L.A. Street Food Fest
Though I kind of detest the term, I certainly consider myself a “foodie.” I relish in all things food-related, but I think there’s typically a level of prestige and snobbery associated with the term with which I disagree. I have no problem eating from a truck (as seen here and here), so naturally when I found out there would be 100 of them in one place at the L.A. Street Food Festival, I bought tickets immediately. Though it looks like I only visited the dessert carts, I assure you that I also consumed some actual food, all of which was phenomenal.
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What fun! It all looks delish!x
Goodness gracious did you eat all that????
I’m jealous! How can you eat so much and stay so thin!? You need to make a post on your diet and exercise routine! 
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I was supposed to go with my friends, but couldn’t make it!! Looks fab!
Wow…I am getting hungry here…hahaha…That is one cool rainbow ice-cream:) It looks like you had a blast! Yummy:)
Love your hat too:)
Kisses,sweetie and have a great Tuesday:)
Oh wow, that all looks amazing! It’s 9am here in the UK and I’m now seriously craving french fries with guacamole!
Thanks to you I am now craving a chocolate dipped cone!
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oh oh oh….i would love to be there and eat all the donuts !!! mniamiiiii!!!
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K.
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love it
yummy
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mmmm that cookies and cream ice cream bar looks so good!
That all looks delicious, especially the cookies’n’ cream ice cream bar!
I am totally in agreement about the snobbery associated with the term – some of the best food I have found has been out of a small local cafe without a reputation.
Love the post
Robbie xox
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lol…look like so much fun!
Yummy! Love the outfit as well!
Everything looks delicious and your outfit is amaaazing.
That looks so yummy!
Everything looks amazing!
Sweet potato fries are always my favorite
Alex
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Omg! I want to taste it all)))
I’m immediately getting hungry and jelouse
My family and I are big on food too, this festival sounds like a lot of fun!
Street food is the best. A foodie can certainly remain one even if she eats street food! I’ve dragged my friends to random restaurants in the middle of nowhere all in the name of food and I’d do it for good street food too!
Love the glasses and the hat gorgeous. It looks like a lovely festival
with lots of delicious food. I’m jealous!
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Wow this all looks so delicious. I went to a food festival this weekend too they are great.
Oh my goodness the food looks so yummy! I’m hungry! I love food festivals!
that food looks so lovely – espesh the sweet potato chips! yummy. ck
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Oh wow the food looks phenomenal and the sweet potato chips with chocolate sound crazy???!! Love the mini cone!! Def the place to visit on an empty stomach! Xxxx visit soon! Xxx katie
That food looks yummy and you are beautiful as always
im huuuungry! all that food looks delicious im going to have to go cook something fun now!
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This looks like the perfect way to spend a day! I have a major passion for food as well, and these all look just deliscious! I particularly like the look of the swEet potatoe fries with chocolate and peanut butter! YUM!
i want chips and guacamole!!!
mmmm all this food looks lush…..so hungry now!
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all this good food! yumm! I wish I could be there
Paradise for the incurable snacker (like me)… Also, cute hat!
Emily at http://www.thebonbonblog.com
The sweet potato fries with peanut butter and chocolate are what most intrigue me! I would never have come up with that combo…
Wow, so I pretty much love every food item in your photos! I wish we had something like this where I live. Yummy!!
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ok seriously that all looks so good but did you actually buy all that? Love sweet potato fries and love gaucamole!
Naina
I should have said did you actually EAT all of that? : )
I’d totally buy tickets for that too!
Oh hey-ell yes! I’m a trainer but there’s no problem with indulging… As long as you don’t indulge every day ; ). Yum!
As a fellow sweet tooth, I would also love a post on your exercise routine/what you do to compensate for those oh-so-necessary splurges. Do ittttt.
AW all of this look delightful <3
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Heyo… those sweet potato peanut butter fries look delish! As does that cookies and cream ice cream bar. They should have one of these festivals in NYC
-Lindsay
I died a little on the inside when I saw the sweet potato fries with chocolate and peanut butter. Holy moly those look good! You’re making me feel better about eating cheese fries for dinner last night… oh who am I kidding, I don’t feel guilty about it!!
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Oh oh what fun!! We loved sweets
Kisses
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Uh, YUM all over the palce! That itty bitty ice cream cone is the cutest thing ever and I loves me some sweet potato fries. Mmmm…
Those sweet potato fries with peanut butter and chocolate looks absolutely mouth-watering. I’m going to need to get my hands on those immediatley.
That looks amazing!!! All of it!!! I usually read your blog at my desk eating breakfast. My bagel now feels hopelessly inadequate.
