Once a month in Sydney, foodie-heaven descends upon Earth in the form of Sydney's Growers Market, a culinary market of serious proportions.
My american foodie buddy Jamie and I headed out to the Star City Casino, just off Darling Harbour in Sydney, meeting just minutes after my 7:00 a.m.-ending bartending shift. (Was there enough coffee in Sydney to wake me up? Tough to say ... )
The scene: over a hundred food vendors selling everything from specialty oils, organic nuts, meats, cheeses, fresh-brewed coffees, sweets, produce, , homemade beef jerkies, gourmet dog bones ... You name it, it was there. If there was going to be anywhere in all of Australia where I would get to the heart of aussie gastronomic paradise, this was it.
Since this particular market only takes place once a month, it's mobbed by locals, foodies and tourists alike.
Jamie came away with some quality stuff: a massive beef tenderloin, a rabbit, stinky cheeses ("stinky" in the good sense), olive oils, top-shelf fruits and veggies ... lots of goodies.
Kevin? Well, the only thing he came away with was a full stomach.
We quickly found the most popular breakfast booth at the market (litmus test: huge line-up, fast-and-friend service). With robotic efficiency, they were pumping out organic eggs fried on their grill almost as fast as they could sell them.
I'm a real sucker for McDonald's Sausage & Egg McMuffins (probably one of my true guilty pleasures). If there was a Rolls Royce version of the McMuffin, for sure it would look (and taste) something like this: fresh-baked buns (still warm), a healthy smearing of the vendor's homemade sweet chilli jam, fried organic eggs sizzling-hot off the grill, topped with big strips of bacon.
I might have had two ... or was it three?
The sweet chilli jam was very, very similar to "sweet chilli sauce", whose recipe I've allready given on Day 1 of this blog. Refer back for ingredients / method details - now you have 2 reasons to make it!
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