One of my last nights in Sydney before I had to head back to the states I really wanted to have some different meats. The two things my friends and I were after was crocodile and kangaroo. We spoke to a few locals and a bunch of them recommended the Australian Heritage Hotel. There is a restaurant bar under the hotel that serves up pizza with Crocodile and Kangaroo toppings. I thought it was a little weird that the locals couldn’t recommend a restaurant that had Crocodile or Kangaroo as a meal, but whatever we went for it.

The Hotel is located in The Rocks, one of my favorite places in Sydney. We all were staying in different hotels so we ended up meeting at the restaurant. We ended up ordering 2 pies and chicken wings. The pies we split in half with toppings. One pie was Kangaroo and margarita (for the non meat lover) and the other was Crocodile and Emu (Emu is the 2nd largest bird in the world). We all tasted them and they were all really good. The Emu was the best of them all but I was not a huge fan of the Crocodile. That was the first time I had Emu. I’m curious what it would be like as a plate in a fancier restaurant.

I ended up still really hungry after the pizza and went a little over board on the wings. They were just how I like them, delicious and messy.

Those toppings were quite unique for pizza. I’ve never seen anything like that at home in New York but nothing compares to a New York slice, even if it has Kangaroo, Crocodile or Emu on it.

I had an over night in Sydney Australia in early January. The next day a few of my close friends from the ship were leaving the ship so we decided to grab a bit to eat for dinner. We decided to walk along the pier and see what we could find. The first place was all seafood. That didn’t work for one of us so on to the next place. There they didn’t have enough people eating so we thought maybe it’s not that good of a restaurant. The next place didn’t have tablecloths and we thought maybe it not the scale of meal we were looking for. After all these minor issues we ended up at the Sydney Ice Bar for dinner. Ironic but that is what we ended up doing. For me it was great because I finally got to have some Kangaroo. I had been looking forward to the Kangaroo for a while since I arrived in Sydney. It was really good. I asked the waiter what was the typical way Kangaroo should be cooked and he said Medium Rare, just how I like my steak. It was a tougher meat probably because there is very little fat on Kangaroos. I defiantly enjoyed it. After the meal we completely forgot we were at an Ice bar, probably because we were outside in the warmth looking over the pier. I’ve been to Ice bars before and we had plenty of drinks at dinner anyway. It was a good day, mate!