Festivals & Events – Page 16

The LSU San Diego Alumni 19th Annual Crawfish Boil

May 27, 2007 mmm-yoso Cajun, Southern, and Soul Food, Festivals & Events, Seafood

Now what better way to spend part of your Memorial Day weekend, than to attend a honest to goodness crawfish boil? Very few things in life top good food, people in a festive mood, and really bad sunburn! First off, nope we’re not LSU (that would be Louisiana State University) Alumni, but managed to snag 2 tickets from a friend who somehow managed to get a whole table. Not an easy task, there are "only" 2500 tickets sold for this yearly event. Tickets aren’t cheap, either, 50 bucks a head…but you’ll see that it’s worth it!

The event was held at the Qualcomm Stadium practice field…which I think is now a rugby field, and is put on by the San Diego LSU Alumni Club.

We arrived just before noon, and the party was already in full swing.

Must be the great music, right?

You’d be partially right, the music was great, and the mood festive, but I think it’s what’s written on the sign to the right that also motivated those with parrot hats and flamingo sun glasses to get "their groove on". On a serious note, the sign "Free Beer" always concerns me, but I really need to tip my hat(without parrots or flamingos on them) to the organizers of this event; it is a family event, everyone was having a great time, and we never saw any hint of any trouble at all. There was a line of "shuttle buses", limos, and we even saw two taxi cabs arrive as we were leaving.

I counted 3 booths serving up Red Hook, Bud, Bud Light, and Bacardi Ice, so there was never a long wait.

Having never attended this event before, we really didn’t know what to expect…so note to myself for next time; the crawfish isn’t served til 130pm. Also, I saw several people bring in fruits and various appetizers, though no outside beverages are allowed. Worried about dehydration? That’s covered…there are tubs of of iced bottled water and sodas located in different locations.

At that moment in time, I wasn’t worried about dehydration, and it felt much too hot for beer, but man I was hungry! Luckily, I saw the sign….."Thibodaux Bayou Boyz"

While standing in line contemplating what to eat(the Missus said she was "waiting for the good stuff"), I saw the interesting "tub" pictured on the right, hmmmm…….

"Spicy Cajun Eggs"($2.00), I just knew I had to check it out.

These were your basic pickled eggs with Cajun spices thrown in. I happen to really like good pickled eggs, and though these eggs had not been pickled long enough, I thought these were rather good. The Missus decided to have a taste, and found that She didn’t care for pickled eggs. I loved the look on Her face, though! The Missus loves boiled eggs, but I don’t think She’ll be grabbing for the jar of pickled eggs anytime soon!

I also got the Chicken and Sausage Jambalaya($4.00):

I was a bit underwhelmed at the "look" of the Jambalaya, but it turned out to be pretty good, with lots of flavor. Even the Missus(who was still holding out for the "good stuff"), enjoyed some of it.

Just as I was finishing up we noticed that the line waiting for the crawfish was getting kinda long, so we divided up our resources. We had the "beer team" go out and grab some beer, before the 2pm deadline, the "table team" used the provided newspaper and masking tape to cover the table, and also tried to consume the liquid refreshment as fast as the beer team to bring it to the table. We went and stood in the crawfish line.

The drill was simple. Each table was provided with a "table ticket" which was used to get a box of crawfish and fixins’.

You could smell the crawfish boilin’ as you stood in line. At 130pm the line started inching along.

The crawfish had been cooked in those large vats, and than separated into boxes to be carried to each table. Sam, who was waiting in line with me was worried that we wouldn’t have enough crawfish….

Our time finally arrived and we carried our box to our table. Now I’d heard the weight of 50lbs bandied about as the amount of food in the box, I’m not quite sure but as Sam and I carried the box to our table, it felt a bit lighter than 50 lbs.

But any doubt that this would be enough food evaporated when we dumped the crawfish out on the table.

Also provided were two large bags, one which contained some of the sweetest corn I ever had, and the other potatoes.

Ayaka could hardly contain herself!

What a spread….now this is food porn!

By this time the Missus had already started in on Her "bugs"……. but I had to take one more shot of Scott, aka, "The King of Crawfish", or was it "the Baron of Brew", or maybe "the Rajah of Red Hook"?

Whatever he called himself, he sure wasn’t the "Emperor of Eating", the Missus easily ate twice as much as he did…..

