Three to Eat: Lovely Latin flavours abound at Taste of Edmonton

The insistent heat of things right now makes lovely Latin delectables extra appealing, and all three of these were worth some confetti in the air! One hot tip is to grab a few different menu items from around Churchill Square and mix things together into your own little mashup, which I’ll get into below. Tequila [...]

We independently select everything we recommend. Buying through us may earn us a commission, which supports our work. The insistent heat of things right now makes lovely Latin delectables extra appealing, and all three of these were worth some confetti in the air!

One hot tip is to grab a few different menu items from around Churchill Square and mix things together into your own little mashup, which I’ll get into below. Tequila Lime Chicken Taco with Amigo Rice, 3 Amigos Authentic Mexican Cuisine (Booth 18, 4 tickets) Perfectly flavoured and sized to stuff all at once in your mouth (but please slow down and enjoy it), the onion and cilantro on top added a little chef’s kiss to the chicken which honestly could be a teeny bit less dry. The rice was good, but could use some flavour accents, which I gave it with some extra sauce from the ...

La Chorizo Quesos, Pebre & Co. (Booth 44, 3 tickets) This is one of the best-tasting things on the square, delicious sausage and melted mozzarella inside an incredibly flaky pasty with a little kick. For an extra ticket, a nice little Pebre side, a traditional Chilean sauce with cilantro, onion, garlic, a nice pinch of chili peppers, tomatoes, oil and vinegar.

I threw some of this into the Amigo Rice above, and mwah! But that wasn’t the end of the experimenting. Pupusa: Pork and Cheese or Cheese, Paraiso Tropical (Booth 26, 4 tickets)

We don’t do numbered ratings but the 5/5 continued in this classic from Paraiso, just a perfectly fried soft-but crunchy pocket patty of pork and cheese. On top, a fresh red sauce with onions, carrots and peppers, which, you guessed it, went even better with the Amigo Rice. I would easily say if you nabbed these three items and a nice flavoured lemonade you would the perfect meal, priming you for a sweet siesta in the shade!

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