Today was such a treat.
A very recent memory has me thinking about how sharing good food, good conversation with good friends can add so much more to how good life can be. How special it is to be able to share life's events and create a memory from an experience.
Today we - Alexi, Nito and I - headed east of Sydney to Centennial Park where Taste of Sydney was being held. It was a celebration of life. Today was Alexi's birthday.
Taste of Sydney is a pop up restaurant festival that happens once a year in Sydney, where Sydney chef's serve up dishes that invites you in through your senses, through your taste buds. Armed with a tasting Menu Card and a booklet of Crowns, the currency used, we mapped out our Taste of Sydney journey.
First up, we tried something from the Flying Fish menu. Delicious Prawns served with Okra Sambal. Next came Casareccie Al Ragu from A Tavola. A traditional house made casareccia pasta with slow cooked veal, pork and chickech ragu. And finally the mouth-watering Meringue filled with Passionfruit curd, Honeydew, Rock and Watermelon.
We got to see Flying Fish chef Peter Kuruvita create dish specially made for Taste of Sydney. A seared Petuna Ocean Trout with Ginger, Shallot sauce, served with Carrot Sambal and Basmati rice. We got a taste of what Flying Fish was about. A boy who came to Australia in the early 70's, trained in Australia and England before returning back to Australia. Later a man who travelled the world - and has become a celebrity with a tv series coming up called My Island Feast on SBS one.
It was an enjoyable, eventful day of tasting - food, wine, beir and spirits.
Complete with blue skies. And Australian Gourmet Traveller.
Our day ended at Bistro Meme, French Restaurant located in Gladesville.
