Akimatsuri

The first time I went to this event was in 2022.  I stumbled upon it online by chance when I was looking for events.  Ever since the first time I attended the event, I always make sure to find the event because it's so great.  My mother missed both years by just a week or two, but this year she was lucky.  She already made plans to visit Prague and it happened to be on the exact day of the event.  Even though I had arrived back from Japan less than a month prior, I was ready to eat some Japanese food again.  This year the location changed, but was at a baseball field again.  The event was planned from just 12pm-3pm.  My mom and I arrived 30 minutes before the event started.  There were so many people already there and waiting in lines.  The line for the tako yaki was already quite long.  Nobody had started the line for ramen, so my mom and I started it.  Within a few minutes there were at least 20 people behind us.  Once it was 12pm, all the stands opened up.  We ordered food from several different places.  My mom and I got to take part in the mochi making process.  It was my mom's FIRST time ever doing it.  I couldn't believe it because for me it was my 5th time doing it (3 times in CZ, 1 time in Japan and 1 time in Chile).  My mom was so happy with all the food.  The prices for the food were very reasonable. My friends arrived and they were shocked at how cheap everything was.  They bought a lot of food and took some to go as well.  Since Leos couldn't make it to the event this year, I made sure to also buy him some food to go.  After the event, my mom and I went back to the center of Prague and my mom wanted to get her favorite Georgian bread.  Then we met with Leos for dinner and more Asian food.  It was such a food packed day. 

                                                                    the event line up

                                                                    lines before 12pm

                                                           we were the first ones served

                                                                ramen with so much meat!

                                            yaki soba (bought a box to take home for Leos)

                                                            very yummy mochi
                                                 

                                                                    tako yaki

                                        

                                                                Georgian bread

                                                                summer rolls

                                                            more Asian food

La Calle Mexicana

The first time I went to the Americka street event was in 2018.  I thought this year would be the first year besides covid that I wouldn't be able to attend because Leos and I already had plans to attend his friend's wedding.  However, there were massive floods, so the Americka event was postponed.  First it was postponed to the day of the Cooking Club potluck, but to my luck it was postponed to the 5th of October.  I was able to attend.  There were lots of stands, but since the weather wasn't the best because it was raining in the morning and it was cold, the atmosphere wasn't the best early afternoon.  My friend and I walked around and tried to find something we could eat.  We found food from Afghanistan that looked interesting and it was quite good.  Later, we found a stand with tamales, but at this point I was too full.  However, I saw that they had candy apples.  I decided to buy one and I ate it at home.  It was so good!!!! I wish I bought more!  It was such a nice surprise. 

                                                the best thing I bought at the festival

                                                such a delicious chamoy apple

Cooking Club Potluck

It had been some time since I organized a potluck event. We finally picked a day to have the potluck, had a venue and invited as many people as we could.  The weather wasn't the best and people had been getting sick, so we didn't have such a big turn out.  We still got to enjoy nice food and hang out with nice people.  It was a pleasant Saturday afternoon. 

Zamek Inare

Since I went to bed quite early the night before, I was quite fresh the next day. I was a bit hungry so I walked around to find some food.  I heard plates so I went towards the sounds.  Luckily, I saw the bride so I knew I was in the right place.  I couldn't believe all the food they had out for us considering how much food was probably left over from the night before.  After breakfast I walked around the chateau to look at the different rooms. It was so nice to go at my own speed and not have to worry about other tourists.  The only other people in the chateau were the other guests from the wedding.  We didn't stay too long because Leos had an ice hockey game later in the evening.  It was such a nice weekend in the chateau.  And even better that the floods didn't affect our plans at all!

                                                                    breakfast hall

                                     Leos woke up quite late and needed the hangover soup

                                                                            our room