Night Noodle Markets!

As good as it sounds.

During the month of October Sydney holds it's fine foods festival, otherwise known as Crave Festival-- where almost every night/weekend there is some amazing food event happening. From Breakfast (Brekkie)on the bridge to special menus at restaurants, to fiestas and beer festivals.

This week and last have been focused on the Night Noodle Markets in Hyde Park (right in the main business district in Sydney) from 6-9:30pm the park is filled with food booths focused on Asia/Pacific cuisine along with matching entertainment and decor. Hundreds of tables sat below strings of "fairy lights" (white Christmas lights) and strings of red and multi-colored lanterns.

The group I went with decided the best way to attack the noodle markets was everyone go to a different booth and order 2 or 3 things and we would reconvene and share at our table (along with a few Aussie beers of course) So from calamari to garlic prawns, pad thai, chicken satay, red and yellow curries, dim sum, and turkish gozleme, we touched several parts of the world through our stomachs.

After dinner we walked through the park where listened to a guitarist play everything from Metallica to flamanco-style music as we walked through the open air art exhibition--where local photographs were displayed amongst the trees on huge canvases.

From the food to the art, I cant think of a better Tuesday night in Sydney.