Taste of Calgary is like an outdoor tapas smorgasbord with 30 different restaurants to taste samples from. The outdoor food and beverage festival was held at Eau Claire Market in Calgary. This year was its 14th, and with all those years of food faring, I expected to be blown away. Of course, it is up to the participating restaurants to promote their businesses and make you like them enough to hoof it to their restaurant once the event is over. It’s also up to you to choose wisely. This, I did not do. Also, I went on a hungry stomach without pre-eating AND agreed to share food with a few others. In my defense, since my sister paid for the tickets, I couldn’t be too picky/greedy.
One of many food booths at the 2010 Taste of Calgary.
At .75 cents a ticket, most food required five to six tickets. Do the math; that adds up to $3.75 or $4.50 respectively for each tiny sampler plate. Not cheap. Here’s a rundown of what I ate: Read More
