Sydney Foodblogger Xmas Party ^^! – Hyde Park, Sydney

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Our gracious hosts ^^!

Christmas time has come around again, time for presents, Xmas lights and decorations, Xmas sales and of course Xmas parties (wOOt!). However, this year has been extra special at it has given birth to the Foodblogger Xmas Party hosted by Helen of Grab Your Fork and Suze of Chocolatesuze ^^! Through their amazing collaborative efforts an awesome bunch of 49 Sydney foodbloggers and 1 guest Singaporean foodblogger (no, he did not fly all the way here just for this picnic ) made their way to Hyde park for the mass picnic.

Foodblogger Xmas party

Group shot by Simon; please ignore the fail heart by me and Suze… eh hm

After lots of introductions and the distribution of name tags to help avoid confusion, the unveiling of many wonderful dishes and hence everyone automatically went into snap-happy mode.

Here Comes the Food

That’s a huugggggeeeeee spread hee hee

I bet there was a smirk on everybody’s face when they saw the final amount of food that has gathered on the grass. There was too wide a variety and I didn’t manage to get a photo of everything or try everything but I did my best and regret on missing out on many dishes

Dragon eye champagne jelly by Billy; BBQ pork; Chicken wings

Sweet and prettily decorated with gold leaf, the champagne jelly was a hit even though it was hard to pick up. The crackling on the bbq pork was something that nearly caused a fight between 2 foodbloggers who I shall keep anonymous and the finger licking chicken wings were beautifully tender and meat fell off the bone with ease.

Elvis cupcakes by Helen; Cupcakes by YaYa’s yum yums; Gingerbread hearts; other gingerbread goodies, cream puffs, marshmallows, boxed goods?

I was kicking myself for missing out on the Elvis cupcake especially since I had my eye on that center one with the giant bacon piece from the beginning! However team Yaya’s yum yums provided some very pretty cupcakes that were assembled on-the-spot fresh! Jacq made some cute gingerbread people and trees which were very tasty even with the lack of a gingerbread face and Steph provided some very gooey and tasty fudge sandwich xmas trees.

Momofuku Bo Ssam by Billy; Cake by Rose; Antipasto in a bite by D

Billy had at least half of the group there oohing and mmming over his 6 hour slow roasted pork. It was so soft and tender and well accompanied by the side dishes I was lucky to get some as it was gone in an instant (refer to photo above and how many people were shoving lettuce leaves in his face hee hee).

Sticky cinnamon scrolls by Yasmin; Fairy bread, honey joys and chocolate crackle by Suze; other goodies

These soft and sticky scrolls were sticky and sweet just as they should be mmm wish I had some more right now. Hee hee nothing can go wrong with kiddy snacks like hundreds and thousands on white bread hee hee whheeeeeee. Simon brought some Korean chicken wings with a sticky and chilli sauce and some mini cheeseburgers which were both very tasty and juicy.

The real? Mark; and I am starting to think that Suze is actaully a robot that runs on gurana-based beverages and twitter

Another highlight of the picnic was meeting Amelie in person!! She is just sooo adorableee XD and look how happy and wide her eyes get when she is with her master hee hee.

Oh hai guys ^^!

This is how we roll; yeah sleep-drinking, ninjas are too good at multi-tasking

(ninjas from Little Gamers <- awesome webcomics)

Nikon POWAHHH

Photo time and Kris Kringle!!

Everybody brought in a food-related (mostly) present and people were given the chance to pick one from the pile or steal one that has been opened previously. I believe this game was somehow involved in the causation of the Cold War…

Hee hee I distracted Yas with a marshmallow from Sweetness and started my plan…

It was awesome meeting everyone at the party and a HUUGGGEE thanks to our awesome hosts Suze and Helen ^^! Good food, good company = good timmmesss! Hopefully many more gatherings/parties are to come and definitely see everyone again (and more) for next years Xmas party !

Merry Xmas all ^^!

FFichiban

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19 Responses to “Sydney Foodblogger Xmas Party ^^! – Hyde Park, Sydney”

Iron Chef Shellie Says:
December 21st, 2009 at 4:20 pm
Great photos! Looks like it was heaps of fun for everyone =)
Ellie Says:
December 21st, 2009 at 4:23 pm
LOL at the NINJA!!! It’s was a great party. Great pictures and recap of the event as always
Karen Says:
December 21st, 2009 at 4:43 pm
LOL love the Ninja and Yas photos hehe.

