5 foods to try at the 2021 Taste of Buffalo | Dining
Instead of being smothered in a sweet, spicy or vinegary barbecue sauce, Italian-style pulled pork is slow-roasted with fennel, garlic and parsley, gently accentuating the meat’s flavor instead of burying it. Osteria’s porchetta is topped with arugula salad and slide between a slider bun. That’s a lot of flavor and texture jammed into just a couple of bites.
Garlic pepper pork stir fry from Water Lily Café (five tickets, location No. 16).
Water Lily owner Kim Suphankomut said this dish, which he’s serving for the first time at the Taste, is self explanatory in its ingredients. The common street food in Bangkok, Thailand, delivers more umami flavor than heat, flavoring the pork with two types of pepper, cilantro and oyster and soy sauces, and then served over white rice with sliced cucumber.
For eaters who want something more refreshing, Water Lily’s Thai tea smoothie took the crown for Best Dessert at the 2019 Taste of Buffalo, and it’s back again to refresh.
The garlic pepper pork stir fry is served at Water Lily Café in Cheektowaga, in addition to being offered at the Taste.
Fried chicken taco from Dirty Bird Chicken N’ Waffles (either four tickets or two tickets, depending on portion preference, location No. 17).
Most people visit Dirty Bird’s food truck, Niagara Falls brick-and-mortar and Taste of Buffalo booth for the signature chicken and waffles, the crunchy, gooey, rich Southern staple for which Raul Parker’s business is named.
