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Taiwanese street food fair in Chicago

May 14, 2016 By Susan Blumberg-Kason 2 Comments

This morning I took my kids to the de facto Taiwanese consulate for a street food festival. It was so much fun and a great way for us to try food we can’t normally get in restaurants here. My friend Rachel told me about it and we met her there when it first opened, but the crowds were large and it was impossible to get seats together.

main hall at street food fest

Even before the opening speeches began, people lined up at the different stalls so they would be able to start buying food when the stalls opened. The signs were all in Chinese, so luckily I could read enough to figure out the food at each stall. And thank goodness I learned traditional characters.

street food stall

My kids sat at a table while I went around getting their food. They started with these vegetable bao (which I lived off of the week I spent in Taipei 25 years ago) and Jake had this glutinous rice dumpling with meat and mushrooms.

bao

Next up were these pork bao. Jake ate both.

pork bun

My little ones had these pork, pumpkin, and vegetable noodles.

noodles

And Jake and I ate these beef, asparagus, and pumpkin rolls. Honestly, this was enough for me. It was so filling.

beef roll

But the kids wanted dessert and something to drink, so I got Taiwanese ice for the little ones (they each had their own bowl).

Taiwanese ice

And Jake had milk tea.

milk tea

With enough tickets left for one more dish, Jake got this sticky rice filled with peanuts, tofu, and mushrooms.

zongzi

Then it was on to the games! We missed this one, in which someone would poke a chopstick through the wrapping paper (notice it says Happy Channuka!) and would receive the prize in the box under the paper.

chopstick game

There was also a ping pong toss game that my kids didn’t want to try because they didn’t think they could make it. With a limited amount of tickets, I was okay with that.

ping pong toss

They flocked to this goldfish game, which was much more difficult than it looked. Each kid received three fish nets, which were actually lined with thin paper. If they could catch a fish before the paper tore, the fish was theirs. Both my little ones couldn’t catch any fish (apart from one dead one), so we walked away empty. That was a huge win in my book!

fish game

They played this cool Chinese pinball game.

Taiwan pinball

And this other ball game.

color ball game

When they finished these games, they received a red ticket and were able to redeem prizes for their tickets.

prize table

It was a fun and action-packed morning/early afternoon. If you live in the Chicago area, it’s an annual event in Westmont at the Taiwan Culture Center, which is would be a consulate if Taiwan were allowed to have them in the US.

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Asian Food and Drinks, Raising Multi-Cultural Kids

Comments

  1. Meilie Tsai says

    May 16, 2016 at 10:21 am

    Hi Susan,

    Thanks ao much for your blog post regarding our event on May 14. I really appreciate your commentd! May we use this in our press promotion for the event nxxt year?

    Once again thanks so much!
    Meilie Tsai

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    • Susan Blumberg-Kason says

      May 16, 2016 at 11:34 am

      Thank you so much for your comment! Yes, I would be so honored if you used it in your press release! Thank you!

      Reply

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