(Photograph by: Dario Ayala, The Gazette)
Everyone knows about Mexican tacos, but have you ever heard of Canadian tacos?
Grumman ’78 is the first taco truck to open in Montreal, a city in which street food and food trucks are prohibited. This story caught our attention for several reasons.
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Each applicant will be scored on a range of criteria (taste being one of them), and those with the highest point scores will then be permitted to choose their own location in the order of their ranking, instead of being randomly assigned.
“Our goal is to provide more diverse, healthier food options on the street,” said deputy city manager Sadhu Johnston. “It’s not just about providing healthy foods, it’s about diversity, improved food access and affordability.”
The city’s move toward better street food choices began last year when it approved 17 pilot food stands that offered anything but hot dogs. With the vast majority of the city’s previously existing 60 licenses devoted to the dog, the city wanted diversity. The new initiative gave life to street burritos, dim sum, elk burgers, satay, even southern barbecue. But every one of those had to meet minimum standards as set by community nutritionists at the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority.
Battered fish and chips may be Vancouver’s favorite comfort food, but it might be tough to find them on the street this summer. At least not without some fruits or vegetables on the side.
Thanks to our friend James from Vancouver Street Eats for the info.
We recently told you about Vancouver holding a lottery to expand the city’s street food options. One great street food option in Vancouver that already exists is The Roaming Dragon food truck.
Curious Domestic calls it a “tapas bar on wheels”, and posted a detailed review. They spotted the truck visiting Kits Point near Arbutus and Whyte (the truck also makes appearances at Vancouver Farmers Markets), and selected 3 dishes for $15 to take advantage of the “Dragonista” twitter promo for a free Lychee Lemonade.
The dishes chosen were short rib tacos, rice balls, duck confit salad, and some pork belly sliders were added. Read the full, delicious review after the jump.
In Calgary, Canada, David Kunz has a company called Avatara that serves “Healthy Hearthstome Pizza”. He has a wood-fired pizza cart on the Stephen Avenue pedestrian mall in downtown Calgary.
David says business is booming. It’s pretty obvious why when you check out the menu below. I’ll take a New Yorker, please. [Edmonton Journal]
We all love us some Wafels & Dinges and their wonderful Belgian wafels. We are especially partial to Liege wafels with spekulous on top. Looks like the concept is traveling – all the way to the wilds of Edmonton, Canada.
Eva Sweet sells Belgian waffles from a van with their logo plastered on the side. These waffles are made with pearl sugar from Belgium, just like W&D. Their waffle irons, which can produce eight fresh waffles in two minutes, are also from Belgium. Bamir Basha spent five years selling waffles from a van on the streets of Brussels. That’s where he met his Canadian wife, Patricia, who was there on a vacation, and they decided to bring Belgian waffles back to Canada.
There are lots of toppings available (strawberry, chocolate and blueberry, to name a few), as well as real whipped cream. The waffles are crispy on the top, and soft on the inside – they have a slight sugary crunch that makes them feel exotic. [Edmonton Journal]
How do you know they’re Canadian waffles? Because one of their flavors is maple syrup. Now they need to get some spekulous and learn how to spell wafels!
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