Now you would think that as Manly locals we'd know what was going on... BUT as usual we didn't have a clue. On our morning walk we'd noticed tents and marquees sprouting up along the Corso and thought that they were setting up for the Annual Food and Wine Festival. A week out with that one!
It was actually for the first Manly International Paella championship.
As we wandered casually into Manly to get the ferry, amazing aromas drifted towards us ... the Corso was throbbing with thousands of people and chefs were anxiously testing and tasting their paellas.
The crowds lurched forward all keen to get a taste of Paella from top chefs from across Australia. I was not too sure about the Valencian-style paella, concocted from rabbit and snails.... the choice was not to be mine as we had to hurry through the throng to go to our Iconic Houses exhibition at the Museum of Sydney.
The crowds lurched forward all keen to get a taste of Paella from top chefs from across Australia. I was not too sure about the Valencian-style paella, concocted from rabbit and snails.... the choice was not to be mine as we had to hurry through the throng to go to our Iconic Houses exhibition at the Museum of Sydney.
Great to hear that Harran M Souli from Out of Africa, won... One of my favourite restaurants and chefs! Maybe after doing our cooking school in Barcelona we can enter next year.... although those paella pans looked truly scary- not to mention the snails!
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