And AWWWWWW Amelie is so cuuuttte! That photo of her and Billy is adorable!
The Ninja Says:
December 21st, 2009 at 4:58 pm
For the record, it wasn’t me who was brawling over the pork. Boorish peons.

Also for the record, I wasn’t asleep. I was giving orders to my body doubles via telepathic uplink.

I still have dreams about that pork…
Helen (grabyourfork) Says:
December 21st, 2009 at 5:20 pm
Great wrap-up. Can’t believe you missed out on an Elvis cupcake though! You’ll have to move faster next time!
Betty @ The Hungry Girl Says:
December 21st, 2009 at 5:36 pm
Lol. I was wondering what you & suze were doing in that group shot! Hehe. So much food. So sad I didn’t get to try all of it. Next year, we’ll have to go on some sort of famine to prepare for it!! Hehe.
Simon Food Favourites Says:
December 21st, 2009 at 5:52 pm
always good seeing you. i like the ninja photoshopping!
Jacq Says:
December 21st, 2009 at 6:27 pm
Haha I was wondering who got a shot of the Ninja in his balaclava!! Great photos =D
Y Says:
December 21st, 2009 at 7:36 pm
Love your pictures, and everything looks mighty delicious! The ‘ninjas’ are very funny
Steph Says:
December 21st, 2009 at 9:15 pm
Heehee I didn’t notice the fail heart until you told us to ignore it. And OOH I want to know who was fighting over the pork crackling, tell tell! >:D Great post, yes I think there was way too much food for anyone to try every single thing, even for you!
The Shooter Says:
December 21st, 2009 at 9:29 pm
LOL @ the fail heart

love suze’s iphone cover btw and great photos!
D @ BeTheFoodie Says:
December 22nd, 2009 at 12:17 am
LOL… “Prosciutto wrapped something”… they were an antipasto in a bite…
D @ BeTheFoodie Says:
December 22nd, 2009 at 12:19 am
oops…accidentally pressed enter. great coverage of the event look forward to the next one…
chocolatesuze Says:
December 22nd, 2009 at 10:14 am
oh lol the cold war was started by you???
Lorraine @NotQuiteNigella Says:
December 22nd, 2009 at 10:25 am
Love that opening shot of everyone from behind!
FFichiban Says:
December 22nd, 2009 at 10:47 am
Iron Chef Shellie – Hee hee Thx ^^! Yup heaps of funn! Should come to Sydney sometime so we can feast or I should go Melbourne hee hee
Ellie – Thhx! Sorry I didn’t get photos of your wontons but I did manage to eat a few of them hee hee nom nom
Karen – Yeah she was so precious wasn’t she hee hee and such a good girl!
The Ninja – Hee hee are you sure ?
Helen – Heeelleeenn /tear, next time I shall prevail
Betty – Hee hee go team coordinated! Yup shall have to start training let’s go buffet!
Simon Food Favourites – Yup good times!
Jacq – Thhxxx ^^! Mmm gingerbread
Y – Thhxx ^^! They are quite the characters heh
Steph – Nooo never can have too much food haha
The Shooter – Haha, yeah it always makes me crave chocolate when I see it (also saw a pink version recently and it looks weird)
D @ Be the Foodie – Hee hee thx! Hope to see you around so we can have a proper talk haha
Chocolatesuze – Haha nooo I didn’t steal anyone else’s KK unlike SOME ppl heh heh
Lorraine – Hee hee yeah and we managed without a wide angle lens which was impressive
Simon Says:
December 22nd, 2009 at 6:16 pm
Nice work with the post and photos!

Glad you liked what I brought, though sorry to hear you missed out on the Elvis cupcakes. Maybe for the up and coming BBQ…?
Anita Says:
December 23rd, 2009 at 8:09 am
Yum – what an awesome Christmas feast. I’ll have to make sure I attend next year
Yas Says:
December 26th, 2009 at 1:42 am
Hahaha awesome timmmmme!
I’ve got to check my back next time you get touchy ;p

Sydney Foodblogger Xmas Party ^^! – Hyde Park, Sydney

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