Yum!!! As a foodie I just LOVE A Taste of Edmonton.....where else can you have as many desserts and main courses as you like??????? You can try a portion of everything! For those not from Edmonton, its basically a food festival.....many of the restaurants in Edmonton have a stand in Churchill Square (the main Square in Ed) and they each serve two dishes....often a main and a dessert, but some do two mains.....
You buy tickets for a dollar each, and each dish is either 3, 4 or 5 tickets...so you go along the stalls and line up and get whichever dish you want to tray....there were over 30 restaurants with stands this time....and they varied from Korean, Chinese, Spanish....to Italian, Crepe houses, local hotels......
I headed straight to the Hong Kong Bakery and bought some green onion cakes YUM!!!! Mom had some too......Then I had a Callebaut Chocolate Ecstasy.......Mom tried the Green Tea Ice Cream......I LOVED the Pear Pie with Caramel Sauce from Cafe Paradice...OMG that was sooooo good! Pear poached in an almond sauce on a bed of flaky puff pastry that melts in your mouth.....then drizzled with caramel sauce! I had two of these - but don't tell anyone!!!!
Mom, Olly and Lloyd all had Strawberry Shortcake.....Olly and Lloyd had Butter Chicken....Mom had Vegetable Tempura (deep fried vegetables......I finished with a chocolate pear...Olly had one too! Lloyd had Tiramisu...oh and he had a pasta dish too! Oh and I also had Balsamic Strawberries with a vanilla cream YUM again!!!!
All in all we had some great foods and I ate far too much but it was all good :) After that we sat by the fountains for a while and then strolled to Tim Hortons on Jasper Ave......sat in there and had coffee and then strolled over to the building Lloyd works in....went up to his office and looked out of the windows....then strolled back to the car and headed home......it got to something like 24c today and was breezy - perfect! Not too hot at all and I was able to sit on the porch this afternoon and read....because it wasn't horribly hot! First time in ages! Tomorrow is going to be just as cool :) Anyway it was a perfect summer evening to enjoy the festivities downtown....and the food...especially the food :)
