What a great night at Taste the Future! This is the annual event that is held at Columbus State and the proceeds provide scholarships and special programs that help hundreds of students every year. Over 50 of the area’s fine food establishments were there to show their stuff. The weather was perfect! As you will see from my sample of the event, the food was amazing. I was assigned the “blue” section of the event. There were 6 sections so there were 6 times as much as what I am blogging about!
My first stop was Cameron Mitchell Catering where they were serving a braised pork wonton taco with kimchi slaw, avocado and cucumber mousse along with a milk chocolate and chili flake truffle.

My next stop was at Posh Nosh/Katering by Keni. They were serving a lime mojito flavored ceviche with apples and shrimp along with a Cincinnati chili shooter.

From there it was on to Trattoria Roma. Here my treats were some Sante Fe Bison chili on roast corn polenta and some Tiramisu.


Next up? Pasqualone’s La Plaia Ristorante and Daviducc Cafe and Catering. They have catering and a restaurant, which is located at 5766 Columbus Square Shopping Center. Call 614-890-2070 for info on days and times. The catering phone number is 614-301-6423. They were serving Tomato Basil Cous Cous and Marsala Chicken.


The Elevator was serving their Crab stuffed scallops as mentioned in a previous post. Judging by the long line there all evening, many people like them as much as I do.

Moving on to Worthington Hills Country Club and their offerings of Asian Chicken Salad and Cinnamon dusted pork tenderloin with peach balsamic reduction on sweet potato polenta.


And finally there was Barrio’s and their tapa of the evening.

The wine served is from the winery of Bill and Roxanne Wolf of Napa Valley. Bill is a graduate of Columbus Technical Institute, which is now Columbus State.
I also liked that they did everything possible to make sure nothing went to waste. There were numerous bins marked either recycle or composting and they were clearly marked as to what went where. Kudos.
There was some great jazz music playing as we tasted and tasted and tasted. I had a wonderful time and would like to thank our hosts Matt and Elissa! I can’t wait to go to some of the restaurants I have not been to before and to return to the ones that I have.
When the Tastecasting blog post is ready, I will edit this to add a link to it so you can see everyone’s pictures and here about the rest of the food.
At the preview we had a couple of weeks ago, Cheryl Harrison said she would take on the challenge of trying something from every vendor. How did she do? Check it out here! That will also show you all of the participants









This is his Crab Stuffed Scallop and I can say it tasted as wonderful as it looks!


















































