Dank Street Festival 2008

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Perfect skies, live music, good food and great company. The City of Sydney's Dank Street Festival was back again yesterday and attracted thousands of Sydneysiders. I was one of the many who took up on the free shuttle bus offer and trekked down to Dank Street in Waterloo for an afternoon of market shopping, queue lining and drooling.

Dank Street food Festival 2008, Sydney - crowd


There was a great turn out in Young Street with stalls of breads, oils, jams, marinades and trucks of farm-fresh fruits and vegetables.

Dank Street food Festival 2008, Sydney - Sonoma bakery stand

Sonoma bakery stand


Dank Street food Festival 2008, Sydney - fresh vegetables on back of truck

Fresh vegetables on back of truck


Dank Street food Festival 2008, Sydney - garden fresh carrots and rhubarb, Hawkesbury Harvest

Garden fresh carrots and rhubarb


Dank Street food Festival 2008, Sydney - farm fresh beetroot, fennel and artichoke, Hawkesbury Harvest

Beetroot, fennel and artichoke


Dank Street food Festival 2008, Sydney - Sundowner apples from Orange

Sundowner apples from Orange


We also wandered through a designers market where there were wall decals, hand-made jewellery, bags, bibs, retro furniture, fabric remnants, and plenty more.

Dank Street food Festival 2008, Sydney - Candy Hand jewellery of miniture food

Candy Hand jewellery of miniature food


Dank Street food Festival 2008, Sydney - water for dogs

Doggie water


And then there were roving entertainers including these Italian chefs of stilts and false security guards carrying giant plush dogs on a leash. Ha!

Dank Street food Festival 2008, Sydney - Loren Cowley and Jennifer Lam with Italian chefs on stilts

Loren & me with the Italian chefs on stilts


Dank Street food Festival 2008, Sydney - false security guards with big plush doggie soft toy
False security guard with plush toy dog


The gourmet food stalls was what I was really there for. Jones The Grocer were selling large blocks of rocky road, nougat and fudge. I treated myself to the rocky road in dark chocolate which was rich and satisfying. Fluffy marshmallows, glace cherries, dessicated coconut and peanuts were encased in thick chocolate. Mmmm...

Dank Street food Festival 2008, Sydney - Jones The Grocer's dark rocky road chocolate blocks

Dark chocolate rocky road, Jones The Grocer


At the Dank Street Depot stall this year was a mass production of BBQ pure bred Suffolk lamb rolls with pomegranate and mint salsa.

Dank Street food Festival 2008, Sydney - BBQ pure bred Suffolk lamb rolls
Dank Street Depot's stall

After eyeing this giant paella in the making, I had to have one for myself. I was a little disappointed the saffron rice wasn't well cooked through but it was still piping hot, moist and delicious.

Dank Street food Festival 2008, Sydney - chef cooking ingredients for giant paella
Chef cooking huge paella


Dank Street food Festival 2008, Sydney - giant paella

Giant paella


Dank Street food Festival 2008, Sydney - paella

My plate of paella


Also at the Seafood & Eat It stall were a stack of young coconuts for drinking and a scrumptious aroma of fresh BBQ seafood.

Dank Street food Festival 2008, Sydney - fresh young coconuts

Young drinking coconuts


I've always been a little cautious with food prepared in high quantities but this mixed seafood platter which I shared with X was surprisingly tasty! Salt and pepper calamari, prawns and BBQ octopus were served with a nicely dressed gourmet salad on a cool bark plate.

Dank Street food Festival 2008, Sydney - mixed seafood platter of salt and pepper calamari, prawns and BBQ octopus with salad

Mixed seafood platter


Loren & Karen respectively had the spicy chorizo roll and smoked bratwurst served with sauerkraut from Eumundi's BBQ Blitz.

Dank Street food Festival 2008, Sydney - Eumundi BBQ Blitz, spicy chorizo roll


Dank Street food Festival 2008, Sydney - Karen Ferry and Xiaohan Shen

Karen and X


Dank Street food Festival 2008, Sydney - Jennifer Lam

Me with my new short hair-do


Some men are known to walk cute toy dogs to strike up conversations with women... this man took it to another level with 2 massive Huskies. They were gorgeous!

Dank Street food Festival 2008, Sydney - huge Huskie

A giant Husky


To cool ourselves down, we lastly indulged in gelato and snow cones.

Dank Street food Festival 2008, Sydney - lemon and mango gelato

Lemon and mango gelato on cone


Dank Street food Festival 2008, Sydney - lime icy snow cone

Lime flavoured icy sno-cone


Dank Street Festival
More info: www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/artandabout/ExhibitionsEvents/DankStreet
Other upcoming events: www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/WhatsOn

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10 Comments

Looks like you had a fantastic day! The gelato looks sensational. I didn't make it yesterday but glad you did - and shared the photos too!

I was there too - I didn't spot you! I loooved those cute rings with the food on them! Glad you spotted those. Great photos!

I wasn't able to make it yesterday but it sure looks like fun! Love the new hair too.

I agree with you about the paella. It seems as if they were rushing it. so didn't allow time for the grains of rice to absorb the stock, or possible there wasn't enough stock to begin with. However I did enjoy the festival, sampling food =D

I wasn't sure whether to go to this or the Italian Festival. Looks like I should have come here too, it looks fabulous. Wow that gelato looks almost "folded". Love your new haircut too! very chic :)

Hey Helen, yup, the festival has brought me back into the mood for outdoor events. I can't wait for all the markets and festivals in Spring / Summer!

Hey Christie @ fig&cherry, i was keeping an eye out for other food bloggers but didn't find you either! Doh!

Thanks Lisa! The Sydney Food and Wine Fair is tomorrow.... i'm sure that'll be as much fun! See you there?

Hi Linda, from memory, i think there were only 2 or 3 paellas cooking at once; probably reason for the rush! they were too popular... haha...

Hi Lorraine E, oooo,. you went to the Italian festival? I was going to try do both but realised it wouldn't be feasible :-P

hi..do you know what the wall decor shop was called..ive been looking for it everywhere!!!

Hi emz, i think its called 'flat bird' - surface art wall stickers, try emailing flatbird@live.com; from memory, they have a stall at the Paddington markets

Would you have the contact information for the person/company that sold the fresh vegetable products from their truck
Thankyou

Hi Andrew, the fresh fruits and vegetables were from Hawkesbury Harvest.

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