Jazz City Milk Bar, Darlinghurst

I think I felt heart palpitations a little upon hearing that there was a southern American chef who cooked up fried chicken and waffles in Sydney. Authentic regional southern American cuisine and New Orleans Creole/Cajun cooking in the heart of Darlinghurst? I say yes a million times over to that! K, CM and I arrived early at around a quarter past six and there were many empty tables but unfortunately majority of them were all booked. They did offer us a table but told us it was reserved for seven. We are generally fast eaters so that didn't faze us much. We quickly decided what we wanted from the concise menu.

Pork belly burger, $18.00 + $4.00 extra for onion rings

There were so many slices of pork belly in this burger! There were Boston baked beans, pickled cucumber, tomato caramelised onions and lettuce along with the fatty pork belly. But what we won me over were those onion rings. I am so glad we forked out to get the onion rings because they were so awesomely crispy and as soon as you bit through the crunchy batter, the sweet onion came through. They were just so addictive!

Mushroom and onion burger, $17.00

This was the pick out of the two burgers! Beef patties and burgers are just meant to be. The combination of the ground beef patty with swiss brown mushrooms sauteed with caramelised onions, lettuce, tomato, mayo, pickle relish and a blue cheese foam made it a succulent burger that was delicious to eat. Albeit a bit messy to eat, but all the good burgers are ;) And the sweet potato fries? So much better than the ones I make at home and your regular fries (but that may be because I am a sweet potato fanatic). I want to know how they make these so moreish!

Chicken and waffles, $24.00

Though I enjoyed the mushroom and onion burger, I loved loved loved the fried chicken and waffles!! Mmm check out all that maple syrup being poured onto this plate of awesomeness! There were a few hidden pieces of spinach under the fried chicken with brown butter but that was forgotten as I savoured the chickeny, waffly and maply-ness :D Overall this is a dish that combines my favourite flavours of sweet and salty into one.

Alas we were all much too full to order dessert and instead walked back to Town Hall to spend the rest of the night chatting inside a much too air-conditioned Starbucks. Coconut cream pie I will come back for you!!

Jazz City Milk Bar
Republic 2 Building Courtyard
Palmer Street (between Liverpool and Burton Street)
Darlinghurst, NSW 2010

Opening Hours
Lunch  Thursday-Saturday: 12:00-2:00pm
Dinner  Tuesday-Saturday: 6:00-10:00pm
Closed Sunday & Monday