Due to demand by Sydney food bloggers, noodlies put on a special tour just for them. Cabra Crawl is a food tour I designed just for food bloggers showcasing a diverse range of Vietnamese food; from relatively well known dishes like Pho, pork rolls, fresh rolls to lesser know fine Vietnamese fare like banh xeo (Vietnamese pancake), ca xuc banh trang (fish curry with sesame crackers) to Vietnamese desserts like che xoi nuoc and che dau.
I was really keen to feature Cabramatta and at the same time give something back to the wonderful Sydney food blogging community.
In the end we had 14 dishes/drinks in the space of three and a half hours:
- Pho (above)
- Pork roll
- pate so
- sugar cane juice
- banh xeo pancake (below)
- goi cuon (fresh rolls)
- Ca xuc banh trang
- lemon, lime, lemongrass crush
- emperor’s puff
- pandan waffles
- che xoi nuoc
- che dau
- tau hu ngot
- Vietnamese ice coffee
As much as the wonderful food, bloggers on the Cabra Crawl enjoyed meeting some of the wonderful people behind the food, like Lena and her mum from Bau Truong and the owner of Vinata’s bakery (below) who was so proud to show us her pork roll and pastries.
I was soooo wonderful to catch up with the Sydney food bloggers too and I encourage you to visit their blogs:
- Daniel, Nanika Nomimashoo
- Anna, Adobo Down Under
- Melinda, The Pickled Cumquat
- Rafael, Ramen Raff
- Oni, Fork It
- Veronica, From across the kitchen table
- Adam, Foodspotting
Everyone was delighted to meet the special guest, ABC Radio broadcaster, Simon Marnie a great supporter of food bloggers and his lovely partner, Amanda.
While I had all the bloggers in my clutch, noodlies, Sydney food blog got them all to rate one of the nominees in Sydney’s Best Vietnamese Pork Roll search, the bloggers and Simon became my special guest reviewers!
Special thanks to the incredibly helpful Cheryl from Fairfield City Council and her husband David, who ran ahead to make sure our tables were ready and the food was prepared and sorted out the show bags. Many thanks to principal sponsor, Fairfield City Council for supporting the wonderful food on the day.
Finally, many, many thanks to all the sponsors of noodlies, Cabra Crawl:
- Fairfield City Council (principal sponsor)
- Feast Magazine
- Royal Umbrella Rice
- Lenovo
PS. I took these photos with a new Samsung Galaxy Note. Need your advice dear readers, how do these photos stack up with the rest of the pics on noodlies? Love to know…
OMG!!!! Your tour looks fantastic. I wanna go on one, but am not a food blogger 🙁
Great video reviews! I remember my first Vietnamese Pork Roll – from a bakery in Newtown (near the station). It cost abut $2.80 “back in the day” and it was AMAZING…the flavours were incredible. It was the beginning of a life long addiction.
He, he.. I think that might have been Rose Bakery.. they’ve moved but still around.. must try to find them.. I was worried I’d be sick of pork rolls by now.. but honestly can say, I”m not! In fact heading to Liverpool now to continue the search!
Very cool! You guys explored the best places in Cabramatta! Hope to see more people go there as there are many many hidden gems around the area worth discovering!
The pics look great! Did you take with Samsung phone?
Yes, actually I did, very surprised by the good quality of the pics
Can’t thank you enough Thang! Unforgettable day of fun, food and history! Life changing! Lol! xx
What a great list of foods! We’re in Hue right now on holiday and we’ve been eating banh khoai. Is that the same as the banh xe you featured? The photos look really similar.
Hi, thanks for stopping by. I think they are different.. regional differences…
Thank you so much for selecting me as one of the lucky bloggers to partake in this awesome food crawl!
Every single spot we went to was amazing. I feel like headin to Vinata’s now for my pork roll fix!
This looks amazing. I have always wanted and been thinking about exploring vietnamese food in Cabramatta. If you do another tour I would love love to come.
I can’t wait to check out the other foodies blogs too
Kamilla x
Hi Kamilla, while doing a segment on ABC radio with Simon Marnie yesterday, he floated the idea of an ABC listeners tour.. so no doubt there will be a competition, so stay tuned to ABC weekends with Simon Marnie!
The pork rolls and that pancake both looks so good! I might need to make a trip down to Cabbra soon!