CA trip - Pizzeria Mozza (West Hollywood)

These next series of posts that I will be making are back blogs from my trip to Southern California for Blizzcon 2009. I hope you enjoy reviews and hopefully they inspire you to go out and try some of these wonderful eateries yourself (if you are in the area that is)!

Our first evening out and about California, we journeyed to Beverly Hills for food. Just like any normal fooding adventure at home in Florida, it was quite a drive from Anaheim to our destination. By the time we had reached Mozza, we were collectively famished.

I had read so much about Pizzeria Mozza from the many food bloggers in LA that I just had to try it out. A month prior to our arrival, I made reservations for 7 (the maximum number allowed for a reservation). It’s a good thing that I did, because the place was packed ALL night long. Every table, seat, and barstool was completely filled for the entire evening. I heard the hostess telling walk in after walk in that without a reservation, they could only sit at the pizza bar that night and even that might have taken an hour to be seated. Not that sitting at the pizza bar is a bad thing, since you can watch their awesome pizza making skills hard at work, just that you can’t really get seats for more than one or two people.

We arrived 30 minutes early for our reservation, so we just milled about the front and stared at the menu conveniently placed outside the establishment. Being a foodie, I was in heaven staring at the menu: speck, squash blossoms, burrata, and many other exotic ingredients (at least to me, I mean…it’s rough finding true “high end” eateries in Florida) adorned the menu. To my friends…well, they were less than thrilled at first and slightly scared of the vast number of unidentifiable meats, cheeses, and veggies.

As if on cue, right at the time for our reservation, our table was called. For the most part, Mozza is compromised of a small main dining room, the kitchen, the pizza oven area (visible from the bar), and a party/private dining room. The main dining room is dimly lit, making it a bit hard to read the menu. My main gripe about the ambience was the sonorous hum of everyone talking and the loud music being player over their sound system. It was really hard to talk to the person beside you or even hear your own thoughts. Actually the ambiance is the only fault I could find about Mozza the entire evening, but I’m more than willing to forgive the ambiance because the food more than makes up for it.


We arrived at our table and eagerly sat down. The table was simply adorned with a brown paper envelope bearing Mozza’s emblem which helds your utensils on top of your plate. Well, at least I thought it was cute!

The breadsticks that were first presented to us were quickly devoured. They weren’t anything special, just your average breadsticks, but I really can’t emphasize how famished we were at this point. The breadsticks just made me hungrier… *pouty face*

I had planned my meal 3 months ago, when I first made the reservations to come here. I knew EXACTLY what I wanted to order: fried squash blossoms, oven fired bone marrow, and the pizza with Ipswich clams. Between the rest of the orders from the table we tried out: two other pizzas (1 – egg & guanciale, 2 – bacon, salami, fennel sausage), speck, and bufala mozzarella with prosciutto di parma.

First up, the fried squash blossoms with ricotta!

For $12, I thought we might receive a few more squash blossoms. Never the less the dish was quite successful. What does a squash blossom taste like? To be honest it tastes just like squash, but the fried blossom added a nice textural contrast to the creamy ricotta.

The bufala mozzarella with prosciutto di parma came out at the same time as the squash blossoms.

Clearly, I wasn’t fast enough with the camera because my friends were in “devour” mode when this picture was taken. It’s lucky that I even got a picture of it at all! There are no words to adequately describe how great the fresh mozzarella was, but I’m going to try! It was light, melted in your mouth, creamy, and…just go and try it ok? I promise you, it’s like nothing else you have ever put in your mouth ever. Your palette will thank you.

Next came a serving of speck:

My boyfriend ordered this, not knowing what it was. We just knew it was “some kind of ham.” He whipped out his phone and hopped onto the internet to find out that it was a juniper berry cured ham. I know juniper smells good, bath and body works has well acquainted me with the smell, but I had no idea what juniper would taste like. Let me tell you now, speck is definitely “oishii noms.” I can’t really explain what the juniper tasted like exactly, but it’s a light flavor that accents the ham beautifully.

I love bone marrow and was ecstatic when the bone marrow al forno arrive at the table. Though my companions did look at me strangely for wanting to eat bone marrow…

The marrow was buttery, creamy, and pleasantly rich. The marrow spread upon the bread with a bit of sea salt, fresh greens, and the roasted garlic was sublime and perfectly complimented one another.

