Southeast Asian Water Festival

Later today, we're heading to the Southeast Asian Water Festival. We went a few years ago and had a great time watching the boats and eating all kinds of awesome, delicious things. I think we're going to bike over there on the tandem, as the parking is crazy (it's a *very* popular event). I hope to post tomorrow with updates on any exciting foods, but on that note, I also saw in the local paper that local "bizarre" foods are getting some media attention. The guy who does the Travel Channel's Bizarre Foods show is coming to Lowell! [Beware, the following excerpt mentions the eating of things you might not want to think about anyone eating.]:

LOWELL -- Andrew Zimmern has munched on deep-fried tarantulas, beating snake hearts and turtle meat cooked on an open fire.

The host of the Travel Channel's Bizarre Foods has also devoured cow testicles and deep-fried bats while traveling all over the world tasting dishes that make some viewers squirm.

And on Wednesday, the culinary explorer will be coming to the Mill City to try a type of food not so bizarre or foreign to Lowellians: Cambodian cuisine.

The plan is for Zimmern to visit the Simply Khmer restaurant on Lincoln Street, stop by a local Cambodian family's home for more food and end the day by playing volleyball and eating meat sticks at Clemente Park, said LZ Nunn, executive director of The Cultural Organization of Lowell.

How exciting! We might just have to walk over to the volleyball courts that day. With Carter, of course.



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