Public Address | Cafe | Hard News: Food Show 2013: There is a lot of chilli sauce

Geoff Lealand

Fri, 09 Aug 2013 15:49:52 +1200

,.. And fluoride-laced beverages.

Rich of Observationz

Fri, 09 Aug 2013 15:29:49 +1200

With an Exit International stand, featuring Dr Philip Nitschke and a range of peanut based snacks?

Geoff Lealand

Fri, 09 Aug 2013 12:54:56 +1200

Auckland gets the Food Show; we get The Gluten Free Foods and Allergy Show, Bah!! !

Bart Janssen

Fri, 09 Aug 2013 11:57:13 +1200

For those in Auckland there is a free foodie event tomorrow (Sat 10 Aug) on at shed 10 on Queen's wharf.

It's part of Restaurant month and unlike the rest of the events it isn't exhorbitant.

I was hoping to get there but it seems unlikely now :(.

Andre

Fri, 02 Aug 2013 19:08:30 +1200

We designed and created Foodbox's stand and I was glad how the kid's creche idea worked. The Lion stand was great. A pick and mix of 6 beers with a max of 3 of each including Leffe Brun AND Hoegaarden. Slurp slurp! I enjoyed chowing down on an amazing range…

JessicaRose

Fri, 02 Aug 2013 15:34:58 +1200

I think I get my 1kg of coconut oil from Davis trading for under $10. I'll price check and share the results.
Still not sure if I should go and risk spending my meagre disposable income on tasty morsels, or if I should eat the ones I already have at…

Russell Brown

Fri, 02 Aug 2013 13:51:25 +1200

I think my second favourite bargain was the goodie bag from Tio Pablo they had great prices and were only too happy to swap things in and out of the goodie bag.

Oh damn. I didn't notice they were doing one.

Bart Janssen

Fri, 02 Aug 2013 13:27:00 +1200

but then I found out the parent company LHF is, like Sanitarium, part of the Seventh Day Adventist tax avoidance empire…

nooooooo, damn damn damn.

Although Lisa's hummus was on our "do not buy" list for other reasons anyway.

I think my second favourite bargain was the goodie bag from…

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 02 Aug 2013 13:16:17 +1200

3 soups for $10 from naked locals
I liked the Naked Locals range – but then I found out the parent company LHF is, like Sanitarium, part of the Seventh Day Adventist tax avoidance empire...
so bye bye Lisa's Hummus, Naked Locals and others...

Russell Brown

Fri, 02 Aug 2013 12:32:18 +1200

Reporting in:

The Farm Butchery's straight-up beef sausages were mega-tasty last night.

And I just fried up by takeaway bulgogi for lunch. Yum!

Peter Darlington

Fri, 02 Aug 2013 10:42:23 +1200

That Nelson/Jamaican jerk rub is a staple of the Brightwater BBQ scene. Great with pork and fish as well.

Throw in some sunshine and the density of quality reggae loving folk down here and it's really no wonder we got a Windies match in the World Cup. I might start…

Nora Leggs

Fri, 02 Aug 2013 08:50:22 +1200

You got the man from Empire Tonic in there too!

You can't ignore a Pith Helmeted figure!

Russell Brown

Fri, 02 Aug 2013 08:46:08 +1200

It wasn’t a very photogenic scene though….. except the lovely reflecty Lucky Taco caravan

You got the man from Empire Tonic in there too!

Luke Williamson

Fri, 02 Aug 2013 08:43:49 +1200

Go and see my friends Andrew and Lisa at Mahurangi Oysters – their oysters are super delish.

Nora Leggs

Fri, 02 Aug 2013 07:43:19 +1200

The Korean section certainly had impressive signage!

Biobbs

Fri, 02 Aug 2013 03:18:42 +1200

We also had a chat to the man about quite how much rice Sunrice grows in Australia, which seems to run to several million metric Australian fucktonnes. Roughly.

Where on Earth do they find the water for that?!

Heavily subsidised irrigation, is the short answer. About 11% of Australia's irrigation…

merrica

Fri, 02 Aug 2013 00:03:49 +1200

the Korean Embassy (in London) did the same thing at the 2012 Thames Festival in London. Put on a great stand and blew away the competition

Nora Leggs

Thu, 01 Aug 2013 23:08:19 +1200

I did a tour of cheese stalls – Sheeps milk Cheddar was definitely worth grabbing, to go with my Salash salamis, and big YES too to Noel’s Smoked Mushrooms, they won’t last long!

Was pleased to meet the Urban Hippie duo and tell them how much I enjoy their miso.…

Jackie Clark

Thu, 01 Aug 2013 20:21:50 +1200

Oh I LOVE Aromatics! Noel and his smoked mushrooms – wow. I even made an odyssey to the Hawkes Bay once, especially to hunt him down. I ended up going to the Black Barn Farmers' Market, and finding him there. I won't be going to the Food Show this year,…

Chris Waugh

Thu, 01 Aug 2013 20:16:08 +1200

We also had a chat to the man about quite how much rice Sunrice grows in Australia, which seems to run to several million metric Australian fucktonnes. Roughly.

Where on Earth do they find the water for that?!

Bart Janssen

Thu, 01 Aug 2013 19:53:49 +1200

a really nice reusable cloth bag

Which can hold 20 kg of purchases with ease!

I thought the 3 soups for $10 from naked locals was a great deal especially with bread from Kapati Artisan Bakehouse.

We also loved the Jerk paste and sauces from the Jamaican folks were great…

Public Address

Thu, 01 Aug 2013 19:53:49 +1200

Discussion from blog post.