So what if one day we had an urge to paint an egg? Or a hankering to decorate a pie? Or rather than eat a pig, some kind of whimsical fancy to watch pigs race and dive?
Where else could you go to see all these things? The Sydney Royal Easter Show, of course!
And even though egg painting is restricted to children 12 years and under, doesn’t mean that you won’t get a chance to try your hand at milking a cow at the Dairy Farmers Milking Barn ! ..
…or rather, let the cow milk itself.
Dairy Farmers Strawberry Milkshake – $5
The byproduct of said cow above
Unfortunately the milkshake tasted a little bit more like milk than strawberry, but according to the grapevine there’s a really good blueberry milkshake available at the Easter Show somewhere ! ..should watch out for it ;)
Woolworths Food Dome – Vienna Almonds, & Vienna Mixed Nuts – $7, $8
What nutty food blog would be complete without a photo of nuts! These were absolutely delicious :) I tried the mixed nuts and they were amazingly crunchy – not too hard that they break your teeth, but not all soft and old either :)
Vegie Spread – $4 (available in original, original hot, tasty, sweet & sour, garlic, & garlic hot)
A good way of getting your kids to eat vegetables! You can spread this on your bread, but I imagine it would also taste really good in pasta or even steak! The chilli ones weren’t particularly spicy, and it was a bit of a mushy spread – my favourite was the garlic :)
Disaster Bay Chillies – $9
I’ve seen these chilli spreads before around at Markets by Moonlight (at The Rocks), and the Sydney Festival. They have interesting flavours like chilli wine jelly (which i found absolutely terrible!! although if you like chilli and wine it would be the perfect spread for you because it tastes exactly like it sounds), chipotle sauce (which tastes slightly like garlic and jalapenos), and lemon stinger marmalade (an interesting yet slightly sour spin on the traditional breakfast spread).
The great thing about these spreads is that they’re not particularly chilli, and have an exotic taste that can pretty much go with anything!
The Chilli Factory – $10
Another recurring condiment that I’ve seen around before is the Chilli Factory’s chilli sauces, available in mango, honey mustard, roast tomato chilli, and more. Rated out of 10, there was one particular paste called the Devil’s Delirium at a very cool (hot??) 14/10 …based from jolokia chilli, I tried a small piece on my chip, and within five minutes my throat was burning. Although I had a friend who tried a spoonful …half an hour later, he was still standing in the Woolworths’ Dome with his hand over his mouth, eyes watering, cheeks burning ….hahahah.
To be honest, when I tried the Turbo Supercharge (made from habanero) a few months ago, I found that one a LOT more hotter, to the point that I had to scarf down chocolate muffins, in the hope that the milk in the ingredients would soothe my burning throat. ..And that was 10++/10, but I don’t really like habaneros anyway.
Watermelon – $3
Fresh juicy watermelon from the Dome after the chilli scares of the Chilli Factory
Toast & hard boiled eggs made by the Tefal people :)
They also had really nice cheese risotto made by a contraption as of yet not available !~
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One of the many cakes on display in the cake competition !
Chocolate dipped strawberries – $3.50
The thing I love about chocolate strawberries is that they are always such pretty works of art that I can never bring myself to eat them! I have photos and photos of these, and the actual ones themselves were very juicy .. although the chocolate is never particularly sweet (I suppose to offset the sourness of the strawberry?)
Waffles – $5, plus extra $2 for toppings
I saw these toppings earlier during the day, and omg the display ones looked sooo tasty I was craving for them all day!
Banana Waffle with Maple Syrup & Icing Sugar – $7
This was delicious! They make it straight up for you on the spot, so you can actually watch them make the waffles from scratch. Although the fruit serving could have been a little more generous, waffles were definitely one of the highlights of the day!
Unfortunately it was just after the woodchopping exhibit that my camera ran out of battery, so I missed taking photos of dinner and everything else! But there’s a really nice restaurant called Sydney Royal Grill, which is situated right near the fireworks, so you can eat dinner and observe from afar, OR eat dinner and then have a mad rush to the stadium (like we did).
Of course, there are always festivals around Sydney at The Rocks and Circular Quay, where many of the food stalls make a reappearance – but the Easter Show is definitely the place to go if you want to discover a whole lot of interesting snacks and sights in a single area (and who can resist the call of the robosaurus?!).
Sydney Royal Easter Show (visited 04/04/2010)
Sydney Olympic Park
Homebush Bay
NSW 2127
http://www.eastershow.com.au
Interesting blog, I didn’t the realise there was such a large variety of food available at the Easter show.
The corn dogs always satisfied me.
did you a actually milk the cow eden, or not?
No I didn’t, but I did it a few years ago ! :D ..when I was in primary school haha
dudeeee long time no post! lols did you eat any cheese on a stick?
no I didn’t !
I heard it’s verrry nice there !
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I never realised one could approach the easter show in such a gastro-centric manner, but if anyone could pull it off, you certainly have. It’s certainly refreshing compared to the countless review of the rides and car-eating-robots.
Your reviews are short, but sufficiently and succinctly describe the dishes, and of course, the photography is fantastic.
Only critiques? There was a little too much focus on desserts, and the part on the Woolworths dome could have been expanded on slightly.
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Chris, I feel as if you are misconstruing the current situation. To put it simply, Woolworths is an inefficient piece of sh*t. Thus, Eden has decided to stick clear from this atrocity. FYI, people who work at Woolworths are lame. That’s right!
Eden, solid work with the photography. I’m drooling over these tantalising dishes.
oOMG YOU BLOGGED THE EASTER SHOW!
soooo many waffles haha
the toast and eggs look rlly good, except who eats hard boiled eggs these days, soft boiled all the way (with cracked pepper) omg we should make FRENch Toast on friii :D
anyway hahaha @ the comments
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