There was a lot of drama this year over what will happen to the fairgrounds in Costa Mesa when the city decided to sell it during these difficult economic times. At the end of it, the city did what they thought they had to do and sold it. However, the new owners are leasing the land back and we should be having the OC Fair every year until this lease is over! Yay!
We went on Sunday with Van, Bao and the kids. My fair trip was almost ruined due to some tres leche cake (damn lactose) but I would like to report that the fair has very nice clean bathrooms.
Bao and Mike were dying to get a bunch of fair foods, particularly the Krispie Kreme Fried Chicken sandwich. Very much like the Monte Cristo, it was a Krispie Kreme donut split in half with a fried chicken breast and what I think is grape jelly inside. I wasn’t feeling too good but had a bite. It was good but super rich of course. Mike ordered the fried zucchini nachos which is fried zucchini strings topped with nacho cheese sauce and bacon bits. What’s not to love (besides the calories)? The kids loved it too. Other disgusting yet delicious fair foods we tried included: Australian battered potatoes (two thumbs up), the big D donut and of course…the corn – possibly the best thing about the fair! Well, that’s my opinion, the kids were a little different.
Van and fair food
With their beers
Aidan was loving the fair! I would say they loved the livestock the most, followed by how super stimulated they were with all the lights and sounds. They both would point at the stuff animal prizes at the carnival section and tell us what they saw: “Frog!!!” “Fishie!!!” “Banana!” It was super cute and worth the fact that we parked at OCC and walked to the fairgrounds!
Lovin’ the goats
We ended the night by visiting the exhibits to check out Jackie’s cakes (1st place on cupcakes and 3rd for both cake entries..great job!) and walked back to the car. It was a lot of fun.
Back to OCC parking!