LA Tofu Fest August 12, 2006

The 11th Annual L.A. Tofu Festival will be held in Little Tokyo, the Japanese district in downtown Los Angeles, on August 12 and 13. The festival will feature over 100 imaginative and delicious tofu dishes served by L.A.’s hottest restaurants as well as artisanal soy products and a wide array of Pan-Asian and non-vegetarian specialties. Nearly 30,000 people are expected to gather for the 11th annual outdoor event, themed, “It’s Hip to Be Square!” Back by popular demand, live entertainment, the Marketplace, the Health & Fitness Lane, the Beer, Wine & Sake Garden, a Saturday night concert by Blackalicious and the popular Tofu Eating Contest, all return to accompany the great soy selections. New to the 2006th L.A. Tofu Festival is the Celebrity Chef Cooking Demonstration Stage featuring Tommy Tang, Iron Chef Morimoto & Troy Thompson (Iron Chef America), Reggie Sutherland (Next Food Network Star), Scott Liebfried (Hell’s Kitchen), Candice Kumai (Bravo’s Top Chef) and many others. Also new, is the first United States (US) “Initial D” anime marathon in English, shown continuously on multiple plasma screens.

Official Website: http://www.tofufestival.com/