Taste of Sydney 2012

This probably seems like an antithesis to what this blog is dedicated to but I just feel like it's the most appropriate platform to post my gastronomical experience at Taste of Sydney 2012. And for the most part this is most probably going to be for my own personal purpose, as a reminder of the list of things that I ate at the festival (unfortunately no photos for some and am too lazy to post the others, I might try to do this later) but here are the list of (awesome) food that I managed to try:

At the Otto Ristorante stand, we managed to get our hands on Barbarossa Ravioli (ravioli of sliced pickled beetroot with goats curd, pistachio & horseradish), Ragu di Pollo Affumicato (pasta with lightly smoked lilydale chicken, carrot puree and parmesan), Meringa con Crème al Frutto della Passione (meringue filled with passionfruit curd, honeydew, rock and watermelon).

After our visit to Otto Ristorante we made a stop at Longrain and someone ordered the Crisp Pork Belly, Pickled Daikon and Chilli Jam in a Sweet Roll. It looked scrumptious, I was tempted to get one myself. But alas, I had to restrain myself from spending too much.

Then off we go to Agapé Organic Restaurant and Bar where we each had our own meal consisted of Slow Roasted Berkshire Pork Scotch Fillet, Rosemary, Fennel, Apple, Sage, Polenta & Salsa Verde; whilst I had their Icon Dish, which was the Gundooee Wagyu Sirloin, Slow Braised Brisket (which was the loveliest brisket, it melted in my mouth so nicely and complemented by the Royal Black Quinoa & Truffle Butter), Honey Roasted Carrots.

I think someone wandered off to Quarter Twenty One and ordered the Fried Hawkesbury School Prawns, Prosciutto and Rouille, which was probably why we didn't see her for a while.

Even after such a gastronomically filing degustation we managed to make our way to Flying Fish (after sampling a few drinks here and there, with a slight detour towards a cupcake stand called The Sweetest Thing which had the cutest looking cupcakes!).

At Flying Fish we ordered their three widely offered dishes (sans the Icon Dish, I'm afraid our pocket wasn't able to fork out that much money) which was the Prawns with Okra Sambal, Seared Petuna Ocean Trout with Ginger, Chilli, Shallot Sauce served with Carrot Sambal & Basmati Rice and ended with Laveria – Fresh Coconut & Palm Treacle Pancake with Cardamom ice-cream (fantastic ice-cream, I have to say!).

If that might seem a lot, I really have to admit, it was A LOT. And somehow after all those meals we crawled our way back to The Sweetest Thing to grab some cupcakes home (at least I did) and shared a bowl of Duccio (in Five Dock) Gelato's Fig Gelato and Mango Gelato (I prefered the Mango one, the fig was an acquired taste).

And thus end our degustation adventure through Taste of Sydney for this year. I'm definitely looking forward to next year if it is going to be as good (or better) than this year!

Oh, but the best part of the day was when a friend of ours was comically basking in the sun at Duccio's stand (turning her front away from us in the shade and towards the sun) when Manu Feildel walks by and winked at her and managed to exchange a hello. I didn't get to see him doing it but it was evident from the profuse giggling and wide smile from her face it was the highlight of her day.

Oh dearie, the post is already long as is, and on that note, I shall bid adieu. *tips tophat*