Mountainoak Cheese Grand Opening - New Hamburg, Ontario


Do you love cheese? Well here is a special invite for you for the grand opening of Mountainoak Cheese. Located in New Hamburg between Stratford and Kitchener, Ontario, it sounds like a great day trip for September 15, 2012!



You are invited to the

Grand Opening

 

Mountainoak Cheese Ltd

3165 Huron Road
New Hamburg, Ontario
 

Saturday, September 15, 2012

Open House - 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

 

Official Opening - 11:00 a.m.

"Come out and enjoy self-guided tours of the processing plant, cheese sampling and tasting, and information about cheese making."
"A complimentary lunch will be served at noon."

We look forward to seeing you there!

Adam and Hannie van Bergeijk
* although all refreshments are complimentary, in response to recent hurricane damage in Haiti, we will provide opportunity for free-will donations to 'Mission to Haiti Canada'.


A Day at the CNE - Canadian National Exhibition

I had the opportunity to visit the Canadian National Exhibition last week to cover the Grate Canadian Grilled Cheese Competition as a VIP media guest. I only ever visted the EX (as locals call it) once and that was 13 years ago, just before I moved to Canada. Founded in 1879 it is Canadas largest annual community event and the seventh largest fair in North America. It is located on 192 acres of beautiful lakefront property at Exhibition Place, just west of Toronto’s downtown core. 


I took the GO train, to avoid the Toronto morning rush hour, and arrived about 9:30 am and as you can see from the above and below photos, that it was pretty empty. The actual opening time was 10:00 am.


I like the idea in the below photo, of a water bottle fill-up station. 


There were food vendors everywhere, including Pizza Pizza (below photo) a favorite of Canadians.


Then I found the Food Building, which have everything imaginable inside. If I hadn't been full from gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches at the competition, I would have opted for one of my favorites, the Colossal Onion.  Its a take on Outbacks Bloomin Onion, which I miss because we only have one Outback Steakhouse left in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Too bad I didn't even read the sign that I would have received a free spiral spud taster.  Oh well, my arteries didn't need it. 

Left to Right: Colossal Onion, Spiral Spuds, Onion Rings.
Now if your a bacon lover, this next stand is for you. Bacon Nation! Yes, I did make a turkey recently all wrapped in bacon, but....


A bacon wrapped deep fried Mars bar. NO THANKS. lol


You can also get a deep fried mars bar without the bacon, at the booth pictured below.


Inside the Direct Energy building was a really cool display of Sand Castles.


The CNE takes place for the 18 days leading up to and including Labor Day and culminates with a three day air show.