Just a couple of things......
The Nijiya Spring Festival:
I dropped by Nijiya to do some shopping. As I was walking towards the market I noticed a crowd.
There were several stands....even Okan had a stand.
There were corn dogs, yaki onigiri, and other stuff. But the two busiest stands, were the Okonomiyaki:
And of course the Takoyaki table.
Sorry to say, I didn't partake since I had already eaten lunch. But all is not lost, as the festival runs through 5pm today(04/18/09), and from 11am to 5pm tomorrow (Sunday, 04/19/09). So I may drop by if I get the chance.
I just wanted to post this in case anyone wanted to check this out.
Nijiya Market
3860 Convoy St Ste 109
San Diego, CA 92111
We have a Beer Lao Sighting:
This time at Thuan Phat Market. Actually, I've known this for a couple of days. I had to make sure to buy my share.....
These are the 6-packs, and for some reason, I think the 21oz bottles taste better. Of course, I still think Beer Lao in Laos tastes better....but hey, you can't have everything.
If you want some, you better get there soon, there's not much left. I was told that they'll be carrying Beer Lao on "sort of a regular basis". Whatever that means....
Thuan Phat Supermarket
6935 Linda Vista Road
San Diego, CA 92111
I hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful weekend!
I've heard that bottled beer gets colder than canned. Glad to hear you found some for your stash :)
Posted by: kat | Saturday, 18 April 2009 at 05:37 PM
Yay! Thanks for posting these pictures, I can see my boyfriend in the second shot.
Posted by: Saint | Saturday, 18 April 2009 at 09:38 PM
THANK YOU! I so wanna go!
Posted by: Hannah J | Saturday, 18 April 2009 at 10:45 PM
how fun! maybe we'll go Sunday.
Posted by: Lynnea | Sunday, 19 April 2009 at 04:01 PM
Hi Kat - Yes, nice to find it....but it was going pretty fast.
Hi Saint - Geez you know I should've checked out your blog before I did this post!
http://hooraychoco.blogspot.com/2009/04/nijiya-spring-festival-and-taiyaki.html
Hi Hannah - I hope you made it.
Hi Lynnea - You better get going quick it's already 4 pm.
Posted by: Kirk | Sunday, 19 April 2009 at 04:10 PM
Love the festival food. Gotta love okonomiyaki and especially takoyaki.
Posted by: jeff c | Sunday, 19 April 2009 at 09:13 PM
Hi Jeffrey - These are always fun events....I hope it was a success, so they can be even bigger next time around!
Posted by: Kirk | Sunday, 19 April 2009 at 09:25 PM