We were in recovery mode on Tuesday, so we wandered from stage to stage trying to find a comfortable place to sit and music that wasn’t too noisy. We couldn’t find either, so we left around 8:00. We did consider staying for Los Lobos, but we just didn’t have it in us. Too many days in a row. Too tired.
There was good news though. We stopped by the P-Mate booth to say hi, and Laurie (the lovely P-Mate Demo Woman), gave me a hug AND five free P-Mates AND a free P-Mate T-shirt! Not only that, but she told me I was welcome to use the special P-Mate Porta-Potty whenever I want. This is in addition to the five free P-Mates that Karen, the North American Distributor, mailed me after reading the blog.
I bet you’re wondering what’s so special about the special P-Mate Porta Potty. Well, there’s no lineup, there’s no stinking hole of human filth, and there’s no lid. Just a urinal. And they burn candles and incense in there. I think that’s a very nice touch. I haven’t used it yet, but you’ll be the first to know when I do.
We asked Laurie if she works full-time demonstrating the P-Mate. She doesn’t – she times her holidays from her regular job to coincide with Bluesfest, where she vacations in the P-Mate booth. She’s also studying to become an electrician.
On a separate note, I’m probably not the only one eating at Bluesfest. Maybe we should all rate everything we eat at Bluesfest, so we can learn from each others culinary experiences.
For example:
I won’t order the Chicken Devine (sic) again.
Joey’s Only Fish & Chips: tasty and the portions were generous, and I might eat there again. Also, Joey’s is handing out coupons for a free meal at their regular restaurants, and the coupons are valid until the Leafs win the Cup (in other words, forever). But here’s a tip for you: you must order your food from the right-hand lineup and then pick it up from the left-hand lineup.
I had vegetable pakoras at the Indian place (Rose’s?) and it was pretty good – a big serving for only $3.50, but it could have used a raita dipping sauce or something.
Has anyone tried anything else? Would you recommend it? I’m thinking about trying the chocolate fondue…
I bet it’s hard to ruin choc fondue, except maybe if it’s too sweet. But that is probably a question of taste. And I’ve got to say, you wouldn’t find me at a crowd thing like that.
Try the roti at the Caribbean place. Get extra napkins, though. And the chicken couscous at the moroccan place is yummy. Avoid the too-expensive lobster roll at the PEI place. The sausage at the smokehouse at the River Stage, with their special Jack Daniels BBQ sauce, is yummy. The Webgeek also enjoyed their Pulled Pork Sandwich.
Yah for getting the luxury facilities and freebees. Miss Vicky seems to know her way around the food concessions. If I come across any wonders tonight I’ll let you know my recommendation.
I had the vegetable curry “combo” (half mixed vegetables, half chickpeas, on rice) for $10 at Rose’s. Giant portion. I’d only wanted samosas, but they ran out while I was in line.
The chickpea curry was great, I gobbled it up in no time. I left a bunch of the vegetables because they were a little too mushy… like, very obviously “from frozen”. I didn’t try the butter chicken, but it looked quite good.
oooh, thanks for the food recommendations and warnings Miss Vicky and Em. I’m going to try the roti tonight. Last night I just had a Hagen-Dasz ice-cream bar; I highly recommend it.