Yesterday I was fortunate enough to attend the highly anticipated Sydney leg of the Good Food Show.
They describe themselves as "Australia's biggest gourmet deli, most fascinating kitchen shops and delicious restaurants", and it's all at the Convention Centre at Darling Harbour.
There are hundreds of booths on display selling cheeses, olives, and meats all over Australia. As well as many small regional and international sellers of sauces, marinades, lollies, jams, fruit/veggies, alcohols, and other specialties. Not to mention master class demonstrations by celebrity chefs like Matt Moran, Pete Evans, and Master Chef's George Calombaris and Gary Mehigan.
So it's $28 for this amazing culinary experience, plus an extra $3 to purchases a taste testing glass. Where else can you try gourmet dishes and products and over 200 different varieties of wine, spirits, and beer.
The show boasts a wide variety of foods, but also has sections dedicated to kitchen appliances and useful utensils. For more info. read more into the blogs below.
One of my favourite sites was the Kikkoman sauces stall. They had there whole range on display and ready to try. As well as samples of chicken in their terriaki sauce. They also had a newly released cream cheese based sauce which was very palatable. Would go nicely with sushi or veggie rolls. The entire selection was available at four bottles for $10.
Another great exhibit was the "Alway Fresh" antipastos. The had some of my favourite olives out of any vendors there. The also have some nice red pepper tampenades and a surprisingly tasty beetroot relish - (incredibly delicious) I'm not really big on beetroot, but man this stuff was good. The representative said a lot of people said the same thing. All their products are really gooood, we scored an 8 product mix bag for $10 ($61 value), and you get a free mixed antipasto jar just for signing up to the mailing list.
Having lived in Korea, I was pleasantly surprised to see Max beer being represented at this years show. It was exhibited along side it's Chinese counter part Tsing Tao beer. Max is the number one beer in Korea these days and it's easy to see why giving the other three big ones(O.B., Cass and Hite) are known as "b.o.", "ass", and "shite". I've taken it to the "Max" many times since Korea. It's easy to drink and is now available at most bottle shops for $34aud. Cheap as!!! Tsing Tao is honestly a bit better in my opinion, though. Slightly more bitter and hoppy, and has a nicer appearance in the glass. A little more expensive as well. The good thing at the show was the generous rep. serving up samples, and the $2 bottles ($4 longneck).
Then there was the the Summerland Olives, my best of show for their range of olive products. Always Fresh had some lovely olives, but are mass produced to be sold at Woolworth's. Don't get me wrong, but they cannot compare to the refined quality of the Summerland Black Manzanillo & Kalamata olives. It's 100% Australian grown and owned in the Summerland region and has won a number of medals since it's establishment in 2001! They use all natural methods when "de-bittering" their products. I most fond of the spicy/savory dry cured olives and the sweeter dried kalamatas. They also have an eclectic range of other olive based products ranging from herb infused oils to all natural soaps.
for more info. stayed posted on in depth reviews on some of the products purchased... check them out yourself http://www.goodfoodshow.com.au/
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