- Chip Butty at the TFC Game
Saturday was the first home game of the year for the Toronto FC (Football Club). Dana and I have season tickets this year and we are most excited after having half-season tickets last year. Dana was busy on Saturday (camping with her God Daughter overnight at the Ontario Science Center) so our friend Kerry and I went to the game.
The food and beer at BMO field is really awesome for a stadium. There is a tonne of Carlsberg on tap but if you walk around the stadium you will find a few other beers from around the world (and very reflective of how multicultural our city and soccer/football is) and a similar rainbow of food options. Get to the stadium early, walk around and pay close attention and you will find Greek food, craft shitake sausages, macaroni and bacon fritters, steak pie and more.
I had heard of Chip Buttys last year – Kerry and I worked our nerve up to have one yesterday. This British tradition is basically a french fry sandwich. Picture an oversized piece of Wonder Bread buttered generously and covered with hot french fries. We added ketchup and mustard. It was too windy to pull out a camera but we will get a shot later this year to share (oh the sacrifices we make in the name of food). What a delight! It is nothing but bad for you and it is surprisingly excellent. The dough of the bread squishes to a glutenous match for the crispy potatoes that shine golden with butter.
See you at the Football match!
French Fry Sandwich? All good...
a french fry sandwich… i wish i had the creative mind of those who invent such pleasures.
Tell me about it Shauna – pure brilliance. It’s the purity of thought that belongs to a 3 year old served up in adult-style deep frying. It’s like the Ying and Yang of bad health. O am thinking Cheese Curds could be a good add. Heh.
[...] 12, 2009 by Dana I went to my first Toronto FC game of the season yesterday. Joel has been going on and on about the Chip Butty since he went to the season opener last weekend. So we didn’t eat all day to ’save [...]