Sydney Food & Wine Fair, Hyde Park Sydney

Serge Dansereau from Bathers Pavilion

It was a gorgeous day for the annual Sydney Food & Wine Fair, one of the final big events for Good Food Month.



I was disappointed that Chiu Lee Luk and Claude's didn't have a stall this year but otherwise there were plenty of stalls to keep the stomach amused and the camera clicking.




Duck confit, pickled beetroot, green beans, Persian fetta
and chervil vinaigrette from The Restaurant at AGNSW


Banana fritters from Spice I Am

I was lucky enough to score a free sample of a banana fritter. With banana prices still high, it was a welcome treat. The sesame coated batter with coconut milk didn't go astray either.


Lucky beer


Canape selection of herbed smoked salmon tartlets
with salmon roe; zucchini frittata with pesto;
garlic bruschetta with vine ripened tomato and basil;
and Dolcetta’s rocky road from Salon Prive Catering


Bone china tea set from The Tearoom


High tea from The Tearoom:
finger sandwich, chocolate n’gress, orange and almond cake,
passionfruit sable, strawberry mascarpone tart and
cheese puff pastry


Risotto from Industrie - South of France


Grilling prawns at Industrie - South of France


A nicoise salad of herb crusted salmon carpaccio
served with oven roasted potato, asparagus, tear drop
and grape tomato, kalamata olives, eggs and a
roast garlic and dijon mustard dressing from Scolarest


Raita Noda from Ocean Room


Bill Granger berry and mascarpone tart


Corn chips with guacamole and salsa from
Vera Cruz Restaurant & Bar


Sausage coil from Brasserie Bread


BBQ prawn skewers with black pepper and
curry leaf sauce from Flying Fish


Mango and passionfruit pavlova


Warm seared ocean trout, potato and fetta rosti
poached egg vinaigrette and baby leaves from Cafe Sydney


Pissaladerie from Tabou


Veal sausages from Buon Ricordo


Barbecued quail with chilli and lemon from
Lucio’s Italian Restaurant


Toasted fresh marshmallows from Marque Restaurant


Sailors Thai pacific oysters with chilli, rice vinegar
sauce with deep-fried shallot


Trio of desserts from Lenotre, Paris
Opera: classic rich chocolate ganache with coffee
butter cream, macerated sponge and topped with gold leaf

Tarte au citron: a classic French lemon tart, the thin pastry
case is filled with almond and lemon cream and topped with
a border of lemon and meringue

Success: almond meringues with almond butter cream filling

By 12.45pm, the queues were thick and slow-moving and I ended up choosing my lunch based on speed. I've often eyed the pissaladerie from Tabou (they had a similar offering at the Spring Picnic last year) and although simple, I wasn't disappointed. Soft sweet caramelised onion jam, kalamata olives, thin strips of red capsicum and some very lovely anchovies indeed.


Lunch: pissaladerie from Tabou

Dessert was always going to be the almond tart from Bathers Pavilion. And in the ten minutes I stood around with the tart in one hand, I was asked five times by goggled-eyed sweet tooths "where on earth did you get that tart?"


Dessert: Serge's divine almond tart with
berries and cream from Bathers Pavilion

Sweet shortcrust pastry filled with an almond mixture that is both dense but light, rich yet palatable. A generous scoop of the finest berries (strawberries, blueberries, blackberries and raspberries) and a cloud of fluffy white pure whipped cream. Dessert perfection.

Two leftover vouchers were spent on tarts from Bourke Street Bakery. At only $2.50 each (they're usually $3.50) they were a veritable bargain. Ginger pistachio brulee and a chocolate tart. An ideal Saturday night treat for sharing.



This year's Sydney Food & Wine Fair was held on Saturday October 28, 2006 in Sydney's Hyde Park.

Tagged with: gfm06 or check Rebecca's wrap-up

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