Norita, Sydney
My friends and I had finished an immensely satisfying dinner earlier in the night, but the slim pickings from the dessert menu made us head out in search of something… more.
It was a bit of an aimless search until a friend mentioned a cafe that doubled as a games parlour. That definitely piqued our interest and we trooped off to Norita.
Desserts!
Getting our dessert fix, we ordered Green Tea Eskimo ($8.90), Asian Fantasy ($9.90), Nut Crazy ($9.90) and Blueberry Double Baked Cheese Cake ($5.50).
D was a bit disappointed to see that the blueberry cheesecake didn’t come with the mounds of fruit as depicted in the menu (I’m starting to think that most of the time the desserts from Asian places never look like the one in the picture).
The desserts were okay, decent but not fantastic, but then again I guess we weren’t really here for the dessert (though it was a bonus) seeing that we got quite distracted with the games menu and the games themselves.
Tumblin' Monkeys and Pick-Up-Sticks
Simple and quick games like Tumblin’ Monkeys and Pick-Up-Sticks (there’s also UNO!) are about $1 per game, per person. Because we had such a big group, we had to split up to play a couple of the games we had chosen.
While one side was quiet (with the occasional muttering of adding up points) playing Scrabble, the other half went through quite loud games of Tumblin’ Monkeys, Pick-Up-Sticks and several rounds of Jenga. Did you know that you could only use one hand playing Jenga? We didn’t until we actually read the rules – oops. We quickly found out why the other people playing Jenga had such short games (as opposed to our long ass game), though playing with two hands was also quite interesting – some people are quite devious in removing those blocks!
Scrabble, Jenga and Taboo
The longer or more strategic games like Scrabble, Life and Risk are about $2.50 per person, per game.
I personally think you can’t go past Pictionary or Taboo to cater for a large group – it’s so much fun, what with the noise and the good-natured, energetic arguments discussions on whether so-and-so broke the rules by doing/say such a thing. (In the end, Rock Paper Scissors is the ultimate mediator for such an impasse discussion.)
We played Taboo this time around because no one really wanted to draw. I was rather grateful, as I’m a horrible drawer: once I had “croissant” and everyone thought it was a piece of cheese or a crescent moon – needless to say no one won that round. Not everyone knew how to play Taboo, but a couple of the newbies turned out to be a lot better than the seasoned players!
Norita
I love the concept of Norita, with its late hours and noise tolerance – no matter how loud we got, we weren’t shooshed at all! I recently came back with a long-time friend; he was sceptical but keenly curious when I suggested we come here to relax and chat after dinner (and like everyone else, he wondered what sleazy place the stairs were taking him to).
We ended up playing Scrabble – he knew how obsessed I am with Words with Friends and wanted to see how good I actually am. It was kind of funny because we started off playing quite languidly, chatting between our turns, until I realised that our conversation was sliding to a decidedly one-sided manner as he progressively became more and more monosyllabic. I stopped talking just to see what he’d do (in mid-sentence even) and he didn’t even realise!
“I thought this game was a side thing while we chatted,” I teased with grin.
“You. Are. Not. Going. To. Win,” he gritted out, determination radiated from him and I bemusedly quieted down.
Much to his disgust, I won.
My friend quite liked the idea of Norita as well and mused that he should bring his friends here to check it out. Whatever the reason for coming to Norita (we spied a couple falling asleep on the couch, snuggled up to each other), you can be sure to leave with great memories.
Norita
Level 2, 77 Liverpool Street
Sydney, NSW, 2000
Ph: (02) 9267 3753
Web: http://www.norita.com.au/
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This article was written on 25 Aug 2011, and is filed under Dessert, Korean, Sydney, CBD.
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I quite like the concept of this place. Haven’t been here in awhile. The desserts/food aren’t anything much, but I suppose you do need sustenance whilst playing intensely competitive board games xD I think some of the games need replacing though. I remember that a lot of pieces were missing from the set of Monopoly I played last time!
Love this place!
As said above, desserts/food aren’t the greatest, but the great selection of board games, cheapness, and fun factor of an awesome Pictionary game filled with inappropriate guesses more than make up for it.
Ahhh… I was trying to remember the name of this place as I remember reading a few years ago of a bunch of cool bloggers going to a cafe , having desserts and playing games. Totally cool!
Ah, good fun. Great venue for wintery nights too
I love this place! Great for after dinner fun.. their tarro milk shake is yum yum yum
What an awesome concept! Shame about the actual food lol but a good night was had so meh!
Wow!!!!
I was looking for such a place to visit with my boy friend who is a foody guy. Thanks for this post. So far we used to go in a Cruising restaurant in Sydney, but looking for a change equally maintaining the quality.. Really like this.
Oh it’s the best place in the world! My friends and I went there one time and we were also really loud. I think they don’t mind that much since the place’s main attraction are the games while the food is just something on the side. Besides, how could you have fun when you can’t shout and laugh and cheer, right?
You got lucky going to that place!
Sounds like my ideal location
Great looking blog, but it is dangerous to me trying to lose weight! Food looks sooooo good! Great photos and posts, will check back here when I need to find a cool place to take the fiance out to.