I’d been told that the crawfish was trucked in from Louisiana. True or not, it was good eating, we did find that the smaller "bugs" had much more flavor, especially the heads…man suckin’ dem heads! In what was a double bonus, several people didn’t eat the heads, so they gave them to either Sam, the Missus, or yours truly. And we kept eating, until we were stuffed and ready for a nap.

This wasn’t our table, but it was a good facsimile of what most tables looked like as we were leaving. We did notice that they didn’t eat their corn, and the thought of grabbing the bag of corn and making a run for it entered our heads….

As we left, we made sure to "reserve our spots" for next year. As the Missus made the turn out of the parking lot(She had not imbibed, so She drove), She told me, "well, that should be enough for at least a whole year!" After a short nap, She looked at me and said, "you’ll find this funny, but I could eat another few pounds of crawfish!" Sigh……

We both enjoyed this event, it is well organized, and all details are planned out well. It also dispels the belief that free beer means trouble. Though a competitive game of Bocce Ball…well that’s a different story!

19th Annual Lao New Year Celebration

April 21, 2007 mmm-yoso Festivals & Events, Lao Restaurants

Yes, it’s that time of the year again…all of the various festivals are starting, it’s a fun and delicious time of the year. Thai, Cambodian, and Lao New Year fall on the same dates every year. I think we may have missed the Cambodian New Year Festival this year, I hope not, but I haven’t heard or read anything about it. "Sao" had mentioned that the 19th Annual Laotian New Year Festival is taking place, and when I asked him about it, he was kind enough to email me the information. The festival is taking place at Martin Luther King Recreation Center on Skyline Drive.

Because of last night’s storm, we initially had some doubts about attending, but today was such a nice day that we decided to check it out. We arrived at MLK Rec Center at about 1pm, and found this little festival in full swing.

I don’t know if it was the really wet weather we had, or if it was the norm, but there were only 2 food booths.

This first booth had a nice selection of grilled items.

Of course we had to have some papaya salad($3), and that grilled sausage($2) was calling to me.

This papaya salad was ordered at medium spicy, but was still quite hot. The gal making the salad was also very generous with the fish sauce, making the salad quite pungent. The sausage? Who doesn’t like grilled sausage?

This booth had a sizable line, mostly for drinks and such.

The Missus grabbed a papaya salad($3) from here as well.

This was ordered "medium" as well, but was also very spicy. This version was a bit sweeter.

If you’re interested, the Lao Festival runs through tomorrow.

19th Annual Laotian New Year Celebration

April 21-22
11:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Martin Luther King Recreation Center
6401 Skyline Drive
San Diego, CA 921114

Admission $2

San Diego Tet Festival 2007

February 9, 2007 mmm-yoso Festivals & Events, Vietnamese Restaurants

Yes, it’s that time again…time for the San Diego Festival. Just as last year, it’s being held at Qualcomm Stadium. I usually feel really bad after doing festival posts, since most of them have come and gone by the time I do my post, and I always receive email and comments from people who wanted to attend….. So this year, I made sure to drop by on my way home from work, on the first day of the festival, which is today!

I arrived at a bit after 3pm, and found that admission had gone up to $5 this year. One thing that admission brings is a more efficient and clean festival, plus parking is not a problem.

Many of the booths, and displays were still being set-up, and the crowds had not yet arrived when I entered.

As with last year, the "heart" of the festival is the "Cultural Village":

And all of the community information, vendors, and rides:

So there you go…..

Oh wait, what about the food you ask? Well, just as last year, food booths line one entire end of the festival grounds:

I do think that there’s better variety of food this year…more than just the Fried(Cha Gio – Eggrolls) and skewered meat that was everywhere last year.

Like this:

As I passed this booth, I saw a pretty nice looking bowl of soup, so I walked on over. One really great thing about arriving early, before the crowds is that you can always strike up a conversation. So, this is a "famous" pork soup from a specific town called Trang Bang. Nice pork belly, there was some meat on the pork hock, the noodles were not very good, chopped into small pieces and mushy…but who really cares. It’s good festival food. The broth was decent, with lot’s of herbs and green onions, and I was glad to have the little container fish sauce and lime. It cost me $5.

After polishing off my soup I walked over to this booth and was looking over the food and menu.

A lady standing in front of the booth started talking to me about the food. So I asked Her if she was working here, her answer, "no, but I enjoyed the food from here…." So I decided to order the Beef Papaya Salad.

