Pervian Food Festival today (10/30) in Allentown

Do we have wonderful ethnic food diversity in Lehigh Valley or what? Just read about a Peruvian Food Festival today from 3-7 at Bucky Boyle Park in Allentown. (Thanks again to Kelly Huth from the Express-Times.) Never imagined entering "Peruvian" as a tag!

Wine pairing event at Sangria, 11/17

Received this recently from Sangria and thought compelled to share it. I'd prefer to know what the wines are, but I like the menu selections. And the price ($65/person) is certainly reasonable.

Sangria’s Wine Tasting Dinner
November 17, 2010 6-8PM

Five-course dinner with complementing wines presented by Capital Wine & Spirits

Menu

• Goat Cheese and Herb Souffle
• Baby Arugula salad with Roasted Pears, Candied Walnuts and Strawberry Vinaigrette
• Lemon Sorbet Seared Duck Breast with Sundried Cherries and Port wine reduction served with Parsnip puree
• Scallop and Crab Au gratin En Croute with Chive oil and Red pepper coulis with Asparagus bundle
• Pumpkin Crème Brulee

$65 per person
Prepayment and reservations by 11/8/10
Call 610-432-3280 ask for Danielle, or email at dfarole@sangriaallentown.com

Indian food right across the Delaware

Props to Express-Times writer (and former Spark intern) Kelly Huth for her write-up of The Indian City Restaurant in Phillipsburg. (165 S. Main St. Indiancitynj.com — 908-859-8488.)

Lehigh Valley -- yes, P-burg, I'm including you here -- needs more Indian places. This one looks fairly typical, but there's nothing wrong with another option, especially in the eastern reaches of the region.

From Kelly's article:

Insiders eat: Vegetable Manchurian (four vegetable dumplings stir fried with fresh, hot chilies, spring onion, ginger and garlic in chef's sauce) — $4.95; Chicken Tikka Masala (boneless chicken pieces broiled in the tandoori, with cream sauce, green spices and tomatoes) — $9.95; Chicken Mango (chicken, onion, red pepper, ginger, garlic and diced mango) — $9.95; Achari Kabab (hot, spicy chicken tenders marinated in yogurt and pickled spices, baked in clay oven with jaggery) — $9.95; Malai Kofta (mixed vegetables and cottage cheese dumplings cooked in a mild butter, tomato and cream gravy) — $8.95; Goa Salmon Curry (fresh salmon, coconut and mustard seeds in a coastal curry) — $13.95; Seafood Mela (fish, prawn, scallops and calamari in a spicy curry sauce) — $14.95.