Adal Aguilar, owner of Pancho’s Bakery, shows off his family-sized donuts, available in chocolate, lemon, glazed, and vanilla and weighing about one kilogram each, during the media preview for this year’s Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto, on Aug. 14.Galit Rodan/The Globe and Mail
Wasabi ice cream, Kool-Aid fried chicken and deep fried pickle Oreos are among the wilder food concoctions on the CNE menu this year.
The Canadian National Exhibition has revealed a new batch of gastronomic experiments that include wasabi flavoured soft serve topped with orange sugar pearls and roasted seaweed, and New York-style cheesecake topped with tzatziki buttercream and pita chips.
Jumbo-sized offerings include a footlong samosa stuffed with potatoes and peas, a 38-centimetre doughnut weighing nearly a kilogram, and a whole deep-fried soft-shell crab on a stick.
Spammy tots, with French fry-shaped SPAM, are on offer at the CNE from Get Your Own Taters.Galit Rodan/The Globe and Mail
A butter chicken corn dog, left, and ube sesame street corn are some of the inventive foods available at this year’s Canadian National Exhibition.Galit Rodan/The Globe and Mail
Along with midway rides and exhibitions, crazy food offerings are an annual draw for the summer carnival, which kicks off Friday.
Other menu items this year include butter chicken corn dogs, lavender lemonade, ube sesame street corn and chicken tenders covered in fruity cereal.
The CNE runs to Sept. 2.
Deep fried cheese curds (Taylor’s Version) by The King of Curds are an homage to Taylor Swift at the media preview for this year’s Canadian National Exhibition.Galit Rodan/The Globe and Mail
Wasabi ice cream, Kool-Aid fried chicken and deep fried pickle Oreos are among the food concoctions on the CNE menu this year.
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