April 29, 2012 marked the 14th Taste of Huntington Beach, an annual event that raises funds for the children’s programs at the Huntington Beach Library.
Every year, restaurants are invited to enter their “Taste of the Day” to be judged by a panel. Here and the winners for this year including the dish that they created.
Event Categories
Most enthusiastic — Shades at the Hilton
Best decorated — Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory (Main Street)
Food Categories
Appetizers, Snacks & Small Bites – 2nd Floor – Blackened Tilapia Slider
Salads, Sides & Soup – SlapFish – Chowder & Chips
Sandwiches/Pizza – Slater’s 50-50 – Peanut Butter & Jellousy
Seafood – Rubio’s – Grilled Gourmet Shrimp Soft Taco
Chicken – Lazy Dog Cafe – Spicy Thai Chicken Salad
Beef/Lamb/Pork – Outback Steakhouse – Baby Back Pork Ribs
Desserts/Cakes, Cookies, Cupcakes – Tomgirl Baking Company – Chocolate Mousse, Mini Red Velvet Cupcake & Vanilla chiffon cake with Lemon Mousse filling & Rasberry Jam
Desserts/Other – Simply Layered Cake Design – Rum soaked butter cake with white chocolate macadamia nut butter cream and passion fruit curd.
Best Food Taste – Tomgirl Baking Company – Chocolate Mousse, Mini Red Velvet Cupcake & Vanilla chiffon cake with Lemon mousse filling and Rasberry Jam
Wine Categories
White
1st place – Wente Riva Ranch Chardonnay 2010
2nd place – The White Knight Viognier
3rd place – Cupcake Vineyards Prosecco
Red
1st place – Entwine Cabernet Sauvignon 2010
2nd place – Flip Flop Pinot Noir 2010
3rd place – Alamos Malbec 2010
Best Wine Taste – Entwine Cabernet Sauvignon 2010
Beer Category
1st place – Fireman’s Brew – Red Head Ale
2nd Place – Steelhead Brew
3rd Place – Straube Shock Top Lemon Shandy
Judging Panel
Teri Williams – Great Taste Magazine
Cathy Thomas – Orange County Register
Rich Manning – Gayot & Tasting Panel Magazine
Eva Kilgore – Orange County Register
Chris Christenson – Orange Coast Magazine
Nancy Luna – Orange County Register Fast Food Maven
