Posted on 10/29/2013 5:49:00 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Sriracha lovers united for the first-ever Sriracha Festival on Sunday in downtown Los Angeles. They came in droves with a line wrapping around the long city block outside Lot 163, where participants came armed with cameras, dressed in red T-shirts, and one, wrapped in a full Sriracha bottle costume.
Melissa Joves from Cerritos made her own costume by wearing a red sriracha shirt with a rooster on it, red pants, red tennis shoes and a green hat. Wearing sunglasses and a smile, she peered out of the green head piece and proudly grasped her new copy of "The Veggie Lover's Sriracha Cookbook."
"I eat it like it's the new ketchup," Joves said of her love of Sriracha. "My friends know I love it and I got so many texts on my phone telling me about the festival."
Joves and about 800 other Sriracha fans packed the east downtown venue for the festival put on by Food GPS and Randy Clemens, author of "The Sriracha Cookbook." There was a large outdoor area and two indoor areas, with one sectioned off with picnic benches for VIPs and a DJ. Food vendors made dishes including ice cream and popcorn with the fiery ingredient.
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We use it and love it...smokin!
Why do I never find out about these things in time to attend?
Love it! It is very popular here in Texas.
It is?????
/johnny
Some people are just nuts
I don’t think I have heard of it
love, love, love sriracha! added some to my pho noodle soup today... i also love wasabi and hot mustard...
/johnny
/johnny
I’ll keep an eye out, maybe the Mexican places will have packets
Look on the isle that has the Asian foods at the grocery store. Pointed top squeeze bottle with a Rooster on it. Some Chinese restaurants have it on the table. Thats where I first found it.
/johnny
Had some on my fishsticks tonight. Yum. Good on tempura chicken, eggrolls, steak stir-fry, and corn dogs too.
Then again, you will never see me LA ever again. It’s been alomst twenty years since I left El Toro. I’ve seen no reason to go back...
Not even for this.
Got it, love it, everyone I know uses Sriracha. Fast way to get some good chile heat on your grub.
It’s got some good flavor to it, but it doesn’t hold a candle to some good habanero sauce.
The folks at Hoy Fong Rock!
Hell yeah!
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