Food Adventures #16: The Minnesota State Fair

For Labor Day Weekend, the Missus and I ran back up to the Twin Cities and had a wonderfully relaxing time- the highlight of which was probably visiting the Minnesota State Fair. While Iowa's State Fair tends to see what it can deep fry and put on a stick, it's counterpart in the Medium White North seems to value creativity above of all else. The highlights:

Poutine! The crazy French Canadians made it all the way down to the Twin Cities- with delicious results. Not as gut-busting as chili fries, poutine combined light gravy with cheese curds and a dash of pepper for a delicious start to our fair.

We washed it down with some milk! Then things got crazy at the International Bazaar:

This is a camel slider. Camel doesn't taste like chicken- more like a weird cross between lamb and beef I think. It wasn't bad at all though.

Then, there were the deep fried lamb testicles. They were... chewy.

And we finish things off with a delicious Belgian waffle and a French dog!

Honorable mention to Psycho Suzi's (always a good time), Thom Pham's Wondrous Azian Kitchen which was a strange but delicious Asian fusion experience (the curry spiced Cranberry wontons were amazing) and the Marvel Bar who although being challenging to find proved to make the most AMAZING cocktails ever. Pricey- but totally worth it.

All in all- amazing food and an amazing weekend!