tour of the beautiful seaside city of halifax nova scotia canada

this summer we had the chance to spend a week exploring halifax in partnership

with tourism nova scotia and the cuisine was a real highlight you

hungry oh yeah me too our quest for a taste of the

maritimes led us to all sorts of restaurants

breweries distilleries pubs and outdoor patios

and we're going to be sharing them all with you in this video

someone was a little stuck we'll dive into the seafood scene with dishes

ranging from lobster roll to risotto with scallops and seafood linguini to

fusion mackey rolls we'll taste the beloved halifax donaire

which is the city's must try dish in a great street food snack we'll also visit

a few different craft breweries go on a sunset wine cruise and

do a spirits tasting inside the citadel so join us on this halifax food tour as

we check out some of the best canadian food in atlantic canada

the following is our halifax food guide so bring your appetite

okay so for today's dinner we are eating at the waterfront warehouse and we have

gone all out on the seafood we ordered their

seafood platter or two i would go as far as to call it a

seafood extravaganza yes it's got a little bit of everything

a full cracked atlantic lobster local oysters you get a shrimp cocktail

chilled crab marinated chilled mussels solomon gandhi house-made chutneys and a

cocktail sauce all served on crushed ice oh yeah

that's what we're eating but before we dive into the food

we have to show you our drinks i took this as an opportunity to try my very

first caesar this is a bit of a savory

cocktail featuring vodka tabasco worcestershire sauce and clamato juice

which is clam and tomato juice i really liked it and would recommend

trying it even if it's just once it's got pepperoni and olive

a pickle lemon lime a string bean that's a lot of variety

cheers husband cheers i'm having garrison irish red

which is a local beer very excited to try this one

it's a red one that's just the hair it's nice and refreshing i love it it's

gonna go great with the seafood

then it was time to eat first up oysters let's do this oysters gonna squeeze

some lemon juice on there cheers to you let's hope this works

always tastic

next up some lovely looking shrimp the shrimp o'clock guys and there's marinara

sauce look at that plump

succulent shrimp and it pairs perfectly with the marinara sauce

so apparently this next dish is called solomon gandhi i don't know if that's a

halifax thing or a nova scotia thing but it's pickled herring with capers and

red onions and they told me yeah i can put it on a cracker

grab some capers sour cream to cut the acidity of the pickledness

that's good yeah i thought you'd like it i've had something like this before

i do like them i love pickled harry i feel like we ate this when we were

traveling in northern germany along the baltic coast

we sure were eating pickled herring yeah we sure did we had a pickled

herring sandwich check out these big mussels

in here

let me tell you after my uh lobster incident in grand manan in brunswick

i need one of these you do i i don't think anyone's ever

sprayed as much lobster juice on themselves as possibly i have things

have been cracked already guys look i just have to tear off a piece and

it's good to go what are you gonna dip it in kosher how

about the aioli sauce yeah garlicky

i just love lobster i don't think we needed dessert after that meal

but you know us we decided to indulge a little with a slice of the pecan flan

with caramel and blueberries and the strawberry rhubarb crumble with

vanilla ice cream i think our food envy over here very

decadent and just dense

that's a winner for sure we ended that delightful first meal in halifax with an

evening wander along the waterfront

next up we're going to take you to the bicycle thief where we had one of our

best meals in halifax this is another restaurant situated on the waterfront

and they do north american food with an italian soul for my entree i ordered the

local scallops with a herb crumb crust lemon white wine and garlic butter they

were a thing of beauty and a wonderful explosion of flavors

i paired the dish with tidal bay a nova scotia white wine

is that what scalloped dreams are made of it sure is

so tender and how about your wine my argentine red

oh yeah sam's having a what yeah gold medallion a one we're familiar

with how's that how's the white it's so good

it's like refreshing and crisp perfect for seafood wonderful wonderful

wonderful meanwhile for his entree sam went for

the jumbo shrimp sauteed with garlic cognac and charred grape tomatoes with a

splash of cream it was an excellent start to the meal

shrimpy is my friend not just any kind not of any kind a jumbo shrimp

well dig on in oh i thought you never asked

okay i'm speechless that is so good yeah give

me a giant plate of that i know we still have pasta coming

i know we do the sauce is just amazing it pairs so well with the shrimp such

juicy succulent shrimp now time for the main dish the pasta

so i got the linguini with nova scotia lobster

this looks amazing it also has cherry tomatoes garlic

a splash of cream twirl that pork a piece of lobster

mandatory

i say oh my i love the chunks of lobster there's a lot of that in there guys i'm

going to try this if you come to halifax

so i am having creamy risotto with scallops dusted with pistachio and it

has lemon zest and mascarpone oh

kind of just feel like living at this restaurant and having them serve me new

dishes because everything's so good

after such a great lunch we couldn't resist trying a dessert or two

sam went for this lovely shortcake with caramel and pecans while i opted for the

lemon meringue pie

another halifax restaurant we enjoyed is salty situated on the harbour front

they offer both casual and fine dining and they have a nice outdoor patio

we opted for a casual lunch and grabbed the seed indoor since it was a bit windy

that day first up let me show you our drinks so

i've got a local india pal ipa yes thank you and i have a

cider yep and i accidentally ordered one from

toronto hometown representatives oh you get you

