Anaheim Chili Pepper Festival Food Offerings

Introduction

The Anaheim Chili Pepper Festival is the first of its kind in Orange County. It celebrates the city’s namesake produce, with local restaurants and chefs offering their unique takes on a traditional dish. While some restaurants serve chili peppers in their dishes, others incorporate them into sauces or condiments to give their dishes an extra kick of flavor. Here are some of our favorite food offerings from this year’s festival:

BOMBA Tacos & Chips served the classic carne asada tacos and specialty fried avocado tacos.

Tacos are a Mexican dish made with corn or flour tortillas. They can be filled with meat, cheese, lettuce, and salsa. Tacos can be eaten alone or as part of a meal.

Tacos are popular in the United States, especially in California, where there is an annual Taco Festival held every year at Anaheim Stadium.

Red Velvet ice cream from Afters Ice Cream was a favorite sweet treat among festival-goers.

Afters Ice Cream is a local favorite and their Red Velvet ice cream was a hit at the festival. Other popular flavors were strawberry, mint chocolate chip cookies, and cream.

The Churroholic brought their churro ice cream sandwiches to the festival, with a refreshing mango flavor.

The Churroholic brought their churro ice cream sandwiches to the festival, with a refreshing mango flavor. They also have other flavors like chocolate, strawberry, cookies, and cream. If you’re looking for something sweet on a stick this is the place to go!

Cousins Maine Lobster prepared two lobster dishes: lobster rolls with butter or mayonnaise and lobster chili cheese fries.

The Cousins Maine Lobster booth was serving up two dishes: lobster rolls with butter or mayonnaise and lobster chili cheese fries. The former is a classic combo of lobster meat, celery, and red onions on a buttered bun. The latter combines chili con carne with melted cheese and fresh-cut fries, topped off with pickles and onions.

Both dishes were satisfyingly filling and delicious–the perfect combination for any festival food lover!

Cantoro’s Italian Market Cafe made a spicy sausage sandwich with arugula and served it on a bun with braised fennel.

The sandwich is called the Chili Pepper Sausage Sandwich ($12). It has 500 calories, 24 grams of fat, and 4,000 mg of sodium.

Funnel cakes were served topped with chili spice, whip cream, and peanuts at this food stop.

The funnel cake is a popular fair food made from flour, eggs, and butter. Chili powder can also be used as a topping on funnel cakes as it adds a spicy kick to an otherwise sweet treat.

Gourmet Genie’s pineapple shrimp dish combined with pineapple, shrimp, bell peppers, and onions.

Gourmet Genie’s pineapple shrimp dish combined with pineapple, shrimp, bell peppers, and onions. The spicy pineapple sauce was served on a bed of rice with pineapple salsa on top.

The dish was sweet and savory with just the right amount of kick from the spicy sauce.

The Iron Grill provided samples of smoked tri-tip steak, chicken, and pork ribs

The Iron Grill provided samples of smoked tri-tip steak, chicken, and pork ribs. The Iron Grill is a food truck that serves barbecue items such as the ones mentioned above. The festival was held at the Anaheim Chili Pepper Festival grounds in Anaheim, which is located at 2230 East Lincoln Avenue Suite C1-3A (near Euclid Street).

Johnsonville had sausage skewers for sampling at the festival.

Johnsonville is a sausage company that makes products from pork and beef. They were serving up sausage skewers at the festival, which are popular at food events like this one. The sausages were cooked on a grill and then served with mustard and ketchup.

Juicy’s Wellness Cafe handed out samples of their juices, which were made with fruits and veggies.

Juicy’s Wellness Cafe handed out samples of their juices, which were made with fruits and veggies. Available in different flavors, the juices were made in small batches every day. They could be purchased by the glass or by the bottle.

JT’s Woodfire Pizza was serving up slices of meat lovers’ pizza.

JT’s Woodfire Pizza was serving up slices of meat lovers’ pizza. The meat lovers’ pizza had pepperoni, sausage, ham, and bacon on it. The cheese was melted over the top of all that delicious meat! It was served with a side of ranch dressing, so you could drizzle some onto each slice before digging in!

Miami Sandwich Company had street corn on the cob station, allowing guests to add more ingredients as they pleased.

The Miami Sandwich Company had street corn on the cob station, allowing guests to add more ingredients as they pleased. The Miami Sandwich Company’s street corn was topped with salsa, cheese, jalapenos, and cilantro. For those who want an extra kick in their food, chili powder and onions were available for sprinkling on top.

The Orange County Food Lab sold taco salad bowls that had chicken, cheese, corn chips, and salsa in them.

The Orange County Food Lab sold taco salad bowls that had chicken, cheese, corn chips, and salsa in them.
The ingredients were chicken, cheese, corn chips and salsa.
The price was $9 for a small bowl or $12 for a large one.
The taste was good but not great; it could have used more of the sauces from the tacos they served earlier in their booth (which were so good!) and less lettuce at the bottom of my bowl than I got there! Also: no guacamole?? Come on guys!

