Ms. Gs

LOCATION
In Potts Point, just a minute’s walk from Kings Cross train station.

PROFILED BY DE GROOTS MEDIA
Take the industries of cool – fashion, music, food and art – sew together all their latest obsessions with some wit and humour, spread it over five split levels and you have Ms. G’s. This is where we've found ourselves. The eclectic mash-up has inspired twisted ropes to hang from the ceiling, beer crates to be used as bar stools, ‘stoner food’ served as share plates, and cocktails spiked with pearls of flavoured jelly heat-sealed into slushy cups.

Tropical tapioca beads float through the Pina Pearls Colada mix of yoghurt sorbet, Appleton VX and Havana Rum for a pre-packaged holiday feeling. Traditional, unpackaged cocktails are no less interesting. Liquefied Aloe Vera tastes like Tinker Bell in a cocktail – the pastel green mix of limoncello, Absolute vanilla and crushed lemon is topped with a creamy white aloe vera foam that brings flashbacks of fairy floss. Merivale prince, chef Dan Hong, has invented this culinary concoction of stoner-style, Asian street food with Jowett Yu, and it's since rampaged through Sydney.

Pocket-sized bánh mì burgers hold crispy chicken or pork belly with tangy mayonnaise and fresh coriander. Crunchy prawn toast is piled high with mint, coriander and a citrusy yuzu aioli that make a moreish accompaniment to those quirky packaged cocktails. Deep-fried chicken drumsticks with a peppery coating hint at finger-licking junkfood, but aren’t greasy or overly salty, instead having a delicious crunchy edge and tender meat ratio to be dipped in kimchi mayonnaise. A neat pile of noodles topped with shreds of soft braised duck and a poached egg becomes a tangled mess with streaks of yolk and XO sauce. All elaborate nights end with equally indulgent food and the Stoner’s Delight plates up all your late-night weaknesses. A honey-coloured scoop of caramelised banana ice cream is surrounded by a sticky chocolate rice bubble slice, broken pretzels, shards of peanut brittle and goey squares of toasted passionfruit marshmallow.

The restaurant’s tongue-in-cheek name that hints to the enhancing chemical MSG completes its ultra edginess. With so much flavour, Ms. G’s is sure to stay the coolest kid on the Merivale block for a long time.