get mine is not intense mine is 95 points for

that it's really good though it's a brick

works yeah i'm pretty sure i've been there in

all fairness it was the only cider on the menu yeah so and it's so nice

i'm going local over here for our appetizer we got the bacon wrapped

scallops of the homemade cocktail sauce bacon and scallops is that what dreams

are made of green seriously that sounds like such a great combo and

my happy food place happy food place happy food dance done

raise the roof and we also ordered the nova scotia smoked salmon with sour

cream capers red onions and

this bread amazing smoked salmon it makes for the perfect appetizer because

you get several bites of it but you're not going to fill up too much

then on to our mains i chose their seafood chowder with a mix of local fish

and shellfish for his main sam decided to try a

lobster roll with a bit of a twist so this is a bit of a unique one it's on

the croissant can't wait to try it last time we had a bit more like a like

a submarine type of scene yeah yeah this is different

i could hear you bite into it it was so buttery and

flaky i know that i mean i'm just gonna say i wasn't

necessarily sold on the croissant form but now that i've bought it

like bitten into that buttery croissant just complements it so well

yes there was dessert once more i don't even know what to say

we have a bit of a sweet tooth we got a blueberry cake with vanilla ice cream

and whipped cream and it was the perfect little treat

now let's hop over to dartmouth for a look at the food scene just across the

water dartmouth is located on the eastern

shore of halifax harbor and it's just a 10 minute ferry ride over

they have an awesome foodie scene with lots of restaurants cafes and plenty of

craft breweries to choose from

time for another meal today we've crossed over to dartmouth on the ferry

and we are eating at the canteen it's going to be a light lunch because

we've been over indulging a little bit so i've ordered the crobster roll

crab and lobster oh yes i'm having both and you went for you're going for a snow

crab dip snow crab which includes cream cheese and crab

obviously my lie in the meantime some orange juice and a

little ginger beer for sam ginger beer you know

what ginger beer to me is the king of sodas

the king of sodas it's my favorite soda i mean second would be root beer

but ginger beer like a really good ginger beer is my favorite and i can't

wait to try this one because it's a local product

um it's from propeller and it also features ginseng as well

so i'm hoping it has lots of bite it's my first step

oh yeah that's a really good one you know what our server was telling us that

if you add some rum make it a little stormy it's even better

now this is a lobster roll i am proud look at that thing of beauty

look at the size it is overflowing with lobster and crab

it's a cropster so let's just bite on it look at that look at that i

know you're gonna be hearing that perfectly

toasted i'm insisting you share it looks so good

oh my gosh is that the lobster roll that dreams are made of

most definitely um the bun is so buttery and it's just loaded

loaded look at that it's jacked jack jack this is one of

those instances where i don't want to share

but you're going to i'm so excited to be trying

the snow crab dip and guys this is beautifully presented check that

out it's got olive oil drizzled on top with some different seasonings this dill

and of course it has plenty of cream cheese and these are

like homemade bread crackers if i had a choice between this and

hummus and i love hummus this is like 10 times better

the combination of seafood and cream cheese is just so amazing

once again we could not resist dessert are you noticing a theme here

so we got the carrot cake with roasted coconut and cream cheese icing

what can i say i think sam's face says it all

after that lovely meal and exploring a bit of dartmouth on foot we decided it

was time to hit up a brewery we chose brightwood brewery hello

greetings from dartmouth brightwood brewery

we're going to be having a flight of beer a flight i like to call it

sliders apparently it's actually called a flight of beer

there's seven different ones to choose from uh-huh i've taken

i've got four of them okay and we're also having the famous pies that you've

been telling me about yeah bumble pie humble pies they're what

new zealand style pies yeah savory pies savory pies but before that

i thought we'd try the beers here are some thoughts on the beer sam tried

first up vermont is for lovers a new england ipa

are you feeling the love i like the mom the citrusy

apple next was minutes california common lager

oh this one's sweeter i'm sure this is one that you i think would like

okay good to know then made me blush rose

ipa no this one you'd like even more oh yeah it's less um i mean i i prefer a

stronger beer and lastly bmac ipa memorial beer that

was pretty good too well i have to say the winner for me

right here hormones is for lovers sam is more of a stout and porter drinker when

it comes to beers so these were definitely more up my

alley but don't worry we drank them all now let's move on to

the pies humble pie is a popular pie shop in dartmouth specializing in savory

new zealand style pies quite a few people had recommended them

to us and we were planning to head there right after trying a few beers

but then we noticed that brightwood brewery had humble pies on their menu so

we got two of them we really enjoyed their beef and bacon

stroganoff pie with strips of beef in a rich and tangy mushroom gravy with

smoked bacon they have all sorts of pies to choose

from like butter chicken barbecue pulled pork chicken cranberry

brie and more so don't miss out on some humble pie

when you visit dartmouth that was a huge bite but that is so good

the meat is so tender and just like melts in your mouth it's really tasty

so for tonight's dinner we came to sea smoke

it's amazing for sushi and if you order enough rolls they'll prepare it in a

boat like this yeah so we got six different rolls i've

been going to town on it for a while and we've got our work cut out to finish