This weekend the Orange County Buddhist Church in Anaheim will host its annual Hanamatsuri
flower festival–a celebration of the birth of Buddha, with music and
of course, food. And like I wrote last year and the year before that, the parking situation might
test your patience, but the rest of the afternoon will put you at
peace.
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Like every year, this year will be a two-day event chock full of Japanese culture. There will be demonstrations of
aikido, kendo and karate; katana sword, bonsai and koi exhibits; taiko
drums performances, and yes, even karaoke.
Food will, of course, be a big part of the festivities (why else would we be talking about it). There will be grilled squid, teriyaki
burgers, chirashi, makisushi, Spam musubis, and Okinawa dango, which are
bite-sized fried donut spheres (some encasing hot dogs), and
imagawayaki, a sort of hockey-puck-shaped pancake traditionally filled
with sweet azuki bean paste. For a full list of food and prices, click here.
More details can be read on their website, but here are the essentials::
Saturday, April 13, 2013; 1 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Sunday, April 14, 2013; 1 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Orange County Buddhist Church
909 South Dale Avenue
Anaheim, CA 92804
(714)827-9590
ocbuddhist.org
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Before becoming an award-winning restaurant critic for OC Weekly in 2007, Edwin Goei went by the alias “elmomonster” on his blog Monster Munching, in which he once wrote a whole review in haiku.