Snakes In The Ball Pit => Yay, I get to talk about me! => Topic started by: Caroline on October 13, 2014, 04:04:02 pm
Title: The most Canadian place in London, apparently
Post by: Caroline on October 13, 2014, 04:04:02 pm
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I walked past this place during my lunch break. It's supposed to be a Canadian bar, but when I went in it was exactly like an English one, except that they also served poutine. Somehow I feel like not a lot of effort went into this.
Also: Happy Thanksgiving.
Title: The most Canadian place in London, apparently
Post by: Agent (gobble, gobble) Coop on October 13, 2014, 04:14:04 pm
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I walked past this place during my lunch break. It's supposed to be a Canadian bar, but when I went in it was exactly like an English one, except that they also served poutine. Somehow I feel like not a lot of effort went into this.
Any place that serves poutine is doing the lords work. Unless their poutine sucks obviously.
Title: The most Canadian place in London, apparently
Post by: Boots Raingear on October 13, 2014, 04:25:16 pm
If they say "yous guys" and offer 8 differently named but otherwise identical lagers on tap, then you're practically in Canada there.
Title: The most Canadian place in London, apparently
Post by: Emperor Jack Chick on October 13, 2014, 06:52:04 pm
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I walked past this place during my lunch break. It's supposed to be a Canadian bar, but when I went in it was exactly like an English one, except that they also served poutine. Somehow I feel like not a lot of effort went into this.
Any place that serves poutine is doing the lords work. Unless their poutine sucks obviously. AgentSpoop, October 13, 2014, 04:14:04 pm
Yeah I assume it has hand-cut fries with a 3-cheese mixture including gruyere, brie, and mascarpone with marrow gravy on the side as a dipping sauce. Right?
Title: The most Canadian place in London, apparently
Post by: nigeline on October 13, 2014, 06:52:47 pm
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I walked past this place during my lunch break. It's supposed to be a Canadian bar, but when I went in it was exactly like an English one, except that they also served poutine. Somehow I feel like not a lot of effort went into this.
Any place that serves poutine is doing the lords work. Unless their poutine sucks obviously. AgentSpoop, October 13, 2014, 04:14:04 pm
Yeah I assume it has hand-cut fries with a 3-cheese mixture including gruyere, brie, and mascarpone with marrow gravy on the side as a dipping sauce. Right? jack the ripper chick, October 13, 2014, 06:52:04 pm
no, that's So-Can
Title: The most Canadian place in London, apparently
Post by: Caroline on October 14, 2014, 11:12:47 am
Actually I think that might be the recipe they use for the fancy poutine you can get at Broadway Market.
They like to put a sprig of rosemary on top, which in no way disguises the terrifying mixture beneath. Caroline, October 14, 2014, 11:12:47 am
That rosemary is just there to offer mocking contrast before your death from cardiac arrest, right? I also would have thought the English didn't need to borrow from Quebec for gravy starchy vegetable-free dishes.
I feel a truly terrible Canadian(TM) bar should have timbits for cocktail garnishes instead of olives or whatever the fuck. Just go all in you guys. Investigate further, Caroline. Maybe everything's secretly laced with maple syrup?
Title: The most Canadian place in London, apparently
Post by: Caroline on October 15, 2014, 04:08:54 pm
Yeah, we do love our potatoes and gravy, though strangely not in chip form.
Also, this is the first time I've ever heard the word 'timbits'.
Title: The most Canadian place in London, apparently
Post by: Lemon on October 15, 2014, 04:15:54 pm
Just cutting in briefly here to mention that Minneapolis has poutine with Kimchi and pork belly.
I'm going here this weekend (http://thelefthandedcook.com/menu-2)
Title: The most Canadian place in London, apparently
Post by: chai tea latte on October 15, 2014, 05:03:24 pm
Just cutting in briefly here to mention that Minneapolis has poutine with Kimchi and pork belly.
Gochujang and poutine, be still my beating heart. Gotta get me some of that.
Title: The most Canadian place in London, apparently
Post by: crow on October 15, 2014, 05:24:04 pm
I believe the most Canadian place in London is Canada Water
Title: The most Canadian place in London, apparently
Post by: Acierocolotl on October 15, 2014, 08:40:35 pm
"Timbits" are just a commercial name for doughnut holes. Little 3 cm doughnut balls. From a doughnut chain called Tim Hortons, named after a hockey player, and a supposedly Canadian institution (though owned by a US chain).
God, I'm starting to type like an old man here. Get off my damn lawn.
Title: The most Canadian place in London, apparently
Post by: Boots Raingear on October 16, 2014, 06:00:26 am
It's important to know that Timbits are named after a guy named Tim who died in a car crash.
Title: The most Canadian place in London, apparently
Post by: Caroline on October 16, 2014, 09:59:59 am
It's important to know that Timbits are named after a guy named Tim who died in a car crash. Boots Raingear, October 16, 2014, 06:00:26 am
So both tasty and tasteful, then? (Sorry.)
I did actually go to a Tim Hortons once (on my way to Kitchener-Waterloo), but at the time I wasn't on the lookout for Timbits. Oh well.
Title: The most Canadian place in London, apparently
Post by: Tiny Prancer on October 16, 2014, 07:07:27 pm
My family loves Tim Hortons. They're pretty limited in the states though and the only ones around are ones that are too far out to bother with unless we're already going on a road trip to that area.
