L.A. Tofu Festival

Checked out the annual L.A. Tofu Festival at Little Tokyo today. It was a nice festival. All sorts of food booths serving tofu-inspired fare. We sampled a lot: pad thai with tofu toppings, tofu soba noodles, tofu grilled skewers, tofu meatball sandwich, fried tofu with soy sauce, and tofu cutlet with curry and rice. Our favorites: the tofu meatball sandwich, which was really good and really close to the real thing. We also liked the tofu cutlet. It tasted just like a chicken katsu cutlet with sauce and curry. Delicious.

For entertainment we listened to a couple of taiko drum bands. And oh yeah, we also got to take a picture with Iron Chef Japanese himself, Masaharu Morimoto. He conducted a cooking session there but unfortunately we weren't able to get in. But that's ok, we were able to eat at his restaurant in Philadelphia a few years ago. It was the best sushi we had ever eaten.