Takeaway: Thai Rosy

Massaman curry, pad thai, basil beef stir fry, ginger and chilli prawn stir fry and coconut rice


Thai Rosy is at 1659 Point Nepean Rd Rosebud, 03 5982 1400


This is a medium size shop front, in fact it's two shops joined together, thai restaurant in a little shopping strip in Rosebud, lots of handy parking.
This place has about 10 tables and despite doing a fairish chunk of takeaway trade, seems to offer a reasonable place to eat as well. Wait staff consists of local teenagers so don't expect too much, but it's reasonably priced and they have taken the time to ensure that there is nothing to distract you from the meal. The room is muted, adequately lit and tastefully decorated (modulo the required buddha shrine)


The food itself was pretty good, we had a massaman chicken curry, pad thai with chicken, a stir fried beef with thai basil and cashew nuts, stir fried prawns with a ginger chilli sauce, some pork spring rolls, chicken satay sticks and coconut rice. The prawn stir fry was fantastic, the beef stir fry was deliciously picant and went extremely well with the creamy coconut rice. The pad thai was a bit of a disappointment, but I guess that's to be expected after it's been crammed in a plastic container for 10 minutes. All in all the meal was extremely tasty, it wasn't particularly cheap but it was overall worth the money.

Cost of meal: $80
Number of serves: 6
Overall rating: 6/10

Takeway: Bayview Pizza and Pasta

Cappriciosa and Meat Lovers half and half, medium garlic pizza


Bayview Pizza and Pasta is at 2359 Pt Nepean Road in Rye, 03 5985 7800.

This is another pizza shop that you wouldn't consider for an instant eating in at, despite the tables and chairs set up for that reason. It has all the ambiance of a cell in the remand centre, with it's corrugated iron internal feature walls, funny yellow colour and 70db+ fans.

Good thing I had no intention of eating in. The pizza itself wasn't too bad, although the crust was a little doughy for my tastes, I'm a firm fan of crispy crusts. The cheese and ham used were of reasonable quality as the pizza wasn't very oily and I saw no evidence of the "draining" that Ocean's pizza did. The pizza had a reasonable amount of toppings and was all in all pretty good value for money. There are cheaper pizzas to be had, but you get what you pay for when you buy a 5.95 large special.


Time to prepare: 12 minutes
Cost of meal: $24
Number of serves: 4
Rating: 3/5

Takeaway: Ocean's Pizza

American and Vegetarian Half and Half Pizza

Little bit of a change here, I thought I'd do a mini-review of restaurants and take-aways now when I visit them, with the view to visiting as diverse a batch of them as possible, rather than just going to the same old takeway chinese joint.

Ocean's Pizza is at 366 Dundas Street in Rye, 03 5985 7752

Ambiance is everything you'd expect from a pizza shop near a couple of surf beaches, piles of little grommits running about all going through the preening and display rituals required to find a member of the opposite sex to exchange fluids with, but they are pretty well behaved and don't intrude uninvited. What does intrude uninvited is the noise from the industrial venting fan that drowns out conversation to same degree as an enthusiastic rock band does in a pub. Don't consider eating here inside, however a table outside in summer could be very pleasant. The place is painted in beachy colours and has a limited menu, but the pizza is not too expensive ($18 for a family, no extra charge for 1/2 and 1/2) and fantastic. They have got the bases just right, and in fact I would go so far as to say besides Ladro it's the best pizza base I've ever eaten. The toppings are fairly standard, but they are well balanced and tasty. Interestingly enough it's standard practice for them to "drain" any pizza deemed too wet, I'd never seen that before.

Menu items consumed: Family 1/2 and 1/2 American and Vegetarian
Cost of meal: $24 including drinks
Number of serves: 3
Website: They don't appear to have one