FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. – Starting August 25 at the State Fair, these are among new entrees at food booths scattered around the grounds:
Mov + Nqaij. Purple sticky rice with choice of sauce, including dried Thai chilis, garlic and shallots; or lemongrass, ginger, garlic and shallots; or Thai chilis, garlic, shallots, cilantro, fish sauce, oyster sauce, lime juice. Plus choice of skewered and grilled meat, including Hmong sausage, Hilltribe chicken thigh or ;emongrass turmeric tofu. All items gluten-free. Vegan options available. At Union Hmong Kitchen booth.
Lemon cookie tortilla chips. Lemon sandwich cookies deconstructed into four large tortilla chips made from a blend of cookies and corn, served with creamy-center-of-the-cookie cream dip topped with lemon curd. At Blue Moon booth.
Cotton candy float. Cotton candy soda poured over vanilla ice cream and topped with cotton candy. At German Root Beer and Popcorn booth. Images: Minnesota State Fair