Snap n' Dash: Feastability at Newtown

When presented some free time while en route to a BBQ, we decided to make a quick pit stop at Newtown's Feastability Festival held last Sunday. I did the snap and dash, as that not only did we already have an imminent BBQ to attend, but I also have an aversion to large crowds. I wanted to get out of there the minute we arrived; I snapped away at some of the stalls quicker than Spedey Gonzales could cry "Arriba Arriba!" and quickly dashed off to our next engagement.

If you have read this blog for long enough you will have encountered my several grumblings about crowds. I just don't like them; I hate the shuffling at ten paces per minute and the meandering through tight, throng-filled thoroughfares. I love people but when you put them in a crowd, they begin to drive me crazy, especially when the crowd is a greedy and hungry one. I never faired well at Disneyland, at the Olympics or at the Royal Sydney Easter Show and my friends have severe doubts as to whether I woud survive going toJapan or perhaps India without turning into a raging mess. I realise this is one aspect of my usually genial personality that needs some improvement, or else you just wouldn't be able to take me anywhere! The global population is increasing exponentially and so it seems that it is I that needs to evolve; by the looks of it crowds are here to stay.

So through the swarm of festival-goers I did manage to buy myself some Ratatouille and Polenta and some minature pastries and cakes, but other than that our Feastability experience was short-lived. Here are a few snaps before we dashed...

A selection of artisan loaves from Common Ground Bakery

Ice + Slice gelatos and desserts

Teas from Tea Too

Nougat samples from Nougat Limar

Coffee Meringue from Caketown

Assorted miniature cakes from Caketown.
From top: Raspberry, Fig, Date, Hazelnut, Pistachio and Hazelnut; Centre: Almond.

Ratatouille and Polenta