24 Hours of Calgary Foods

I was on the ground in Calgary for exactly 23hr, 15 minutes and food and drinks were the business of the day.

Dinner - CHARCUT Roast House (101-899 Centre St SW, Calgary, AB)

The highlight of CHARCUT is not necessarily their food (more on this below) but locals claim that they are best known for their beers (did I hear right about a beer sommelier?)


I left my fate in the hands of the locals in the know and ended up trying three different beers. Two were good but what stood out was La Fin Du Monde.

This is a Quebec brewed beer that is served in those wide round glasses you see in the pic. Delicious, kind of sweet, powerful. Loved it.

More on La Fin Du Monde at Unibroue.com.

But what about the food you ask? 

Unique and tasty. We had a family style meat platter featuring their Spit Roasted Spring Creek Prime Rib and their Slow Roasted Heritage Chicken. Both good, maybe not as good as mine.

But what locals said not to miss (and they were right) were those Duck Fried Fat Poutines with Truffle Gravy. Diners were fighting over them.

Another excellent feature was the Slow Roasted Heirloom Beats - lightly roasted red and yellow beats with goat cheese, mint and basil. Just perfect.

 




Drinks - Vicious Circle (1011 - 1st Street SW, Calgary, AB)

A school night, it was late,  we had the place to ourselves; many "girlie" martinis later,one cannot remember much after that.
 

Breakfast - Hotel Arts (119 - 12th Ave SW, Calgary, AB)

Hungover (understatement) for a day full of meetings followed by flight home. I should have ordered something more substantial.

But I opted for the hotel's muesli which was quiet tasty. In fact, it tasted too much like a creamy dessert than a healthy breakfast that I cannot vow for its health benefits.

Lunch - Some Office Building Cafeteria (Downtown Calgary, Don't Want to Remember it, Calgary, AB)

A wrap with tasteless chicken slices, a bit of avocado, some lettuce, some cucumber, eaten on the fly. 

Oh I am so glad to be back home!