Saturday July 19th, 2003
LA Tofu Festival
Thanks to a particular fan's suggestion, I decided to go to the "LA tofu festival" this weekend in little Tokyo. Hot Asian women combined with one hundred-degree heat and sixty million kinds of food and drinks all made from tofu. Tofu dinners, tofu deserts, tofu milkshakes, a little over whelming especially since I don't even like tofu.
We had planned on staying most of the day or at least until 7pm when Iron Chef Morimoto was supposed to make an appearance. It was decided that if I was able to get him to sign an autograph "Dear Mike, keep on cookin' Iron Chef Morimoto" then my roommate would pay to have it framed and placed on top of the TV. Unfortunately the hundred-degree heat and lack of sunscreen prevented us from staying that long. My sunburn was just bad enough to get me some new nicknames yet not quite bad enough to land me in the burn unit.
The first place we stopped at was a Japanese snack and candy booth. Being a stupid American and unable to read any of the packages I picked the brightest bag with the coolest lettering and made my $1.25 purchase. Dan purchased a bag of small dried whole fish, orange dust, and seaweed that looked more like pool skimmings than actual food.
I didn't have much money so I filled up on the samples the various booths were kind enough to leave out in the baking sun. Culinary delights like strawberry shortcake (Made entirely from tofu) and tofu chips were washed down with single serving containers of warm soymilk. We walked around the various shops for another hour or so as my stomach lost a battle to keep down strawberry, cheese, and turkey flavored tofu.Related articles:
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