Lobster Fest Review

So I went to the Lobster Fest on Sunday. I brought my 13 and 6 year old with me. We had to park in the Cruise Ship parking and then buses took everybody to the event. We arrived at 12:30 and got our discount tickets to get in @ 7 for just me and my 13 year old. My 6 year old was free. Then they have you buy your lobster meal ticket at the same time, at $17. We went in and the kids wanted to go straight to the rides. We found the ticket booth and the rides where $1 a ticket or 30 tickets for $25. Each ride took 4 tickets. They had the spinner ride that goes pretty fast, a small Ferris wheel, a sack slide, a kiddy train, kiddy tea cups, kiddy swings, kiddy cars, and dizzy dinos. It was already hot, 91 deg, which surprised me I thought it would be cooler by the beach. Needless to say we weren't at the ride section for very long at those prices.
We walked by where you sit and eat lobster (packed). Then we went over to the food booths to look for something the kids wanted to eat. We found $4 nachos and Corn on the cob, with $2 cans of soda and bottled water. Then we found a wall to sit on and eat. I ran over and got my lobster platter. The lobster came with a smashed roll, a cup of butter, a cup of watery Cole slaw and a spoon full of Cajun potatoes. The food was ok; I had some concerns that the lobster hadn't been cooked long enough.

After we ran over to the pirate treasure hunt. We were instructed to seek out 4 pirates and ask them for a clue. We found the first pirate by the concert section who told us "The captains treasure is without measure" the second pirate found by the lobster booth taught us the proper captain solute and "I I and thank you captain" we didn't have to search far for the 3rd pirate in front of the Coca Cola truck who's clue to us was " The captain is fair he'll give you your share" across the street was pirate 4 "keep to the code" he said. So off we went to report back to the captain. Jazzy told him the clues and he gave her a cup full of coins (plastic play coins) and that was that.

We walked around a bit more, paid way to much for jelly filled churro's (that were not advertised as jelly filled until you bit into them) and then we decided to go home. On our way out we couldn't help but notice the extremely long line for lobster. Then the even longer line to get in, and the even longer line to get on the buses to go to the event. So I am definitely glade we had gotten there early and were leaving at 3:00. I heard they ran out of lobster at 5:00, considering they are open till 7:00 that is bad. I'm not surprised though - the night before they had the competition for the Guinness Book of World Records for the most Seafood Prepared at an outdoor event. Here is the official report on it:

Saturday, Sept 19 the Port of Los Angeles Lobster Festival surpassed the old record for The Most Seafood Prepared at an Outdoor Event of 3,835 lbs and one ounce in two hours and fifteen minutes, and at 9 pm set a new Guinness World Record of 12,527.4 lbs. Unlike the old record which included mostly sardines, but some other seafood as well, the Lobster Festival weighed only lobsters and nothing else.
Under the supervision of The Fine Living Network’s Chef Chris Cognac, aka The Hungry Detective, and Guinness Adjudicator Carlos Martinez, San Pedro Fish Markets cooked and prepared the meals.
The record setting meal was purchased by James Lam of Alhambra, California. Councilwoman Janice Hahn announced the new world record shortly after 9 pm in a ceremony in the lobster serving area.
The festival would like to thank all the dedicated people at the Port of Los Angeles who worked so hard behind the scenes to make this happen.

I wanted to thank David at Social Foodies Meetup Group for letting me know about this event. It was a great day to get out and walk around with the kids. I'm sorry that we didn't get to hang out more as a group. I just don't think this was an event where that was able to happen.