‘Tis the season for seasoning!
As such, the oldsters behind the inaugural Sabor Y Sazón Meals Pageant: A Celebration of Culinary Excellence, Music and Cultural Heritage, shall be bringing their new idea to Orlando’s Pageant Park this weekend, Dec. 14-15, from 2 – 10 p.m. Pageant Park is positioned at 2911 E. Robinson St.
Occasion director Isaias Miranda says the occasion will carry collectively roughly 40 distributors that includes not solely Latin meals from all around the spectrum, however Asian, European, Jamaican and American choices, as nicely.
“Meals is the central a part of the occasion,” Miranda informed the Orlando Sentinel. “We needed to concentrate on that and have a number of completely different varieties, however we’ll even have dwell music.”
Acts will embody dwell bands performing a mixture of Latin music — salsa, bachata, merengue and extra — together with a small-business expo, distributors and makers promoting handmade Latin-themed items in addition to rides and carnival video games for the children. There’s even an opportunity for native foodies to win $500.
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“Each days, we’ll be doing a spicy sizzling canine contest,” Miranda stated. “Visitors will compete to be the primary one to eat 5 actually spicy sizzling canine. There shall be 2nd and third prizes, too.”
Miranda stated these can hear for the DJ to announce the competition on the pageant. The primary 5 folks to enroll every day shall be entered.
Orlando is a melting pot, says Miranda, very multicultural and, extra necessary, appreciative of it.
“The purpose of Sabor Y Sazón isn’t solely to carry out the Latin neighborhood to benefit from the tradition they know, but in addition people who find themselves not from the neighborhood to come back out and expertise the tradition, take pleasure in good music, have the chance to attempt all of the completely different meals in a single place and have it’s a pleasant approach to spend a part of the weekend.”
Orlando, actually, is the prototype, he says. If profitable, he wish to carry Sabor Y Sazón to different cities across the state.
Tickets ($10 common admission, $35 VIP, which incorporates 2-day entry and extra) can be found at saborysazonfest.com, Youngsters 12 and underneath are free. A portion of the proceeds will assist believen.org, a nonprofit devoted to serving households going by means of medical crises.
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