Recommended foods for a high school cultural festival: from Instagrammable items to easy, casual bites.
When it comes to running a food stall at a school festival, it’s easy to agonize over what kind of food will draw a crowd.
In this article, we’ll introduce plenty of great food ideas perfect for high school festivals! We’ve picked out not only classic festival favorites, but also options that require minimal prep and eye-catching treats that will shine on Instagram—menus that we especially want high schoolers to try.
Enjoy the school festival to the fullest, including the fun of making everything together with your friends!
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Recommended foods for a high school cultural festival: from Insta-worthy items to easy bites (31–40)
Waffle bar
If you think “Just serving regular waffles at the school festival isn’t fun!!,” waffle bars are for you.
As the name suggests, they’re waffles on a stick, so you can hold and eat them like ice cream.
Decorate them with chocolate and nuts, and you’ll have an adorable, photo-worthy sweet! Using colorful chocolates—like strawberry-flavored or white chocolate—for the decorations will make them even cuter and more photogenic.
Soba-meshi (fried noodles and rice)
Soba-meshi is a dish that combines the best of yakisoba and fried rice.
How about serving soba-meshi—famous as a B-grade gourmet specialty from Nagata, Kobe—at your school festival? It’s a quintessentially Kansai-style dish where noodles and rice, two carbs, collide.
The aroma of the sauce is dangerously tempting!
stew
When autumn arrives, you start craving warm foods, don’t you? Among them, cream stew is a favorite for everyone from kids to adults.
If you serve cream stew at a food stall, you can make it in advance and just heat it up after opening, which really cuts down on the work and should help things run smoothly during the school festival.
That aroma alone will make many people want a bowl, and offering bread as an optional side could boost sales even more.
Using cute paper cups would be a nice touch, too.
Hashimaki
Hashimaki is a dish where a thin okonomiyaki is wrapped around chopsticks, and it’s a staple at festival food stalls.
Because it’s wrapped around disposable chopsticks, it’s easy to hold and perfect for eating on the go—an important point.
Just like regular okonomiyaki, you can enjoy many variations by changing the mix-ins.
Be careful while eating, though; if you’re not, it can slip off the chopsticks.
It’s recommended to adjust the batter’s moisture so it sets firmly, and to serve it together with a bag or box.
Popcorn
Popcorn, the perfect companion for movies, adds color to the space with its variety of flavors.
Watching the kernels pop energetically is a highlight, so it’s a great idea to showcase the cooking process and add an element of attraction.
While salt and caramel are classic flavors, trying new seasonings could really liven things up.
You could also provide a selection of seasonings and let customers flavor their popcorn however they like.
Because the base is so simple, the wide range of possible variations can make the event even more fun.
Recommended foods for a high school cultural festival: from photogenic items to easy bites (41–50)
roasted sweet potato
Yakiimo, a classic festival food sold at street stalls, is very popular.
Its fluffy texture and natural sweetness are irresistible.
You can make it without an open flame using a microwave, rice cooker, or by boiling—another great point.
The sweetness level changes depending on the cooking method, so adjust it to your preference.
It’s also fun to prepare various toppings like butter or ice cream.
Even if you don’t usually cook, give it a try this time.
It’s a nostalgic, classic dessert that perfectly matches the atmosphere of a school festival.
Baked Donut
How about a baked donut stall with a cute round look and fluffy texture? If you lock in a surefire sweet, you might draw a big crowd.
All you need to finish them is batter, a dedicated mold, and a microwave.
You can, of course, make the batter from scratch, but using pancake mix or other ready-made mixes is fine too.
If you want something even easier to serve, there are frozen baked donuts sold online that just need microwaving—why not give those a try?
