Just happened to pick up a newspaper Friday and discovered there was an Hawaiian (and Pacific Islander) festival in Phoenix called the AZ Aloha Festival this weekend.
We took the kids (or should I say, “keiki”?) down to see what it was like. I really was surprised to see how much larger it was than either the Japanese or Chinese festivals.
Not only did they encompass all of Heritage Square, but they’d spilled well over into the ASU downtown center. The crowds when it first opened were quite a bit more massive than the other festivals, although things seemed to be thinning out rather quickly in the afternoon.
Had some pretty good vilovilo chicken and discovered the name of a Japanese place in Mesa (The Nagasaki Grill) that sells curry katsu – I’ll have to get down there and review them soon.