Bonjour Café Bicyclette

While on the south side and looking for a simple, peaceful lunch we decided to try Café Bicyclette. This quaint little café nestled next to the Campus St. Jean in Edmonton is a great place to find fresh food at a reasonable price. While the menu is entirely in French, the staff are helpful, friendly, and willing to assist with translation. Though, for anyone with basic French language skills (we’re talking elementary school) it should be easy enough. 

The Inaugural #yegCupcakeChallenge...Crave!

In our endeavor to bring the best eats in Edmonton to our readers, we've tasked ourselves with the challenge of finding the best cupcake bakery in the city. With the help of readers and friends, we've narrowed our challengers down to these seven selections:

Crave Cookies and Cupcakes
Fuss Cupcakes
Once Upon A Cupcake
Flirt Cupcakes
Hey Cupcake
Big City Cupcakes
Whimsical Cake Studio

(If there's a bakery you love that we left off the list, let us know in the comments!)

To keep it fair, we will both order a cupcake at each location, and rate it out of five in three areas: taste, presentation, and the all important icing-to-cake ratio. The bakery with the highest overall score will be declared the champion and become our go-to location for delicious cupcakes*!

The #yeg Cupcake Challenge!

Hello dear readers!

We've been reviewing restaurants around Edmonton since November 2013, and we think it's high time we branch out from our usual format and try something a little different. So today we officially announce the launch of our new series: The #yeg Cupcake Challenge!

Our fair city is flush with awesome cupcake bakeries, but not all pastries are created equal, so we are on a mission to find the very best cupcake in Edmonton. Pitting tasty treats head to head, we'll evaluate their flavor, appearance, pricing, and of course the all important cake-to-icing ratio. It will all be very scientific of course ;)

Watch this space, follow the hashtag #yegcupcakechallenge and Tweet us your favorites!

We can't wait to try some awesome cupcakes and find the very best for our awesome readers!

Cheers,

Jackie & Steph

Don't Be Square!

We here at Meat VS Veg are always looking to try new places, and one of the newest on the local food scene is Square One in Sherwood Park. Following the trend of locally-sourced food, they call themselves "meticulously casual", although we agreed that term is rather vague and perhaps slightly pretentious! They offer a varied food menu, a large selection of unique drinks, and even a brunch where each dish is named after the country that inspired it. Keep reading to find out how our first experience was at Square One!