Our Annual Food & Wine Show Adventure!

The food and wine show was the weekend of January 17-19th this year. We have our plans worked out perfectly so that we never have to wait in a line outside in the cold and never get turned down at the door. We go on the Saturday (Friday is ladies night, which is busy) and we go in the afternoon around 2pm. We prepare well in advance to ensure that we have a DD because the glasses add up quickly, and head out just before the huge crowds force you to wait in lines for wine!

One of the first stops that we made after grabbing our glasses was to the stand with the little ice cream cone cream shots! It was tequila rose this year... add a little whipped cream and sprinkles and perfect.

As we were meandering about, we saw someone with this vibrant green drink and asked where she got it from. We did some thorough searching for the tiki hut and managed to find them. Pineapple juice with blue caracao was all I remember (maybe coconut rum?), but these were way too good.

Also, landing a seat at the food and wine show is a success in itself. We ate out food while walking. What we found at the food and wine show is that each year, there seems to be less selection in terms of the food. We are always happy with the selection of drink. The first year, we had delic Indian food from the Raja, last year we had some stuffed tomatoes from the dancing greek, and this year we walked around forever and ended up getting tacos from mucho burrito. They were good and all, but I have already been to mucho burrito so it wasn't that exciting. We searched for a long time for food too. My Mom got an empanada since the tacos weren't gluten free (which reminded me of the delic empanadas in Chile & Argentina!)

Throughout the day, they have several cheese presentations that you can attend. But, you have to sign up in advance (like an hour and a half), and arrive 10 min before it starts. This was a lot of commitment to make, but we were determined because in previous years, we lose track of time and don't make any presentations. In this presentation, we were able to try 6 different kinds of local cheeses, and they talked about recommended pairings.

Just before heading our for the day, we passed by the booth where you pick out your props and have your photo taken. There was no line up so we figured why not. We got this gem of a photo out of it, really showing that this was an end of the day photo. They took a few of these shots and posted them to the western fair webpage and I got them from there!