Taste Of Silicon Valley

This event is a small festival that benefits the Silicon Valley AIDS Leadership Center. Admission is free, but for tastings you have to buy tickets. Tickets came in individual tastes or wristbands for unlimited tastings. We got pre-​sale wristbands for $ 35 that gave us unlimited restaurant, wine, and beer tastings. Everything was so good!
At first glance, it looked kind of lame because it was in a pretty small area and it wasn’t too crowded. Turns out that it worked in our favor because the selection of food/​drinks to taste from were so good and we didn’t have to deal with long lines and trying to squeeze through crowds! :)
There was a large wine and beer tent that had wineries from around the San Jose/​Gilroy area and a very good beer selection!
We got pretty full from all the restaurant samplings (some gave very generous helpings). The restaurants there gave out lots of promotions/​coupons too.
Restaurant sponsors included Gordon Biersch, Emilie’s, Calvin’s, Tandoori, Love’s Cupcakes, Morroco’s, some sushi restaurant whose name I forgot, and a few others I can’t remember. Crema coffee was there too! I started going crazy from having 3 Vietnamese iced coffees, muahahaha.
I’m not sure if this is an annual event — I sure hope it is! Knowing that it was for a good cause made everything so much tastier! Can’t go wrong there :)