September 2018 Ogdensburg Oddities

Walmart is trying to compete with the Aldi brioche.  The walmart one sucked.

The Cheesecake Factory is now making candies. I gave these to my coworker friend and did not try.

September 2018 local items

President's Choice has come out with weirdly flavoured pizzas. I didn't try this one because my brother ate it.

Brett's Ice Cream in Kanata North.  You can't go inside.  You just order at the window.  I had a chocolate shake which tasted good but was too small relative to the high price.

Walmart snacks: English bonbons and Sizzlin Sweet & Sour Pringles (tastes like General Tao)

I went to check out a new Chinese/French bakery called Oui8.  It has very short hours so I was lucky to get in before closing time.  This random assortment (5 items) was around $20 or $25. WTF. I won't be going back there, based on price and taste.  The 3 items I tasted so far were substandard (not enough sugar and wrong texture).  I suspect the chef is putting her own spin instead of using Candian-style recipes.

Finally I also tried the "Fruity Cone" from Chocolats Favoris new Kanata location.  It was waffle cone with chocolate ice cream, fresh strawberries and liquid milk chocolate on top which hardened on the drive home.

Aug 2018 Ogdensburg Oddities

Donuts were bland but at least individually wrapped

We had to throw out the potato salad without eating it.  The muffin mix was crumbly!

Nilla Banana Pudding cereal tasted like corn pops plus fake banana extract

I could only find these two of the new Lay's flavours.  The bacon wrapped jalapeno popper was bland and the Chesapeake Bay crab spice tasted like celery.

I think I gave this to my coworker

These popcorn balls were $0.50 each.  No flavour other than sugar.  Would not buy again.

Graeter's ice cream came in a fancy container but it tasted like non-gourmet ice cream

August 2018 local items

We checked out a food truck in Stittsville called Crave Tacos.  They were all colourful and weird.  The one on the left was cauliflower, which turned out to be Indian curry with chick peas and beans.  The one on the right was mahi mahi, which was OK except I didn't like the sauce (cayenne pepper in it).

We paid a visit to Crossroads Tearoom in  Perth, ON.  Here's the sandwich tower.

Here's the dessert tower

Only bad thing about this place was these scones which were half baked.  Mostly raw dough.

Here are Simpsons tic tacs.  Marge tasted OK but Bart & Homer were not good.

The new flavours of Lay's chips are: pizza, grilled cheese and taco.  Coincidentally pizza tasted the best and taco was the worst so they are lined up correctly in this photo.