crave sydney intl food festival - week 4

Food, Booze & Shoes

This is the final round-up of Sydney food bloggers and their Crave Sydney International Food Festival activities.

It's been a great four weeks that have just flown by!

The Way It Crumbles

Let's Do Brunch

Café Ish by Chris & Tim (The Way It Crumbles)

Let's Do Lunch

Fouad (The Food Blog) tried out three lunch specials at Azuma Kushiyaki, Becasse and Glass Brasserie while Tina (Food, Booze and Shoes) visited Bistro Fax and Selah; LateralEating (Lateral Eating) ate at Fix St James; BiteMe (Bite Size Review) had lunch at the QVB Tea Rooms and Sailors Thai at Ivy and I ate stingray at Number One Wine Bar.

Gourmantic

Markets & Precinct Promotions

Tina (Food, Booze and Shoes) was at the Night Noodle Markets, the unique Ashfield Festival and the Primavera Festival in Haberfield; while Gourmantic (Gourmantic) was busy at the Sydney Food & Wine Fair, an interesting Blessing of the Fleets at the Sydney Fish Markets and the Norton Street Festival.

Food, Booze & Shoes

Special Dinners

There are still a few Tomislav Just Desserts posts rolling in from Helen (Grab Your Fork) and Phuoc (Phuoc'n Delicious) - this was a popular event!

Monica (Love My Foods & Sugar) went green and sustainable with a 100 Mile Dinner at Bistrode CBD while Fouad (The Food Blog) shared is murky family history in a post about the Dagdeviren and Sivrioglu Dinner at Efendy.

Gourmantic

Sugar Hits

Wowzers, Sydney bloggers love their desserts:

Azuma Kushiyaki and Old Sydney Holiday Inn by JNYW (The Food Zoo);
Bistrode CBD and Sheraton on the Park by Monica (Love My Foods & Sugar);
Guylian Café, Radisson, Sheraton on the Park  and Old Sydney Holiday Inn by Mademoiselle Délicieuse (Spoon, Fork & Chopsticks).

Spoon, Fork & Chopsticks

Talk & Taste

Helen (Grab Your Fork) learnt all about Molecular Gastronomy at the Chef's Armoury educational event.

Love My Foods & Sugars

I am sure there are loads and loads of events and posts that I didn't manage to find for these round-ups, but based on the ones I did get hold of I think we can enjoy some fund facts.

This year 46 food bloggers have blogged about their involvement in 124 events including:
• 10 brunches
• 14 precinct festivals and markets
• 15 hats off, drink & dine and special dinners
• 20 lunches
• 29 sugar hits

All that was worth around A$5,500 in spend (not including all the $$$ potentially spent at the markets, festivals and precinct events). And I'm sure some of you took part in events you didn't blog about (I did).

We're no small army of customers, promoters and broadcasters!

Here are the other weeks for your reading pleasure:
• Sun 10-Oct-2010 (Week 1)
• Sun 17-Oct-2010 (Week 2)
• Sun 24-Oct-2010 (Week 3)

Until 2011!