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The view from the BMO Field stands is undoubtedly spectacular. With an unobstructed sightline, the sold out crowds can easily appreciate being integrated with the city. The support from fans has been incredible, but what about the previously touted food?
Taken by monkeyridingdog, the food terminal sits directly across from BMO Field with a beckoning sign to eat. The stadium has the first ever collection of international food options in a sports venue and yet so little has been reported by attendees of the games. One of the more interesting items is the Scotch Egg, a hardboiled egg nestled in a ball of mildly spiced sausage and served with an onion based chutney. Originating from London, it is a bit dry and odd at first but the chutney adds enough moisture and pulls all the savoury flavours together. Too bad they don't give you much more than a couple thimbles full. Has anyone had any other experiences? Ye Old Chip Butty perhaps?
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Don't know where all this international food is, the game I went to all I could find was hot dogs and pizza, oh and a closed Strawberry Shortcake stand.
Onion-based chutney?
Nope. :)
Those little containers of brown wonder are Marmite. A yeast-based spread/condiment popular in England and the rest of the Commonwealth. It's a lot like the Vegemite so popular with Crocodile Dundee.
they also had french fry sandwiches, rice balls with gooey cheese in the middle, and something else i forget...
Chester Pape, the international foods are scattered all around but the majority are available at the ticketing side of the stadium. The beer tent area seems to only have burgers and foot long dogs. To the right of that lies the patties and other foods. But the Scotch Egg and Ye Olde Chip Butty must be picked up at the stands just up from that section, it's on the menu that also offers Pizza Pizza.
Xofer, that explains it. I didn't get much of an answer about what the goop in the container was. I expected Marmite to be more opaque. Either way, not a bad introduction to a product I've heard much of.
"the goal from day one was to have soccer-specific food."
As the Red Patch Boys have discovered, the Scoth Eggs are aerodynamic and make good missles.
Corn on the cob is great @ $3. And they can dip it in a vat of butter. But the best thing on the menu is the steak and guinness pie. It's $8 but after the match you can get one for only $5.
I've seen the piles of food left over at the end of the game and am always tempted to haggle down a price. I mean, who wants a day old burger? I might as well get to eat it right then and there.
Thanks to the right side of the image being cut off my Torontoist screen, that photo comes off as a Smokey Stover tribute;-)
two links on this subject for you:
First game, one of the things we tried to hunt down was the touted variety of food ..... (see menu in linked photo)
A few weeks later, at the game against Houston when it was pouring rain out, the stall was gone! Can't say it's placed very well if it can't be open all the time
But the inside food stalls do have some of the different things .. Fish'n'Chips, and things like the Chip Butty! Had to have one .....
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fizik/501679745/
right, sorry, the other link is in my name there
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fizik/476047043/