In a world where Mcdonald’s has a café menu and Starbucks serves beer, seeing a company with such singular devotion to their core product is a breath of fresh air.
In a world where Mcdonald’s has a café menu and Starbucks serves beer, seeing a company with such singular devotion to their core product is a breath of fresh air.
The team, calling themselves the “Spice Girls,” are all third-year students in the U of O’s Faculty of Sciences and have been friends throughout their university careers.
Coffeehouse chain introduces appetizers and alcohol to traditional coffee menu.
The festival runs Oct. 3–16, after which the market will come together for a (surprisingly lady-friendly) Sausage Party.
“This is really like a night market in China.”—Peng Cheng, second year U of O student.
But it’s hard not to get bored of the same old things that the university’s Food Services offers day after day. Luckily for you, Ottawa has a great variety of food choices right in the heart of campus and the surrounding areas.
As I browsed the festival, the Fadi’s Fabulous Foods menu caught my eye, and when I noticed the General Tao Poutine I finally understood what Hannah Montana meant when she sang about the “best of both worlds”. This dish had the perfect balance of two of my favourite foods—poutine, a Canadian staple, and General Tao chicken, my favourite kind of Chinese food.
Although the wide selection makes it inherently difficult to choose just one meal, I opted for Nacho Cartel’s “Nila’s Chicken” and “Cali-Calui” tacos. Nacho Cartel, a food truck located at 200 Wilbrod Street that is only open during the warmer months, normally serves an array of different nachos and tacos, as well as milkshakes, but for this festival they are only serving these two tacos.
Upon first bite, it took some restraint to not demolish the plate and go back for another. The ground beef and bacon added more texture and body to the macaroni, which definitely took a back seat to the meat and cheese.
A revolving campus pub location may found it’s final niche at Laurier Social House, for their popular wings.
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The coveted food trucks were back on campus for the first ever Taco Truck Fest.
The grill heats up one last time for Ottawa’s Ribtoberfest.
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