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August 29, 2008
Soy Lovin' It! Tofu Festival Might be Coming Back
We learned last year that the Tofu Festival had come to an end. Putting on the popular event demanded high resources with little financial gain. The Tokyo Service Center decided to end the annual event and concentrate on easier to do programs like the Springtime sake and food tasting event.
However, in an LA Times Daily Dish blog, Noelle Ito of the Service Center hinted towards the event's rebirth: "There are talks that someone [although she won't say who] might take an interest in putting on the festival."
Today, we learn, that someone is indeed planning on bringing it back late this fall, possibly the weekend after Thanksgiving, but they "haven't made a firm decision yet." By next week, a date should be set as well as the coming out of who these new tofu kings and queens are.
Photo by _e.t. via Flickr
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ooooh i hope they bring it back!!!
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tofuzilla!
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If they do I'll enter the tofu eating contest!
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Oh I'm so glad...though it needs way more attendees to keep alive the hope it can continue. Two years ago Blackalicious was the music headliner, last year was kind of lackluster as it had already been known it would be stopping. Probably needs more publicity!
Hope it lives on...
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Last year it was just too darned hot. I went but I didn't stay long. Maybe having it TG weekend when the weather is cooler will help boost attendance.
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REJOICE!! Woooooo! Tofu coming back!
By the way I love tofu...
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that would be AWESOME! I never got a chance to try the tofu icecream :-(
beware... don't try the tofu margarita... they taste... YUCK.
Hopefully if they are back, they'll have MORE tofu vendor. Last year... so many "bbq" and "fried" food... kinda totally off the tofu theme
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Here's to hoping that if it really does come back that they find a way to provide more shade and a less claustrophobic cramped space than last year (doing it around Thanksgiving would help with the heat).
And in the name of all that's holy, I sure hope that awful tofu-margarita does not see the light of day ever again. By far that was one of the worst things ever to make it into my mouth.