Food Festivals! Get your appetite up!
Like any other community or group in the world, there’s a separate community of food lovers or foodies. People from all across the world who are united solely because of their undying love for food. Nutritional brunch, a delicious lunch platter and a finger-licking dinner, there are more than 5 times in a day when foodies can gather to devour their favourite dishes. Foodies are always in search of occasions where they can gather together to share their love for food. Are you one of those foodies who don’t want to miss even a single chance to show their love for the game?
If the answer is Yes, there are many food festivals or food carnivals that are organised across the world throughout the year that can present you the opportunity of getting your hands on some of the most exquisite dishes. What are food festivals? Food festivals are events organised to showcase the food culture of an area. This is a very diverse world and food carnivals across the world are organised to celebrate the food culture of a particular area. Food festivals have a plethora of options to keep food lovers engaged.
They are not only meant to soothe your tastebuds but also educate you about the food culture of different parts of the world. There is no other way to know different people and their culture while enjoying different cuisines with them. There are several popular food festivals across the world:
The Onion Market, Switzerland
Switzerland is not only famous for the majestic Swiss Alps. It is also known for a special coffee and exquisite dishes. The Onion Market festival is the biggest food festival in Switzerland. It is organised in Bern. Not just food, you can also find jewelleries, children’s toys and handicraft items in the market. The market is decorated in a very unique way. 50-tons of onion braids, rings and single bulbs give the market a unique look. You can see onion soups boiling on every other corner that gives birth to a pungent smell.
Salon de Chocolate, Ecuador
Salon de Chocolate is probably the world’s most popular chocolate festival. Organised in Ecuador’s Quito, the fest is famous for the high-quality chocolates that are produced in Ecuador itself. There’s no better place on the planet to get loaded with free chocolates than this one. The fest is at its peak in mid-June when nearly 15,000 people from all across the world visit Ecuador to witness the grand event. The fest also includes the famous chocolate sculpture competition.
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Wildfoods Festival, New Zealand
Wildfoods Festival is organised in mid-March in Hokitika, a town located on the West coast of New Zealand’s South Island. Unlike any food festival, the Wildfoods festival is known for its uniqueness rather than delicious dishes. Seagull eggs, oysters and possum cutlets, there are many dishes that you can’t find anywhere else. The list does not end here. You can even spot earthworms getting cooked somewhere. The menu contains some of the most unique dishes.
Bacon Festival, California
Had enough of chocolates and seafood? It’s time for some booze. Bacon festival in California’s Sacramento is exactly where you should be. Lively bars, exotic wines, happening restaurants and freshly cooked meals, Bacon festival is where the party gets going. Not to forget the live music to enhance your experience. There’s no place for farm animals on the menu. But the speciality of the food fest is the local beer that attracts people of different age groups to California.
Blue Food Festival, Tobago
The Blue Food Festival introduces you to the delicacies from the Caribbean. The fest is organised every year in the coastal village of Bloody Bay in Tobago. Dasheen is the speciality of the fest. It is a very popular root plant from the Caribbean. The festival organised in mid-October gets its name from Dasheen itself. It turns blue when cooked. The food fest gets its charm from live steel band music. People from different cultures and different economic sections take part in the event.
Poutine Fest, Canada
Canada is not just a huge country with beautiful resort towns and the scenic Niagara falls. The food fest is organised in Ottawa. The three-day festival includes live music, eating contests and cooking training. You can compete with other people and win awards if you manage to beat them in finishing the food on your plate. The festival is loaded with energy, taste and calories. The deep-fried dishes will ensure that you gain a few kilos. The fest is organised in mid-May and you can find cuisines from different parts of the world.
Dumpling Festival, Hong Kong
There are many infamous festivals in that part of the world but this one is different. It is mainly a Chinese fest in which families from all parts of China take part with full enthusiasm. The Dumpling Festival is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth Chinese lunar month. Zongzi dumplings are the speciality of this fest. These dumplings are prepared using glutinous rice. The fest is also known for the dragon boat race. The boat race event has now grown bigger than the fest itself.
