BEST BITES : Annual Fest to Offer Pacific Rim Cuisine

If you like eating with chopsticks, love the feeling of fire in your mouth and never seem to get enough noodles, here’s something you’ll want to know about. On May 21, restaurants featuring food from all around the Pacific Rim will gather in Pasadena at the Pacific Asia Museum to celebrate the annual Food, Wine & Brew Festival.

Some of the 20 participating restaurants include Tommy Tang’s, the Fragrant Vegetable, Tito Rey of the Islands, Pho 79, Kuala Lumpur, Korean Gardens and Akbar. There will be lots of wine and beer, music, cooking demonstrations--even tea tasting.

“A Taste of Asia,” May 21 from 1-5 p.m. at the Pacific Asia Musuem, 46 N. Robles Avenue, Pasadena. Tickets cost $35 in advance or $40 at the door. Call (818) 449-2742.