I first heard of La Cocina from a very dear friend and a foodie extraordinaire, Pia Ramos. She is the type who would squeeze, on a busy day, a drive from San Mateo to Mission specifically to La Cocina to purchase alfajores as part of dessert for dinner that same night. This year is the 3rd annual street food fest put together by La Cocina celebrating it's philosophy, the quality of food and the entrepreneurial spirit of the people who work so hard doing their best to further and enrich a very personal craft they have passionately chosen as careers. Feeding people...
The festival runs 4 blocks on Folsom St. from 22th to 26th, 23rd and 25th from Treat St. to Shotwell St., as well as the Cesar Chavez Elementary School parking lot and Parque de los Ninos . Entrance is free with an ID check for alcoholic beverages ( whether your 21 or 60 they will check for your ID, bar areas are fenced in and one may NOT walk around the festival grounds with a drink in their hands) if you chose to drive be prepared to park a number of blocks from the fest or be very very early and better come with an empty stomach. I mean ravenous...
The food selections as you can imagine are varied from all ethnic interpretations of a taco to blinis with red caviar, to peroshki , Filipino adobo, crepe, (recipe) bibimbap, to Scottish eggs!!!. I mean it's like a culinary round the world tour within 4 blocks on a cool and sunny San Francisco's Sunday summer afternoon. YES....
Below are some photos I took of the festival ,it's crowd, vendors and their delicious and tempting offerings.!
chicken larb - YUMMM- Love this OMG
Famous Mural of Cesar Chavez
The Crowd
Blinis with red caviar- YUMMM, i can have three of this
21 or 60 they will check your ID
Street vendor with assorted jello's muffinjs and cinnamon buns
I told you they have everything
It was a cool San Francisco sunny summer afternoon!!!
William Pilz of HAPA SF!!
My fave HAPA SF but no sisig tacos this day
They even have hats for me!!!
we sneaked into HAPA SF's back cooking area and
used their spare 2 folding chairs for Malu and Maripi!!
Thank you William..
They make the FAB Chicken Larb!!!
With me new Hat!!!!
Scottish eggs!!
With Malu and Maripi great times!!!
Whole day cooking frenzy!!!
of course my fave HAPA SF!!
There you go I hope I made you intriguingly hungry enough to label this event a "must go" next year
The biggest street food event, the biggest in the City of San Francisco.
