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| - I go to Foodie Fest every year. Although in previous years, I paid about $8 to get in but this gives you access to fabulous food trucks from out of state for 3 days. You have to go all 3 days to make it worth it. I got in for free this year, thanks to Yelp! I really appreciate having such an event, otherwise, I'd have to go to other cities and follow different food trucks - that would cost more money and time. Foodie Fest makes life easier, I think. This is a CASH ONLY event...but there are some trucks such as Maine Lobster Lady that take credit cards.
People are complaining about lines and price to get in. Would you rather not have Foodie Fest? I'd be really sad if that ever happened. This year, there are longer lines and trucks running out of food...there are more people, that's why. The lesson is: get there early! I didn't have to wait that long the 2 days I went and was able to try the trucks I was hoping to hit up.
I'm a fan of Food Network's "Great Food Truck Race" so I was very excited because of Nonna's Kitchenette and SEOUL SAUSAGE. The highlight of my Foodie Fest experience was meeting the guys from Seoul Sausage: Chris, Yong and Ted. They were so cool and even gave me free stickers!
There was so much hype over White Castle. I've never liked it when we were in Chicago, I still don't like them now. 4 hours for subpar sliders? No, thank you! Fukuburger was there too but I could always go to Spring Mountain to find them.
Fluff Ice, Nonna's Kitchenette and Fist of Fusion (in one truck), Seoul Sausage, Jogasaki, White Rabbit, Devilicious, Tornado Potato, Sin City Cupcakes, Maine Lobster Lady, Super Q, Wat Da Pho, Slow Cal BBQ, Oso Ono, etc. were there. Non-truck vendors were there too - such as Potato Corner, Lollicup, Better Than New Boutique, Funnel Cake Cafe and a lot more.
FLUFF ICE: this year, I tried the Green Tea fluff with condensed milk lychee jelly and mochi - I was disappointed. The green tea flavor was weak. The Halo-halo fluff was good. I'll stick to my Thai Tea fluff next time.
NONNA's KITCHENETTE: watching episodes of the Great Food Truck Race and how a lot of people raved about their fried ravioli, I had to give them a try. They were too fried and I couldn't even tell there's ravioli underneath the thick fried batter. The grilled cheese was pretty good - it had mozzarella, pesto and tomatoes. This might be why they didn't win GFTR.
SEOUL SAUSAGE: worth the excitement. I tried the Galbi Sausage with kimchi-kraut, Flaming Ball (kimchi rice ball) and Osaka Ball (curry rice ball). I liked them a lot especially the rice balls you dip in sriracha mayo. YUM!
JOGASAKI: sushi burrito was intriguing. We had the salmon ceviche taco and lobster burrito. The salmon ceviche lacked flavor - no acidity at all. The lobster burrito was great. Thin rice paper with sesame seeds, langoustine (not real lobsters), crab meat and avocados.
WHITE RABBIT: I have to have Sisig Burrito and Sisig Tacos whenever they're in town. The Sisig Burrito is my favorite. It has garlic rice, fried egg and of course their yummy crispy sisig - bursting with flavor! They didn't have their Milo macarons and Macapuno macarons this time though. Their White Chocolate Champorado is a nice twist to the classic semi-sweet chocolate porridge treat I've had before. Their version has pinipig to give it texture and crunch...and a strawberry on top.
MAINE LOBSTER LADY: I had the Maine lobster roll (cold) and a blueberry lemonade, and my friend had the Connecticut lobster roll (warm). Each roll is $18 and if you want extra lobster, it's $35 which doesn't make too much sense...why not get 2 rolls for $1 more? I've had better lobster rolls from Lobster ME for less than $18. The blueberry lemonade was good though.
We hung out at the Yelp tent. It was obviously not exclusively for Yelpers as a co-worker of mine was there with her family and she doesn't even know what Yelp is.
As long as they have Foodie Fest, I'll keep coming back.
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