malaysiafest and cabramatta moon festival

29 September 2009, 01:47

Malaysiafest is held annually at Tumbalong Park in Darling Harbour to promote Malaysia’s unique cultures and traditions. But really it’s all about the food :D and so Helen, Minh, Simon and I arrive bright and early at 10am.


But first a pic of me with this tiger- Malaysia’s national icon. Look at the tigers eye holes!


Apam Balik ($7 for 2). It’s like a crispy pancake. With crushed peanuts, sugar and corn. Yeah it sounds weird but don’t knock it till you try it!


Just 2 seconds before spotting the pisang goreng ($5) we had eaten some “banana fritters” and had been disappointed that it was just banana cake and then deep fried. That tasted like fail hence lack of photo. But this! This was PROPER pisang goreng! Glorious banana fritters all crispy and golden with a scoop of icecream to wash it down.


Curry Chee Cheong Fun ($8.50). After seeing people holding bowls of noodles Minh goes off to lineup for the curry chee cheong fun. 5mins later she has eaten everything but left behind the noodles- “there’s too much noodles!” she cries


Roti canai ($5). The popular stall of the day is Mamak with its long queues but hey anything for a fluffy roti and curry or their teh tariks!


Malaysia boleh! Impromptu picnic = win! Char Koay Teow fried flat noodle ($7), Char Koay Kak fried radish cake ($7), Ang Ku Kueh ($5 for 3), and another Apam Balik pancake.


This is what we may have looked like…


And then we trekked to Cabramatta for the Moon Festival and met up with Howard & Linda and Karen & Shaun. My awesome powers of persuasion meant i managed to con Howard, Karen and Simon to take part in the mooncake eating competition with me heh heh. At least we didnt have to eat 4 in 4 mins like previous years! Tho we did have to sign a waiver in case anything happened to us haha and props to Helen for taking photos for me!


Pretty much it was first to finish their mooncake wins. Oh and they made us open our own mooncake packet which i thought was a bit unfair considering i always need scissors to open those things. Because i am weak. Oh and like our tshirts? Sponsoring at its finest.


20 seconds into the comp and about halfway thru our mooncake i think we were all thinking oh crap why are we doing this. i know i sure was. Without any water eating the mooncake was near imposs to eat fast. The lotus paste stuck to our tongue and the crumbly egg yolk oh man. Later on Howard tells us how he hears his neighbour wheezing and starts worrying he’s choking mid mooncake chomp.


When we realise that Simon is going to win, Howard, Karen and i stop all attempts at eating and cheer him on heh heh foodbloggers stick together yo. Simon scores a mobile phone for his troubles


And then i had to get eat something savoury. Bwahaha check out this crazy potato coil on a stick ($2.50)! Deepfried of course :D And with the option of chicken salt, cheese salt or uh one other salt that i cant remember. It wasn’t as crispy as i would have liked but it was still tasty! As was the custard apple shake mmm sweetness.

1. aargh I hate missing out on all the weekend fun! when’s the next eating comp…

   — Lex    Sep 29, 08:16 AM    #
   
   

2. You gave up towards the end??

   Well, thanks for letting me win. Don’t think I’ll be doing that again (unless the prize is more awesome than a cheap mobile) :)

   — Simon    Sep 29, 10:01 AM    #
   
   

3. Bahahah! I wish I could have been there (if only to see the bulging eyes and mooncakey terror for myself). Was the deep fried potato like a giant chippy twirl? It looks uber cool.

   — shez    Sep 29, 10:45 AM    #
   
   

4. You guys all did a great job with the mooncakes. Sorry about the glare on your photos though altho’ jugging two SLR’s was fun. lol! And yay, you finally got to bite into a whole mooncake!

   — Helen (Grab Your Fork)    Sep 29, 11:00 AM    #
   
   

5. Aww the Malaysian picnic is cute! Haha and that potato coil looks good! But after mooncake? good work not letting that stop you from enjoying more food!

   — Steph    Sep 29, 11:06 AM    #
   
   

6. good work competing in the mooncake comp! i’m surprised you guys weren’t sick afterwards!! but, i’m sure the custard apple shake washed it all down!

   — Betty    Sep 29, 01:14 PM    #
   
   

7. Hi! Thanks so much for coming to Malaysia Fest. I hope you enjoyed the food and performances. Stay tuned next year for our 20th installment! :)

   — Sabrina Hanim    Sep 29, 03:22 PM    #
   
   

8. Oh my gawd.. Apam Balik @ AUD7 for 2.. I’m gonna stay in Singapore where they sell it for SGD0.80 and the pisang goreng.. ok ok I shan’t say anymore.. I’m gonna have to “smuggle” some of that stuff when I’m back for Christmas..

   — Sidney    Sep 30, 06:55 PM    #
   
   

9. OMG SUZE that potato coil looks cool. bugger tho how it wasnt as crunchy? it sure does look crunchy.

   Good on you guys for participating in the moon cake comp! Do us foodies proud ^_. I take it you’d never wanna see a moon cake again? Wish i went.. bummer i was there the day before and i was sick the day after =((((((

   — Leona    Sep 30, 08:58 PM    #
   
   

10. Good on you all for even entering the mooncake comp! And love your ‘blogging this’ shirt.

    — Belle@OohLook    Sep 30, 09:46 PM    #
    
    

11. what with 1000kg burgers and deep fried potato coils, I’m starting to associate ‘chocolatesuze’ with ‘heart-attack’ hahaha

    — Grace    Oct 1, 01:39 AM    #
    
    

12. lex: hehe yeah id like to see you battle ffichiban!
    simon: haha knowing we couldnt win we decided moral support was best
    shez: giant chippy twirl indeed! but not as crunchy as hoped
    helen: no worries dude im just happy i got some photos haha ill treasure this memory forever :D
    steph: bwahaha my stomach bounces back fast!
    betty: i loooove custard apple shakes! so refreshing!
    sabrina: no worries dude!
    sidney: aww im jealous!
    leona: parts of it were crunchy? think it just needed a bit longer in the deepfrier
    belle: hehehehe i feel so nerdy wearing that tshirt!
    grace: LOL! i need a new nick huh?

    — chocolatesuze    Oct 1, 01:57 AM    #
    
    

13. wow that potato coil on a stick is awesome! ahaha

    — K    Oct 1, 02:27 PM    #
    
    

14. OMG looks too much fun!

    — thang @ noodlies.com    Aug 19, 05:08 PM    #