PNE

On Sunday I went to a Vancouver summertime favorite... the PNE! This is a food-lovers dream, as long as you're not on a diet. It was the 100th anniversary of the PNE and it seems that each year the number of food vendors grows. This year not only had ample vendors but a variety of choices. From mexican to indian, japanese, western and seemingly everything in between there was plenty to choose from. Of course there was no shortage of snackfood as well. I took it upon myself to have the usual; elephant ears, kettle corn, cotton candy, corn dogs and everyone's favorite... mini-donuts! After I recovered from that, I had a BBQ Pulled Pork sandwich from Barnacle Bill's (a long-time PNE vendor). I do have to say that I was a little disappointed with the sandwich. It's usually tender with a nice smoky flavor and a liberal amount of BBQ sauce however this time it lacked flavor and was a little sloppy.

Those of you who attended this year may have heard some people talking about a new offering... Deepfried Butter! Yes... Deepfried Butter! While I'm sure many of you are interested in what that was like, I decided to go for something more exciting... Deepfried Mars Bar. I'm not sure what I expected but I was pleasantly surprised. As you can see in the picture, they stick a skewer through the bar, dip it in batter and deepfry it. The closest thing I can relate it to would be a s'more. It was pretty good, but it's one of those things you try once just to say you did. Maybe next year I'll convince someone to try the Deepfried Butter with me.