Sponsored Post: Campsie Street Festival, 21-22 May 2022, 11am-8pm

Food stalls + music + art + kids games

For one weekend only, the heart of Campsie will be transformed into a buzzing street festival, with a range of food stalls dishing out mouth-watering Chinese-Malaysian cuisine. 

Sydney dining institution Albee’s Kitchen will be serving up some of their famous Malaysian food – expect exciting specialty rice and noodle dishes, moreish tapioca and sesame inspired desserts, and refreshing drinks to delight your tastebuds. 

Albee’s will be joined by other neighbourhood favourites such as Malaysia Hometown Hawker, who are known for their range of authentic Malaysian dishes, Hexin Bros, with tasty homestyle dumplings and noodles, and craft bakery S.Wheaty, dishing up a delectable selection of sweet treats. 

A pop-up Tiger Beer bar will also be running all weekend, where a selection of brews and cheeky beverages will be available. 

Meanwhile, there will be a dedicated durian stall offering durians for sale and feasting – and for those who have never tried durian ice-cream, there will be the opportunity to get your hands on Duria Australia's new Musang King 3D ice-creams. 

To find out more, go to: https://www.cbcity.nsw.gov.au/events/campsie-street-festival

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Everything Malaysia, Darlinghurst (6 Nov 2018)

129 Oxford St, Darlinghurst NSW 2010

A bit of everything buffet

When I read 'Everything Malaysia' I immediately think of all the classics like satay, char kway teow, laksa, chicken rice, har mee, assam laksa, ayam goreng, hor fun and beef rendang which I love to order. But upon arrival to this simple eatery there's a selection of 12 bain-marie options, 6 of which are vegetarian/vegan. They do have a beef rendang although with bones and I didn't try. The tempura crab uses the fake crab sticks. I also didn't try the sweet chilli fish. The lamb curry had nice flavour although was mostly bone and rubbery cartilage which unfortunately made it pretty inedible. Chicken curry at least had some meat but very boney as well. In the end I actually preferred the vegetarian options with the flavoursome spicy eggplant being my favourite along with the vegetarian curry to enjoy with the rice. $8.80 will get you a one plate with the lot, and $10.80 for an all you can eat option which is pretty reasonable for a feed although keep in mind the choices are limited and they seem to be using the cheaper cuts for the meat so expect lots of bones to contend with. It's early days and there's some bain-marie spots which aren't being used so I'm hoping they'll extend the daily menu to some fried chicken ayam goreng and a noodle dish like char kway teow. On the self serve table of sauces there was some fresh sambal belacan for those who want to give their dish some extra authentic flavour. Service was friendly although with only one person serving at the time did make the process a little slow.

Albee's Kitchen: Malaysian, Kingsford (15 June 2018)

470 Anzac Parade, Kingsford NSW 2032
http://www.albeeskitchen.com.au/
https://www.facebook.com/albeeskitchen

Malaysian comfort food

Plenty of Malaysian classic dishes to be found here including the Hainanese Chicken Rice ($10.50 takeaway). Tasty and tender chicken served with plenty of rice and bean sprouts. Love the pickled green chilli for some extra heat. Lots of seating inside for dine in at this very popular restaurant. The chicken rice has become a favourite for my kids as well thanks to my dad introducing it to them when he looks after them.

Hawker Malaysian Street Food, CBD Sydney (22 Mar 2017)

345 Sussex St, Sydney NSW 2000
http://hawker.com.au
https://www.facebook.com/hawkersydney/
https://twitter.com/HawkerMalaysian
https://www.instagram.com/hawkermalaysian/

Char Kway Teow Cravings

Inspired by an instagram post by Grab Your Fork brings me to try the Char Tway Teow ($14) described as spicy wok-tossed rice noodles with eggs, prawns, cockles, Chinese sausage and fresh bean sprouts. One of the few places in Sydney that actually include cockles and these ones were pretty plump and added a salty burst of flavour. There was a nice noticeable wok her achieved. Thinner pad thai style noodles were used but I generally prefer the broader flat rice noodles. Three decent sized deveined prawns in the mix and come tasty sausage. There's a fair amount of seating and a bit of theatre to be seen from the open kitchen. I was originally sat next to the cutlery counter but be sure to move if this happens — the noise of the banging cutlery is very unsettling and stressful when right next to you. I've tried their Hainanese Chicken Rice on a previous visit and thought it was pretty good too. I think the Wan Tan Mee is calling my name for the next visit.