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i am susan thye. aka chocolatesuze. lives in sydney, australia. born 30.5.83. hitched to noods. started The Biscuit Tree. this is a food and lifestyle blog with heaps of photos and not much writing heh. i like cheeseburgers, ice cream and macarons. i also like long walks on the beach :D
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sydney winter festival 2009
23 June 2009, 01:15
sydney has been pretty unlucky with the weather when it comes to outdoor events! the sydney winter festival was on last weekend (18-21 June) where it managed to rain pretty much nonstop. it didnt help that i was sick either! but a plan is a plan and so Helen and i found ourselves wandering around Cook & Phillip Square one sunday morning eager for some classic winter food
look its snowing! i found it pretty amusing that there were gas heaters lining the makeshift ice rink… also, the ‘snow’ smelled like burnnning…
apparently the ice rink was the first outdoor rink in the cbd since 1959! the tix for ice skating managed to be sold out weeks in advance so helen and i hung around the edge watching the skaters and alternating between jealous glances and laughing at the falls of the uncoordinated heh heh
the currency for the festival were ‘snowflake’ tokens (1 snowflake=$1) and while i understand the need for ‘security reasons’ it wasted a bit of time having to find out the price of food before having to find the snowflake dude. one snowflake seller was calling out cornflakes! get your cornflakes here! heh i asked him why he was saying it and he said people dont really listen anyway and i was the first to ask =D
roasting chestnuts!
a drink was in order for such a cold day and i of course go with the milk hot chocolate with PINK marshmallow from voodoo (4snowflakes)
hotchocolatesuze haha shuddup im sick dammit!
there were quite a few food stalls and the spectacularly colourful paella from El Bulli drew a crowd
but not as big a crowd as the area in front of plan b where a lady was holding a tray of free wagyu burger samples! zomg for a sample size these things were pretty huge!
something that helen and i had immediately decided on having for lunch was from Del Forno- a whole wheel of brie ‘infused’ with rosemary and thyme, baked until all gooey and melty and oh. so. delicious with a loaf of crusty bread and 2 pickles on the side
and some mellow soothing music with our eats on the steps
and cheese craving not fully satisfied we stopped by at the swissotel stand for some Swiss raclette. the halved wheels of cheese are placed under a grill and the top layer soon becomes bubbly and golden and is then scraped onto some potatos, onions and pickles. the jolly chef was also very generous with his samples heh
it was a bit small but that was ok because we were slowly becoming full and sleepy from the music
and a gingerbread man from la boheme for a snack on the way home!
Back to home
Oh yuummmmm all that cheeessse! Wish I could’ve gone… and they had snow machines?
— FFichiban Jun 23, 01:51 AM #Ha this is such a fast post for you! I just posted mine as well :) And your pic of the rink makes it look so big. I like your snowy pic of St Marys Cathedral too.
— Helen (grabyourfork) Jun 23, 02:21 AM #Ahhh the ice rink was so tiny we went Friday night and there were so many people (as it wasn’t raining). But oohhh I totally missed out on the voodoo hot chocolate but the wagyu burger was definitely yum and the raclette was meltingly good!
— Trisha Jun 23, 07:38 AM #Hahaha at the guy calling out cornflakes! How silly. Ohh I want some gooey brie, I’m sad I missed out on the winter festival. If only it was on for longer!
— Steph Jun 23, 09:35 AM #i only got there at night and didnt get a chance to see all the food! damn. i really wanted the chestnuts… oh wells, next year! hope you’re feeling better dudes!
— Betty Jun 23, 12:59 PM #love the generous (albeit uneven, heh) sprinkles on mr gingerbread man. i would have headed straight for the paella, it looks fantastic!
— shermy Jun 23, 01:02 PM #i like the snow pic :) oh was the wagyu burger alright?
this might call for a trip to eq.. just to go ice skating!
— sam Jun 23, 11:37 PM #Oh I didn’t see the roasted chestnuts :( I was hanging out for some of them too… Hope you’re feeling better!
— Tina Jun 24, 12:17 PM #ffichiban: yup snow! but the snow smelled like burrrrrning but ah wells it was pretty!
— chocolatesuze Jun 25, 07:16 PM #helen: its the power of panadol!
trisha: ohh the raclette mmm so gooey cheesey and delish! but yeh the hot choc wasnt that great
steph: i agree i reckon they shouldve held it all week!
betty: what you mean the stalls closed at night!! oh noes how sad!
shermy: heh he was tasty mr gingerbread oh yes
sam: thanks! and yup the wagyu burger was awesome! not sure how id feel paying 10bux for it tho… but it sure was tasty!
tina: ah the chestnuts were in a teensy tiny oven thing and there werent any signs!
Waaa I’m scared of chestnuts being roasted open like that!! (obviously chestnut related injury experienced.) El Bulli faint
— Yas Jun 26, 02:17 AM #Looks like a great day!
— Annette Piper Jun 26, 06:26 PM #much lolage at the token seller! must have gotten so over it by that late stage :)
— Simon Jun 27, 07:51 AM #Pity I missed this – open-air ice skating, in Sydney. Who woulda thought! And the food looks pretty good too.
— Y Jun 27, 08:59 PM #