If chocolate is your vice, which it is for a high percentage of
the global population, then on the 12th – 13th September,
head to The Rocks for the Smooth
Festival of Chocolate.
Partnering with the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority, the
Festival of Chocolate literally turns The Rocks into a new age Willy Wonka. Two
days of jaw dropping and mouth watering sweets at its finest includes over 60
stalls. So you can put on your roller blades and spin around, tasting samples
and indulge to the point we advise you to wear big elasticated trousers.
From the Test Kitchen by Cameron Daddo’s live cooking
demonstrations to featuring the city’s finest exhibitors, this new annual event
is a must sniff out. It only launched last year but based on the popularity of
cocoa fans, it’s now an annual fixture.
Macaroons are now the crème de la crème of sweets for dahlings and
if you need to seriously taste before you buy, MakMak will be exhibiting. Voted
by Time Out at the top of the league in their blind tasting by expert judges,
they won hands down. Ever had a Bombay Sapphire Gin macaroon? This is your time
to do it. Possibly heard of the lemon myrtle or the strawberry gum macaroon?
Then bring your pad & pen so you can cross these off your bucket list.
We all love venturing back down memory lane and remembering sweets
we had as a kid. Well Anna Polyviou will be headlining the festival and hitting
the high notes. As the Executive Pastry Chef of the Shangri-La Hotel Sydney,
she’s going to take Wagon Wheels, Push Pops and Donuts to a stratosphere that
even Las Vegas will blush in envy. It’s guaranteed to bring out the 5 year old
in everyone attending.
One page we love about the Festival website is their recipe section.
You may not be a dab hand in the kitchen but with recipes featuring chocolate
and raspberry entremets to callebaut millefeulle, you can give it a whirl and
see if your apple, hazelnut and chocolate popsicle is worth licking the bowl
for.
The website doesn’t mention a fee so we’re hoping that the best
things in like (aka eating your body weight in chocolate) are at no cost. When you’re
done wiping your face, plates and eaten your body weight in freebies, hop on a
ferry ride to Cremorne Point
and waddle over to our Manor. Grab a glass of wine, sit at your hotel room
balcony and watch the Sydney skyline from our award winning hotel. The water may not be made of chocolate nor a
mouth waterer but it’s guaranteed to bring tears to your eyes – it’s stunning!
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