Sydney food bloggers yumcha, Malaysiafest

29 September 2010, 03:44


Is this not the most beautiful thing you have ever seen? Sure at yum cha there are the must have orders of siu mai, har gow, chive dumplings, pork buns and oodles of noodles but for me as soon as I see egg tarts on a trolley I just HAVE to order them even if I have yet to eat my share of the savouries… and so 5 plates of egg tarts lands on our table but not to worry they weren’t all for me because I was here at Marigold along with fellow food bloggers Betty, Billy, Cate, Jacq, Janice, Julie, Karen, Mae, Rachel, Richard, Rita, Simon, Tammi and Thang for a yum cha meet up with Sarah and Vanessa from Nuffnang


I can never go past mango pancakes! Once mango season starts I am determined to make this at home!


Ooh humans!


And more humans!


Still feeling a bit peckish, Karen, Richard, Simon and I head for Tumbalong Park in Darling Harbour where the annual Malaysia Festival was being held. Zomg so many people! It was such a beautiful sunny day that I had braced myself for crazy crowds but luckily the queues for the food stalls weren’t too hectic


Apam balik (2 for $7) are crispy pancakes filled with a crushed peanuts, a dollop of creamed corn and a sprinkle of sugar.


Our crew disperses to join multiple queues and return bearing containers filled with satay, rice cubes and a pool of peanut sauce; fluffy roti and curry sauce, teh tarik ($3), ice chendol ($4) and teh ais ($3). Satisfied with our haul we roll home where someone may or may not have persuaded Karen to swing by El Jannah and score some fabulous charcoal chicken and garlic sauce for dinner mmm so much deliciousness in one day!


 

 

  1. Apam balik! I seriously must make this at home soon! And mango pancakes too!

    — Helen (grabyourfork)    Sep 29, 05:03 AM    #

  2. ohh I didnt know that you there was an annual Malaysia Festival on!! looks like so much fun!! mmmMm roti!!

    — Rhonda (TheDaintyBaker)    Sep 29, 09:47 AM    #

  3. I didn’t know it was Malaysia Fest D: Nooo. Apam balikkkk.

    — secretsunday    Sep 29, 10:41 AM    #

  4. EEK!!! Flash photography = bad bad photo of me :(

    But damn those egg tarts were tasty!

    — K | C&C    Sep 29, 10:55 AM    #

  5. omggg im NEVER gonna sit infront of the camera again. look at all the tiny faces at the back then WHAM my face appears huge!!

    didnt know malaysia fest was on! damn i shouldve went. look at all the yummy food!

    — sugarpuffi    Sep 29, 11:44 AM    #

  6. but were those satay as good as mine? bwHAAHAHAHA…. funny we didnt order egg custard at our table, but I was satisfied with my Tofu Fah. :D

    — billy@a table for two    Sep 29, 12:00 PM    #

  7. OMG – i need to get me an egg custard!
    totally forgot about the malaysian festival too! damn it!

    — sporbo    Sep 29, 12:09 PM    #

  8. Would love to see if you could have had that many egg custard tarts in one sitting!

    — Simon @ the heart of food    Sep 29, 12:21 PM    #

  9. I can’t believe you still had the apetite to keep eating at the malaysia fest!!! hahah!!!

    omg but it loooks soooo yummmmmy!!!!!

    and i can’t believe you remembered everyones links and names!!
    thumbs up*

    — Janice    Sep 29, 12:52 PM    #

  10. Man I didn’t know about the Malaysian food festival!!!! Oh beautiful Nasir Lemak you evade me so..

    Are you going to any of the Crave Sydney events?

