! Is My family and my next door neighbours, there trully lovely people and care for others from the heart and work very hard all the time like us.It would be a please ure to spoil them & us.
I would take my hubby (he has his eyes on that big pot of mussels!), my best friend (and fellow foodie) and her boyfriend as well a couple of close friends that we don’t get to see as often as we would like to.
Mmm would take
1) My boyfriend too pay for extra drinks
2 + 3) My 2 best friends from high school who will be visiting me in Sydney from Perth in October
4) A very special patient from the hospital I nurse at who had a double lung transplant in May and adores seafood-we often discuss yummy recipes & fishing!
5) His amazing wife who is in every day and balances that with 4 children under 8!
Me and some friends formed this unofficial foodie club (TAC) where each person takes turn to nominate a monthly food venue to try new food. There are 6 of us in this club including a couple who just got married yesterday. Yeah! So this offer is quite perfect for our next food rendezvous for me +5 friends. ;D
Thanks Lorraine!
My wife and her girlfriend love their fizz,and prawns as much as i do. If lucky enough, my son and daughter in law would be grateful recipients as would my mate bill.
I am sure that the lure of a trip to sydney and a visit to such a nice venue would put me at the top of their christmas card list.
Let them all go..is there room at Helm Bar for all of them & me too? Let’s eat!
My wonderful mother, my dear friend who is like a 2nd mum and also my best friend, we are aioli queens!
Not to forget my brother, who ADORES prawns though he is currently in Somalia with the navy, but if we went without him we’d never here the end of it! and his girlfriend as she is the best.
‘Allo NQN! I would take my sister. She’s 10 yrs older than me, and in my childhood and teenage years when I didn’t have the pocket money to eat out all the time, she took me out fine dining (i.e. Maccas, sushi train, ramen) and footed the bill every time. Now I’m in my 20s, grown up and it’s time for me to foot the bill!
I think I would have to make it a girls night out. It seems that our menfolk find it a lot easier to organise golf days and nights at the pub than we do and so a night out with my special girlfriends, some bubbles and some delicious seafood sounds perfect, especially as the men will be home watching the children!
For sure I will take my mother, my husband, my 2 beautiful girls and one of my brother-in-laws. We all love prawns… Yummm, can’t wait.
I’d love to invite some of the dearest friends I have made since moving to Sydney 2 years ago. They have made Sydney special for my husband and I, and taking them out to dinner at Darling Harbour would be lovely.
I would take my boy friend Wayne and four of our prawn and bubbly loving friends to continue celebrating his birthday month.
unhinge jaw, insert burger.
Yes please
I would take my gang of five yummy mummies. We’d actually planned a girls’night out in the city recently but it fell through (babysitting issues), so this would be just perfect to make up for our disappointment (hint, hint) 
(Alhtough I just read the comments and I reckon the prize should go to Rach).
I would take my besties (3 gals) and whatever lucky man wants to join us lol, as we are travelling to sydney in december (from melbournes) for a girl’s weekend (albeit during the week) to experience some of the amazing food the city has to offer that i have been dreaming about since i began to read this blog
My 50th is next week and it would be a great place to hang out with a few of my friends n fam to celebrate!!!!!
I will be taking my new friends (when I tell them where they will be going !!!)
This food all looks so delicious wish I lived in Sydney.
I would love to take my wonderful partner, as he is constantly tolerant of all my crazy culinary experiments and explorations. To round it off, I would take his sister and her husband, and my sister and mother, to share it with the people I love most!
I would take my Mummyand My daughter!!! Mum lives in Brissie and we live in Melbourne. We could meet in the middle for a mother daughter weekend which is too rare these days!!1
Right now I am commuting between our new rental in Sydney, and my old job in Melb…
both self and darling wife are thoroughly over the ‘thrill of travel’
A ‘date night’ in Sydney would be a marvellous thing… with some sydney pals to boot.
Who won?!? I know it wasn’t me, but who won?
Wellllll let me see … oh thats easy …. have to be my lovely other half
and my mum and step dad and just to keep the peace my other halfs mum and stepdad too …. hahahaha…. ahh diplomacy…. prawns look devine by the way Lorraine
I never had a 30th birthday celebration because I was overdue with my first baby. I would make it a night out to remember and invite two couples and my husband and party like I am 30 all over again!
i would be taking the girls for a girls night out on the town, what could be better to start off the night with a great meal and drinks
i would take 5 of my non-seafood loving friends and turn them. i will show them how tasty fresh seafood is and how they shouldn’t compare to frozen crap many outer sydney places sell. and if that doesn’t work, well, at least we didn’t have to pay for the food (and i get all meals to eat, yumyum!)
