LCBO Food & Drink Summer 2019

LOCAL FLAVOURS

Perch Tacos Recipe on page 152

Birdie’s Perch (Bustaurant & Takeaway) LEAMINGTON, ONTARIO | BIRDIESPERCH.CA

Have a fun summer dining experience by snacking on fresh fish tacos in this double-decker-bus restaurant. Here, you’ll get a taste of local perch (straight from nearby fishmonger Taylor Fish Company, where you can also pick up fresh perch). Birdie’s fish tacos are topped with all kinds of fresh ingredients including house-made pico de gallo salsa (made with the local tomatoes Leamington is known for) and Birdie’s signature sauce (which you can buy at the Point Pelee Trading Post next door).

If you can’t get yellow perch, local pickerel makes a great substitute in these recipes.

LOCAL XPA

Perch Please

Look for refreshing grapefruit notes, some body and straight- up hoppy bitterness in an XPA when you need a brew to cut through the multitude of flavours in crispy-battered fish- tacos. If you can’t find Sons of Kent near you, try Clifford Brewing Pinball Wizard IPA ( LCBO 507947, 473 mL, $3.25). Sons of Kent 8 Track XPA LCBO 570325, 473 mL, $3.25

If you love fresh Ontario perch—we sure do— these recipes that riff off three beloved restaurants’ most popular dishes, matched with local brews, will make your day.

BY VICTORIA WALSH | photography by james tse

BIRDIE’S PERCH PHOTO: SOUTHWEST ONTARIO TOURISM CORPORATION

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FOOD & DRINK SUMMER 2019