LA Street Food Festival
I went to the LA Street Food Festival at the Rose Bowl where 70 street food vendors (food trucks) come out. You pay about $50, and it’s all you can eat and drink. The highlight of the festival for me was this fried shrimp taco and…that’s it. Yea, it’s safe to say that I was pretty disappointed in the whole thing. It was a good experience, but I don’t think the all you can eat approach was ideal here. The lines were just way too long. It was incredible that 70 vendors were there, but that didn’t matter because you only would have time and space for maybe 8-10 places. I thought they would have more interesting items because that’s what I thought the truck fad was about. What made the Kogi Truck so popular was the fact that it had a novel idea by fusing together Mexican and Korean flavors. This was what I was expecting everywhere, but there were only a few. The majority of the vendors were things that I could get from any old restaurant. I heard there are a lot of these festivals so I would recommend not doing any kind of all you can eat deal, but just pay as you go. Also, look for the smaller festivals so that lines don’t get too long OR spend that $50 on a really good meal.