Naturally, BuBbles and bubbles are a perfect match
I had a big attack of the grumps over the weekend and realised I need to get out and do more things for me!
Soooo, who would I take???
Five of my good friends from Mother’s Group who all need a good night out to reconnect with themselves and realise that our lives are not all about babies and poop.
Prawns and bubbles will take our worries away
BuBbles
x.
Needless to say…. I’ll take my grazing buddies with me…. my hubby, my sister & her hubby & my best friend & her hubby too!
Hi Lorraine,
I’d have to take my Mum, of course, because I couldn’t enjoy myself in all good conscience if I didn’t!! I’d take my girlfriend Janet as she hasn’t been out for ages due to economic circumstances, my girlfriend Sharmaine who recently spoiled me rotten & my girlfriends Paula, Kim & Narelle because they can always be counted on to make any occasion fun & would round out our group nicely.
Kind regards, MsPrawns&Bubbles (so dubbed because I’ll always choose these items whenever the menu allows!!)
Is this ended on 11th July or 11th August? Why is it 11th of July if we can enter once daily?
If it’s of 11th August then my entry is:
I will take 2 friends from Wollongong (who always proud of their huge local prawns), 2 friends from work who are sweet girls of mine and one of food blogger friend.
Reading through everyone else’s comments gave me a great idea, I would take my playgroup committee with me, what a fantastci change from talking about morning tea rosters and health and safety!
I would love to take out my assistant for dinner at Helm Bar & Bistro, along with the rest of the team. Pamela is from Mexico and is doing an (unpaid) intership for our company. She has been helping us so much at work… it will be a great way to say ‘Thank You’ as she finishes her 6 month intership at the end of July.
I would take my in-laws, they’ve never really liked me I think, but if I invite them out to eat praws and drinks bubbles I’m pretty sure they might change their mind
My Mum & Dad, brother and..
The little 16year old sister and her “boyfriend” just to show them eating well is not about a mcdonalds family box
I would take my partner because I’d be six feet under if I didn’t and because I love her. Rosemary because she’s been there before and always raves about it. She’ll know what best to order. My mother in-law and her best friend. Both are as wise and they are sweet. Finally but not least, Matt Preston, if he’s available. I want to hear all about his cravat collection.
OHHHH!!!! Sorry I meant OOOOEEE!!!
I would take my darling husband, Grant. My best friend and bridesmaid of nearly 32 years ago, Deanna and her lovely partner, Ian. My sister-in-law, Tanya (my brothers’wife) and my brother Mike. My mother-in-law Joan, and Joyce, my neighbour and volunteered step- mother…..these guys are special for many different reasons and definetly deserve a place at the table!!!
Salivating at the thought of those prawns! I would take my husband of course – he always says you never get more than 3 prawns to a dish in Sydney so this would be amazing! I would take my parents – Dad loves seafood too! Plus two friends A and A. Might just have to go there even if I don’t win!
I went away this weekend to Broke with some wonderful friends and I would have to take them with me to dinner. We drank wine, ate cheese and sat around putting the world to rights. It was amazing!
Hmm, how about famous people, do you think if I invited them to dinner they would come? They would be missing out if they didn’t! So, on the invite list, Hamish & Andy, Will and Harry and my baby sister, she is famous to me!
I would take my husband who has been through thick & thin with me.He’s totally supported me financially & emotionally since I got sick 11 months ago.He’s worked so hard & really deserves a night out. I would also take my sister, sister in law & a couple of friends who have helped me one way or other since I become sick, they all deserve a night out.
Maybe I could treat my mother-in-law to a slap up dinner, she is most deserving and very gracious and never asks for anything for herself.
With new diets and vego friends, I really am only left with about 5 friends who would indulge in prawns and bubbles, so it would have to be them!
Four of my best girl-friends have, over the last couple of years, opted for sea/tree changes out of Sydney. So when we occasionally reconvene to catch up now, it’s a special occasion! What better way to celebrate than with champagne? (And to remind them what they’re missing out on with the food)…
I and my husband will take two of our friends who are going back to their country for good after spending more than five years in Sydney. I hope the night at Helm Bar would change their mind of going back or at least come to Sydney more often to visit us. This will be a great opportunities for us to welcome a new comer who just arrived last week and will be here for her PhD for another few years. I hope Helm Bar and the atmosphere at Darling Harbour will also give her a warm welcome to Sydney!
If you’re offering a prawn lunch, I’ll be taking my boyfriend. He fried a simple dish of soy, ginger + garlic prawns for me of late and the sauce was to do for! It’s time I return the delicious favour with some Helm bar flavour!
If you’re offering a prawn lunch, I’ll be taking my boyfriend. He fried a simple dish of soy, ginger + garlic prawns for me of late and the sauce was to die for! It’s time I return the delicious favour with some Helm bar flavour!
