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Many others will discuss the content of the Digital Parents Conference. But I know what you want. You want FOOD PHOTOS. So, here we go!
Tea and real coffee on arrival
Gluten and dairy free muffins for morning tea.
The Lunch Spread
Afternoon Tea
Conference Dinner
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Where does one begin on a HUGE day with lots of eating, drinking, photographing and meeting oodles of awesome people?
With the macarons and balls from Lindt …. rather popular!
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How about I do what I usually do? Start at the start and see how distracted I get along the way? That’s my voice ;)
A day at the Electrolux demonstration kitchen… Such a warm sunny day!
The boys and girls from Toby’s Estate won our hearts with coffee at breakfast, morning and afternoon teas. Then they won our minds with chocolate coated coffee beans and Keep Cups in their swag bags ;)
I got stuck into the juice the Breville girls were making fresh, and the fruit plates!
Many of the others filled themselves with baked goods across the day from Brasserie Bread… (Including the lovely ladies from Impact :)
(They even do Gluten Free baking courses!!! I’ll have to check that out one of these days!)
Continuing on the theme of eating and drinking, I was completely taken by the range of mineral waters from Daylesford and Hepburn Mineral Springs Co.. Particularly the ginger beer, as I was feeling rather off much of the day :\
The upset stomach meant I couldn’t enjoy the lamb lunch as much as I would usually, but the bits I ate and kept down were great :) I did, however, go for a walk with a vegetarian, Laura during the lamb butchery. I needed air, people!!
I suppose some of you also want to hear about the content of the day? And perhaps what I took from it?
I took oodles of notes during the talks. Loved the thoughts all of the speakers provoked, and was reassured that much of the message was “be yourself, do want you love, know who you are” oh and “don’t get sued”!! ;)
I think that while it was nice to hear about the legal aspects, again it comes down to being respectful, stopping taking photos if you are asked, and being sure to make sure your reviews are ‘reviews’ ie your own opinion, and not you being the next distributor of chef’s hats.
Aside from that I saw some awesomely huge lenses
Asian girls with big cameras
Oh and Jen had awesome shoes.
The Crab Masterclass smelled divine… even though I know my tongue couldn’t handle it ;)
And after a very long day program, it was off into Kingsleys for dinner. The Steak and Crabhouse, not the chicken shop, as I explained my confusion to Sarah the Kingsleys PR girl who gave me a lift to the restaurant and the home! Now that’s service! ;)
A few of us went for cocktails on arrival while we waited for the real dinner time. Mine (above) is the Mint and Zen, while below is Tom‘s Cancun Splash
The chef tempted our tastebuds with Black Pudding and Veal Sweetbread
And salmon on a bed of rice
The sun went down on a warm Sydney night :)
For entree, we were brought Smoked Yellow Fin Tuna Carpaccio with pickled chilli and pistacio nuts. Oh yum! This was matched with a yummy yummy St Hallet Riesling from Eden Valley.
Sarah had a teeny bottle of coke! (pictured next to my mini moo card holder!)
The main was Slow roasted beef tenderloin, and Wagyu flat iron steak. Both melted in my mouth, and I got a lot of them because everyone else was still full from a day of cake!! This was matched with a St Hallet Faith Shiraz. Nice.
The sides
The onto dessert. I was presented with this gorgeous meringue with rhubarb and strawberries, while the others had cheeses..
I’m told the Rose matched the chees well, while I had to separate it from the dessert ;)
Thank you SO MUCH to the organisers and sponsors for a wonderful day!!! I’ll twitter and blog stalk you all soon! xxxx
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The 2012 Foodies Guide to Sydney, next year’s Frankie Calendar and the program for the Art and About thingy that’s on this month in Sydney :) Loved the photos in Hyde Park North!
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How much better is Gourmet Farmer than, say, the boring recipes on Better Homes and Gardens, or kitchen disasters on the reality shows? It DOES make me want to live on a little farm, at least, like the city slicker I am, only on weekends, and have people tend the animals, and harvest the veges for me, ready for me to cook em.
One day. When I’m rich ;) Cos I’m realistic like that.
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I have a million photos from Beechworth and had an excellent time on the weekend – it’s great to get away just the two of us before xmas madness begins. My body wasn’t too happy by Sunday night with the nibbles of cakes, tastings of wine, snippets of cheese and the like that I subjected it to for the benefits of my tastebuds!
(Let alone the extra I just eat at this time of year! It’s okay though, and there are heaps of free weight loss sites, challenges etc, where I can lose weight in the future because of time zones :p Does anyone pay for these sorts of sites anymore??)
One more day of work! Psyching myself into heading there now. Lots of stats to complete before the deadline, and all these new referrals to put on the wait list. I think everyone just realised that it’s the end of the year, and they have a pile and list of to-dos, like making referrals, to get done before they too go on leave!
The quietness though of the office is good and bad – do you find this too that there’s an ‘optimal’ amount of stuff going on around you to get a good amount of work done?
Anyway, off to tackle the to-do list. Then Time Off! Yay!
(blogging about the weekend proper will come. In time!)
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I just need to learn to pace myself. With everything.
And learn that even if something is considered healthy, and it tastes delicious, I probably shouldn’t go back for seconds, because too much of anything, no many how healthy, doesn’t work well for my innards, and I’ll feel the effects later.
Small steps.
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I didn’t stay for the lighting of the candles, but I was there for some squid balls (and the queue for them), some cakes, caligraphy, and some martial arts demonstrations…
Rish getting thrown around
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Late night curry after clubbing
Okay. KL. What to do but eat? :) (oh or watch Rish eat when it gets too much for me!)
(Fittingly publishing this on Rish’s birthday! Happy Birthday dear! xx)
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Ahh Vienna. Rish and I flew there straight from Frankfurt. We’d originally planned to spend time there with friends, but bag snatching and subsequent lack of passport put and end to that :(
We got some cheap flights to Vienna with Niki – a discount airline, where the hostesses wore pink hats and grey blazers, with skinny jeans and flats. Too cute! [click to continue…]
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Didya hear? I uploaded all my holiday photos to Flickr. Woo! Now, you can either be a keen bean and head straight on over there, or wait for the piece by piece installments that will filter through over the coming however long. I’ve decided to go city by city, but will give you the first post about a place I spent over two days – on Malaysia Airlines planes.
MH122 Sydney-KL June 28
Not the best trip – quite a full plane, and the IFE system for the block of seats we were in was screwy (cutting in and out, some buttons not working for Rish so no TETRIS). But they got the food right. For me, that meant they actually had Vegan food where promised. I care not so much about the meat side, I order vegan (VGML) for the lack of dairy and generally low-fat nature of it.
Dinner SYD-KUL. Generic overcooked veges, a pasta salad, fruit for dessert.
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Gotta love that Rotary still do chocolate wheels at the local shopping centre. I think this is $2 well spent!
(only difficulty was that I walked and had to carry it home, but like the Rotary gentleman told me I’m “young and strong”)
Now, what to make with it all? There’s some definite pointers towards soup with the carrots, celery, onion, pumpkin etc. But there may be some other options that don’t immediately strike me.
Suggestions welcome :)
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