Exotic Wedding Destinations: Dining and Bargain Hunting in Alaska

Though Alaska is famous the world over for its seafood, it’s hardly the only food available here. The local Blueberry pie and sourdough pancakes are some other delicacies that are worth sampling.

Seafood and the Salmon Bake

Don’t forget to sample an authentic Alaskan salmon bake. This is a buffet styled feast that offers the diner salmon as well as a wide choice of grilled seafood accompanied by a variety of breads, salads and scrumptious desserts. These salmon bakes are renowned for the fresh Alaskan ingredients used to prepare this sumptuous fare.

Alaskan king crab, halibut fresh out of the water, as well as oysters from the Prince William Sound are just a few of the delectable seafood selections you will find on the menu. Seafood lovers can rejoice – virtually every part of this land offers mouth watering treasures from the sea.

Wild Game as You’ve Never had it Before

Ethnic dishes in Alaska if not featuring seafood, will typically have wild game meat as a staple. Loin of caribou is a popular dish as is moose, reindeer and elk meats. Alaskan chefs can prepare wild game to give it the kind of texture and taste you would be hard pressed to find anywhere else.

Restaurants for Every Taste

If game meat and seafood are not your idea of a dinner selection, there are a number of Russian inspired restaurants as well as the usual mix of Italian, continental fare, and Thai restaurants.

For the Shopper in All of Us

Even if you are not a true bargain hunter or a shopaholic, it will be impossible to leave Alaska without some sort of native souvenirs. There are many finely crafted native goods made with unusual materials such as baleen, ivory from the walrus and fur from a variety of creatures. There is a fine selection of boutique shops, specialty stores and outlets selling native Alaskan goods that are hard to pass up. You can expect to pay a high price for such unique items as sculptures created from the fossilized bones of whales, moose or walrus.

Native Alaskans still practice the ancient art of scrimshaw, and some exquisite examples of this art form can be found here. Fur lovers can choose from a variety of clothing made of beaver, fox, mink, muskrat wolf or lynx. Choose from scarves, mukluks, purses and headbands besides gorgeous floor length fur coats.

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