My best friend, who’s a bride and her five bridesmaids, including me – it’d be a great part of her hen’s weekend!
My girlfriend – A given.
My sister – She gives up alot for me!
Her handbag – (Boyfriend) – An accessory she wont leave home without!
My best mate. Cause im a good bloke.
His missus, beceause otherwise he would be a 5th wheel!
I would definitely take my mum, my brother and my 3 sisters because they would love it!
Prawns, gorgeous venue and great company! My husband & grownup kids!
My partner. I can’t cook, so a free meal is the next best thing.
My Sydney friends will love me, I’ll soar in popularity, Not that they need feeding for free, But it will be nice to reward my inner circle for their unswerving ooyalty !
My hubby and four adult children – we don’t get to do things like this anymore, just so I can say ‘thanks for loving me’
Dear Lorraine:
I looked up your name on Google and found out it comes “from Lorraine”, which is the name of the province in France where Joan of Arc came from.
Now, you strike me as a modern day heroine that leads hundreds of peasants from their bread and butter daily existence to the realms of the Kingdom of Food Heaven every time they read your blog.
So,Maiden of Lorraine,here is the answer you seek to enter the Kingdom of Champagne and Prawns:
My humble self would be accompanied by 4 of your most adoring fans:
1.The greek Goddess of Food, Vessaria Daglas.
2.New Zealand’s kiwi warrior, Sarah Coppens.
3.Vietnam’s most famous export and food blogger extraordinaire, Thang Ngo.
4.Chinese Kung Fu warrior and lover of Dim Sims, Ying Fan.
5.Sultan of baclavas, John Nour.
It would be an honour to serve by your side in your never ending quest for great food.
Long live France!
Your humble servant,
Monica Ulibarri
The playgroup Mums deserve a night out, its been a hard year trying to keep our children entertained while drumming up some more families to attend.
I would take my Sydney friends when I come over there in September to celebrate my 40th AND the fact that I can now eat prawns again after 17 years of a self imposed (unintentionally of course) shellfish allergy! I love prawns and they look divine!
I’d take my Mum. She’s responsible for my love of food and cooking and we’re in need of some mother-daughter hang time… Seafood & wine time would be a perfect excuse!
My brothers, my sister in law and my better half would be my worthy eating companions. They are all as obsessed with good food as I am!
I would take Manuel – the Master of my teaching, someone to share every morsel with.
I would take my parents with me and my partner. My parents have helped me out so much this year emotionally and financially and I would like to have a way to repay them for their love, kindness and support.
I think I might open up the dinner to new friends that I have met through my daughter’s dance class. It would be a wonderful way to get to know the other Mums better.
its a shame im from melbourne, any thing like that here!!PLEASE, it would be a lovely competition to enter. love your blog.
Hi Lorraine,
Is there anything quite as heavenly as prawns and champagne – I think not, what a divine prize!
We are currently travelling Australia in a van and are spending two months in Sydney, so if was lucky enough to win this competition I would take 4 of our gorgeous Sydney friends and whom we’ve been doing a lot of ‘home cooked dinners with’ because unfortunately the vanning budget doesn’t extend to many fabulous nights out.
Firstly I would ask my husband, because a night out is never quite right without him there. Then I would as my two favourite blondes, Lauren and Georgie, my divine party girlfriends here in Sydney who would have us all in stitches and cause the bubbles to go up our noses. Finally I would ask our friends Josh and Lauren, who make even the most simple things fun – so prawns and champagne would really make them glorious!
All of the above are good eaters and food adorers, and would enjoy every drop and morsel.
Thanks for the opportunity to enter.
Warmest,
Cate
I would take my Lady and her Folks to meet up with her Brother and wife they have not seen for some time, to catch up, eat up and no doubt drink up.
I would like to take Tom Slingsby (Olympic sailor) – a bit of an old salt and water lover. With my questions, like a good prawn I would be able to peel away the layers but I will need to be careful as there is always a chance I will get stabbed back in return!
Absolutely take my sister who lives in Sydney. Good excuse for me to fly up and whenever we get together we try to outdo one another – so I would win
I would take an old friend on the pretense of free prawns, and then lo and behold: the prawn peeling will come after a bout of speed-dating. My dear dude has been single, for wait for it: 7 years and is treated like a doormat by women around him. he has been giving me poison looks for even peeping about speed dating. Please help me get him to speed dating to loosen up with this pre-prawn peeling initiative.
I would take chef hubby as he spends all his time cooking for the family. It’s his turn to be cooked for! Would take son and daughter-in-law, daughter and her boyfriend for posh nosh!
I would take my two brothers and sister to unite as our father just passed and this will help as he taught us all about food and the love for it
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