A Girl’s Gotta Eat

People may have different food preferences, but we can all agree on one thing: free food is the best type of food. The best way to get free food has to be samples.

Samples are your best friend. And the best place to get samples is hands down Costco. It might not be a fancy 5 star restaurant, but man are their dumplings good. Although it can get pretty packed on a Saturday around lunchtime, that’s when they get their prime samples out. Plus, if there’s a lot of people, they won’t notice you coming back for seconds.

If you don’t feel like fighting your way through a mob of shoppers to try cheese and cracker samples, festivals are also a great way to get food sample.

September 5th to the 7th, Montreal held the second edition of the YUL EAT festival.

This major gastronomical festival brought together foodies, well known chefs and musicians to Montreal’s famous Clock Tower. Not only could you eat your way through the festival thanks to the numerous food trucks present, you also had the chance to participate in different culinary seminars that took place throughout the 3 day festival.

I must say that my favourite part of the festival was the Maille tent. Not only could you sample their different mustards, but they were handing out macarons and cocktails. At first I couldn’t make the connection between the sweet macaroons, lovely cocktails and mustard until I realised THEY WERE MADE OF MUSTARD. I have to say that it was one of the greatest macaroons I’ve ever had.

Needless to say the festival was a great success and I definitely plan on attending next year!