The tangy crema adds just a hint of boysenberry without overdoing it. The basic mac in a creamy white cheese serves as a base for the tender barbacoa. This side dish is enough to serve three or four people. The first thing you notice is the Beef Barbacoa Mac & Cheese could be a meal unto itself. Served with a Boysenberry Chipotle Crema - Silver Bullet Booth and Wilderness Dance Hall Patio (Brady MacDonald/Orange County Register) Beef Barbacoa Mac & Cheese Appetizers and Side Dishes Beef Barbacoa Mac & Cheese at the Knott’s Boysenberry Festival. And if you’ve never tried sushi, this is not the place to start. I’ve never thought to dip sushi in boysenberry jam before, but now I know that I don’t ever want to do that again. I’m not sure what I thought I’d get, but it’s exactly what it sounds like. This is two big rolls of standard-issue supermarket sushi with a big vat of boysenberry dipping sauce. Made with Spicy Crab Surimi, Avocado, Lettuce, Crispy Onions, Sesame and served with Unagi Sauce and Boysenberry Sweet Chili Dipping Sauce - Ghost Town Bakery and Wilderness Dance Hall (Brady MacDonald/Orange County Register) Sushi Burrito Sushi Burrito at the Knott’s Boysenberry Festival. Otherwise it’s pretty straightforward fried shrimp. The big selling point here is the Pepto Bismol pink boysenberry remoulade that adds a bit of sweetness. It was impossible to taste everything in one bite. I ended up picking up the fried shrimp with my fingers, using the tomato slices like tortilla chips to fork the shrimp into my mouth or breaking off a piece of the roll like a bread bowl. Knott’s serves this po’boy open face on a sausage roll, but there’s virtually no way to eat it like a sandwich. Served with Coleslaw and a Boysenberry Remoulade - Wilderness Broiler (Brady MacDonald/Orange County Register) Cajun Shrimp Po’ Boy Cajun Shrimp Po’ Boy at the Knott’s Boysenberry Festival. This one’s another festival standby - and for good reason. The lip-smacking finger food will get all over your face - so make sure to get plenty of napkins. It’s impossible to be delicate with these sauce-slathered wings. Served with a Boysenberry Sweet Chili Glaze - Spurs Chophouse and Wilderness Dance Hall (Brady MacDonald/Orange County Register) Chicken Wings Chicken Wings at the Knott’s Boysenberry Festival. But it’s pretty tasty for theme park fare.Īnother seasoned veteran of the seasonal festival that remains a perennial winner. The star of the show here is the boysenberry sausage with bits of chicken and a few shrimp.ĭoes it taste like New Orleans? Of course not. The hefty bowl of dirty rice makes this dish more of a main course than an appetizer - but it can serve either purpose. Served with Boysenberry Sausage, Chicken and Shrimp garnished with Green Onions - Gold Mine Trail Booth (Brady MacDonald/Orange County Register) Jambalaya Jambalaya at the Knott’s Boysenberry Festival. You can spend your time like me messing around trying to find the best new thing to eat at the festival - or you can just go with the tried and true winner. The sausage was savory and juicy with just a hint of sweetness - but it’s the boysenberry mustard that pushes this one over the top. The Boysenberry Sausage was the best bite I had at the Knott’s food festival. Canopy umbrellas kept at least portions of the bench seats dry at a sea of picnic tables leftover from pandemic social distancing protocols. There were so few people in the park that there was never any competition to find a table to eat either indoors or out of the rain. The biggest upside of the foul weather: No waiting in lines to get food. Knott’s gamely served food at indoor and semi-indoor locations throughout the afternoon before ultimately throwing in the towel and admitting defeat at 3 p.m. Most of the entertainment called it a day as did many of the outdoor food booths. While there was plenty of food, there weren’t many festivities at the food festival. I got to Knott’s around lunch time on Friday when it was only misting before the gray skies started dumping enough rain to swamp overwhelmed sewer drains throughout the park. SEE ALSO: Everything you can eat and drink at the 2023 Knott’s Boysenberry Festival - See the list Sign up for our Park Life newsletter and find out what’s new and interesting every week at Southern California’s theme parks.
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