As usual there are some outlandish options on offer, some of which had no appeal to us (or at least to me). However at least a few seemed worth a try, so we went last evening (evening entry is only $13). Most were pretty good and one was so-so.
At the food trucks and concessions near the Princess Gates, we started with the deep fried butter chicken lasagne from Rick’s Good Eats - two crispy pieces of lasagna in butter chicken sauce, with a little kick; actually pretty good.
In the same area, Los Vietnamita features a giant amount of fries covered with cheddar sauce, chorizo, and chipotle ice cream. We were unsure about this combo, so we instead sampled the Shaking Beef (Bò Lúc Lắc) banh mi taco that includes sauteed beef tenderloin (actually quite tender) with red peppers, pickled carrots and daikon, garlic crema, hoisin sauce, pico de gallo, crispy onions, and cilantro, all in a wheat tortilla - not exactly reminiscent of banh mi, but a tasty cultural mash up that is an incredible mess to eat.
In the middle of the southern portion of the midway, Soo Cute features avocado coconut ice cream in the coconut - soft serve that tasted of vanilla and looked like green food colouring, but with a cute piece of chocolate for the avocado pit. This was the OK one and can probably be skipped.
Although there are several somewhat anonymous stands serving roasted corn, one just east of BMO field serves up ube sesame roasted corn with ube mayo, green onion, black and white sesame seeds, Tajin, and bottled parmesan - actually quite good, with sweet corn and a nice combo of toppings.
Inside the Food Building, we went to Lucky Chicken. This is the place that coats their tenders with the likes of Fruity Pebbles or Cocoa Puffs. We decided to go for the tenders coated in all-dressed Ruffles, with a dill pickle dip - a little oily, but not overcooked (moist tender chicken).
We were starting to flag by this point, so we switched to dessert. O-Mochi had a tanghulu CNE special - they melt the candy over a mochi donut and a stick of strawberry and grape - nice, but we prefer Isabella’s for mochi donuts.
And lastly, we tried the crème brûlée from Eva’s Chimney Cone - a nice light pastry filled with vanilla soft serve and topped with a little custard and some torched sugar on top. Pretty good, but I would have preferred to try the versions with mac and cheese.
We would have liked to try the foot long mozzarella roll from Pizza Pizza and the risotto wrapped in cheese wrapped in a veal scallopine from San Francesco, but we’ll have to live vicariously from someone else’s report.
