The event started at 6:00 but people started lining up by 5:00
It is well documented here on my blog my love for bacon so I was like a kid at a candy store at this event.
Some of my favorite dishes were:
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| Bacon caramel apples from The Root |
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| Bacon & grit cake topped with thick-cut smokey maple & black pepper bacon in bacon-scented redeye gravy from The Rattlesnake Club |
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| Pork belly slider on a pretzel roll with pickled red onion, bacon jam and grainy mustard from Cork Wine Pub |
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| Oh yeah. Bacon jam baby! |
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| My breakfast the next morning: bacon, caramel, and cashew corn |
Some of the more interesting dishes were:
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| Bacon Fat Truffles from The Root |
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| Braised bacon, mac & cheese, and a chocolate chip and bacon cookie (the restaurant escapes me) |
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| Bacon-banana cupcakes topped with a bacon-chocolate buttercream from Cliff Bell's |
Probably the best thing I ate I wasn't able to get a picture of because I was getting so full that I was lapsing into a bacon coma but Treat Dreams in Ferndale is an ice cream parlor that specializes in interesting and unusual ice cream flavors. At this event they had two different bacony flavors:
The Sunday Breakfast: vanilla swirled with maple syrup, waffles and bacon
The Boss Hog: Bacon fat, puree'd bacon, and bacon pieces
I have eaten at Treat Dreams prior to this event but never got to experience any of their bacon flavors. This event just reminded me how much I love their ice cream. They had two of my favorite things in one dish: bacon and ice cream.
Despite not eating lunch that day, I still was a lightweight and barely made it around the whole venue. By the time we got to the last side of the building, I was getting so full that I knew I'd be sick for the rest of the night if I ate much more. So after about an hour and a half, my husband and I decided to head home with full, happy tummies.
This event was tons of fun and I loved sampling all the creative dishes all the restaurants came up with. I'll definitely be going again next year.
You love your bacon! I think I would enjoy the bacon caramel apple and the bacon grit cake the most. Thanks for taking us along to Baconfest.
ReplyDeleteI told my bacon loving daughter about this after you posted last week, and she was furious that I would not take her!
ReplyDeleteGood food photos :)
The sliders look great, as do the apple wedges, as does pretty much everything. Thanks for sharing this!!
Oh that slider on the pretzel roll looks yummy.
ReplyDeleteWhat fun!!! I live in Florida and I'd love a Bacon event. Grat post.
ReplyDeleteOink! Pass me a slider. Looks like a lot of fatty fun :).
ReplyDeleteWow, that's pretty amazing! The famous Tucson Sonoran Hot Dog is wrapped in bacon, but otherwise, we don't see much bacon around!
ReplyDeleteI like bacon but I don't think I'd pay $45! Looks like a fun day out though.
ReplyDeleteI love bacon, too! I really enjoy that salty-sweet flavor combination, so I'm a big fan of desserts with bacon.
ReplyDeleteA whole day of bacon, far too much for me, though a few dishes did look tasty.
ReplyDeleteA whole festival of bacon - wouldn't happen in little NZ! Have a great week.
ReplyDeleteOh wow -- this sounds like so much fun. I loved your comment about "lapsing into a bacon coma." Too funny.
ReplyDeletethis looks like a lot of fun!!
ReplyDeleteha!
ReplyDeleteI never knew you could so all that with bacon!
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