Finally it was time for our pizzas to arrive! The pizzas here are extraordinary and are the best pizza my friends and I have ever tasted, bar none. The crust is thin and crispy through out the entirety of the pizza, instead of being crispy on the crust and soggy in the middle. Also the crust itself tasted phenomenal, it could stand alone even with the sauce, cheese, and various toppings.

First up was the bacon, salami, fennel sausage, guanciale, tomato and mozzarella pizza. Basically (and for simplicity’s sake), it’s a meat pizza. =)

Sadly this wasn’t my pizza or my boyfriend’s, so I didn’t actually get to try it. We ordered 4 of these pizzas, but with everyone so hungry they quickly ate up their own portions. However my friend did tell me that it was the best bacon he had ever had and that he has had a LOT of bacon. I’m guessing it’s a pretty valid statement coming from someone who lives in the Northwest, where they tend to cook meat a lot more frequently than in Florida (seafood, woot!).

My boyfriend ordered what we would hence forth call, breakfast pizza. It was an egg, bacon, Yukon gold potato, and Bermuda onions pizza.

It really did have all the ingredients to make a decent breakfast meal. ^_^ I think the egg is what really made us all consider it a “breakfast pizza” in the end.

I’m such a seafood mark, so my pizza was adorned with Ipswich clams, garlic, oregano, pecorino, and parmigiano.

Usually clams are way too chewy, but these clams just cooked just right. They were a bit heavy handed on the garlic, but that really wasn’t an issue since I love garlic. Overall, it was a very light pizza and the most successful “seafood” themed pizza I’ve ever had.

The damage for the evening (a.k.a. the bill) was pretty ridiculous, around $250, so it wasn’t your average evening out. However, for the quality of the food received the price was right and I would definitely come back again and again if I lived in the area. Mozza has the best pizza I’ve ever eaten and some of the best quality ingredients I’ve ever come across. If I find a better pizza, I’ll let you know, but Mozza is going to be really rough competition!

Pizzeria Mozza
641 N. Highland Ave.
West Hollywood, CA
(323) 297-0101

Boynton Diner (Boynton Beach)

The story goes that my boyfriend randomly passed this diner one day and saw a sign advertising “Seafood Quiche.” Clearly this was not to be missed, so he made a mental note of it and came back with friends another day. Then he noticed a sign that said “cash only,” which meant he would have to yet again, make a return visit to the restaurant since he only had a credit card on him.

So…what I assume to be months later, when my boyfriend first started dating me, he brought me to the Boynton Diner for breakfast. We’ve been frequenting the establishment ever since. The prices are quite affordable and the only downsides of the place are that they are cash only and are only open until 3pm everyday.

It tends to get really busy Saturday and Sunday mornings, so be prepared for a slight wait if you come during peak hours. On this day, we arrived slightly later in the day around 2pm for lunch. We quickly were seated and we promptly divvied up the condiments between the two of us as so:

It’s kind of funny how our condiments (Mmm, strawberry ^_^ ) are mutually exclusive…but onwards to the rest of the post! This sign caught my boyfriend’s attention:

So, of course, he ordered the prime rib with hash browns and whole wheat toast with a side order of grits.

The prime rib was cooked very well and the meat was flavorful and tender. The whole wheat toast was AMAZING! It had grains and seeds actually strewn about in the bread itself, how awesome is that? I can count on my hand, the number of times I have eaten grits in my lifetime, so I’m not really an authority on grits. My boyfriend likes to eat them plain, but I found that sort of bland (he said he enjoyed them better that way). I liked them with a pinch of salt though, I felt as if it really brought out the flavor a bit more. The hash browns were how hash browns should be, crispy on the outside and delicious within.


I ordered the “2 eggs and fried catfish” platter with home fries, sourdough toast, and a side of potato salad.

The catfish was delicious. It didn't have that strong fishy aftertaste that is often associated with catfish and often turns a lot of people off to the dish. The toast was decent, but I honestly wish I had ordered whole grain like my boyfriend. The potato salad was your standard homemade version, nothing to write home about though. The home fries...don't get me started on those home fries, I'm having cravings for them right now! They were wonderful, perfectly seasoned and the slight char gave them a bit of this great smoky flavor. Mmmm...


