Tofu Festival (Little Tokyo, LA)

[invictus]

We went last year and had a great time. There's tons of tasty treats - you can easily eat a decent meal with all the goodies from the different booths for $20 (two people).

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t's Less than 2 weeks away!

8th Annual 2003 LA Tofu Festival

Come meet IRON CHEF MORIMOTO from Japan
Saturday July 19th 6-10 pm, Sunday July 20th 12-4 pm
autographs.picture opportunities.products
featuring "Morimoto's Spicy Tofu Bowl"

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HIROSHIMA in Concert, 830pm Saturday July 19th
TIERRA in Concert, 630pm Sunday July 20th
Admission is only $8

Location: 2nd & S San Pedro, Little Tokyo, Downtown LA
Dates & Times: Sat 7/19 2pm-10pm, _Sun 7/20 12pm-8pm
Proceeds Benefit Little Tokyo Service Center

Where Tofu gets dressed up in 100 dishes by LA's finest chefs.
"Come see what's new. _It's not just tofu anymore!"

Log on to www.tofufest.org for complete
ENTERTAINMENT SCHEDULE
LIST OF FOOD PROVIDERS
and much more!!

It?s new, it?s fun and it?s 3 times as big. _Don?t miss out on the festival
that was voted "the best food fest in the west" by VIA Automobile Club of
America and ranked in los angeles magazine?s "TOP TEN" for August 2002.

Hope to see you all there!

[YelloKitty]

chef morimoto!!!!!!

oh man... :(

[sugarboots]

woo-hoo i plan to go to this!!!!!!!!!!!!

[stranger]

it would be cool to get a pic with the Iron Chef, I'll have to bring my camera, tehehee

[YelloKitty]

all you gr folks should link up and take a pic with morimoto.

[sugarboots]

Originally posted by stranger
it would be cool to get a pic with the Iron Chef, I'll have to bring my camera, tehehee

hey i didn't realize you were in LA--for some reason i thought you were in NY....cool!

[stranger]

yup yup LA representin I wonder how may bot will show up for this. Bots should wear something to indicate who they are.

[wonki wonki]

i'm gonna go. i missed out last year.

[wonki wonki]

yes. we can get a group picture with morimoto then. and have him throw some signs.

[djbadmonkey]

yes lets all go together

[sugarboots]

aww. unfortunately, i'll probably be with me ma and me tita.

[woojoemao]

ARG... now i'll never have a chance to challenge him to a raman cook-off. he best watch his back.

[dragon chic]

this sounds like fun. wish that i could go sometime with my fam.

[shampoo]

i think j-town is what you call the japanese area up in SF, at least thats what i always did. and then when i would go to little tokyo and call it j-town, ppl would get all anal and be like, what are you talking about? you mean LITTLE TOKYO? waterbear. :p

anyways, im game for going to this, tho more than likely ill be working both days, but i can meet up in the morning to early afternoon! mmmm im gettin hungry just thinking about it...

[Zaius]

little tokyo? LA people are weird. :P

[Empty Screams]

damn. this sounds so good.

[tbuh]

I'll definitely be there! I've been planning a group outing there with some friends for weeks!

[fad3r]

if they have ramen, im game.

[key_loser]

how i came to be the only vegetarian i know, i'll NEVER know

hint, hint

[sugarboots]

Originally posted by key_loser
how i came to be the only vegetarian i know, i'll NEVER know

hint, hint

eh? REALLY--the only vegetarian? are you in Cali? there are TONS of vegetarians in Cali. i'm one too.

[wonki wonki]

i'll be there sunday. hopefully djbm will join me late afternoon? anyone up for sunday? i'm thinking 2pm-ish to whenever.

[sugarboots]

Originally posted by wonki wonki
i'll be there sunday. hopefully djbm will join me late afternoon? anyone up for sunday? i'm thinking 2pm-ish to whenever.

i am going sunday too!

[key_loser]

yeah, i'm just saying i don't know anybody nowadays

[wonki wonki]

*rubs hands together* exceeellleeent...!

[invictus]

I'm bummed, I can't go. But I'm not really bummed, instead of another year at the Tofu Festival, I'm taking my boyfriend to Vegas to see Duran Duran.

Have fun, kids! Eat lots of tasty tofu treats!

[acid_squid]

Thinking about it.
I went 2 or 3 years ago and was shocked at how PACKED it was. It's a popular event and if it's a typical summer day, you will get a little cooked by all the sun while you wait in line.

[key_loser]

Originally posted by acid_squid
Thinking about it.
I went 2 or 3 years ago and was shocked at how PACKED it was. It's a popular event and if it's a typical summer day, you will get a little cooked by all the sun while you wait in line.

cooked like TOFU!

