Enjoy gastronomic delights at the Taste of Sydney festival - AsiaRooms.com

January 27, 2010 (PRLEAP.COM) Travel News
AsiaRooms.com can announce that tickets are now on sale for Taste of Sydney, a major food festival taking place in the Australian city.

Centennial Park, a large green space in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs, will be hosting the gastronomic extravaganza from March 11th to 14th.

The festival offers a chance for people to sample the signature dishes of the city's most exclusive restaurants and celebrated chefs, as well as enjoy free wine tasting and musical entertainment.

A central feature of the event is the Taste Producers Market, where food and drink from 100 of Australia's finest grocers, butchers, coffee makers and vineyards will be available.

Throughout the Taste of Sydney site, dishes and drinks are purchased using the festival's own currency - the crown.

A limited number of exhibitors also accept ordinary cash, but the participating restaurants can only be paid using the special currency.

People using in hotels in Sydney and attending the festival can exchange their money for a book of crowns when they arrive at Centennial Park, with AU$1 being the equivalent of one crown.

Standard advance tickets for Taste of Sydney are priced at AU$27.50 (£15.40), or visitors can pay AU$30 on the door.