Hang Out, Have a Ball at Testicle Festival
So you ate the worm in a bottle of tequila–wow! That’s nothing compared to trying really exotic, unusual and interesting foods in California’s unique ethnic neighborhoods. The food court at Asian Garden Mall in Little Saigon, for instance, serves pho, a soup featuring tendon, tripe, octopi or squid. You can also step into markets and select live frogs in tubs to buy and take home for dinner.
Nursing a hangover from too much tequila? On Saturday mornings, Santa Maria, Santa Ana and nearly every town has fresh Menudo, containing animal organ meats such as stomachs and brains, pigs’ feet and assorted animal hooves. Yum!
On March 27, 2017, head to an annual favorite, Oakdale’s Testicle Festival. In recent years the event has even featured the award-winning Bushwacker, retired now, but saving his family jewels to make ‘million dollar babies’ sure to follow in daddy’s footsteps (hooves).
More Food Festivals and Events
- ANTIOCH: Blue Devils Crab Feed Fundraiser Mar.25
- BAKERSFIELD: Annual Amestoy’s Chili Verde Cook Off Mar.26
- CALISTOGA: Downtown Calistoga Winemaker Stroll Mar.26
- EUREKA: A Taste of Main Mar.30
- HIGHLAND: Highland Citrus Harvest Festival Mar.25
- HUNTINGTON BEACH: Lion’s Club Crabfest Mar.26
- PALM DESERT: Art of Food & Wine Mar.24-26
- PETALUMA: Artisan Cheese Festival Mar.24-26
- SAN DIEGO: All You Can Eat Crab Feed Mar.25
- SAN DIEGO: Tequila & Taco Festival Mar.25-26
- SAN FRANCISCO: Taste of the Nation Mar.23,
- SANTA MONICA: Latin Food Fest & Grand Tasting Mar.24-25
- ST. HELENA: Flavor! Napa Valley Mar.22-26