[wonki wonki]

Originally posted by yamchild
so some of you kiddies still going?

i'm going for sure, though i'll be coming from the westsiiide with a friend, so no carpool with the sgv/eastside cats.. (fmstlr? shampoo? anyone?) djbm got stuff going down, i think.

[sugarboots]

Originally posted by wonki wonki


i'm going for sure, though i'll be coming from the westsiiide with a friend, so no carpool with the sgv/eastside cats.. (fmstlr? shampoo? anyone?) djbm got stuff going down, i think.

i will see you there, dear wonki dear wonki.

[wonki wonki]

Originally posted by sugarboots


i will see you there, dear wonki dear wonki.

i'll keep a lookout for a 40-year old white homosexual male that posts pictures of feet in stilettos because you know it will get a rise out of the majority of the GR board who are horny-ass foot fetishists that havent gotten laid in their 20+ years of existence.

[sugarboots]

Originally posted by wonki wonki


i'll keep a lookout for a 40-year old white homosexual male that posts pictures of feet in stilettos because you know it will get a rise out of the majority of the GR board who are horny-ass foot fetishists that havent gotten laid in their 20+ years of existence.

perfect. watch yer ass, dear wonki.

[wonki wonki]

Originally posted by yamchild
i guess i'll be there early sunday afternoon, as previously mentioned? i'm thinking about breaking out my classy kogepan flip flops for the occasion...

i'll call ya. we need a "robots vs. morimoto" picture.

[el bombastico]

any plans for a meetup? later on in the day is some kind of a african celebration festival at the hollywood bowl with money mark, blackalicious, michelle ndgeowhatver plus some others. fun weekend ahead.

[tbuh]

Was anyone there today? I'm going tomorrow early afternoon, and I've never been, so I was just wondering if someone had feedback from this year's festival...

I'm also considering Kagaya for dinner... mmm...

[wonki wonki]

in addition to tofu, there was beer:

http://www.astro.caltech.edu/~kwy/misc/DSC02882.jpg

and taiko:

http://www.astro.caltech.edu/~kwy/misc/DSC02899.jpg

it was alright.

[sugarboots]

argh. i missed out. but comicon wore me out.

[wonki wonki]

Originally posted by sugarboots
argh. i missed out. but comicon wore me out.

you didn't miss terribly much, sugar. it wasn't out of this world...

[wonki wonki]

Originally posted by el bombastico
any plans for a meetup? later on in the day is some kind of a african celebration festival at the hollywood bowl with money mark, blackalicious, michelle ndgeowhatver plus some others. fun weekend ahead.

hey, did you end up going to the bowl? wanted to go, but no way i could've made both events...

[fallinginthesea]

damn. forgot all about it :(

[el bombastico]

Originally posted by wonki wonki


hey, did you end up going to the bowl? wanted to go, but no way i could've made both events...

I drove by it but it was too crazy full of people. $15 for parking at the bottom of the hill. i'm showing up very early next time. :mad:

[acid_squid]

it's happening this weekend.
the mascot is a tofu ninja.
http://www.tofufest.org/tofu_ninja

[sanjay]

me wife and kids will be at the tofu thingie...look for the bald head!

[nancyK]

i had no idea morimoto's going to be there. cooool

i'm going saturday. whoohoo!

[nancyK]

oops that was from last year

[acid_squid]

morimoto IS the tofu ninja

[sanjay]

omg we're puttin on sun-block and leeving soon!

[sanjay]

ok we're back. my fave was the spam musubi and curry house tofu curry!

my wife liked the spicy tofu poke. kids ate chicken teriyaki stix and thai nooduls.

we also bought a bunch of t-shirts and junk!

[Evil Mastermind]

I am ready for tofu today.

[slackerbot]

damn, i had no idea it was this weekend. :(

[nancyK]

i liked the mango coolers & tofu salad.. but i think my favorite was the chicken satay haha.
the donuts were good too.. did they actually have tofu in those?

i <3 my tofu ninja tank

[stryfe]

Originally posted by Evil Mastermind
It's a horrible pic of me, but a great shot of the Tofu Ninja, so . . .

Enjoy!

That tofufest was cool, good chow all over the place.

Here's the photo (http://us.f537.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter/Miles___Tofu_Ninja___small.jpg?viewimg=1&box=Inbox&MsgId=170_4727286_292412_1063_24235_0_34203_31803_3497859614&bodyPart=2&filename=Miles___Tofu_Ninja___small.jpg&tnef=&YY=36475&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b)
are you linking this directly from an e-mail?

[Evil Mastermind]

Damn! hang on...

[Evil Mastermind]

TRY AGAIN (http://strangeworld.com/~strangekat/misc/Miles&Tofu.jpg)

[Killjoy]

which one are you?



jk!

[stryfe]

tofu's ninja looks sinister!

Saw the ad in today's Sunday L.A. Times Magazine -- looks like fun -- plus Sunday Ozamatli is playing!

www.tofufestival.com