His prime rib was $13 and my catfish was $8, not too shabby for lunch/brunch in my opinion. On the way out I always grab some dum dums for us, they always have some by the cash register. I’m a sucker for lollipops…

Boynton Diner is always a great place to grab breakfast or brunch. You can’t really beat their prices or the quality. =) Boynton Diner just makes me happy, just like a visit to John G’s by the beach…but that’s another post for another day!


Boynton Diner
500 E. Woolbright Rd.
Boynton Beach, FL
(561) 364-1819

Hiro Yakko San's (redux) - North Miami Beach

For the past few weeks, we have been making roller skating excursions down to Kendall. The boys love to roller skate and I like to pretend I can jam skate as they practice their moves and routines. I’m more of a figure skater and at home on the ice, but jam skating is slowly growing on me.


On the long car drive home, I have been pushing the idea of stopping by Hiro Yakko-san’s for dinner since it is open late (2am on weekdays and 3am on the weekends). This was only after I learned how far we actually drove to get skating. I was previously under the assumption we were west of Dania and not deep into Homestead. We usually get out of skating around 10:30pm and it’s roughly a little after 11:00pm by the time we make it to the restaurant.


So this post is going to be an amalgamation of the past two visits to this establishment and only of the dishes that I have not yet reviewed. First up is the zaru-soba! Basically this is a cold buck wheat noodle dish served with a dipping sauce on the side. You are given scallions and wasabi to add to the sauce until it suits your tastes. For me, that meant I was only adding scallions as I dislike the taste of wasabi. However, I found the flavor profile of the soba to be quite bland without the wasabi added. No, I didn’t add the wasabi to find out if I liked it more that way. Sorry guys, I’m just not the wasabi type of girl.

Takoyaki is a quintessential Japanese snack food from Osaka, Japan. Fried balls of molten cheesy goodness that surrounds a “tako” (octopus) center. It’s frequently topped with bonito flakes, a special mayonnaise, and a takoyaki sauce. I have tried really hard to fall in love with this dish, but I just can not. I’ve eaten it several times at Yakko-san’s, once at another Japanese izakaya in South Florida, and twice in California to no avail. I just don’t think takoyaki is my thing. To Yakko-san’s credit, they are the best takoyaki I have ever eaten, but it doesn’t mean they are on my list of favorite things to eat.

On the other hand, I simply adore their onigiris (riceballs). It’s a simple dish, like most of the food they serve, executed perfectly. My favorite onigiri to order is the mentaiko (spicy cod fish roe) onigiri. I love the combination of spicy and slightly salty to complement the sushi rice. Even the rice has an ever so perceptible flavor which I can’t pinpoint, but it is definitely not bland.

I love mackerel, so when I saw mackerel as one of the specials of the day, I immediately ordered a portion. “Aji Himono” was described on the menu as being half dried Japanese Mackerel grilled and lightly salted. It was served with a small side of grated daikon and a slice of lemon. The fish was cooked perfectly and the bones were crisp enough to eat. The dish truly came together when you squeezed the lemon over the fish and ate each piece with a bit of daikon. The accompaniments added the perfect accent to the slight smokiness of the mackerel.

The boys have taken to ordering the yakiniku beef. They love it so much they have dubbed it “crack beef” for its addictive taste. I don’t blame them, the beef is always cooked perfectly (medium) and is always tender. The sauce itself is very addictive and goes great over rice! My boyfriend always pours the remnants of the sauce into his rice bowl. XD

The boys love their curry and it’s inevitable that a curry dish is going to be ordered (if not several). Curry Chicken Katsu is a breaded chicken cutlet served on top of a bed of rice with a side of curry. Chicken is a proteins which dried out very quickly if cooked incorrectly. As such, I usually avoid ordering chicken when I go out to eat. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the cutlet was tender and moist! The curry served on the side is the ubiquitous Japanese curry served in this establishment. Not to say it isn’t good, it’s delicious. But if you are ordering a curry dish, the curry is going to remain the same while the protein may change.

