Help I’m trapped in a warehouse with 350 foodies and 1,000 cupcakes!!
Tonight was the kickoff Street Fair event with booths by some of San Francisco’s finest.
I was greeted by a fig upon entering the big warehouse bay
Snagged off of one of the tables full of appetizer bites, which i nibbled on during the brief sit-down portion of the evening. (The Frog Hollow Pears were amazing!)
I grabbed a wine too before we sat down, but didn’t end up being much in a drinking mood yet again.
I also tasted a couple of the beers much later in the night in Matt’s honor. But much to my disappointment the Vanilla Bean beer was all gone!! 
I’m going to try to find it on Wednesday when Matt is here and we have a final day in San Francisco.
We played a fun swap game with foodie gifts from our hometowns. I brought Matt Cracks to share!
Then we were released into the wild!! Here were the samples I tried – I did a good job of just tasting, not eating so much that I ran out of room.
Pizza Politana and an Asian Beef “Taco” (which was sadly discarded for too many onions)
Emily and I shared this curry wrap
A homemade macaroon and toffee bite from a gift bag! This was super delicious – should have been a featured item of the night, but instead, someone made it by hand!
Vegan Paella
Straus Ice cream sample! The toffee was my fav, and the ice cream was so rich!
The savory highlight of my night was this crispy pork sandwich with pork rinds. Y’all know I don’t gush over food like this often, so please understand how UNBELIEVEALBE this sandwich was. I have no idea how they elevated the tastes to such a high level.
There were a few more savory booths that I did not try because my palate was happy and cupcakes were calling…
Mission Street Cupcakes were a huge hit last year, and they made an even bigger splash this year!! Look at this entire table full of pumpkin, vanilla bean and a green pistachio spice
I tried one two of each flavor. The pumpkin was by far the best! But I did dig the vanilla frosting 
And guess what? The Food Network was there filming a show for Cupcake Wars!! Many of us were interviewed and we’re crossing our fingers the Festival will be part of an upcoming show!
Despite the seven (yes, seven!) mini cupcakes I had, I don’t feel too bad right now.
Meeting so many awesome internet friends in real life is so …unreal! And so much more fun than you could even imagine.
Nite!!
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I didn’t get a pear. I wasn’t strategically seated in front of the tray (ahem, ahem). See you at breakfast!!!
oh my, everything looks heavenly!
omg you got to meet mama pea!
I ate one too many cupcakes tonight too, although sadly I was not at foodbuzz!
Hahaha! This cracked my up!
I love all the cupcake pictures and the pumpkin ones sound amazing. That’s so cool you got to meet all those bloggers!
It all looks brilliant – I’m very jealous ! xxx
It all looks so fabulous! I’d love some of those cupcakes right now. The pizza looks fab too. Very jealous, loving the updates. Grey really suits you!
Heidi xo
The ferry building market is off the hook! Getting nostalgic via your photos. Glad you’re having fun, too, sweets!
What a fun night you’ve had!
Looks like cupcake heaven!!!!!!!!!!!
nice work on the cupcakes! im sure i would have eaten double digits.
I love cupcakes and would have been in cupcake heaven!
I’m infatuated with pistachios! Would love to try making them in cupcake form! What kind of icing did they pair them with?
love,
cathy b. @ brightbakes
Wholy cupcakes. Those sound amazing.
Whoa what a festival!! How cool is that that Food Network was filming there?! Rad
Those cupcakes must have been delish!
Cupcake heaven!!
that looks amazing. i am so impressed that the food quality is so high despite being made for such a huge amount of people.
Sounds like such a fun time so far. Love the idea of pumpkin cupcakes.
It’s also great that you were able to arrive early and have Matt meet you afterward. I love the Bay area, and have always been curious about taking a trip to wine country.
Aww…sooo much fun!! And how great would that be to see yourself on a series of Cupcake Wars???
Ooh, that event looks like so much fun! Cute cupcakes! I would probably love the pistachio; I love pistachio anything.
I would have been all over the curry wrap. That looked exciting.
I hadn’t even tried macaroons until two weeks ago. Now, I see them everywhere!! That blue macaroon is so cute.