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Cutest little ice cream cone ever! This looks like a perfect summer day to me~Constant stream of fried, salted and sugared treats! I may have to fly across the country for this one next year
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OMG yum!! I have never seen sweet potato fries with peanut butter and chocolate! What an odd combo lol. I’m totally a foodie too as I love all things food, but I agree it can have a bit of a snob stigma attached to it. I appreciate ALL food in it’s own way, not just expensive fancy stuff (I can’t afford that stuff anyway!)
oh.my.god. those pictures are absolutely mouth-watering. sweet potato fries with peanut butter and chocolate??? it all looks so delicious! and here i was thinking NYC had the best street food – clearly LA could give it a run for its money. lovely photos!
That is the perfect size for an ice cream cone!
best festival idea everrrrr! i want those sweet potato fries
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Mm, I’m hungry now!
Both the fries and the cookies ‘n creme bar look heavenly! We only have snobby fancy restaurant festivals where I am.
Food from a truck/hole in the wall restaurant is the best!!
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Yoiks, fries with chocolate and PB? REALLY?
I love going to outdoor fairs….weather permitting of course as it is like a million degrees where I live….food looks great!
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OK. The foods you posted here could not be more enticing. Those fries and the donuts look incredible! I’d really like for those trucks to drive east and park in my town for a bit, though my ass and thighs might disagree.
Chocolate dipped cones=heaven.
Emily, you are too cute for words and all of this food looks insanely delicious…great post (per usual)!
Just love your blog so so much!!
xx
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Sweet potato fries with peanut butter and chocolate sounds amazing! I want to try to make that as an appetizer!
I love those aviators…. awesome! Also jealous of this food… I can’t wait for some fairs to start!
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Everything looks so yummy, especially that cookie ‘n’ cream ice cream. Great photos!
xoxo,
MelRod
Mmmmmm. That’s making me hungry. That guac looks awesome! I think there definitely needs to be a word for an un-snobby foodie.
omg you’re killing me with these! everything looks scrumptious.
yum fries with peanut butter look so gooooooood
Okay, this looks phenomenal!
Um – can you say DELICIOUS!!
What a cool idea.
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hahhaa!! wow i wish i could get away w eating all of that!! that spicy guacamole dip looks amazing
xoxo,
F
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All this food looks heavenly! I’m beyond jealous.
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It all looks delish! I’m itching for a bite of those sweet potato fries!! Yum, yum!
BTW, what a cute hat
Mini donuts = cute and tasty!
Um, that pretty much looks like my idea of heaven!
OMG. Why did I not know about this when I lived in L.A.? The food and restaurants is what I miss. If it wasn’t for internet shopping I would be in a serious depression.
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sweet potato fries and peanut butter & chocholate! OMG! I wish I had been there. All of the food looks amazing!!
oh geeze, those fries look unreal…and the sweet potato fries with chocolate?! ahhh.
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Ditto on the foodie thing. I just go with food fan. Can’t believe I missed out.
fries with guac and sweet potato fries with chocolate and pb? yummmm! total inspiration for new fun ideas to try at home!
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Girl you ate well! Thanks for sharing : )
I am so sad that food trucks are hard to come by on the East Coast ! Looks simply delicious, and like you had a blast! I’d never thought of sweet potato fries for a sweet dish before, but now simply must try them (maybe for when I open my own cart??)
Becca
This food looks so delicious!
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Looks delicious! I’d be in heaven haha.
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Looks so delicious and fun! The chocolate dipped ice cream cone looks like a baby- like you can eat it in two or three bites-so cute. And the sweet potato fries look delicious, as sweet potato fries usually do- but I never thought of adding peanut butter and chocolate to the ensemble! Definitely going to have to try it. I love food festivals in the summertime- especially dressing up for them! There’s a bit of fun in the process and I always end up dressing so that my outfit goes perfectly along with the festival environment!
They’re having something similar this week in Atlanta. Everything looks so delectable!
All of this looks incredible! I love shaved ice in the summertime! xo
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sounds like fun! love the hat, xoxo
I would love to see a post on how you stay in such great shape while being a “foodie.” Great pics and it looks like a wonderful day!!!
MMMMMM yum! Just think of foodie as someone who loves food!
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Mmm! Those fries look yummy! I’ll have to check out if it’s still going on this weekend?
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Um ok, how are you still thin? LOL
That looks fantastic, there is nothing I love more than good junk food! http://washingtondcfashion.blogspot.com/
Mmm that looks great! Awesome way to spend an afternoon.
sweet potatoes fries kick normal fries tooshie. and with chocolate and peanut butter … um!??!
All that food looks so good! Austin has been completely taken over by “restaurants on wheels” but I am not complaining! We have a place called The Trailer Park Eatery that is a parking lot full of them with huge picnic areas to sit eat. My favorite truck around town is the crepes, yumm!
That tiny little ice cream cone is adorable!
