Many departmental stores have modern and international food courts with various choices of food - most popular I have seen are "Oporto", "MacDonalds", "Subway", Asian food and European food. The stall that served South East Asian foods are usually dishes with rice, noodles and laksa - most of the stall holders speak Cantonese - mostly likely Malaysian Chinese.
Laksa is a Singapore dish - an equivalent of it comes from Malaysia and they called it "Curry Mee". The taste is about the same but with some ingredients that make this a unique Singapore dish. The most famous in Singapore is Katong Laksa - during lunch times, queue lined up waiting to savour this dish and they come from all over Singapore. Hailed as Singapore one of Singapore's national dish.
For Asian food, the ones that I had tasted at food courts in Sydney did not taste good - like Laksa, Wan ton noodles or Char Sui (BBQ pork) noodles. Can you imagine paying A$10.50 (about S$13.65) for Char Sui noodles at a food court for lunch which you can get for S$3.00 in Singapore? The noodles had bits of broccoli, cauliflower, carrots (ahem...rarely seen in authentic char sui noodle) and the BBQ pork was not succulent. If they had open a stall in Singapore - they won't last a month. That is why Singapore is a food paradise - good and affordable food and lots of variety.
But I heard the food court in Sydney Chinatown is good - I will visit it the next time I am in Sydney.
I will stick to Australian type of good - like sandwiches, rolls, burgers, fish and chips the next time. The fish and chips I tried was good much better than the ones I had tasted anywhere in Asia.
Restaurants I tried:-
Beppi's Ristorante @ 21 Yurong Street, East Sydney - $$$ - Italian cuisine - this restaurant dates back to 1956 and the ambiance does bring back memories of old Italy that you watch in movies. They have very attentive and knowledgeable waiters that brings the raw vegetables and sea food to the table and explain professionally so that you can make a good choice of your dish. I can't speak Italian so that really helps explain some of the entree on the menu.
Nick's Seafood Restaurant @ Cockle Bay Wharf - $$$$ - Seafood - the food is very good and fresh - worth a visit if you are going to taste authentic char-grilled Australian seafood.
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