Walking down King Street in Newtown, one of Sydney's oldest suburbs, one's senses can become completely overwhelmed. Despite its colourful boutiques and a seemingly endless array of second-hand book stores, it's the tastebuds that really get the work-out with the strip's vast line of culinary delights. I've walked King Street many times and have counted over 140 pubs, restuarants and cafes along it.

These never stay static either. Constantly changing, upgrading, renaming and expanding one can always expect a new gastronomic adventure to greet them when visiting King Street.

Well, I'm determined to end that and achieve the near impossible: to feast from every restaurant/cafe/bar on King Street and live to tell the tale.

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Top Level

@ Level 1, 196 King Street, Newtown

**Sadly Missed. Here's another one that wasn't good enough to last. It's not a Korean BBQ. I'm biding my time eating here. I have a feeling something new will replace it soon (sorry).

It's official. Newtown is inundated with pizza places. From Gigi to Doughboy to Ice + Slice to Eagle Boys to Dominos, shall I continue? Here's another called Top Level. This woodfired pizzeria sits ontop of Tamana's Indian Eatery and used to be the restaurant part of Tamanas. For whatever reason, this closed and was taken over by Top Level a number of months back. And while on the outside Top Level might look appealing, the second you begin walking up those steps, the level of cheesiness behind this restaurant becomes all too obvious.

The first thing you'll notice while walking up is a board, glowing in neon lighting. Have I said enough yet? Making this pit stop late at night, we were the only customers in this establishment. The decor is modern meets tacky/cheap and though the area is spacious enough to accommodate a function, the appeal of eating pizza in such a place just isn't there. As we arrived for a late one, we tucked into dessert instead. Gelato of three different flavours: vanilla, chocolate and caramel. In fact, they were the only three flavours available.





While the ice-cream was rich and the service delightful, the dessert was overpriced at $9. Maybe one day I'll return for the pizza, but with so many choices available I'm afraid the quality would be overshadowed by more appealing establishments.

Times hit: 1



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