A Taste of Edmonton

A Taste of Edmonton started yesterday (Thursday), so we took Wren and Ellie in the afternoon with my mom. I brought Wren with me last year when some girls from work went, but she mostly hung out in the stroller and didn't get it. This year was a lot more fun for her...

Our first stop was the Fairmont Hotel Macdonald tent with their Pulled Pork Sliders (with red cabbage slaw) and Scone Sundae. We loved both! Wren only cared about the ice cream on the scone of course..

Her face is basically saying "The dessert is not getting into my mouth fast enough!!"

It was hot out in Churchill Square, so we quickly made our way over to the fountains. She thought they were the best and it didn't take long for her to move all the way into the cold water..

Ellie just chilled in the stroller as per usual.

She has what I like to call, "Y" thighs...her legs are so chubby that the back of her knees crease into the shape of a "Y". 

Summer in Edmonton is actually pretty fun if you get out and try some of the events going on. This was a great afternoon to come since the after work/supper crowd had not made their way over to the event yet. 

Besides the Hotel Macdonald tent, here are some of the other favourites we found yesterday:

Padmanadi had a vegan curry chicken with rice and vegan salty chicken strips- delicious and spicy! (This is also one of our favourite restaurants for a casual dinner out)

Zinc had Prawn Pitas which was a great bang for your buck because it was a big serving. (Zinc is the restaurant in the Alberta Art Gallery).

We also enjoyed the Edmonton food trucks..

The Act for their fish sandwich- probably one of my favourites that afternoon as well as..

Drift for their falafels. 

For a treat we tried Cafe Sorrentino's Nutella Cornetto (like a croissant sliced like a sandwich with nutella in the center and icing sugar on top) which was TO DIE FOR and Fantasia Gelato's wildberry yogurt swirl gelato- also a winner with us. 

Ellie was a big fan of...her hands.

Overall we really enjoyed it! In the past we have whined about how expensive it can be and would just get one thing. This year we bought a sheet of tickets and just went for it and had the chance to try a lot of great food. It's happening this weekend and all next week too so definitely go check it out!

Some others that looked good that we were too full for:

Bistro Praha has a Hungarian Sausage roll, Chef's Grill & Bar is serving a pear pie, The Hat has chicken "Hat Bits", Kyoto's tempura shrimp would be amazing (anything deep fried usually is), and Three Bananas Cafe has a strawberry banana waffle. Whoa.

I can't really recommend anywhere great to park unfortunately, I'm sure there are people that know secret places that we don't. We payed a whopping $12.50 for just over 2 hours in the downtown library parkade.  Just a heads up!

(Just my usual "Kenton take a picture of me and Wren so that I can show them I was really there and that I am actually in some of the pictures we have when the girls grow up and look back on them" photo opportunity.) 

And now we are off to the neighbour's to jump in their bouncy/balloon house for the afternoon, hurray!

PadmaAC” Scone Sundae