Topped off with Sriracha, this was pretty good. Nice and refreshing.

The thinly grated crunchy papaya was topped with lemongrass flavored fried meat and thinly sliced beef liver, not my favorite thing in the world, but it tasted fine in this salad.

Of course you need the ubiquitous fried item, in this case some Cha Gio(Egg Rolls – $2), which I got from this booth.

These were pretty large, and filled me up.

Completely stuffed, I made my second pass, and bought some food for the Missus.

From this booth I picked up a Papaya Salad($4).

The Missus enjoyed this.

And from this booth:

Some Spring Rolls.

And Egg Rolls:

There are just too many food booths, you can’t possibly try everything.

And in case you’re not in the mood for Asian food, there is the ubiquitous Funnel Cakes and….other stuff. Overall, it is festival food, I think the food is better than last year, though it could be because I arrived before the crowds. Still, I enjoyed myself, and the very friendly people manning the booths.

The San Diego Tet Festival is presented by the Vietnamese American Youth Alliance of San Diego. And in case you can’t make it this evening, the festival runs through Sunday.

San Diego Tet Festival at Qualcomm Stadium.

Friday, February 9th : 2:00pm to 10:00pm
Saturday, February 10th : 9:00am to 10:00pm
Sunday, February 11th: 9:00am to 8:00pm

There are a variety of programs and other entertainment, the schedule can be found here.

Just a Reminder….

November 10, 2006 mmm-yoso Festivals & Events

*** An update; the Four Q team ended up taking first place in pulled pork, second in brisket, third in chicken and third overall. Reports can be found at You Gonna Eat That, The SoulFusionKitchen, and The Survival Gourmet.

Just got back from a nice visit…ahem, food and drinks with the Four-Q BBQ Team at the Imperial Beach Beachfront BBQ Competition.

The big day is tomorrow, as "turn in" starts as noon.

I had the a chance to chat with the team of Food Bloggers turned BBQ competitors; Professor Salt(and Katie), Sylvie from Soul Fusion Kitchen, and Neil from The Survival Gourmet, as they attempt to win the California State BBQ Championship. The team generously shared their pre-contest meal with me.

And if it’s any indication……..I think they’ll do very well.

I was impressed at the effort and dedication it takes to compete in an BBQ event. Though as Professor Salt says…"It’s not the cooker…it’s the cook that matters".

FYI, things start getting hot and heavy starting at about noon!

Beachfront BBQ Competition

800 Seacoast Drive

Imperial Beach, CA 91932

Just a reminder

September 9, 2006 mmm-yoso Festivals & Events

Just a quick reminder for those interested. The San Diego Korean Festival runs through Sunday(that’s tomorrow – Sept 10th), from 10am through 9pm. Engineer Road between Convoy St, and Mercury St is blocked off. We dropped by for a short while this afternoon, during that "dead period" between 4 and 5 pm.

There are about 6 food booths, including one from Min Sok Chon. Most of the food looked pretty routine, Mandoo and such. We only had time to try out something from this booth.

I was told that they were affiliated with some temple……..

Anyway, we quickly had a Chive Pancake:

Actually quite good, strong onion flavor, with a sneaky spicy punch.

So if you have time be sure to drop by.

FYI – cause I know you’ve been waiting for this!

Zion Market has this on sale.

Yes, it’s Bondegi, otherwise known as Silkworm Larvae. And only 99 cents a can, for a limited time. I’ll post about a recent run-in I had with a gang(flock? swarm?) of bondegi in the near future.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

St. Spyridon’s Greek Festival 2006

June 10, 2006 mmm-yoso Festivals & Events, Greek Food

Since we moved to San Diego in 2001, we’ve been to the Greek Festival at St. Spyridon’s Greek Orthodox Church every year except one. Though we had a pretty full schedule this year, we wanted to make sure to drop by, and get a few of our "favorites".

The Greek Festival at St. Spyridon’s on Park Boulevard has got to be one of the most well organized festivals in San Diego. Everything from parking with a free shuttle service (At Roosevelt Jr HS – Upas and Richmond St), to traffic control and crosswalk safety officers are covered. I guess it’s the experience garnered from many years(this is the 37th annual festival). The $2 admission is a mere pittance to pay for attending such an organized festival.

Arriving at 1115 this morning, my mouth was watering, as I checked out the lamb roasting.

