To say this year’s Saint Simons Food & Spirits Festival was a total success would be an understatement. We started with the Pier Crawl on Friday evening and continued on to yesterday’s event at Gascoigne Bluff. The weather god’s smiled on us and provided a spectacular fall day here on the island…..the first we’ve had thus far.
Let’s start at the beginning in the mixology tent where adult libations flowed with small tastings of all sorts of deliciousness! Combining St. Germaine Elderflower liqueur with moonshine and other tasty ingredients started us off. The tent overflowed with attendee’s toasting a wonderful event!
Onward through the marketplace where I ran into friends who shared their wares with festival goer’s…..
Then we hit the tasting tent where our areas finest restaurants prepared treats for us all to indulge in. Who knew duck rolls from one of the newest restaurants on the island, Decoy, could be so yummy! The succotash and fried chicken from the Georgia Room at Sea Island turned my head as did all of the wonderful dishes were got to taste. Chef Tom of Delaney’s fame offered a delicious plate with buffalo meat, arugula, onion…a secret vinaigrette and bleu cheese…oh yumminess!
Here are three of my favorite chef/restaurants that made a splash no one will soon forget!
And all of this went to serve a valuable group, Hospice of the Golden Isles. I suspect this year’s check will outshine last year’s! What a wonderful event this has become….kudo’s to all involved!
