{"id":8196,"date":"2009-09-20T21:41:10","date_gmt":"2009-09-21T04:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/?p=8196"},"modified":"2009-09-20T21:41:10","modified_gmt":"2009-09-21T04:41:10","slug":"taste-of-newport-foodbuzz-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/taste-of-newport-foodbuzz-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Taste Of Newport (Foodbuzz) Review."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/taste-of-newport-022.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8197\" title=\"taste-of-newport-022\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/taste-of-newport-022-450x336.jpg\" alt=\"taste-of-newport-022\" width=\"450\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/taste-of-newport-022-450x336.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/taste-of-newport-022-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/taste-of-newport-022.jpg 1357w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As a Food Correspondent for Foodbuzz, I attended\u00a0the Taste of Newport Food Festival and reported about it on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodbuzz.com\/blogs\/us\/california\/costa_mesa\/1429257-taste-of-newport-food-festival\" target=\"_blank\">Foodbuzz.com<\/a>.\u00a0 See more photos there and most of the review below.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The 21st Annual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tasteofnewport.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Taste of Newport Food Festival<\/a> happened this year on September 18<sup>th <\/sup>&#8211; 20<sup>th<\/sup>.\u00a0 And I was there as a Foodie Correspondent on behalf of Foodbuzz.\u00a0 The beautiful city of Newport Beach is home to some of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tasteofnewport.com\/default.asp?contentID=508\" target=\"_blank\">finest restaurants<\/a> in Orange County, California, and over 30 of them were serving\u00a0top notch fare on Newport Center Drive, around Fashion Island.\u00a0 The food was amazing as usual and this year&#8217;s musical headliners were\u00a0Sugar Ray, Train and David Cook.\u00a0 Do you think David can cook?\u00a0 Maybe he&#8217;ll cook me dinner some night.\u00a0 In any event, it wasn&#8217;t a food event to be missed.\u00a0 Happy 21st Taste of Newport!\u00a0 We celebrated by taking in all it had to offer &#8211; Indian, Italian, Brazilian, Thai, Japanese and more.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Taste of Newport<\/strong> provides a great opportunity to sample dishes from several local restaurants in one evening.\u00a0 For the price of admission, one can participate in cooking demonstrations, corporate giveaways, and superior entertainment.\u00a0 Some even consider the Taste of Newport a great concert with access to fabulous food.\u00a0 We had fun dancing at the Sugar Ray concert this year, especially with a Lamb Chop in hand.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Unfortunately the food isn&#8217;t included in the $25 cost of admission &#8211; Once you&#8217;re inside, it&#8217;s necessary to purchase an eScrip card in any amount between $1 and $100, which is then swiped at the various food booths in lieu of cash.\u00a0 The process works well, after you get passed the two lines.\u00a0 The restaurant lines aren&#8217;t too bad if you arrive when it opens, but the event packs them in and gets pretty crowded.\u00a0 For optimum enjoyment it&#8217;s best to get there early and bring cash, as the credit card lines to purchase tickets and eScrip are much longer than the cash lines.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Our favorite restaurants this year were <strong>Chakra Creative Indian Cuisine<\/strong> and <strong>Agora Churrascaria<\/strong>.\u00a0 Another benefit of attending Taste of Newport is taking home lots of coupons as an incentive to visit the actual restaurants &#8211; I can&#8217;t wait to eat at Agora Churrascaria with my $10 off coupon.\u00a0 As a Foodie Correspondent for Foodbuzz this year, I learned how best to navigate a Taste of Newport next year, which will hopefully helps others.\u00a0 The event isn&#8217;t cheap, but a portion of the proceeds are donated to various local charities.\u00a0 And my final recommendation is to select a few <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chrischocolates.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Christopher Michael Handcrafted Chocolates<\/a><\/strong>on the way out with the balance left on your eScrip card.\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/taste-of-newport-035.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8201\" title=\"taste-of-newport-035\" 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title=\"taste-of-newport-002\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/taste-of-newport-002-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"taste-of-newport-002\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/taste-of-newport-050.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8202\" title=\"taste-of-newport-050\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/taste-of-newport-050-449x337.jpg\" alt=\"taste-of-newport-050\" width=\"449\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/taste-of-newport-050-449x337.jpg 449w, http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/taste-of-newport-050-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/taste-of-newport-050.jpg 1356w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" 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