the griffins and i were so excited to eat our way through the
gilroy garlic festival, and eat we did!! we decided that to enjoy some of everything we should share and not get full on any one item. here is a list of everything we ate: garlic pesto pasta, garlic bread, beer battered garlic fries, a pupusa, philly cheese steak, a garlic egg roll, virgin pina-colada, garlic thai chicken kabob and a fruit smoothie. the most unique thing i ate was the pupusa, since i had never heard of a pupusa i was intrigued. the shell was made of corn and was served with a little sauce on the side, to us it tasted a lot like enchilada sauce. i felt like this was an el salvadorean version of a quesadilla that meets an enchilada. the only thing lacking for me was the fact that there was no meat and only filled with cheese and green onions. even the no meat factor i thought it was delicious and the corn shell is why i'll try it again. if i had to choose my top three items were the garlic bread, beer battered garlic fries and the garlic egg roll. the bread was so soft and had the perfect amount of garlic & butter, the fries were great on their own but after adding garlic they were superb, and the eggroll was differnt from the norm with flavor bursting in every bite. overall the food was delicious and worth the admission price!
while around walking and eating i spotted a tent from a distance with a large sign. i saw a picture on the sign and i knew exactly what this meant. i rushed over to verify and sure enough the booth was for chef ryan scott. after waiting in line i was finally able to talk to ryan and told him i was the girl he purchased the dessert for at esin. he said he remembered me and called me beautiful.. hahahaha even if he was lying to get a sale, it worked. we ordered one twinkie and one ho ho and he even posed for me to take a picture.
adorable and he cooks..
hello ladies what more could a girl ask for?
after dinner we ended up at sweet orchid, also in fremont, for gelato. i was originally introduced to this place by brenda last year and i've been unable to stop going. tonight i was so intrigued with the idea of cilantro lemon sorbet that i bypassed the gelato completely. the flavor of both the mango and cilantro sorbet was pleasantly refreshing. literally there was a party in my mouth and my taste buds were dancing!
for dessert i got a pecan shortbread cookie which was divine!!! the also had strawberries short cake that my friend got and liked but i don't eat strawberries so i didn't try it even if it did look super tasty. they actually had several types of cookies and other one of desserts as well. one fun thing about bake sale betty's is that instead of tables you eat over an ironing board and sit on a stool. it's funny but it works and you just eat outside on the sidewalk in front of the store. if you look you can see that their menu is just handwritten on paper and posted if the front window there isn't even a menu inside.
it's been over two years since the release of unfamiliar faces, with its infectious lead single "mr. pitiful." matt finally announced plans for his third full-length, titled mobile chateau, due out september 21, along with plans for a fall tour. he's playing at slim's friday october 15th. i know i've seen him three times already but i love this guy and i can't wait for the new album!! plus i'm kind of a big deal since i'm sure he remembers me.. how could he not? let me know if you are interested in attending the show and maybe you too can ro! cham! beau! with matt.
to do list (pre-graduation):
peppers, onions, hot links and yes more garlic. i cut up the hot links and served it over rice since i didn't have any hoagie rolls.
while around walking and eating i spotted a tent from a distance with a large sign. i saw a picture on the sign and i knew exactly what this meant. i rushed over to verify and sure enough the booth was for chef ryan scott. after waiting in line i was finally able to talk to ryan and told him i was the girl he purchased the dessert for at esin. he said he remembered me and called me beautiful.. hahahaha even if he was lying to get a sale, it worked. we ordered one twinkie and one ho ho and he even posed for me to take a picture.
adorable and he cooks..
