Nunavut Going Out
Food and Drink
Things to know: In group meals, elders are usually served first. Alcohol is controlled in Nunavut and in some communities is prohibited. Hotels and restaurants in Iqaluit are licensed.
Regional specialities:
• Arctic char (with a taste somewhere between salmon and trout) is served in many ways - as well as sampling it stewed, baked or smoked, try it dried for a true northern experience.
• Mussels, scallops (especially from Cumberland Sound), clams, turbot (especially from the Baffin region) and Greenland shrimp.
• Musk ox and caribou.
• Local bannock (a simple unleavened bread dough cooked slowly in a frying pan, baked or boiled), which kept for weeks in an easily transportable form, was a favourite of early Arctic explorers.
• Raw whale blubber and skin, known as maktaaq or muktuk, is a highly prized local speciality - despite whaling being frowned upon internationally.
Regional drinks:
• Melting glacier ice is collected and provides water in many communities. Bottled water is available.
Legal Drinking Age: 19.
Tipping: It is customary to tip 15% in bars and restaurants.
Shopping
Shopping hours: Mon-Fri 1000-2000, Sat 1000-1800 (although these may vary regionally). Stores are also permitted to open on Sundays, although not all do so.
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