Alimentarte 2008 - Bogota Food Festival 2008

For my wife and I, food and travel is one of our favorite past times. So, when the Bogota Food festival was held in Parque Virrey. We were there. We were pondering, on whether to go there for lunch, or go there for onces ( snacks ) We decided for the latter. It is not your daily fair food festival, if you are familiar with food festivals held in the U.S. It is really set up for the general public. I would say, it is the same ambiance, as you would see in flea markets. A lot of different mom and pop places, selling everything, food included. Don't get me wrong, a lot of high end restaurants, were present in the event. I just like the fact, that it is really laid back and low key ( Colombia style ) This is certainly a place to be and to be seen. A lot of the high end Bogotanos are in attendance, and your fashionable telenovela actors and actresses. My wife and I had a lot of fun, we purchased a ticket for $10k, and just walked around the myriad of stands, selling everything to your stomachs content. But, since we had lunch, we were settled on getting our sweet tooth happy.

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By fullpopfreddy on Aug 19, 2008, 14:13 in Travel tips.

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fullpopfreddy says on Aug 19, 2008, 14:24: http://frederickandnataliaslife.blogspot.com/2008/08/bogota-food-festi... 0 funny, 0 helpful.

webmanco says on Aug 19, 2008, 18:00: I was there as well, the first weekend was mostly for international restaurant, the second and last weekend was for Colombian restaurants but IMHO there were many missing colombian plates. I would upload a few pics as well. The best thing for me was to watch el Ballet de Colombia, first raw, whose director Sonia Osoria is another woman (like Fanny Mikey, QED) who put the name Colombia in many minds. ...A yo, déjenme queto y no me jodan má! ... 0 funny, 0 helpful.

tlop says on Aug 21, 2008, 01:52: This was my second year attending Alimentarte. I enoyed it and will return. That being said, it isn't what a food festival should be. All restaurants should offer small sampler plates, making it easy for a person to try several different spots. Instead, most if not all just seem to offer their standard fare. Tlop 0 funny, 0 helpful.

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