Looks amazing!
I love the nori sheet wraps!
It all looks good, but those cupcakes look amazing!! All sugar is my downfall — it’s a constant struggle to keep my sugar intake in the “healthy moderation” range. I love love LOVE sweet foods.
Very cool that you met Mama Pea!! I’d have been all over those pumpkin cupcakes, and the vanilla’s sound delicious as well. Can’t wait to see what you get up to today!
Looks like you’re having a blast! : )
Too much fun and deliciousness!
um…how did i miss those figs?!? i can’t believe i didn’t have room for a cupcake. STUPID STUPID STUPID!
omg those cupcakes look like my heaven!
Looks like so much fun!! Lovin’ that cupcake table
I love that you got to meet Bobbi
That cupcake table looks killer — holy cow that is a ton of cupcakes!!!
Enjoy!!!
Yikes – 7 cupcakes??? Glad you’re having a good time!
Everything looks great! Looks like a fun night!
I don’t know how you manage to control yourself around all that deliciousness!! Vanilla bean beer? Pumpkin cupcakes? Amazing!!
I feel full just looking at all that food! It looks sooo good though!
I don’t think I would want to grab any cupcakes… it would ruin the lovely design!
mmmmm…pumkin cupcakes!
Sounds like you had a great time! Unfortunately my day just went downhill, as I will now have to spend the rest of the day fighting off the urge to bake a huge batch of cupcakes! C’est la vie.
I love this. I feel like a fly on the wall.
Very excited that I may see my favorite food bloggers on my favorite food channel
Looks delicious and incredible…thanks for all the great photos!!
Yay! you are on the west coast and get to have some Stauss dairy. I love to support them! A very green company.
Vegan Panella sounds so good. LOVE Mama Pea!
The cupcake table looks amazing! That’d be awesome if you guys were on Food Network
We enjoyed meeting you last night. This morning we were running along during our morning run together and then the group was gone we somehow turned the wrong way.. If you running again tomorrow let us know we would love to go with the group again. Have fun today
Lew
@lewkizer
how fun! those cupcakes look amazing! I hope your interview goes on tv!
Jealous! I would be there however the kids have soccer all day, life of a mom.
There are so many creative foods there! The Asian tacos look really neat. And vanilla bean beer?! I hate beer, but I think I would like that!
I’m gonna keep an eye out for you all on Cupcake Wars!! That’s awesome!
Oh you tried so many of my favorite Street food carts ! I love curry up now and pizza polenta! OMG I love the picture of you and Mama pea!!! Wish I didn’t miss ya yesterday! Enjoy the city and the nice weather! =)
Gorgeous photos! SF’s reputation for food (and so many other things) is not unfounded!
Just a note – that’s a macaron, not a macaroon
Were your Internet friends not “name and link” worthy?
Huh?
I love that YOU ate seven mini cupcakes. Thanks for sharing
WOW! All that food… I’d be in heavennnnnnnnn!!
I am drooling after seeing those cupcakes on so many other blogs!
I need to bake some mini pumpkin cupcakes.. Food fiesta! Enjoy your time at the Festival
i love reading your posts for the beauty of the food pictures, but I also just love reading about how much you enjoy all the different things you get to try! it really does put a smile on my face
OMG, Kath! I am just catching up on your posts since you left for SF.
I am drooling! Cupcakes are my all time fave (as you may or may not remember for our previous exchanges! I sent you a list of must-go-to dessert places when you were in NYC).
Also, the husband and I have been wanting to go to SF for the longest time – for their green way of life and for the food. We hope to make it there next year.
Thanks for all the yummy photos and recomendations – I wrote them all down!
Those Asian Beef Tacos are Korean! I’m Korean and love our ‘bundles’ of fresh veggies, rice, beef, and other fillings wrapped in lettuce leaves or seaweed. I hope you enjoyed it!
So good to get to chat with you for a bit, Kath!
Those macarons were amazing, I feel so lucky to have gotten them as my foodie gift in the exchange. Josie from Daydreamer Desserts (?) made them!