4th Annual Altruims Festival a Smash Success

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by Barbara Sands,
Imagine having all the best restaurants at your beck and call and within footsteps of each other. That's what all who paid their 300 pesos and attended the Fourth Annual Altruism event at the Casa Magna Marriott had on Sunday. Among others, Archie's Wok, Four Seasons, La Petite France, Boca Bento, Trio/|Vitea, Daiquiri Dick's and Café des Artistes. Among MANY others that should read including smaller ventures with a big flavor power punch such as the Xocodivas whose divine chocolates could go into the ring with the best from Belgium or Switzerland.

The weather couldn't have been more perfect as the crowd numbering more than 1,200 made difficult decisions about where to dine or taste next or which show on the outdoor stage to catch. Kelly Trainor, the originator of the event was overseeing the success of her endeavor with communication facilities firmly in hand.

Each adult and child would have his or her own culinary or just plain fabulously delicious remembrance to share. As two examples, Daiquiri Dick's satay and marvelous rare grilled tuna medallions with garnishes and La Petite France's Nacho Cadena's sublime mashed potatos with fresh, fresh shrimp in a mystery sauce and a very French sauced corbetina.

It is probably a good bet that nowhere in the North American land mass could such an assemblage of chefs and their masterpieces be gathered in one place.

And, of course it was all for the best of causes whose list includes more than two score of the organizations that keep *Vallartenses* healthy and furnished with services that were only dreamed of a few years ago. Photo Dru and Marco Anderegg taking in the Altruism Festival.