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Canadian Food
The peameal bacon sandwich, the butter tart, poutine, the Nanaimo bar, maple syrup and Niagara icewine: what to eat in Toronto.
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Image courtesy of © Leventio · CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia CommonsToronto eats the world; but a handful of dishes are Canada’s own, and the city is the place to try them. Start at St. Lawrence Market, end with a glass of icewine from Niagara.
The market
The peameal bacon sandwich is Toronto’s own: cured back bacon rolled in cornmeal, fried and piled into a bun. Eat it at St. Lawrence Market, open Tuesday to Sunday.
The bakery
The butter tart is a small pastry case filled with butter, sugar and egg, runny or set according to taste and family argument; Ontario’s bakeries make their own.
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Image courtesy of © Rob Campbell from Toronto, ON, Canada · CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia CommonsFrom Québec
Poutine, from Québec, is chips with cheese curds and hot gravy, the late-night dish of the whole country.
Begin with a peameal bacon sandwich; end with icewine.
The sweet things
The Nanaimo bar, from British Columbia, is a no-bake square of crumb base, custard and chocolate; maple syrup is the taste of the Canadian spring; and icewine, pressed from grapes frozen on the vine, is the great sweet wine of the Niagara Peninsula.
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Image courtesy of © Safyrr · CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia CommonsOur advice: buy icewine at a Niagara cellar door, and maple syrup by its colour grade.
Why it's on our list
- The market
- The bakery
- From Québec
- The sweet things
Location
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