Conclusion

The Anaheim chili pepper festival is a great way to spend your weekend. Come on down and try some of these delicious dishes!

Introduction

The Anaheim Chili Pepper Festival Food Offerings

The Anaheim Chili Pepper Festival is the first of its kind in Orange County. It celebrates the city’s namesake produce with local restaurants and chefs offering their own unique takes on a traditional dish. While some restaurants serve chili peppers in their dishes, others incorporate them into sauces or condiments to give their dishes an extra kick of flavor. Here are some of our favorite food offerings from this year’s festival:

BOMBA Tacos & Chips served the classic carne asada tacos and specialty fried avocado tacos.

Tacos are a Mexican dish made with corn or flour tortillas. They can be filled with meat, cheese, lettuce and salsa. Tacos can be eaten alone or as part of a meal.

Tacos are popular in the United States especially in California where there is an annual Taco Festival held every year at Anaheim Stadium.

Red Velvet ice cream from Afters Ice Cream was a favorite sweet treat among festival-goers.

Afters Ice Cream is a local favorite and their Red Velvet ice cream was a hit at the festival. Other flavors that were popular were strawberry, mint chocolate chip and cookies and cream.

The Churroholic brought their churro ice cream sandwiches to the festival, with a refreshing mango flavor.

The Churroholic brought their churro ice cream sandwiches to the festival, with a refreshing mango flavor. They also have other flavors like chocolate, strawberry, cookies and cream. If you’re looking for something sweet on a stick this is the place to go!

Cousins Maine Lobster prepared two lobster dishes: lobster rolls with butter or mayonnaise and lobster chili cheese fries.

The Cousins Maine Lobster booth was serving up two dishes: lobster rolls with butter or mayonnaise and lobster chili cheese fries. The former is a classic combo of lobster meat, celery and red onions on a buttered bun. The latter combines chili con carne with melted cheese and fresh-cut fries, topped off with pickles and onions.

Both dishes were satisfyingly filling and delicious–the perfect combination for any festival food lover!

Cantoro’s Italian Market Cafe made a spicy sausage sandwich with arugula and served it on a bun with braised fennel.

The sandwich is called the Chili Pepper Sausage Sandwich ($12). It has 500 calories, 24 grams of fat and 4,000 mg of sodium.

Funnel cakes were served topped with chili spice, whip cream and peanuts at this food stop.

The funnel cake is a popular fair food made from flour, eggs and butter. Chili powder can also be used as a topping on funnel cakes as it adds a spicy kick to an otherwise sweet treat.

Gourmet Genie’s pineapple shrimp dish combined pineapple, shrimp, bell peppers and onions.

Gourmet Genie’s pineapple shrimp dish combined pineapple, shrimp, bell peppers and onions. The spicy pineapple sauce was served on a bed of rice with pineapple salsa on top.

The dish was sweet and savory with just the right amount of kick from the spicy sauce.

The Iron Grill provided samples of smoked tri-tip steak, chicken and pork ribs

The Iron Grill provided samples of smoked tri-tip steak, chicken and pork ribs. The Iron Grill is a food truck that serves barbecue items such as the ones mentioned above. The festival was held at the Anaheim Chili Pepper Festival grounds in Anaheim, which is located at 2230 East Lincoln Avenue Suite C1-3A (near Euclid Street).

Johnsonville had sausage skewers for sampling at the festival.

Juicy’s Wellness Cafe handed out samples of their juices, which were made with fruits and veggies.

JT’s Woodfire Pizza was serving up slices of meat lovers pizza.

JT’s Woodfire Pizza was serving up slices of meat lovers pizza. The meat lovers pizza had pepperoni, sausage, ham and bacon on it. The cheese was melted over the top of all that delicious meat! It was served with a side of ranch dressing so you could drizzle some onto each slice before digging in!

Miami Sandwich Company had a street corn on the cob station, allowing guests to add more ingredients as they pleased.

The Miami Sandwich Company had a street corn on the cob station, allowing guests to add more ingredients as they pleased. The Miami Sandwich Company’s street corn was topped with salsa, cheese, jalapenos and cilantro. For those who want an extra kick in their food, chili powder and onions were available for sprinkling on top.

The Orange County Food Lab sold taco salad bowls that had chicken, cheese, corn chips and salsa in them.

The Orange County Food Lab sold taco salad bowls that had chicken, cheese, corn chips and salsa in them.
The ingredients were chicken, cheese, corn chips and salsa.
The price was $9 for a small bowl or $12 for a large one.
The taste was good but not great; it could have used more of the sauces from the tacos they served earlier in their booth (which were so good!) and less lettuce at the bottom of my bowl than I got there! Also: no guacamole?? Come on guys!

Conclusion

The Anaheim chili pepper festival is a great way to spend your weekend. Come on down and try some of these delicious dishes!