Kate xox
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I am so hungry now! I sure wish we had something like this in our town!!!
Wow! It looks like it was a fantastic time-and now I’m starving and need to raid my fridge. I know what you mean about the term Foodie, it sounds snobby, but it just means we love all things food related! I’ve never had sweet potatoes fries with peanut butter and chocolate before, how was that? All great flavors, I’m sure they worked great together!
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My ex-bf actually thought I was “too classy” to eat corn dogs. I was like, ummm, who DOESN’T love corn dogs?!?
wow, everything looks delicious! I like how you don’t deprive of anything, you really seem to enjoy food!
Yummi… you made my feel so hungry at the moment.
That food looks so delicious.:)SarahD
Looks like you guys had so much fun. We have something very similar in Chicago every year. It is so crowded you can barely move through the hordes of people. So I don’t go often, but it looks like your food was sooooo yummy!
xo Jen
Those fries (and I’m talking both varieties) look so delicious! Talk about a diet breaker. Street food is always so fun, gourmet flavor at a cheap cheap price…yum.
And you stay so chic and slim how exactly?
I too, consider myself a foodie. I’ve always ascribed the snobbery to the term, “gourmet.” I think of foodies as more down to earth and into good eats no matter the presentation (though we do enjoy nice presentation). Hopefully that makes you feel better about calling yourself a foodie.
Wonderful food shots!
How can you possibly eat all those junk food (don’t get me wrong, I LOVE junk food) and look as good as you do???? WOW!!!! Wish I had your genes, haha.
WOW!!! That is quite the feast!
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It all looks great!
what a great idea! i’m sitting at my desk and feeling quite hungry now. i must ask where you got that fabulous ring you’re wearing in the photos. i love that it’s so delicate.
Sounds like so much fun!
Yum, it all looks so delicious!
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Everything looks super yummy, but I like the tiny chocolate dipped ice cream cone. I have a soft spot for cute food. =)
this looks delicious!!
xo Lindsey
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You would go to this! You are the most fashionable foodie I know. Thanks for the pics, reminding me I need to eat breakfast!
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YUMMMmmmm I just woke up but I’m already dying for a chocolate dipped ice cream cone or rainbow shaved ice :/ All looks so divine but I’m a bit skeptical of the sweet potato fries with chocolate and peanut butter? I’m going to need to try that first!
Sweet potato fries with pb and chocolate? That sounds insanely delicious. Hello new comfort food.
That looks sooo tasty! love your outfit too :d
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oh my gosh yum!!!!! my sister went last year.
oh my gosh yum!!!!!
I’m kicking myself for not going to this! Everything looks so yummy! Although maybe it’s a good thing I didn’t go. Probably would’ve gained 10 lbs! Looks like it was a fun day Emily.
xoxo,
Bren @ Chasing Beauty
This looks amazing! I want to go to a food festival!
mmmm. Baltimore needs a food festival, like ASAP! and i’m a total foodie who loves street food. i think those who can’t get down with good food from a truck are just snobbies.
That choco-dipped Ice Cream would hit the spot right about now!
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Mae Lu, thereafterish.
oh my word. how did i not know about this. i love street food so so much. this looks incredible!
Yum! It was so fun to be with you guys and I’m definitely thinking we should spring for the VIP tickets next year. And I’m so glad we did dessert first.
Everything looks delicious! But how can you eat all that and stay beautiful! Tell me your secret!
And I think that St. Paul needs a festival of food!
Here in Brazil the best hot dogs are the trucks!
And I had never heard of foodie term … but I guess I’m a foodie too!
xoxo
This looked amazing!
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Wow I think I just gained 5 lbs reading this post!
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hi emily–these pictures made my taste buds wilter with longing, so i figured it would be the perfect time to tell you that your blog is the greatest one ever and i LOVE IT. ive been following it for several months now and the posts just make me so happy:)
btw- nothing wrong with sticking mainly to the dessert carts!!
um. YUM! *drool*
Looks so yummy! Especially the chocolate dipped ice cream. Perfect for hot summer day.
looks super tasty!
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Totally agree on the “foodie” term. I cringe when people call me that. I think of snobby people who like really complicated food. It seriously has a bad connotation. A new word needs to be made for us people who just like to eat. Perhaps “eaters”. “I’m an eater….” Thoughts?
Such yummy looking food. Food festivals are the most fun a hungry person can have.
Amazing–looks so delicious! I absolutly love sweet potato fries too!
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Sounds like such a fantastic event!
Sweet potato with peanut butter and chocolate! Why have I never thought of that? I make sweet potato fries about once a week!
the most appealing things here all involved ice cream(or ice)! Love love love mmmmmm scrumptious!
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Looks delicious!!! I am a “foodie” too, although I don’t like that word….
