International Festival / Food Booths The Cultural & Food booths will be represented by a variety of cultures from all over the world, including China, India, Vietnam, Palestine and the USA. Learn more about the cultural backgrounds of people in your community! Explore and have fun! Best of all... it's free! Hey kids! Don't forget your 2008 LNYUP Passport... it's your passport to fun! Bring your passport to the event or you can pick one up at the LNYUP Information Booth. Each cultural booth you visit will provide you with a stamp or sticker. Once your passport is full, bring it back to the Information Booth and you will receive a prize! (while supplies last) 2008 Lunar New Year International Fair Cultural Booths Antiquarian Club of Chinese Calligraphy West Valley Community Services Euphrat Museum of Art/De Anza College Homestead High Nat'l Art Honor Society Homestead High School Pacific Leadership Club Homestead High Pacific National Honor Society Iranian Federated IFWC/Payvand Silicon Valley Korean School Muslim Community Assoc Northwest YMCA Palestinian Heritage Committee De Anza Vietnamese Student Assoc (VSA) Shin Shin Educational Foundation India (Saku Nallamotu) St Jude's Episcopal Church Yew Chung International School Northen California Branch from Chinese American Abacus Association (CAAA) World Journal Allianz

Taste the World: an enticing, international dining experience

The committee of this year’s Lunar New Year Parade is hosting "Taste the World", an event celebrating and highlighting international cuisine from across the world.

Countries represented at this year’s affair are Iran, Italy and Singapore. Come taste freshly made Iranian chicken and beef kabobs, grilled tomato, saffron rice, and lavash & pita bread, Italian bowtie pasta with choices of meat sauce and marinara sauce; parmesan cheese, and garlic bread, prepared by Uncle Ray’Catering Service, or Malay Fried Rice and Fried Chicken Garlic Noodles from Singaporean prepared by Merlion. Vegetable Biryani rice with Raita, mixed vegetable Pakora with Chutney by the Cupertino Bakery

For only $7.00 a plate you can experiences either the culinary delights of Italy, Persia or Asia. You Chose - or buy all three! Buy your tickets at the door - come soon so you get your first choice before they sell out. These culinary delights will be held at the Quinlan Center during this year's Lunar New Year Unity Parade, Starting at 11:45AM.

For those in favor of fast food, the Organization of Special Needs Families (OSF) will provide water and canned soft drinks for a $1.00 each and it will sell pizza by the slice for $3.00 each. All OSF proceeds will be used to support local programs for the children with special needs.

Island Sno Creations will sell Hawaiian Shave Ice topped with flavored syrup. There are at least a dozen of flavors to choose from!  The prices are Sno-cones ($3.00). Shave ice ($4.00). Root beer floats ($4.00) and ice cream ($1.00 per scoop).