Good Food & Wine Show Giveaway

Thanks to the lovely people over at Spark Communications, I have a wonderful giveaway for all of my wonderful readers! As a fellow food lover, I'm always happy to attend all these food festivals to see what's new and devour all the delicious things on offer. And being an annual food festival, it's that time of year again where the Good Food & Wine show is upon us.

The wait is over as Sydney is set to become the centre of the food & wine universe over a dynamic three day weekend from 27 – 29 June at the Sydney Showground, Sydney Olympic Park.

Celebrate wines from around Australia at the Riedel A+ Australian Wine Bar, rub shoulders with famed sommeliers and vintners at the Riedel Wine Theatre or relax with a cold one in the Grazing Garden with famed food trucks.

Get up-close and personal with your favourite iconic chefs at LifeStyle FOOD Chef's Table; and impress your friends with your newly found culinary skills after taking part in Zumbarons Masterclass with Adriano Zumbo.

I have 3 x double passes worth over $60 each to give away (sponsored by Spark Communications) to 3 of my lucky readers to enjoy everything food related along with me over at Sydney Olympic Showground. There are tonnes of samples, freebies, live demonstrations and cooking classes all for your enjoyment over the course of a three day weekend from the 27th - 29th June.

HOW TO ENTER
Simply follow my blog and/or my Instagram @shezhuang, like the photo and leave a comment about what you are looking forward to most if you win the double pass to the Good Food & Wine Show at the end of this post! The most creative answers will find themselves the owner of a double pass to the 2014 Good Food & Wine Show :D Don't forget to leave your email at the end or I won't be able to contact you!

CLOSING DATE
Please enter by Saturday 14th June at 9pm and I will require you to send my your details within 24 hours to claim your winning prize.

TERMS & CONDITIONS
You must satisfy the conditions of how to enter.
Winners will have to make their own way to and from the show.

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW OVER
Congratulations Annie, Christina and Amy - you've won yourselves a free double pass to the Good Food & Wine Show for 2014!

Campsie Food Festival 2012

Today was the annual Campsie Food Festival, situated on Beamish St in Campsie. I had been anticipating this event for quite a few weeks now ever since I heard about it at the beginning of May.

Walking through the streets with the market stall setup, it reminded me of night life in China where you can hear the calls from each stall where they were trying to sell different goods. There were quite a few stalls that I see every week on Fridays in the Chinatown Night Market.

Black sticky rice with coconut cream, $3.50

This was delicious! The black rice had that slight saltiness and great sticky chewiness without being too soft and gluggy which is what happens when it gets overcooked. And with coconut cream, what's not to like? Anything with coconut in it gets a tick in my books :D

Seafood pancake, $5.00

I know this doesn't look like much, but they had to fold it up to fit it into the box so there was actually three times as much hidden underneath it! I saw the oiliness of the pancake when they were cooking it but did it deter me? No, absolutely not! The pancake itself was packed with octopus, mussels, prawns, and spring onion. The edges were nice and crispy and were really good. The only complaint I would have here would be the middle was slightly undercooked and lacked that crispiness that the edges had, probably from lack of time on the grill. But for $5, it was extremely worth it especially when looking at how much seafood was packed into it!

Classic lemonade, $5.00 for regular

We just had to grab ourselves a cup of fresh lemonade when we saw this stand! The stall itself was really cute as well.

Walnut Slice, $3.00

Well this was a bit pricey, but I have never tried Hungarian pastries before so I was keen to see what it tasted like. It was nice for sure. A little sugar kick from all the walking we were doing!

Beef empanada, $3.00

Something else I've never had. The empanada was filled with potato, beef, and herbs and came with a side of tomato salsa. Tasted like nachos! Only deep fried haha.

Cake pops, 2 for $5.00

Yay cake pops! Sugary chocolate coated cake, as if it wouldn't be delicious.

Takoyaki, 8 for $7

 Takoyaki is always good! These guys sell takoyaki on Friday nights at the Chinatown Night Markets if you're interested (:

Coconut milk with pandan dumplings and jackfruit, $3.50

This was so delicious! Jackfruit is fantastic.

Cannot wait to go back to try many other foods that we didn't get a chance to try this year!