    — Tammi    Sep 29, 01:30 PM    #

  11. Egg custard eating contest – stat!!

    YAY for food blogger events :D Don’t mind me creeping teehee.. mmm mango pancakes. Omnomnomnom ~

    — Margaret | fangirlish    Sep 29, 02:24 PM    #

  12. Apom Balik@ 2 for $7? That’s daylightrobbery but then again its Australia not Asia.:) But where I’m from I can get my fix everyday[in different fillings somemore] & not worry about the pricing. Btw the mango pancake look delicious… I hadn’t tried something like that yet. & oh I didn’t manage to try the pancake on the rock when I was in Sydyney in Aug!

    — Joyce    Sep 29, 03:15 PM    #

  13. Kudos to you for getting everyone’s names and blogspots!!! It was so good to meet fellow bloggers – and yes those egg custard tarts were good – sorry I took the last one!!!

    — Cate    Sep 29, 03:49 PM    #

  14. haha I look a bit odd in that photo hmmm…. but yes you can never have too many egg tarts!

    — Jacq    Sep 29, 05:38 PM    #

  15. Yum cha then MFest? Oooh, you’re pro… :)

    — Tina    Sep 29, 07:50 PM    #

  16. haha peer pressured photos =p. Rofl i forgot malay fest was on damn!

    — Julie    Sep 29, 10:17 PM    #

  17. opps I mean malaysia fest*

    — Julie    Sep 29, 10:23 PM    #

  18. Ok i happen to think that YOUR Malaysian fest was better than ours because (a) yours wasn’t held at a drizzly 13degC and (b) you have apam balik! I haven’t had those for YEARS!! And you know what? London doesn’t have mango pancakes. as in they dont even know what it is. FML.

    — catty    Sep 29, 10:46 PM    #

  19. reading ur blog makes me feel hungry all the time babe! haha ;p the eye tarts look real yummy thou.. (;

    — vivianlly    Sep 30, 06:33 AM    #

  20. Awww, so sad I missed Malaysia fest this year. I love mango pancakes, please, please post the recipe because I need to make them at home!

    — shaz    Sep 30, 11:36 AM    #

  21. yum cha is the best! Love those mango pancakes!

    — Georgia    Sep 30, 12:00 PM    #

  22. I have faith that you could’ve eaten all those egg tarts yourself ;)

    — Hannah    Sep 30, 01:11 PM    #

  23. MMmm… I <3 a good tart! hehe ;)

    — Ladybird    Sep 30, 04:33 PM    #

  24. Hmmmmmmmm, the malaysiafest looks like so much of food and fun. Egg tart, satay, rice cubes, pool of peanut sauce; fluffy roti and curry sauce, teh tarik , ice chendol and teh ais . What more anyone wants to fulfill the appetite with most delicious food? Hey next time, please please please post the news when it is on.

    — Reeve Friday    Sep 30, 06:49 PM    #

  25. the malaysiafest looks quite happening eh.. promoting malaysian food there.. :D

    — taufulou    Sep 30, 09:02 PM    #

  26. I need to go to yumcha sometime soon!! All those egg tarts are making me enviousssssss! (I think I should stop visiting your blog at like midnight ..)

    But omggg Malaysia festival! I wonder why we don’t have of that around here …or do we? And I just don’t know xD? But yumm <3

    — Melody    Oct 1, 12:26 AM    #

  27. I am glad I am not your friend. It wouldn’t be very good for my waistline I don’t think! You go to the nicest places and eat/bake some great food.

    — Cath @ Moo-Lolly-Bar    Oct 1, 05:17 PM    #

  28. I was feeling sick today but my appetite is returning looking at those gorgeous pictures of Egg custard & Apple Balik! Inspired to go for some Yum cha or check out one of the cultural festivals at Darling Harbour sometime. You take photos good enough to eat! x

    — Eliza    Oct 2, 06:01 PM    #

  29. Hee hee gw hitting up the el jannah afterwards! and hoooomens?!

    — FFichiban    Oct 5, 02:10 AM    #

  30. Great to see you again Suze… sorry I was on the wrong table!

    — thang @ noodlies    Oct 5, 09:40 PM    #

Post a Comment
 
Back to home