| Many Nunavut restaurants and hotels offer delicious, well-prepared "country foods." Caribou, a northern staple, is widely available. Very nutritious and low in fat, it is a good choice for the diet-conscious. Muskox, largely available in the Kitikmeot, is very much like well-marbled beef and well worth trying. Other Arctic favorites include Arctic char – with a delicate taste that lies between salmon and trout. Scallops gathered from Cumberland Sound or turbot from the Baffin region are sometimes available at restaurants. Greenland shrimp is also a local favorite. |
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| Local restaurants often include some kind of "northern" appetizers or combination entrees on their menus. This may include maktaaq, which is the outer layer of skin from whales (beluga and narwhal), served raw. An Inuit delicacy, this food is very warming because of its high caloric content. But for the novice, unless you like whale-flavored chewing gum, it's best not to chew it much. A common method of eating maktaaq is to cut it into small bits and swallow whole. |
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