Welcome to the Living Traditions Festival in SLC. I engorged myself here and got to hear/see some amazing cultural things...but I'll let the pictures to the most of the talking. Here we go!
Right outside City Hall is where this takes place.
Tibetian food booth: their decorations were interesting.
My first taste of the day: Sudanese kebob
You know what this truffle needs? Booze. These rum balls were good, creamy, and chocolaty without being overpowerfully sweet. I had no idea that this was something that I could get in Scotland. In the background there is black currant juice. Currants are an odd tasting fruit. A good fruit but an odd one. At first your brain tells you its a grape, then a berry, then an odd mixture of both flavors. I need to find these puppies fresh.
Pizelles are lacy cookies that are native to Italy. Thin and crispy but not crunchy enough to bite on, these just melt in your mouth as you eat them. I could eat a whole batch of them easy. I'm not a big fan of anise and this pizelle had them...but you know what, they grow on you.
The best orange soda in the world. When I was little I used to drink juice like it was going out of style. Now that I'm older my taste buds can handle pure juice very often. This carbonated water/soda is the perfect balence of soda water and juice. It comes with a foil top so you know it's clean...always a plus.
Tortilla de elote con crema: This was an El Salvadorian dish. It's a tamale made with fresh juicy corn topped with crema. I liked it; much different than your normal tamale. A bit bland but what tamale bread isn't.
Puaka Halu and Moa Tuna: This was a Tongan dish that was DELICIOUS. A sweet, savory barbeque chicken covered in a soy based glaze and a pulled marinated pork that was like I've never had before. My theory on food is that if you need to get your fingers messy: it's GOOD!!
Otai: Another Tongan dish. This was a watermelon juice/coconut milk based drink with small chunks of pineapple, watermelon, and coconut meat....I ended up going back for seconds.
