A Bite of SF Street Food Fest 2010
La Cocina’s Second Annual San Francisco Street Food Festival concluded yesterday bringing on food loving crowds from all over the Bay Area. I had the chance to attend again this year. Although during last year’s event I did experience a few setbacks – limited space for the crowds of event goers that arrived, long lines, and vendors running out of food – I still tried to make the most of it and overall had a good time. Despite what had happened last year, I thought that having an event like this would help spread the awareness of smaller food entrepreneurs. It was good for the city and for the community.
This year’s event aimed to avoid the problems of last year’s event by providing more food vendors and space to accommodate all of the crowds, while still remaining true to the same concept of bringing together street food vendors and restaurants to celebrate their passion for food. Just a quick stroll down Folsom Street, I could already tell that this time around, things would go much more smoothly. By having more vendors and space at the event did help spread out the crowds so that the lines for food wouldn’t be so long. Below are some of the sights of yesterday’s event and what I was able to sample:
Pork Sisig Tacos from Hapa SF
Melon, Duck Prosciutto, and Lardo Salad from Flour + Water
Pork Sausage with Butter Bean Salad from Flour + Water
Curtis Kimball of @cremebruleecart armed with his torch
Vanilla Bean Crème Brûlée from @cremebruleecart
Chef Mourad of Aziza busy on the Grill
Fried Chicken with Harissa from Aziza
El Porteño Empanadas filled with Beef, Olives, Raisins, and Egg
A look at the Kung Fu Tacos truck
A list of all of the participating vendors of yesterday’s event can be found here. To learn more about La Cocina and the SF Street Food Fest, visit their FAQ on their website.
San Francisco has some of the best food. It’s not fair. :) LA needs a creme brulee truck!