grilled cheese invitational

We randomly found out about the Grilled Cheese Invitational from, where else, the LA Group on couchsurfing.com.  Since we hadn’t seen any other advertisements for it we were stunned by the MILE LONG line that welcomed proven  us when we got there.  It seemed like just about everyone in the city was there, a point which only seemed to be by the fact that we all ran into people we knew.  (By “all” I mean me, my boyfriend, a friend, and his girlfriend.)  And a few weeks later a co-worker mentioned she had seen me there.  Who knows how many people were there that we knew but didn’t happen to see!?

The event itself was interesting.  Obviously could have been better organized, getting to actually try a sandwich generally required one to push, yell, and frantically wave your arms.  That is just not really my style, but I had to adjust because we were there to try some grilled cheese.  I think I ended up getting about three, and by three I mean three quarters, so not even a whole sandwich.  Two of them were pretty good though and it definitely makes me want to do some grilled cheese experimentation of my own.  At least Kraft was there giving out free sandwiches for those who weren’t savvy enough to get a taste of the competition, but it was amazing how boring and bland a Kraft grilled cheese tastes when compared to… well, anything else really.

It was fun and I’m glad we went, but probably not something we will be attending every year.  Unless I do invent a masterpiece grilled cheese and decide to compete.  Something to strive for.  (Not gonna happen.)