If you checked out my post on last year’s festival, you’d know that I adore the Leg of Lamb Plate($6.00). Unfortunately, all the planets were not aligned this year, and we found that the lamb was not ready and that it would be an hour wait for it. Due to scheduling conflicts we wouldn’t be able to wait around for it. Bummer!

But at least I got my "flaming cheese" dish, the Saganaki($5.00):

Slices of cheese(the name of which escapes me….), are fried, and placed upon a fried pita. At that point brandy is added and the cheese is set on fire. Along with a joyous "Opa" from all the occupants of the booth:

The Saganaki booth is by far the festive at the festival. The cheese concoction is gooey, milky, and a bit on the salty side.

Good stuff!

I also made a quick trip to the Gyros Booth, for what else….a Gyros Pita($6.00):

This booth got very busy, very quickly.

Not a bad Gyros Pita.

While I was stuffing my face, the Missus made a quick trip to the pastry section.

And got Her Baklava, Katalfi, and other pastries:

For those desiring a more refined dining experience, the Dining Room opens at 1130, with such items as Greek Chicken, Lamb Chops, Moussaka, Spanakopita, and other yummy items.

Don’t forget to stop by the Deli area as well.

In case you weren’t able to drop by today, you’ll still have another chance tomorrow, Sunday, June 11th(from 11am – 9pm). The only strange incident that happened on our visit(other then the lamb not being ready), was a Husky Guy wearing a Pink T-Shirt peddling Mary Kay cosmetics, with Two other Women. They accosted the Missus twice, very strange.

St. Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church
3655 Park Boulevard
San Diego, CA 92103

City Heights International Village Celebration

June 4, 2006 mmm-yoso Festivals & Events

Every year, for the last 14 years, the Community of City Heights and the City Heights Community Development Corporation have put on the City Heights International Village Celebration.

For those not familiar with the community of City Heights, it is considered one of, if not the most, racially diverse communities in the United States. It would not be unusual to hear ten or twenty different languages being spoken while walking down University Avenue. Along with the benefits of diversity comes problems. And the International Village Celebration attempts to address these problems. A large portion of the celebration is dedicated to a Health Fair, which offers free screenings, and much helpful information on various health care related subjects. And a Job Fair.

The fair takes place on University Avenue, and stretches all the way from Fairmount to Euclid, which can seem like forever on a hot Saturday afternoon. There are three stages, with entertainment ranging from various dance performances, to local Jazz and R & B groups performing throughout the day. And of course, there are those rides for the kids.

So where’s the food? Well we’ve kind of got that covered as well. There were many temptations, but we decided to minimize our calorie load….well somewhat. The Missus couldn’t resist an refreshing Agua de Sandia(Watermelon Drink) from this booth.

They also had Tijuana-Style Hot Dogs going at the same booth. But my nitrite-meter wouldn’t allow me to get them.

As I was passing by this booth, something caught my eye.

Here’s the close-up:

Let me tell you, it’s very hard to resist Al Pastor cut fresh from the Trompo. But, we kept walking….

Until we saw this:

Check out the custom made trailer, and the smoker in the back. As I was snapping a photo, "Ernie"(I’m assuming it was Ernie), waved us in:

For a closer look at his spotless cooking area, and His smoking "gear".

Now "Ernie" told me His style of BBQ is called Louisiana Style BBQ, which I’d never heard of previously. So based on Ernie’s hospitality, and basic curiosity, we had to give it a try.

The Missus ordered the Rib Sandwich($7.95):

This was generous plate of 5 smoked ribs, 2 slices of wheat(gads!) bread. Some BBQ sauce, and Potato Salad. The ribs had a mild smoky flavor, with a very light "rub", they were on the chewy side.

The "BBQ" sauce was kind of interesting:

It was a chunky tomato based sauce, with distinctive chunks of onions in it. It slightly tangy, but not very spicy. As a whole, we decided not to use the sauce. The potato salad had a generous amount of egg and herbs in it, and was rather light on the mayo. I liked the salad, but the Missus didn’t care for it.

I ordered the Brisket Sandwich($7.95):

Now this was pretty good eats. Nicely smoked(dig the "smoke ring"), tender slices of beef brisket in a roll. No need for sauce, dressing, or whatever. Not the best BBQ brisket I’ve ever eaten, but it’s good for "fair food".

