So today was one of those days where Christina and I were stumped for something to do. Darling Harbour? We never go there, maybe there’s something on? Manly? Nah too much hassle. Bondi Beach Markets? Mmm, nah too cool for skool. Pub food? I feel like a Pie! Hmmm, which pub though?
It was a nice day so we ended up deciding to head to Centennial Park for lunch and some people watching. When we got there, there was a long queue to get into the park, we persisted though and parked at the top where we knew there was going to be parking. It turns out that there was an event on. “The Taste Of Sydney”. A Food Fair? Perfect!
A few minutes later we paid for the $30 entry fee (x2) and headed inside not knowing what to expect.
You had to buy “crowns” which was the currency you used to buy food and drinks.
The first thing we ate was a Seafood Paella which was yum yum.
Hey Matt! We then hit up Matt Moran’s Aria stand for his family lamb special.
Yeah it was juicy and yummy but it the bread and sauce weren’t great. Next!
Christina spotted someone with a pie and we hunted it down. Beef Cheek pie? Oh so so good.
We saved the best for last. Guillaume, the restaurant in the Opera House had a stall and were serving up Wagyu with Mash and they served it up with a plastic fork, no knife was needed as it was that damn soft. It was a lot like a perfect braised lamb shank. To braise meat of this quality is just so pimp. The people eating it around us were just blown away at how good it was. Killer!
A lot of stalls had food samples to give out, we tried a few things, here’s a dessert sample. At this stage we were full, and over it. We ran into Dave from Import Strings (Hi Dave!) who reminded me to watch the F1 tonight (awesome go Schumi!). Full and exhausted Christina and I headed home.