blog chicks meetup at parramatta park cafe

21 August 2009, 03:18

THIS POST IS DEDICATED TO BUTCH. Butch would like me to start writing with capital letters in my sentences. Hope you’re happy Butch!


(Image borrowed from Laura). Last week i attended my first ever blog chicks meetup. Blog chicks is an online community of aussie women bloggers and is hosted by the lovely Leigh who also collates the list of top 100 aussie female bloggers each month.

Bloggers at the lunch were: Lucy from Chief Bridesmaid, Leigh from Crazy Meezer, Marilyn from Live first, write later, Laura from LR Kane, Trish from My Little Drummer Boys, Emma from Reality Ravings, Liz from Savvy Cat and fellow foodbloggers Helen, Jen and Shez. But hey time for some food pics!


Ok i lied here’s a pic of our drinks. Helen and I have spotted an avocado milkshake ($5.50) on the menu and because we are suckers for random menu items we immediately order it. Along with a normal drink just in case- a vanilla malt milkshake ($5.10). The vanilla malt milkshake was awesome. The avocado milkshake not so much. It was like drinking guacamole and the honey that was laced in the drink was no comparison to the condensed milk that an avocado milkshake should have.


Steak sandwich ($17.50) with extra cheese, roasted mushrooms, rocket and beetroot relish with chips. I loved all the toppings on the sandwich except well, the steak. A tad on the dry side but the beetroot relish saves the day. As does the side of fat crunchy chips. Mmm carbohydrates.


Big Breakfast ($18) Two eggs, bacon, tomato, mushrooms, sausage, hash brown and toast. And a single piece of rocket heh. Shez gleefully attacks her food and crows with delight at finding sausage buried under the pile. I snuck a piece of hash brown when she wasn’t looking. It was tasty. I like my potato deep fried. Actually i guess i like all foods deep fried.


Open BBQ chicken burger ($16.50) with lettuce, tomato, avocado and aioli with chips


Chicken quesadilla ($16.50) Folded flour tortilla filled with grilled chicken, Spanish onion and cheese lightly toasted and topped with sour cream


Salt and pepper calamari ($16.50) tossed with seasoned Besan flour


Grilled barramundi ($19) with a macadamia crust on sauteed spinach, capsicum, tomato and feta


Grilled prawn pasta ($16.50) with chilli, lime and basil


The afternoon passes quickly with tech talk about what platforms we use, domain registrations and how a boy managed to get on the girls list… Soon we start feeling peckish and while the others have chosen dessert from the cake cabinet at the front i have stuck to my can of mother and a chocolate icecream while Helen goes for the Magnum option.


Chocolate tart ($6). Shez has chosen a rich looking chocolate tart and i stare enviously at it before begging for a piece heh and it is good. Super chocolatey but not too sweet with a fudgey denseness


Cannoli ($6)


Banana cake ($6)


Baby chocolate pudding ($6). (Lol oops sorry about the crap pic of the pudding. Still messing around with the 50mm)


It was lovely meeting everyone and super thanks to Leigh for organising!

1. Nice work on the pics. Good to see you finally giving the 50mm a workout :)

   — Helen    Aug 21, 09:12 AM    #
   
   

2. Haha people obviously have yet to discover the wonders of condensed milk! I’ve had so many dry steak sandwiches that I’ve stopped ordering them :( Looks like a lovely meetup!

   — Steph    Aug 21, 09:52 AM    #
   
   

3. Ahhh! Sneaky! I didn’t even realise I was missing hash brown… and the excitement at the sausage? Unwarranted (sadly).

   — shez    Aug 21, 10:07 AM    #
   
   

4. Agree with Helen! The 50 is sexy ^^! Still loving the look of that baby chocolate puddin mmmm and that chicken burger doesn’t look very open to me :S

   — FFichiban    Aug 23, 01:05 PM    #
   
   

5. i’ve been missing all your posts as i still can’t follow your blog through blogger. a bit frustrating, keeps having an error when i try and add your website for some strange reason. i wonder if anyone else if having the same problemo? nice intense shot of the bloggers in action hehe

   — Simon Food Favourites    Aug 23, 11:49 PM    #
   
   

6. helen: hehe im still on the fence
   steph: condensed milk makes everything delicious =D
   shez: aw but the hash brown was good!
   ffichiban: haha sexy? meh still undecided hehe
   simon: yeah i have no idea whats wrong.. switch to google reader!

   — chocolatesuze    Aug 23, 11:55 PM    #
   
   

7. those desserts look amazing

   — justcooknyc    Aug 26, 01:52 PM    #