The boys’ love of curry knows no boundaries, so yet another curry dish was ordered. The beef curry was reminiscent of curry chicken katsu, except beef was substituted for the chicken cutlet. The beef seems to have been slow cooked with in the curry and fell apart/melted in your mouth. I definitely prefer this dish over the chicken katsu, despite my predilection for fried foods. =)

I’m sure there will be many more excursions to Yakko-san’s. I just can’t get enough of the Japanese tapas and their ever rotating and seasonal specials. It helps a lot that their prices are also quite affordable, though with the amount of food I order (our eyes are bigger than our stomachs usually) we usually leave with quite a sizeable check. It’s an average of $25 per person when we visit, so not horrible for an evening out and the superb quality of the food prepared.

Hiro's Yakko-San
(305) 947-0064
17040 W Dixie Hwy
North Miami Beach, FL 33160

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Cote France (Boca Raton)

Sometimes a girl just needs her sweets. Ever since my trip to California's Patisserie Chantilly and Jin Patisserie last year, I have been searching for their equivalents in South Florida.


On the suggestion of one of my good friends, I drove over to Cote France Bakery right off of Federal Highway in Boca Raton. It is a small establishment within a strip mall off of Mizner with a nondescript signs that simple states "Bakery."

The shop was quite quaint and the display case held about 10 different desserts they had prepared for the day. They are presented quite simply in a bakery case, but their presentation is just out of this world (they all look so beautiful). I didn't take a picture of the display case sadly. I was feeling a bit sheepish, so I grabbed a snapshot from outside. If you look closely you can see me in the reflection!

On this day I played it safe and ordered a few dessert staples: a napoleon and some éclairs. Three different offerings of éclairs stood before me: mocha, vanilla, and chocolate. Since I'm not a chocolate fan (yes, I realize I'm in the minority), I ordered two vanilla and one mocha éclair along with my napoleon. Each dessert cost me $4.

After paying, I was off to visit my boyfriend at his work. Being foodies, we love to share these experiences with each other. It was a few hours before he got off of work, but right afterwards we broke out the desserts.


My boyfriend doesn't touch caffeine of any kind, so I had the mocha éclair all to myself! From the first bite, I knew that I had found a real jewel in this bakery. The pate a choux (the pastry dough) was light and flaky. The custard within wasn't overtly sweet, a malady which many desserts suffer from, and had a pleasantly silky texture. The mocha icing/glaze on top of the éclair was what actually accented the éclair with just the right amount of sweetness. The mocha taste in the custard wasn't prevalent upon the first taste, but rather was more so a vanilla flavor with a rush of mocha aftertaste that lingered behind. The vanilla éclair was much the same, with the exception of having a chocolate icing and purely vanilla custard.


Next came the napoleon, which is a staple in most bakeries. Their napoleon is made quite well, the layers are once again light and flaky, not hard to bite through (which is a problem I've had with other napoleons, which tend to place thick layers with the texture of a cracker). The custard is the same vanilla custard from the éclair, but that doesn't make it any less yummy. =) For me I was most impressed by the white and dark chocolate glaze on the top. At some bakeries the top glaze is just too thick and therefore cracks when you try to eat it or comes out in one huge piece. Perhaps what is even worse is when the chocolate is just too rich and overpowers the entire desserts! However, the thin layer of glaze (not too thin, but just right) gave way once you took a bite and acted as a sweet punctuation to the dessert.


I also bought two macaroons, strawberry and coffee. Sadly...I lost them in transit and did not have a chance to try them. However I did snap a quick picture of them when I first got into the car. They looked soooo cute, I can't believe I lost them. *sigh* Maybe next time I'll keep better track of them. XD

Overall, my experience at Cote France was a pleasant one. The desserts were extremely well made and most importantly didn't suffer from an overdose of sugar. I'm definitely going to need to head back to try their other desserts and perhaps try out their soup + sandwich lunch combination.

Edit: I went back the next day to buy a box of sweets for my father to try out. Look how pretty the tart is!

Cote France
110 NE 2nd St
Boca Raton, FL 33432
(561) 392-2907

Lan's Pan Asian Cafe (South Miami)

I spent my college years at the University of Miami frequenting Lan’s Pan Asian Café for lunch, dinner, and the inevitable bubble tea cravings. This small establishment is a stone’s throw away from UM at Dadeland Station. It is inconspicuously placed on the first floor across from Michael’s.


