Edmonton Fried Chicken Crawl
Ever since starting this blog I’ve wanted to assemble a few people and blind taste test a bunch of Edmonton’s fried chicken, then compare notes and pick our favourites. It’s been years since this idea...
View ArticleEdmonton Fried Chicken Crawl: Round 2
It turns out y’all really love fried chicken. So much so that my post on the first fried chicken crawl generated so many more great recommendations that I had to do a second round. It’s a tough job,...
View ArticleEdmonton’s Top 5 Fried Chicken
Everyone loves a Top 5 list, and I’m no exception. That’s why I’ve partnered with Edmonton Tourism to create the following list of the Top 5 Fried Chicken dishes in Edmonton, so you’ll never be caught...
View ArticleEdmonton’s Top 5 Food Trucks
Edmonton summers are beautiful but short, so we like to pack as much outdoor fun into those precious summer months as possible. That’s probably why we have such an infatuation with food trucks, and...
View ArticleEdmonton Desserts Worth Saving Room For
As a general rule, I tend to be disappointed in restaurant desserts. I often opt to indulge a little more in the meaty options of dinner, and take a pass on the sweet goodies at the end, but I have...
View ArticleThe Great Edmonton Perogy Showdown
Edmonton is a bit of a hotbed for perogies, due to our large Ukrainian population, but it seems that everyone has their own ideas on where to find the best ones. Since the demand for perogies goes way...
View ArticleThe Great Edmonton Perogy Showdown- Round 2
Round 1 of the peogy taste testing was a really interesting study for me. Certainly I’ve found since sharing the results of round 1, that people are quite passionate about their perogies, and that they...
View ArticleThe Great Edmonton Perogy Showdown- Round 3
Confession time: I’m starting to get sick of perogies. I could probably only stomach another half dozen, or so… Round 3 consisted of 5 perogies this time instead of 4, which brings the total number...
View ArticleThe Great Edmonton Perogy Showdown- Crowning a Winner
After blind taste testing 3 rounds, and 13 different perogies, I rounded up the 5 best and assembled a crew of food lovers to do one final round – the round that would finally crown a champion. It’s...
View ArticleTop 5 Edmonton Burgers From the YEG Burger Odyssey
Well the time has come (actually it’s long overdue) to assemble a list of my “Top 5” burgers from the YEG Burger Odyssey. The burgers in my top 5 all have one thing in common- They are all burgers I’d...
View ArticleYEG Pizza Odyssey #5- Royal Pizza vs Dallas Pizza
The search for Edmonton’s Best Pizza is in full swing, with another couple of thick crust pies on deck for this week. These 2 contenders have been around a long time, and I tend to think of them as the...
View ArticleEdmonton’s Best Pizza- The Rankings
After putting 25 pizza’s head to head over 5 months, we can agree the Yeg Pizza Odyssey is the most comprehensive assessment of Edmonton Pizza ever compiled. Surely you’ve all read each and every...
View ArticleYEG Pizza Odyssey #8- Famoso vs Piccolino Bistro
Of all the chain restaurants that have started in Edmonton over the years, Famoso is one of the few I still find myself going to on a regular basis. Of course it helps that the original location is...
View ArticleYeg Pizza Odyssey #12- Rosso vs Packrat Louie
Well it’s here at last – my final head to head challenge in the search for Edmonton’s best pizza. It’s been a blast, but I think I’ve exhausted my list of possible contenders, and I’m pretty happy with...
View ArticleThe “Best of” YEG Pizza Odyssey
I’ve posted my final rankings already (check it out here), so I thought I’d follow up with a few parting thoughts, and a few different “Best Of” categories. I went into this search for Edmonton’s best...
View ArticleEdmonton Brunch Odyssey #3 – Ampersand 27 vs Wildflower Grill
Two restaurants attached to hotels. One in Old Strathcona, and the other Downtown. The chef at one used to be the chef at the other. Plenty of good reasons to put Ampersand 27 and Wildflower Grill...
View ArticleEdmonton Brunch Odyssey #4 – Meat vs Next Act Pub
Meat and The Next Act may have the same owners, but the menus don’t necessarily convey that relationship. The brunch offerings are distinctly different from each other, and equally interesting. The Old...
View ArticleGame of Scones
You don’t have to be the wisest in all the 5 kingdoms to know that Edmonton has some pretty darn good scones. The only question is who will take the Iron Throne of scones? I had a couple food friends...
View ArticleEdmonton’s Best Kept Foodie Secrets
Hardcore foodies always seem to know little secrets about the food scene in any given city that the general public hasn’t picked up on yet, so I thought I’d share half a dozen of my favourite things...
View ArticleEdmonton’s Best Spots for Homestyle Soup
Soup weather is upon us, and it’s one of the few reasons I actually look forward to the cooler weather. Few things are as satisfying as a delicious hot soup for lunch on a cold and blustery day, but...
View ArticleCBC Year End Best Restaurant Picks Released
Every year I am part of a panel of 3 (restaurant reviewer Twyla Campbell and CBC TV host Adrienne Pan are the others) who share our picks for best Edmonton restaurants of the year, and recently our...
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