Food Food Food

It's been a big foodfest for us all summer - weekend after weekend at the OC Fair, then the OC Foodie Fest, tracked the Kogi truck and lastly, the Orange Street Fair.

First, a recap of our Foodie Fest experience: It was super hot and every line seemed to be jampacked with people! There wasn't much for Michael to do but to stand in the long lines, so you can imagine his temperament. He could have spent time in the Pretend City tent but it was on the opposite corner of everything that we wanted to try. So, we were only able to try these trucks before having to call it a day:

• Nom Nom Truck - Bahn Mi grilled pork sandwiches using a nicely toasted french baguette. Now I know why the lines for this truck wrapped around the corner. They were so delicious! Too bad this truck doesn't stop in the OC regularly, or at all.
• Calbi Truck - Tacos filled with Korean meat like calbi or spicy pork. Another great fusion idea. We will have to compare this with the Kogi Truck.
• ChunkNChip - Build your own ice cream sandwiches. Great idea but nothing about it was spectacular. The cookies were cold and the ice cream was not memorable. I'd rather have Mrs. Fields with Thrifty ice cream.

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After the Foodie Fest, we tracked down where Kogi was going to be, and luckily they were stopping 4 miles away from our house at a reasonable time, 6:30pm! It was meant to be. We were the first ones to arrive but being a foodtruck novice, we weren't the first ones in line. Mike, Nicole and Adelyn met us up for dinner there. We tried the spicy pork tacos and short rib burrito which were both good. I liked the tacos whereas Jason enjoyed the burrito more.

Waiting our turn for Kogi tacos

The kids played in back of the truck while we ate

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This is our second year at the Orange Street Fair as a family, and of course we picked the hottest day of the weekend to go. We had the option of going on Sunday when it was 10 degrees cooloer but because we wanted to hang out with Adelyn, Denise and Wiley, we decided to go and melt. I can't really remember what we ate because the heat made me lose my appetite. All I wanted to do was drink...lemonade, of course! After eating and drinking, we spent some time in the mist tent to cool off. And then on our way out, some child model and talent scout approached us. Perhaps Michael can model for Toys R Us one day?

Wiley, Michael, Denise and Adelyn
(Wiley looks huge for a 4 month old)

The Perfect Circle Cupcakery
Banana Nut, Red Velvet & Cookies n Cream