Obama leaves with a taste of Ottawa's famous pastry (CBC)

From CBC News:

....And then Obama decided to further connect with Ottawa residents by walking into the city's Byward Market to order his very own BeaverTail.

Jessica Millen delivered an Obama Tail to U.S. President Barack Obama at Ottawa's Byward Market on Thursday. (CBC)A BeaverTail — for anyone not from Ottawa — is a flat, deep-fried, doughnut-like pastry that's served all year long, but often goes best with a skate on the Rideau Canal.

As Obama's motorcade made its way to the airport, it parked briefly about a block away from the BeaverTails kiosk in the Byward Market building.

In December, the owner and co-founder of the chain, Grant Hooker, was asked by the Canadian Tourism Commission whether he would be interested in taking the treat down to Obama's inauguration.

The invite came after Hooker invented a new BeaverTail to celebrate Obama's victory. The special Obama Tail has a chocolate "O" on top.

This time, Obama came to him.

"I'd just arrived from school to work," said Jessica Millen, who was working at the kiosk on Thursday. "Next thing I knew, an agent was in front of me asking if me or my other co-worker, Fiona, could come and deliver an Obama Tail to Mr. Obama."

Millen said that her co-worker was nice enough to let her go because she is such a big Obama fan.

"That felt actually overwhelming," she said. "I have no words. I felt like I was going to pass out. I felt sick. But I was so happy at the same time."

"We had a little conversation, and I told him what his tail consisted of," Millen said. "Then he asked me my name and I told him to have a great day."

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/02/19/ot-090219-obamacommute.html