Are those bagels on ice?
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yumyumyum! everything looks delicious!
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haha everyone wondering what i did in my e-mail a couple months ago.. how you eat what you do, and stay so thin! we’re just a little jealous, though i’m sure it’s all about portion control.
omg that looks fabulous. i love sweets. i think i’m a sweets foodie.
You’re just like the Gilmore girls: eating all that yet looking like that!
I like the fact that you seem to have a healthy attitude towards food. And you enjoy it. You don’t talk about having to go burn it off immediately, or feel guilt. That’s my kinda thinking. All these treats look delicious!
omg yummm! so jeal, wish jersey was that cool
that all looks like insane yumminess!
Ok girl, tell us all how you eat that and all the other delicious things you make and stay looking the way you want do!! Those sweet potato fries look DELISH!!
Street fairs are so awesome and one of the big things I miss about living in NYC!
Who makes your hat??
the doughnuts look yummy
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fried doughnuts are incredible– as are food fests in general!
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That’s exactly why we’re going to the next one! Can’t wait!
I wish we had this sort of think here in Connecticut! I hope there is some kind of festival like this in Cali when we come at the end of August.
how the heck do you not put on weight!!
We need Smellvision so that we can get the aromas through the computer screen!!!!
We were there (in the vendor/dessert area) and I actually thought to myself, “This seems like something Emily would attend.” Sorry to have missed you!
omg. donuts. donuts are everywhere. it’s time to fulfill the craving.
Yum! I want your chocolate dipped ice cream cone!
A foodie who does not eat street food is like a fashionista who doesn’t shop at Forever 21. High and low go together!
you are my kind of girl
this is the type of event that makes my heart beat faster!
This looks like SO MUCH fun! I must find something like this near me… That little ice cream cone is too cute, and that cookies ‘n’ cream ice cream bar looks crazy-good.
xo Josie
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Ooooh that rainbow ice looks delicious!! What flavour is it? It looks like so much fun there
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OMG that chocolate dipped cone looks 10 times better than the DQ alternative I had last week. The festival looks like a blast!
That chocolate dipped cone is the most adorable thing ever! And those sweet potato fries … mmmm, drooling.
Looks like fun!
how did i never do this in LA? all of this sounds so completely amazing.
I am proud to call myself a foodie! I had never thought of it as negative at all, I’m definitely not a food snob. Love your posts!
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Yummyy!!! I love that tiny sized ice cream cone!
Too funny, I just wrote an article about San Francisco street food and the SF Food Festival. http://bit.ly/bpTtCj
YUM!!! everything looks delish…esp the ice cream cone and the cookies n cream bar.
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ugh, how did i miss this??!! lol i suppose there’s always next year:) oh my gosh, everything looks delicious! i’m with ya, emily, i would consider myself a foodie but as u mentioned, i don’t agree with the snobbery associated with it. plus, i love eating at hole in the wall places, to0:) they’re the best!
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yummy food!! I feel like an ice cream now
xx Nazneen
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I recently started reading your blog and love it. What is the ring that you are wearing on your right hand in these photos. J’adore!
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Looks like so much funn! Love the nail polish! What is it?
xoxo
Hi!
I love your blog and was so inspired by the sweet potato fries with peanut butter and chocolate that I went home yesterday and made it myself. I’m not usually so great in the kitchen, but they came out delicious!
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I was so inspired by the sweet potato fries with peanut butter and chocolate I made them myself last night – it was delicious! Thanks!
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So cute! Love all the little treats!
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Hi Emily! Where did you get the skinny ring in the first pic of this post?
I wish they have those kind of street food fest here. Love the ice cream bar!
I so agree, it’s the same thing with fashion! Why must people always be such snobs
Mmm all the food looks so delish – does the ticket get you unlimited samples, or how does it work? That sweet fries with peanut butter sounds so strange, but I bet it tasted amazing!
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yumm.. everything looks so good!!!
<3 Kelly
I’ve been looking for polish in just the right tomato-y shade that you’re wearing in this post. What brand and color is it?
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OMG! I love sweet potato fries!!
I’ve been searching for a hat like that for a while! Where did you get yours??
Cookies and Cream dipped ice cream cone?! Sounds literally amazing! Love the Aviators with the hat! Too cute!
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Love the Hat with the Aviators! The festival looked awesome!
Gosh, you look good in any outfit (tone jealous).
AWWW, no fair. i was in LA that Friday and i saw no food fest! what!
Is that Frysmith fries I spy? Oh the joys of living in LA. That hat looks great, but the food steals the picture this time.
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oh my god, i would love to go to one of those. if only they had them in new zealand!
Please will you tell me how you can eat and bake so many tasty treats and still be gorgeously toned! This is a secret i NEED to know!! x
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