Brisket Wars II

Well, this time we did score cards and everything and it was still a DRAW!! Everyone was very diplomatic and we did not let on who's was who's but it was very interesting that I only really cooked mine for 6 hours (2 hours smoker/1.5hrs pressure cooked/2 hours smoker) and got a similiar result to Mr Mae who did 20 hours in the smoker....hmmmm....

Edamame and Roasted garlic dip

Tangy Coleslaw (no mayo)

Pork Belly

Newtown Food fair

So today was the Newtown Good Food fair and it was a gorgeous, warm day. We thought we were being tricky by getting there at 1130am (it opened at 11am) but we only got a few things before the queues were ridiculous. Ended up getting sushi on the way home!

However, what we did have was lovely and it was great to try stuff from places I haven't been to before. 

The Sausage surveys the scene

This is a sculpture by a local artist, Will Coles, he is one of our faves and he's quite subversive...

Polents chips with Blue Cheese sauce from Mary's

Fresh Sydney Rock oysters with apple ponzu dressing from Osteria Russo & Russo

The behemoth smoker from Mary's

Po'boys! Unfortunately the queue was too long for this one and I think that once you've had a NOLA po'boy, everything else just pales in comparison... 

Ham hock croquettes from Russo & Russo

Haloumi and watermelon salad

Babushka!

Piroshki from Izba

Robot dog, there are three of these in my area

Mak Mak macarons!

The Bacon, chocolate and raspberry macaron topped with pork floss from Mak Mak-DELISH!

One of the Animal's animals...

Fun in the sun

The Sausage with his new mate Wanda who was a dachshund/Staffordshire terrier cross....so cute!

My mother only allows me to take 'non-posed' shots of her...so she looks a bit strange...

Wanda

My darling Sausage, Gomez

AFL Grand final day

Well, as we all know by now, my beloved Swannies suffered the BIGGEST loss in an AFL grand final EVAH! We was flogged, roasted and fried...oh well a decent day out was had by all at the Courthouse Hotel in Newtown. We even tolerated a larger than normal amount of Hawks fans!

The pub

My gals!

Some old jerseys...

Ed Sheeran and Tom Jones were the entertainment..Tom called them 'rugby players'...hmm  glad to know he was paid enough to give a shit about where he was! In fact, the lack of Aussie entertainment was a bit sad really...

Getting busier

They kinda limped though the poster...a sign of things to come..

Megsy and I 'pacing ourselves' after arriving at 1045am for a 1445pm kick off

We lost the coin toss too....oh well...

THEN WE GOT DRUNK! That's all she wrote...