i dont usually eat cereal let alone muesli for breakfast mainly because i dont have the time but thanks to the awesome people at Medial Moguls i scored some boxes of Carman’s Muesli Rounds! each box has 5 individually wrapped muesli rounds and when i’d received them i’d put them on the top shelf in the cupboard one day and came back a coupla days later and found that they’d been plundered by the boy! he didnt know i was saving them but generously left me one to try hmpf


and while they may look crunchy and hard they are actually delightfully moist and slightly chewy like a gingerbread man. but round. am totally kicking myself for not hiding them better!

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!

1 year ago if you had told me i would be having a birthday party with a group of people half of whom i’d never met in real life before i would have laughed. but magically the food blogging crew in sydney have become quite a close-knit community. and feeling ambitious i decided to try my luck in organising the biggest meetup evah at wagaya!

before entering the room you had to take off your shoes. for the floor it was all shiny and with cushions! a large lcd tv is also in the room if you want to play a video and theres also an ipod stereo hookup but for some reason no dock for the ipod so make sure you bring a charger! altho with 25 30 people in the room it will be so loud you wont hear the music =P

and just because i could, i decreed a theme- masquerade!

i had booked the largest private room available and was told it would fit 25 people. i uh thought that was just a ‘guideline’ so i squished in 30 foodbloggers heh heh sorry for the squishyness dudes!

but soon the food arrives and cameras are whipped out and soon the room is filled with a lightning storm of super bright flashes

the edamame is first to arrive and masks are set aside to eat properly

my babies! my absolute favourite at wagaya- the deep fried cheese! oh yes they were so tasty that i stole a bowl for myself heh i dont share my cheese =P

lotus root chips were so very moreish! i couldnt stop eating them!

takoyaki. um i dont think i ate these…

and then out comes the dreaded sushi roulette! heh hiding in one of those pieces is a giant ball of wasabi so hot that you will cry hehe um and yeah thats it for the food photos because i was too busy eating =P

group 1 with their sushi. minh is the lucky winner hehe

group 2. i think the lucky winner was trina?

me and shez

tim, chris, steph, me, betty, trina

AND THE MASTERCHEF JUDGES! haha the awesome billy went thru all the videos and took screenshots and photoshopped them for every single contestant heh awesome effort!

and billy bought me a baa-tiful cake from 85C thanks dude!

helen’s handiwork…

my party gifts to the bloggers- candy necklaces!

and lollipop rings!

heh billy…

the lovely trish made delicious cakepops for everyone!

personalised cake pops! aww thanks dude!

by the time we took this group photo half of us had already left bah!

carnage. heh much love to everyone who came! i had an awesome time and hope to catch up with everyone again soon!

foodbloggers who came:
helen: grabyourfork.blogspot.com
billy: www.atablefortwo.com.au
howard and minh: www.eatshowandtell.com
sheryl: www.onebitemore.blogspot.com
richard: www.herecomesthefood.com.au
karen: www.citrusandcandy.com
simon: www.theheartoffood.blogspot.com
lorraine: www.notquitenigella.com
reem: tummyrumble.net
leona: pigged-out.com
mel: www.fooderati.blogspot.com
jen: www.jenius.com.au
belle: ooh-look.blogspot.com
jenny: www.panda-n-cakes.blogspot.com
lili: www.pikeletandpie.com
betty: betty-thehungrygirl.blogspot.com
steph: raspberricupcakes.blogspot.com
betty and richard: bettysbites.blogspot.com
ellie: almostbourdain.blogspot.com
chris and tim: blogs.thewayitcrumbles.com
trina: foragingotaku.blogspot.com
trish: sugarlace.fragiled.net
tina: foodboozeshoes.blogspot.com
pete: kitchendecanted.com
eden: nutsaboutmynuts.wordpress.com
grace: www.foodchaser.me

not quite a food post but the awesome Billy from A Table For Two is showcasing his first ever solo photographic exhibition – The Red Balloon at Danks Street Gallery (2 Danks St, Waterloo). The exhibition is a tribute to those who lost their lives in the Victorian bushfires. All gold coin donations and commissions from artwork sales will be donated to the Victorian Bushfire Appeal so if ya in the area come by and show your support! The exhibition starts this Tuesday 16th June 6pm-8pm and runs until 27th June 11am-6pm