It Went Down at the Salsa Showdown
Did y’all enjoy your extended weekend? We had such a good time on Saturday that we are still trying to cool off! Birmingham’s 2nd annual Salsa Showdown took place and a belle had a ball. Local restaurants competed to see who took the crown for the best chips and salsa, guacamole, specialty dip and queso. All the fun benefitted Sidewalk‘s educational programs.
You already know that the sis and I love Mexican food, so we were in chip and salsa heaven! Tamika and I were fortunate to be judges and put our taste buds to work. Tamika was a salsa judge and I was a guacamole, queso and specialty dip judge.
Let’s just say our palette got a workout; one specialty dip–a tomatillo based dip had my mouth on fire. Tamika said a few sauces gave her tastebuds a run for their money too.
Yep, we had to judge all this food.
Getting my judge on.
Little Donkey's queso with chorizo
After eating, we had to work off the calories by banging on piñatas! We actually won a few Rojo gift certificates (thanks to our sweet big sis). The older sis won Sidewalk passes. There was a hot pepper eating contest and it lasted well over 40 minutes.
Check out our nephew getting a snake painted on his arm while he waits for his hat being made!
Me hitting the piñata!
- If your piñata had chips in it you could pick a gift. Our older sis had 3 chips & shared with us!
Here are the winners of the 2nd annual Salsa Showdown in Birmingham:
Jury Choice:
Queso – La Paz Restaurant & Catering
Guacamole – Taco Mama
Specialty Dip – Little Donkey
Salsa - El Barrio
Queso - Little Donkey
Guacamole - Taco Mama
Specialty Dip Category One – El Barrio
There seems to be plenty festivities in your area. Maybe next time you can take pictures of the event and the event goers.
Well, everything happens in the summer. The pictures are of the event and a belle is an event goer. The food is the main attraction.
Looks like you all had a great time! My stomach would have been kicking me for consuming all that spicy food.
That looks like so much fun!
Moe’s has a mild tomatillo salsa that I discovered last year. Love it!
Can’t wait to hear who won, especially the guacamole category.
This looks like so much fun! There’s a dearth of good Mexican food over here in Wolfsburg, sadly. Definitely missing Bham food culture!
Glad you enjoyed the extended weekend. That is one contest I could not judge. I like Mexican food but, WOW at all of that.
It wasn’t a lot of food. You literally took a chip or a piece of a chip and tasted salsa. Nothing too bad!
Oh my gorrrsh, Shermika! That sounds like a blast! I thought Decatur/Atlanta had some great festivals (Chomp and Stomp — a chili cook off being one of my favorite foodie ones), but a Salsa festival? I would be there in a heart beat.
And I love that you guys got to judge tons of delicious food for a good cause. What a perfect way to spend a long weekend!
It was great Lar! I had to make sure I didn’t get full. It was a GREAT experience.
Mexican food and fun…they know how to get down! And being a judge of all that food…that’s like the best job ever!
Shan, you know how we foodies do. I love me some Mexican food. Thanks for reading ladies.