I went to the Hamilton Food and Drink fest this weekend with some friends. We had four free tickets come our way and I had never been so figured what the heck. Once inside the show you have to buy tokens that you can redeem for food and drink. I read online that most items were between 2-7 tokens. Let's rewind a few hours to when our friends came over. I figuring hitting to up this show on an empty stomach would be bad idea. Firstly, because I would be on my way to drunkville in no time and second, I get grumpy when hungry. The thought of being ravenous and waiting in huge line for a meatball or spring roll was not appealing. I made a few apps at home including these Crispy Zucchini Spears. So, the food and drink show ended at 10pm and after enjoying wine and snacks until 8:30 at home we figured we should head over. We thought 12 tokens each would be good number to buy once inside the show (given I read that some items might be 7 tickets). After visiting a few winery booths we quickly realized that most drinks were between 1 and 2 tokens. We were enjoying ourselves sampling and snacking until we realized it was 9:45 and we had about 6 tokens left each. Go time. We made it our mission to use all those tokens in the last 15 minutes. Seemed like a great idea in the moment..morning after not so much. On a more mature note, the show was really neat and we think we will go back next year...but earlier. The most interesting thing I tried was a Green Apple beer from Nicklebrook Brewery. I imagine it would be a great beer to enjoy on a patio this summer.