“Pan Asian” usually signals to me that an eatery is unable to cook their cuisine authentically and can only make it taste like some semblance of “Asian” food. An example of this kind of pan Asian eatery would be Stir Crazy. I’m sorry to those of you out there who truly love Stir Crazy, but their food is definitely NOT authentic. However, Lan’s is quite different, and instead serves a variety of dishes from a variety of Asian cuisines from Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, to Japanese. It is not just a hodgepodge of flavors in one dish, but rather each dish is a portal into a different country’s cuisine.


For my birthday, we trekked all the way to Coral Gables from West Palm Beach for dinner shabu shabu style. Yes, I realize shabu shabu is usually eaten when it’s cold outside and it’s never truly cold in Florida…but give me a break here! Before we got to the main course, we started off with a Lan’s salad. It’s a simple salad of field greens, but what sets it apart is its ginger vinaigrette. This dressing is amazing! I, for one, hate salads, but this dressing is so light and flavorful that I just can not stop eating this dish. I really wish they would bottle and sell this dressing to the customers. I would eat a ton of salad at home if only I had access to this delicious dressing.

Another highlight out of their appetizers is the crispy calamari. The calamari is dry rubbed with spices, lightly fried, and garnished with scallions and a mango sauce. This is yet another dish which defies my rules for food. I hate mixing sweet and savory together. It is my opinion that fruit of any kind does not have a place in a savory dish. However, this sauce is spot on and compliments the calamari perfectly. The spices added give the calamari a kick that no other batter I have ever encountered can rival.

Now shabu shabu (or as I refer to it, hot pot), is not on the printed menu. However if you call in advance and talk to the owner, she can set it up for you. If you aren’t familiar with shabu shabu, it’s basically the Japanese equivalent of fondue. You are given a basic soup stock and you cook a bunch of raw food within the stock.


The server brought out a portable burner as well as a pot of broth. The broth by itself tastes like miso soup broth, sans the miso. However you add flavor and dimension to the stock by cooking the vegetables, meats, and seafood in it. We were brought out several large plates of pork, chicken, kobe beef, vegetables, noodles, tofu, and seafood.

The presentation as well as the selection of proteins and vegetables was absolutely stunning. I especially had a soft spot for the kobe beef and enoki mushrooms. My boyfriend, being the wonderfully thoughtful man that he is, requested beforehand that if at all possible that kobe beef be included in the selection of proteins for the dinner. If you have never tasted kobe beef before, let me tell you that it is to die for! The tenderness and flavor of the meat is out of this world.


For dessert, I always finish with their signature passion fruit crème brulee. I have yet to taste a crème brulee as delicious as the one at Lan’s. Neither Runyon’s in Coral Springs, Dada’s in Delray Beach, nor the Breaker’s in West Palm can come close to the heavenly taste of this crème brulee. This crème brulee is on a tier all of its own with its delicate balance between the sweet caramelized sugar coating and the slight tartness of the passion fruit custard. Not only does this dessert garner acclaim for its taste, but also for its lightness. None of the desserts at Lan’s are heavy desserts. So even after an extremely filling meal, do not pass up on dessert (you’ll be sorry if you do). As my friend Holly said,” I never want to put anything else in my mouth ever again.” *sigh* …And now I’m having cravings again.

Lan Pan-Asian Cafe
8332 S Dixie Hwy
South Miami, FL 33143
(305) 661-8141

Silver Pond (Ft. Lauderdale)

For my grandmother’s birthday we went to Silver Pond in Fort Lauderdale. For authentic Chinese food, Silver Pond is our restaurant of choice. It’s really hard to find true authentic Chinese food in South Florida, so Silver Pond is quite a diamond in the rough.


Even though my friends and I are adults, we are the “babies” of the gathering and were relegated to what only can be defined as a “children’s table.” The upside of this was that we were able to order our food separate from the main table.


So we conferred between ourselves and decided on our menu for the night: a mix of vegetables, seafood, and meats dishes. Since we were unable to order green beans, we ordered snow tip peas lightly sautéed in garlic and olive oil. Now, I love snow tip peas so I was happy that green beans were unavailable that night (though I would have deferred to my friend’s wishes, since I chose most of the other dishes). It’s a very light green, much akin to sautéed spinach in my opinion, with a slight kick of garlic. Very yummy. ^_^





Next we had an order of Hong Kong Pork Chops. To me, this dish is the closest in relationship to Americanized Chinese food. I loved this dish, even though I despise Americanized Chinese food. It is slightly sweet, but savory. I suppose it is “upscale” orange chicken, but with pork.





