Local food you would miss if you moved away

[Godhead]

2 weeks away from Tucson, and I already miss my 24 hour access to chimichangas and Sonoran Dogs. The lack of a proper breakfast diner, real mexican food and chicago style pizza joint(no more 40 cent wing night for me) is also hurting my soul.

Edit: On the flip side, whenever I leave Virginia I start to miss that sweet, sweet barbecue and close access to crab cakes

 

[Zontar]

Living in montreal for two years (2004-2006), I went to the snow festival twice. Those things almost made me lose fillings.

I'm not sure if this is really a local food but I've never seen it in the states... Maple Ice Cream. My ex at the time forced me to try it in Eaton Centre one time. It sounded absolutely horrible to me.

To this day, No ice cream has ever tasted as good.

They are indeed a local thing, and boy do I love them. Make my own since I tap some trees myself for personal use. Home made syrup with pancakes made from scratch is the greatest breakfast there is.

 

[EvilRoy]

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I would have mention poutine, but Canada is so damn big you lose out on some of the local delicacies if you just go for the big one. unlike donairs I usually cannot pass one of those up. though it's hard to get the proper Montreal style cheese curds out here.

You know what I found out the other day? Nanaimo bars are a Canada only kind of thing.

As much as I would miss real maple syrup and poutine, I'm pretty sure I could come up with the stuff to fake them in other countries. Nanaimo bars are something I'm certain I couldn't replicate properly. I don't even eat them that often because they're basically diabetes in solid form, but not having the option would be the worst.

 

[solemnwar]

not an specific food in and of itself, but there's some Winnipeg-exclusive (more or less) restaurants that are really good that I would miss if I moved.

Specifically, Gondola Pizza and Mongo's Grill.
Both have a few locations elsewhere, but (especially for Gondola) most seem to be in Winnipeg.
If I liked Salisbury House I'd add that, too, but I'm not the biggest fan.

 

[Jak2364]

It's been hard, but I've been slowly coming to terms with the fact that I'll probably never have locally made Vermont Ice Cream ever again. Stuff was so good, it was the smoothest, most flavorful ice cream I've ever had. The calzones there were great too, mostly because they didn't come with ricotta (I hate that crap with a burning passion) like most do. Shit, really, ALL the food I had in Vermont was the best I'd ever had, from simple stuff like burgers to the more expensive stuff like sushi and udon. Damn I miss the North.

 

[Someone Depressing]

Bits of sausage wrapped up in dried out, fried pancake batter.

I pretty much live on this stuff and I wonder why I'm so weak and fat.

 

[lacktheknack]

I'm going to be heading overseas for a long time in the near future... and they don't have Tim Hortons. ;_____;