The azcentral Wine + Food experience was held November 2nd and November 3rd in 2019. This event was held in Salt River Stadium Complex in Pima-Maricopa Indian Community near Scottsdale Arizona. General Admission pre-sale tickets ran around $50.00 and VIP admission ran around $120.00. Date of event tickets ran $65.00 and $140.00. VIP were entitled to one hour early admission and higher end wines. The headlining demo was by Antoni Porowski (food and wine expert of the reboot Queer Eye TV Show). This attracted a very large crowd that was already there and there was no way I could get in to see that one.
Today we made it a little early and got rounded up in a rope tied area like cattle.
I didn’t try everything but I tried a lot. Some of the same food venders were here a second day and served the same food so most of those I skipped.
Nothing Bundt Cakes gave out samples while we were waiting.
First stop was Bella Gusto Urban Pizzeria.
They made TASTY Wild Mushroom Arancini and Salted Caramel Panacottas.
One of the tastiest bites of the day came from Chino bandido.
It was a puffed wheat crisp cracker stuffed with jerk chicken with slightly sweet sauce and a more savory spicy sauce. It really was tasty! They also offered snickerdoodle cookies.
Sweet Republic offered a few desserts but the one I took was this toasted fig/hojicha ice cream cake cone with chocolate shell. Whatever it was it really did taste great!
My picture from Frashers Steakhouse/Mrs Chicken came out blurry but they were serving pulled pork and butter cake.
Next we went on the Bourbon Steak.
They served some sort of raw beef plate and Bourbon Mud Pies.
Frites Street offered some tasty fries.
Another one of the best bites was the tasty Chula Seafood Swordfish Katsu Slider from Chula Seafood.
A very detailed pork stew came from Talavera at the Four Seasons Resort.
Proof at the four seasons made DELICIOUS bourbon pecan pies!
Zak’s offered Guatemalan and Belize Chocolates.
Tacoa Tijuana offered beef and pork tacos.
Blue Clover Distillery offered spirits, chips and salsa.
Match offered buffalo cauliflower and chicken bites.
Detailed corn fritter from Che Ah Chi
Quiessence offered a number of things above is the Chula swordfish ceviche. Below is a fancy toast with house churned butter, radish and bacon.
Also from Quiessence was some sort of detailed pana cotta.
Carnitas and guacamole from Los Sombreros
Famous 48 brought their mac-n-cheese topped with pulled pork.
Bourbon and Bones served little steaks on duck fat corn cakes.
Barillia Pasta was here yesterday and today but today we stopped there.
My husband tried some pasta and I tried a little ricotta tart.
Then I waited in line for a really cool towel keepsake.
Pasta It’s FORKING Delicious! LOL! You know THAT belongs in my kitchen!
Thank you Barilla Pasta! You made my day!
That was most of azcentral Wine + Food experience November 3rd 2019.
Every year does differ and the food and wine vendors always differ some from what was printed in our local newspaper.
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