When my family orders crab we always order dungeness crab, only because blue crabs are pitifully small with little meat inside them. As usual, we ordered it with a ginger and scallion sauce. It’s divine, except for the fact that I have to be a slob to eat it in the restaurant.





I ordered the salt and pepper shrimp a dish that I order at almost every Chinese restaurant that I visit. It’s so delicious when done well and I have a soft spot in my heart for fried foods. We order it without the shell, since it makes life easier on some of us (well, not me…I just eat it with the shell on, like any good Vietnamese girl). The “green stuff” are not always scallions, so if you do not like spicy foods, I’d inspect the dish carefully before I take a bite. The batter is quite light and the seasoning doesn’t overpower the flavor of the shrimp itself.





Ma Po Tofu has been hit or miss these days at Silver Pond. It’s a slightly spicy dish with tofu, veggies (green peas and bamboo shoots), and meat (I believe it was ground pork). The last time we had this dish, the bamboo shoots had a tolerable, but unwelcome, sour flavor to them. However this time the dish was prepared sans that sour note and was a welcome accompaniment to our rice.





Our seventh and last dish of the night was beef chow fun in a black bean sauce. My boyfriend adores black bean sauce and I’m pretty sure if he was given the choice, would drown most of his food in its goodness.





Sadly Silver Pond is quite a trek from my house and it's kind of a good thing anyways, because if it wasn't...I'd be very poor from eating there all the time! So if you are in the neighborhood I highly suggest visiting Silver Pond for lunch or dinner.


Silver Pond
4285 N. State Road 7
Lauderdale Lakes, FL 33319

South Florida Fair

To my readers, I sincerely apologize for the lack of posts since I’ve started this blog. Despite earnestly wanting to start a food blog for South Floridians, I’ve just honestly lacked the discipline to sit down to write and edit my photos. However, I return to the blogging world with a renewed sense of determination and vigor (at least for now). I have edited several posts worth of pictures from the past month and every day this week I will be posting a review of a restaurant in the South Florida area.


My first new post of this year is going to center upon the South Florida Fair. It’s an event that graces our presence once a year here in Palm Beach County. Now, I have not been to the fair since I was back in middle school. That’s nearly, if not more than, a decade ago. So my boyfriend and I decided we would go check out the sights and the fair “cuisine.” Our decision was also spurred by the fact that we received fair tickets from my uncle for Christmas.


While I realize that finding haute cuisine at a local fair is a far fetched concept, I was not prepared for the onslaught of strange foods that we did encounter. Does anyone not see something wrong with the following pictures? I mean…really?

"Chilli in a bag” and “Donut Burgers”, seriously? This is what we as Americans deem fair food? I also found frito pies, chicken parfaits, and pulled pork parfaits. I love finding unusual foods and trying them out, but these foods crossed a culinary line for myself. Instead we opted to try out a giant corndog and ribbon fries with the works.





While having all the trimmings upon ribbon fries was a great idea, it was not well executed. Yes, yes…I am aware it’s still just fair food and I shouldn’t expect too much out it. The nacho cheese was only lukewarm and this quickly turned to cold with the wind that day and the ribbon fries were soaking with grease and not crispy, a sign that they were not fried long enough. I love the idea however and next time I go to Bru’s Room I’m ordering my buffalo chips (essentially ribbon fries) with all the trimmings possible.


The corn dog was sadly only lukewarm since it was under the heating lamp for who knows how long and therefore was also a disappointment. The breading was quite thick, though it did have a decent taste (if only it were hot). The true disappointment came when we noticed that the “jumbo” hotdog part of the corndog was just two normal sized hotdogs pierced upon the same stick. *sad face*


Before we left, my boyfriend just had to buy a pulled pork parfait. It just looked THAT enticing to him. I am going to attribute it to his fondness of BBQ. Now I didn’t take a bite of the “parfait” so I can’t attest to whether it’s good or not. However, the two people who did sample the dish told me that it was “awesome.” Before you freak out though, let me inform you that it is NOT made with icecream, but with BBQ sauce and mashed potatoes.

All in all, the fair was an alright experience. We walked about and saw the many different sights from strange foods, shows, to rides. However, I’m going to leave the fair to the younger generation (though I’m not really THAT old), it’s just not my thing anymore.