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RICHMOND: Summer Night Market

The Night Market in Richmond, B.C. is a huge summer weekend event. Modelled after Asian markets where people can socialize and eat, eat, eat, this place is packed from the moment it opens at 7 p.m. til closing. It just shows there’s a big appetite for late-night destinations in North America.

The market has gotten [...]

CALGARY: Giuseppe's Italian Market

I needed a few seconds to get my bearings when I walked into Giuseppe’s Italian Deli and Market. Because it’s a deli, market, cafe and pizzeria, it’s one of those places where you have to order at one counter and pay at another.

Giuseppe’s does dinner and jazz nights but I visited for lunch. [...]

CALGARY: Sunterra Market

Condo dwellers of the Victoria Park area can now rejoice with their very own supermarket. Granted, it’s not a discount grocer, but the Sunterra Market (in the shiny Keynote tower) has its advantages especially for young professionals who live and work in the area.

As Calgary’s closest answer to Whole Foods, Sunterra Market stocks organic [...]

FREDERICTON: At the Market

Everyone has a favourite food at the Fredericton Farmer’s Market every Saturday. Mine always come from Kurt’s. Today, it was schnitzel (the unbreaded kind) with German mustard and sauerkraut. Others like the garlicky chicken donairs or Patel’s samosas. Ah, the infamous samosas.

As I’ve written before, the samosas are so popular people are willing [...]

FREDERICTON: Samosa madness

The Fredericton Farmers’ Market is a big social event every Saturday. It gets quite crowded with people stopping to chat, catch up with each other and admire the produce.

The most popular stall is always Patel’s Samosas. Their samosas are warm and crispy with ample filling. None of those wimpy pastry-heavy samosas with nothing in [...]

BEIJING: Crunchy critters

Cheap! Insects on skewers. 15 RMB ($2 Can) each.

Scorpions on the left. Not sure what’s on the other stick. But the snacks were mighty popular with the schoolgirls in uniform, who wasted no time ripping off each insect with eager fingers and digging in.

Maybe it was the mingling pungency of all the outdoor food [...]