I spent all day recovering from the last week of late evenings, then got ready for Closing Night of LAAPFF.
Scarfed down a little snack first…
…most of the Kettle Corn wound up in my hair!
We skipped the Award Festivities but arrived at CGV Cinemas just as it was wrapping up…
…my Yes We’re Open writer/costar H.P. Mendoza not only won “Outstanding Screenplay” for our film, but was also honored in SF Weekly as “Best New Horror Director” for I Am A Ghost!!!
Got really hungry from watching Joyful Reunion…
…known as the “sequel” to Ang Lee’s Eat Drink Man Woman, there’s a bunch of food porn in this film – all VEGETARIAN!
Attacked the buffet that followed.
A lot of fruit, Ice-Cream Stuffed Mochi, and platters from Lee’s Sandwiches.
I scarfed down three platefuls…
…does anyone know what kind of fruit this is that I ate?
(Here’s what it looks like on the platter.)
The Banh Mi was vegetarian, but I also consumed a couple meaty offerings from Chasing Paradise…
…a piece of Paradise Burger…
…and Deep Fried Chicken smothered in a spicy, sweet sauce -
Dudes, I’m pooped.
The festival moves to the O.C. now – I still have ONE more film left! Yes We’re Open will have an encore screening at the Art Theatre of Long Beach tomorrow night at 9pm. I may or may not make an appearance – but my leading man Parry is scheduled to be at the Q&A.
(Now I can call it an award-winning film!!!)
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I think the fruit you ate is called soursop. We have that in Singapore too.
jackfruit?
both!
The one with the yellow flesh is jackfruit, and the one with the black seeds is soursop.
That looks like jackfruit… but I’m not sure because I don’t eat jackfruit in that way… … …
Soursop sounds like a good guess as well
yes i’m guessing one of them was definitely soursop…and it tasted sour as well!
Congrats on the award!!
I’ve been wanting to try Lee’s Sandwiches here in Vegas, will have to get the vegetarian banh mi this weekend
Eat Drink Man Woman is one of my favorites. Joyful Reunion looks divine. Hopefully I will be able to see it soon along with Yes We’re Open and Nice Girls Crew. Congrats on being part of the award winning.
oh, man. I love ice cream stuffed mochi!! one Japanese place around here has the best. ugh, I guess it’s time for some sushi.
Hi Lynn! The other one looks like an un-ripened Cherimoya. It’s the end of their season
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherimoya
thanks kat!!!
The one with green skin white flesh and big black seeds is indeed a cherimoya. Also called a custard apple. They’re right in season now.
Ive been cravvving ice cream stuffed mochi these days! But it’s literally almost $5 a box around here :/
OMG!!! What a strange fruit!!! I only recognize kiwi on your plate, the other seems to be something similar to a “chirimoya”….