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For the latest culinary information, visit: tourismwinnipeg.com/eat-and-drink/best-eats local ingredients to make its eight main ice creams and Black Market Provisions is a great spot to pick up a one litre bucket of awesomeness like the Thai Phoon, featuring lemon grass and candied ginger in a coconut milk base. Not a Waffle is super cute and makes Japanese taiyaki and Hong Kong-style egg waffles in house, while The Icing Castle is your new jam for Filipino halo-halo. Old school classics include the institutions Bridge Drive-In (BDI) and Sargent Sundae. For best bites on a budget, look no further than the city's taqueria scene. BMC Market has locations on South Osborne and Henderson Highway. Owners Rigoberto and Betty Calderon-Villasenor handmake tortillas for their now- legendary tacos that represent Betty's hometown of Morelia, in central Mexico. In the West End, we're all about Sargent Taco where Mexico City's Carlos Bosque and his team are making wonderful authentic tacos too, including huitlacoche and nopales. Winnipeg is also all for a dive – particularly one that serves amazing fried chicken sandwiches. For starters, there's Magic Bird, the place of Food Network Canada fame that is located in proud dive bar, The Handsome Daughter. The spicy fried chicken sandwiches are pure wizardry. Also featured on the Food Network and located a few steps away is The Tallest Poppy, which features most-excellent southern-style cuisine. Also located in an interesting setting is Khao House, which exists as a counter within live music venue The Good Will Social Club. Khao excels at all manner of Southeast Asian cuisine, particularly Laotian dishes like kalapao and a fried chicken sandwich that will blow your mind. Finally, we'd be remiss to talk food without bringing out the West End — the best neighbourhood for cuisine from across the globe. Here, for a few blocks running down Ellice, Sargent and Portage Avenue you'll find incredible Vietnamese, Latin American, Pinoy, Ethiopian, Korean, Indian and Middle Eastern cuisine. CULINARY ADVENTURE Mike Peters April Cadarang tourismwinnipeg.com 29