This past weekend my roommate and i took a pilgrimage all the way out to California (from Boston) to attend the 30th Annual International Gilroy Garlic Festival. It was absolutely fantastic and totally worth the trip. We sampled lots of incredible foods such as: garlic chicken stir fry, garlic pepper steak sandwiches, fried garlic calamari, garlic roasted corn on the cob, and lots more!
I think what surprised us the most was the magnitude of the festival. There must have been at least 20,000 people there. The festival grounds were only 20 minutes from our hotel in San Jose, yet took us 2 hours to get to because of traffic. It was nuts.
We took some videos of the event, which i will be sure to post up once i edit them and whatnot.
However, if you ever get a chance to get out to Gilroy, CA for this annual extravaganza, i strongly encourage that you go check it out. I can honestly say that i’ve never seen anything quite like it.
