California Strawberry Festival 2010

Each year, on the third weekend in May, Oxnard California is home to the 'California Strawberry Festival'. It's been many years since I last attended this event, but was excited to hear when a few friends would be going. I tagged along and experienced the sweet deliciousness this festival had to offer.

In addition to the strawberries, the festival is a place to see and purchase local arts and crafts, listen to live music, and eat a variety of festival foods. But let's face it, I went for the strawberries! There was a wide array of strawberry dishes which included strawberry beverages (smoothies, wine, lemonade, margaritas, etc.), chocolate covered strawberries, crepes, strawberry nachos, strawberry pizza, strawberry covered funnel cakes, and there was even a booth to build your own strawberry shortcake.

The goal for this event was to sample most, if not all, the strawberry dishes. Despite our best efforts, we were only able to sample a few dishes. We tasted the strawberry wine - it had hints of strawberry flavor, but was not overpowering. Then we moved along to the strawberry crepes and strawberry nachos. I have to say that I personally loved the nachos. It was made with a deep fried tortilla which was covered in cinnamon sugar and topped with strawberries and whipped cream. YUMMY! Our next venture was to head to the chocolate covered strawberries. The line was over an hour long, and after waiting for about 20 minutes, we were notified that all the strawberries were gone. After that news, the remaining booths had also closed because there were no longer any dishes. It was definitely an experience that was worthwhile, but next time, I plan to arrive earlier in the day to ensure that I get to sample all that the 'California Strawberry Festival' has to offer!