Thursday, September 10, 2009

Pennfest '09 and the President's Welcome Desserts

Well Pennfest was the other night, and they had countless tables set up of vendors from the University City district's various food options.  And, needless to say, I and a friend roamed the tables and gorged ourselves silly! The things that they made readily available to us as students were amazingly tasty:
Pod - salmoncado rolls; spicy, crunchy tuna rolls, philly rolls (which I don't like)
Chipotle - taco with pork or beef, lettuce, guacamole, tomato salsa, cheese
Sang Kee - potstickers, spring rolls
Korean sushi, cotton candy, Philly soft pretzels (random stalls of school clubs)
Papa John's pizza
Philadelphia Water Ice
Jimmy John's - turkey sub (which had mayonnaise on it so I did not partake)
a deli around the corner: roast beef, corned beef, some other kind of beef, and honey turkey which could be made into sandwiches on the spot
Lovers & Madmen coffee - rum maple scones and iced coffee
Cream & Sugar - zucchini bread, the best pumpkin bread I've had in a LONG time, peanut butter fudge, chocolate fudge, vanilla fudge, bagels with veggie cream cheese spread
Mid-Atlantic Restaurant - my personal favorite with mini vegan scrapple sliders (mix of mushrooms, barley, rice, carrots, peppers, etc. to make a really tasty scrapple...it actually tasted like a healthy scrapple)
Houston Hall - baja beans, poblano rice, mini tacos, meat wraps, pork wraps, tomato salsa, chipotle-tomatillo salsa...no pico de gallo which I had hoped to taste
Asian American Student Union - free pens, oodles of different Asian-inspired and authentically Asian desserts
Environmental Club - vegan marshmallows, vegan chocolate, graham crackers (best marshmallows I have ever eaten in my entire life; no joke) and delicious vegan cinnamon-pecan marshmallows = heavenly

Unfortunately due to the upperclassmen whose meal plans have not started, I was unable to partake in the President's dessert feast after convocation except for bananas, pineapples, marble cake, and rice crispy treats dunked in the chocolate and white chocolate fountains.  There was some fruit that topped shortcake that I ate as well (without the cake part, the fruit was sweet and desserty enough for me).  I also had a piece of a biscotto that had been overlooked.  It wasn't bad but I really wanted to try the creme brulee or the tira misuor even the eclairs...oh well probably next year I'll have my own revenge ^_^!

Note the lack of dessert in the picture of the place where it should have been for me....

 
 However, the ice center piece with surrounding fondue fountains was rather spectacular.
 
 
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