Is it just me or was the Heritage Festival not always called Heritage Festival? Didn’t it used to be called Heritage Days? Or am I just confused? Or is it the Mandela effect?? Yeah, I’m going to have to go with the latter here.
So anyways, the Edmonton Heritage Festival is my FAVORITE festival in Edmonton. I know we’re known as the Festival City (we actually are, I’m not making that up) and we have a lot of really great festivals, but Heritage Fest leaves them all in the dust. It’s a three day long festival that celebrates Alberta’s cultural diversity by featuring 85 different cultures in over 60 pavilions with food, entertainment, artwork and crafts, clothing and a whole lot of musical and dance performances!
Although I do love the performances, my favorite part has got to be the food. It’s a ticket system where you buy tickets ($1/ticket) and redeem them at booths of your choosing for food items ranging from 3-15 tickets! Although I try to be adventurous, this is my fifth year in a row going and I know all my favorites by now (AKA the mango sticky rice) so don’t judge me on how basic and “white-washed” a lot of this food seems. I am a very adventurous eater and I love trying cultural foods all year round, not just at this festival!
Rating Scale:
★☆☆☆☆ – Would not order again
★★☆☆☆ – Nothing special
★★★☆☆ – Thoroughly enjoyed it
★★★★☆ – So yummy, highly recommend!
★★★★★ – I can’t stop thinking about it, my mouth is currently watering
Australia
Kangaroo Slider – 6 tickets
Australian bush tomato and pepper berry relish served on a bun
★☆☆☆☆
Chinese Pavillion
Ginger Beef – 8 tickets
Strips of beef with ginger sauce
★★★☆☆
France
Crêpe Coulis Frais – 7 tickets
Crêpe with berry coulis
★★☆☆☆
Ireland
Snow Cones – 3 tickets
Blue raspberry and rainbow (blue raspberry, lemon-lime, and cherry) syrup served over shaved ice in a paper cone
★★☆☆☆
Japan
Bento – 9 tickets
Selection of Karaage (deep fried chicken), Yakisoba (noodles), Takoyaki (octopus dumplings), and Hiyayakko (tofu with ginger and sauce)
★★★☆☆
Malaysia
Fresh Young Coconut – 7 tickets
★★★☆☆
Mexico
Chocoflan – 6 tickets
Chocolate cake with caramelized sugar and baked flan
★★★★☆
Nashville
Veggie Plate – 6 tickets
Corn pudding, green bean casserole and cornbread
★★★☆☆
Fruit Tea – 3 tickets
Orange juice, pineapple juice, lemonade and sweet tea mixture
★★★★☆
Banana Pudding – 4 tickets
Bananas with vanilla wafers and custard
★★★★★
Peru
Choco Banana – 5 tickets
Chocolate covered frozen banana
★★★★☆
Churros – 5 tickets
Deep fried dough covered in caramel and sprinkled with icing sugar
★★★★★
Taiwan
Taiwanese Bubble Tea – 6 tickets
Traditional black tea, milk and black pearl tapioca
★★★☆☆
Spring Roll – 2 tickets
Pork and veg wrap
★★☆☆☆
Thailand
Mango Slices with Sticky Rice – 5 tickets
Coconut rice sweetened with coconut milk and mango slices
★★★★★
Vegetarian Pad Thai – 7 tickets
Rice noodles stir-fried with tofu, bean sprouts and peanut sauce
★★★★★
Venezuela
Quesillo – 6 tickets
Caramel-filled vanilla flan
★★★★★
Have you ever been to the Edmonton Heritage Festival or a different one that your city puts on? What’s your favorite food? Tell me everything!!
Check out my other What I Ate posts:
What I Ate in Vancouver (Round 2) – https://when-im-older.com/182061048883-2/
What I Ate in Vancouver (Round 1) – https://when-im-older.com/172104339882-2/
What I Ate in New York – https://when-im-older.com/123377506920-2/