After eating we made our way to the other end of the Fair, at Euclid, and walked back. (Had to burn off that brisket) All the while enjoying watching people of all races, ethnicity, sizes, and shapes, walking side by side. All the while talking about how the City Heights International Village Celebration seems to get better every year.

29th Annual Cambodian New Year Festival

April 24, 2006 mmm-yoso Festivals & Events

Being fans of various food festivals and events the Missus and I always check the California Community Connections San Diego Food & Festival Events listing. We are pretty much disappointed to know that San Diego doesn’t have a Thai New Year, or Songkran Festival. But the good thing is that there is a 4 – day Cambodian New Year Festival.

Cambodian New Year is also celebrated during the same period of time as Thai New Year. The San Diego Cambodian New Year Festival is held at the Colina Del Sol Community Park, and turns the normally somewhat seedy park located at 52nd Street and Orange Avenue into a wonderful family experience.

And of course there’s food! Normally 8-10 booths. We did get our share of food, starting with our favorite; Papaya Salad.

Here’s the booth that made our favorite Papaya Salad:

One of the benefits of getting to the event a bit early (1030 start), meant that we were able to chat with the vendors. This Young Lady was so very nice and friendly, and wanted to make sure She made your salad just right.

The prices were $3 for a small salad, $5 for a large. You can guess which we bought. All of the Papaya Salad vendors also gave you a taste of your completed salad to make sure that it was created to your satisfaction. Try and get that at the Funnel Cake booth…….. We scarfed up this salad so fast, there are no photos, but let me assure you it had a very balance of salty(fish sauce), sour(lime), and sweet(sugar). So good that we made sure to get another order as we were leaving. We also got some chicken skewers for $1, that were fairly bland, but still good for the price.

We managed to get several versions of Papaya Salad:

The prices were consistent at each booth, and all of the vendors asked you to check the flavoring of the Papaya Salads they made. And each Papaya Salad was different.

This booth served up Thai and Laotian style food:

And I’m sure I’ve seen them at a Farmer’s Market somewhere. But I’m pretty sure they didn’t serve up the great looking Pork Larb on display here. ($5.00 for all Larb, $3.00 over rice)

I’ve found that Pork Larb has more flavor and is more moist then Beef Larb. This version also had a very generous amount of herbs and onions.

I would have enjoyed it a bit more if the bitter pork liver had been omitted, but this was a pretty good Laab.

At this point, we decided that all of my picture taking was slowing down the whole process, so the Missus decided to "charge forward". And picked up some Green Mango:

I grew up eating Green Mango with Shoyu and Sugar; and this was pretty close with a fish sauce, chili, and sugar dip. The Missus was absolutely taken with this.

She also got some Shaved Ice from this booth:

The Kids manning the booth took their job seriously and didn’t fool around. They were quite impressive, and really worked efficiently as a team.

By this point it was starting to get crowded, and it was time to leave. Here are a few more photos:

If you plan to attend(and we suggest you do), try to find parking on the street adjacent to the park. Parking in the park’s lot is free-form, and is pretty cramped. You won’t regret attending this festival, you’ll find that it is much more friendly and laid-back then most festivals of this type. And the food is pretty good as well.

Cambodian New Years Festival

Usually between April 13th though 16th every year.

San Diego Tet Festival 2006

January 29, 2006 mmm-yoso Festivals & Events, Vietnamese Restaurants

During a recent trip to Vien Dong Supermarket, I noticed a banner announcing a 3 day Tet Festival at Qualcomm Stadium. What a minute, did you say 3 day festival and Qualcomm Stadium! My immediate thought was, "man, that’s quite ambitious", after all I’ve been to many of these "Asian Festivals", and most have been really small. Like 12 booths small, with only 4 booths of food, and 1 of them is funnel cakes, and the other is a taco stand. So we wanted to make sure to attend, and arrived at about 2pm on Saturday:

We arrived to a pretty full parking lot, and were surprised at the amount of people. Admission was 4 bucks, and we entered and made a beeline for the food stands which took up a whole end of the festival!

Now I understand that the Vietnamese population in San Diego is topping 30,000, and I think they were all here! And all of them were talking on cell phones at the same time!

There were some pretty good size lines at most of the booths, but if you wanted Funnel Cakes or Tacos, there wasn’t a wait!

There was tons of food, so here are a few pictures.

