So we put down our groceries, changed and made our way down to Paniyiry, Greek Festival 2009. While heading there, we thought it was going to be a small event. Imagine how amazed we were at the magnitude of the festival...
Loads of people were there eating, drinking, dancing... just making merry with one another... Brisbane has once again amazed me with its cultural diversity.. And who said Brisbane City was boring..
As usual, Bryan and I would head towards the tents looking at what food the festival had to offer... An almost endless line of tents served one of the most unique and delicious food we've ever seen.. Haha we might not have been to Greece... But boy did we get to taste their food...
The first thing we had to try was the honey puffs... So many people were eating them that we just had to try it out...
Oh yeah... don't they look delicious!! Those puffs were crispy on the outside yet so soft and puffy within. Together with the honey.. OMG... heaven...haha got a little sugar rush too!!
Next we had moussakka.. Its kinda like a greek style lasagne, but using mashed potatoes, eggplant, cheese and loads of other stuff.. I'm not really a big fan of eggplant but one bite into it... I'm a believer!!!
The moussakka was great... soft and creamy... not too rich too... hahah damn I'm hungry again... We were about 3/4 full by now.. haha but still we fought on and tried more.... What we had next were some Greek meatballs and a few pieces of Haloumi cheese.. The Greek meatballs were not bad... could taste the spices they added (reminded me of ngo hiang)... but it was a tad too starchy... The Haloumi cheese however was one of the best cheeses I've ever tasted.. It was so chewy and tasty... Adding some lemon juice on it.. and it became much sweeter hahah.. Man this is really called enjoying life!!
While walking around.. we saw some of the people barbecuing stuff at the back... THIS... WAS... WAT... WE... FOUND....
Racks of meat were being roasted.... Man if only I could have sink my teeth into those racks of meat... We walked around for a while more, and before long the emcee of the festival announced the Hellenic Dancers' performances..
Its interesting to see them dance the Zorba.. kinda like a folk dance in Greece... Its even more interesting to see people pulled up on stage to dance with them... Even the little kids joined in... I even saw a pregnant woman trying to strut her stuff even with that big belly of hers.... I swear!! After the dance ended we walked up the slope towards the honey puffs eating competition and watched a couple of rounds... Haha each round four people would compete to see how many honey puffs they can eat in a minute.. The catch? NO HANDS!! Its so damn funny to see them gnawing away... One of them even tried tilting back so that the puff will fall into his mouth.
As we ventured through the rows upon rows of tents, waddling through the endless mobs of hungry people... Peering over the horizon.... a glint of shining metal... We saw....
SPARTANS!!! Although not as fit as those we saw in "300"... oh well... Damn so cool to get a picture with those spartan warriors.... After that... pretty much covered most of what was there to see and we were about to head home... and i got a SURPRISE PRESENT!!!
Freaking sun was shining at our direction and i was so blinded, i did not see the hole and the tree roots... Missed a step and bam!!! Got that.... Thank goodness i did not twist my ankle... And so... that's it... a wonderful seemingly normal Saturday became such an experience... Right now... all that's on my mind is my trip to Tasmania which begins come the morrow... So looking forward to this!!!
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