Two Fold By Helena And Vikki

So those searching for this place don’t become as confused as I was, this restaurant is a part of the ground floor bar at the Civic Hotel — there are no signs saying «Twofold Restaurant», only a menu on the tables inside. Despite struggling to find it, I was early and couldn’t order until 5:30pm, the kitchen opening time. This gave me a few minutes to decide what I wanted, and after tossing up between the Pork Belly and the Two-​Fold Burger, my love for burgers drove me to try the latter.
It arrived on my table glistening — seriously, this thing looked gorgeous — on a wooden board next to a tray of fries. I lifted the not-​entirely-​soft buttermilk bun to get a preview of what I was in for, and was convinced the ingredients — the pulled lamb, haloumi, capsicum, grilled eggplant and mint mayo — would come together perfectly.
They would have, but unfortunately a couple let the rest down, namely the capsicum and eggplant, which didn’t taste as fresh as I’d have liked. Every other element however was great, and the burger did taste good, probably better than most in the CBD. For this reason, and because the staff were friendly and hospitable, I’ll be back.

For those of you who have watched My Kitchen Rules you may recognise the name, however, if you do not Helena and Vikki were finalists on the program in 2014 and were known as the «sassy twins» who cooked delicious Greek food with a modern twist.
For those of you who have watched My Kitchen Rules you may recognise the name, however, if you do not Helena and Vikki were finalists on the program in 2014 and were known as the «sassy twins» who cooked delicious Greek food with a modern twist
Since the show finale they have started their own catering company, released a cookbook and have now opened their first restaurant in The Civic Hotel in Sydney CBD.
Two Fold has been open for over a month now and I got the opportunity to taste the culinary delights of an Aussie gastro pub style food with a Greek twist with a few other foodie friends :).
For starters we ordered the Cured fish cones with pomegranate, coriander, finger lime and white anchovies and the pickled octopus jar. The cured fish cones were tasty and zesty.
In all honesty, I am not an octopus fan, the tentacles creep me out! However, I got to try a non-​tentacle piece and it was superb! Also Helena served the dish to our table and I have to admit I was a little starstruck!
For mains we ordered the Two Fold Burger (pulled lamb shoulder, haloumi, sweet peppers, grilled eggplant, mint mayo) and fries on a buttermilk bun, the local fish of the say was Salmon and from the Grill — Spatchcock with pita bread and Tzatziki and finally Helena and Vicki’s Pork Belly with braised cabbage, roasted spuds and homemade gray.
All portions sizes were huge! The pork belly was the size of the whole plate! The braised cabbage was also a winner. Spatchcock grilled to perfection and went well with the grilled pita bread. Additionally, we were given samples of the grilled Giant Clarence River octopus and it was delish! (Yep, there were no tentacle bits)
For dessert we got to sample the Chocolate Brownie with dark, milk and white chocolate, raspberries and and toasted marshmallows, the Baklava ice cream sambo with fig, pistachio and rose and finally the Revani semolina cake with orange lime mascarpone and syrup. Highlights were the Browni and Semolina cake.
By the end of the night we were utterly stuffed but in a good way! We enjoyed the food immensely and I will return to try the Octopus as a main (shock horror).
Because we went on a Friday day the pub was a bit noisy as one can expect but that didn’t faze us, However, if you wish to go when it’s a bit quiet try and go during the week nights.
Overall a wonderful first time experience, having Helena serve the food to our table was mind blowing (I was a little starstruck) and the desserts were nostimos! (Greek for delicious: D) .
Hope you get a chance to visit the lovely ladies and sample their nostimos food!
Antio! xox