The Vietnamese food ranged from Banh Mi to Noodles; but the one common denominator was Cha Gio; it seemed that every stand sold them. Either 2 for a dollar, or 3 for a dollar. The perfect festival food, we tried several, and they ranged from okay to fairly terrible. But this was a festival, right? Part of the experience is the ambiance. What spoiled the it for the Missus was the booth that sold these:

The gal at the wire mesh window(great idea BTW, keeps all sorts of critters and dust out); took cash from several individuals with Her bare hand, then proceeded to grab the Cha Gio and put them on paper plates with the same bare hand. The Missus just got completely grossed out, and made sure they replaced ours.

Many booths had various Chicken Skewers/Sates, which ranged from $1.50-$2.50 a piece:

This one had a nice lemongrass flavor.

Banana Fritters($1.00):

Fried Chicken Drumettes($3.00):

Crispy, but a bit on the bland side. Luckily a small container of sweet chili sauce was provided.

We had to leave a bit prematurely. A combination of being tired, dry weather, and maybe some dehydration, and blood started pouring out of my nose, which took a while to stop. Funny, it didn’t seem anyone noticed! Here are a few more photos:

And my favorite:

Some notes: The Tet Festival was presented by the Vietnamese American Youth Alliance of San Diego, and by and large was well put together. There were everything from carnival rides to vendor booths. But the one area I would suggest some changes would be in the traffic and parking control. Using teenagers to direct traffic didn’t really seem to be working, half of them were just "hanging out", while one Young Man was hurling insults, and other four letter words at Drivers while frantically directing cars, we were waiting for someone to come out and slug Him!

St. Spyridon’s Greek Festival

June 11, 2005 mmm-yoso Festivals & Events, Greek Food

*** Posts on the 2006 festival can be found here, 2007 here.

This Festival is on our "must do" list every year. Though we missed last year, we’d gone to the previous three and always enjoyed the pastries, the food, the pastries, the friendly people, the pastries, and most of all, the pastries!

This year there was a bit of "June Gloom", but that didn’t hinder us at all. This festival has got to be one of the most organized! Everything from parking to traffic control, to adequate eating space is accounted for. This year there’s even an informational pamphlet listing the different foods and program schedule. Admission is just $2 – though we had a flyer for a dollar off admission, but decided not to use it! We think that this festival is worth every penny we spend here!

As you enter the front of the Church, the pastries immediately draw you in:

That’s Thiples staring at you – it’s just the beginning of this wonderful gauntlet. The tempting looking Kataifi at the right is a must buy. We ended up getting 3 Baklava, 2 Kataifi, 2 Saragli, 1 Kourambiethes, and 2 Galaktoboureko, and still got out spending less than twenty bucks(actually $16.50)! All pastries are priced from $1.50 to $2.50. The Saragli, which is like a rolled Baklava is the unanimous favorite.

There’s a large dining room serving items ala carte, such as Grilled Lamb Chops, Moussaka, Manestra, and Pastitsio, among others. But our favorite are the outdoor booths, for this reason:

It’s fun, the sun, the smells, the leg of lamb!!!! You can watch these guys working hard to keep up, as well as check out the leg of lamb roasting.

The booth next to the grill is selling Spanakopita, Tyropita, Dolmathes, but most importantly the leg of lamb plate:

The lamb was very well seasoned and very tender, and went well with the bread, feta cheese and Kalamata olives. Basically you break off a bit of bread spread some feta on it, place the olive (pit it first) and a slice of lamb on it – Delici-yoso! Repeat as necessary, until unable to move. The Leg of Lamb plate goes for $6.00. What would a Greek festival be with out Gyros? The Gyros booth sells a Gyros sandwich served on warm pita with Tzatziki, onions, and tomatoes:

Though the Gyros was pretty good, it really could not stand up to the leg of lamb. Too little Gyro meat really held this back. Directly across from the Gyros booth is the Saganaki booth. The Saganaki is a Greek Cheese that is served on pita bread – in this case during the cooking process some liquor is added and lit!

The Saganaki had a great "gooey" texture and was fun to eat. Though a bit on the salty side, this was really tasty ($5.00). After checking out the deli and other booths we decided to go home and hibernate.

But not before getting the leg of lamb plate to go along with some Dolmathes (stuffed grape leaves).

This is St. Spyridon’s 36th annual Greek Festival and it seems to get better every year.