I think what happened is they WERE a canadian chain and then they got bought out by the Wendy's corporation? I've often seen them as combination Tim Hortons/Wendys. I have also usually seen people avoid the Wendys side of the building for the Tim Hortons side.
Title: The most Canadian place in London, apparently
Post by: advancedclass on October 16, 2014, 09:24:04 pm
Goddammit, Boots. I'm telling the mounties on you. You are going to be looked at so sternly for spreading national secrets. advancedhomeschooling, October 16, 2014, 09:24:04 pm
As someone who gets most of their doughnuts from the gas station, I WANT TO BELIEVE IN THE GLORY OF THE TIMBITS.
Why must you destroy my vision of Canadian glory, Boots.
Title: The most Canadian place in London, apparently
Post by: Lemon on October 17, 2014, 12:54:58 pm
Goddammit, Boots. I'm telling the mounties on you. You are going to be looked at so sternly for spreading national secrets. advancedhomeschooling, October 16, 2014, 09:24:04 pm
As someone who gets most of their doughnuts from the gas station, I WANT TO BELIEVE IN THE GLORY OF THE TIMBITS.
Timbits are actually perfectly fine but all other aspects of Tim Hortons are basically awful. Don't worry! There is still some hope from our great land.
... But stop buying gas station doughnuts dude that shit is nasty.
Title: The most Canadian place in London, apparently
Post by: nigeline on October 17, 2014, 03:27:11 pm
I LOVE A Baker's Wife and Sarah Jane's, but I am lazy (I don't drive). And sometimes I just want a strange pineapple-filled bismark for less than a dollar.
Is maple candy popular in Canada? It should be, since that shit's deeeeelicious.
Title: The most Canadian place in London, apparently
Post by: chai tea latte on October 17, 2014, 04:36:30 pm
I LOVE A Baker's Wife and Sarah Jane's, but I am lazy (I don't drive). And sometimes I just want a strange pineapple-filled bismark for less than a dollar.
Is maple candy popular in Canada? It should be, since that shit's deeeeelicious. nigeline, October 17, 2014, 03:27:11 pm
well i mean tourists buy it, and maybe there are a few in those big biscuit tins? i don't think we do this.
it's real sugary-sweet, mostly we just eat kinder surprise eggs (while facing the border & laughing derisively)
Title: The most Canadian place in London, apparently
Post by: nigeline on October 17, 2014, 04:54:16 pm
I LOVE A Baker's Wife and Sarah Jane's, but I am lazy (I don't drive). And sometimes I just want a strange pineapple-filled bismark for less than a dollar.
Is maple candy popular in Canada? It should be, since that shit's deeeeelicious. nigeline, October 17, 2014, 03:27:11 pm
well i mean tourists buy it, and maybe there are a few in those big biscuit tins? i don't think we do this.
it's real sugary-sweet, mostly we just eat kinder surprise eggs (while facing the border & laughing derisively) freaky wapiti, October 17, 2014, 04:36:30 pm
Damn you. I really want to have the potential to kill small children while eating chocolate, you know?
Title: The most Canadian place in London, apparently
Post by: advancedclass on October 17, 2014, 05:21:22 pm
well i mean tourists buy it, and maybe there are a few in those big biscuit tins? i don't think we do this.
it's real sugary-sweet, mostly we just eat kinder surprise eggs (while facing the border & laughing derisively) freaky wapiti, October 17, 2014, 04:36:30 pm
Damn you. I really want to have the potential to kill small children while eating chocolate, you know? nigeline, October 17, 2014, 04:54:16 pm
I have a triceratops with a moving jaw that came from a kinder egg and a fuzzy rhino. Which, yeah, probably beats maple candy. I think with maple stuff, the more processed and the further removed from the tree it gets, the less amazing it is, and a little bit goes a very long way.
... Is this just the general Canada thread now?
(kal-elk, your spooky Halloween name makes me feel like I'm back in my hometown, which is appropriately terrifying)
Title: The most Canadian place in London, apparently
Post by: Caroline on October 17, 2014, 05:23:46 pm
I LOVE A Baker's Wife and Sarah Jane's, but I am lazy (I don't drive). And sometimes I just want a strange pineapple-filled bismark for less than a dollar.
Is maple candy popular in Canada? It should be, since that shit's deeeeelicious. nigeline, October 17, 2014, 03:27:11 pm
well i mean tourists buy it, and maybe there are a few in those big biscuit tins? i don't think we do this.
it's real sugary-sweet, mostly we just eat kinder surprise eggs (while facing the border & laughing derisively) freaky wapiti, October 17, 2014, 04:36:30 pm
Damn you. I really want to have the potential to kill small children while eating chocolate, you know? nigeline, October 17, 2014, 04:54:16 pm
Don't you have those in the US?
Title: The most Canadian place in London, apparently
Post by: Emperor Jack Chick on October 17, 2014, 10:45:29 pm
I LOVE A Baker's Wife and Sarah Jane's, but I am lazy (I don't drive). And sometimes I just want a strange pineapple-filled bismark for less than a dollar.
Is maple candy popular in Canada? It should be, since that shit's deeeeelicious. nigeline, October 17, 2014, 03:27:11 pm
well i mean tourists buy it, and maybe there are a few in those big biscuit tins? i don't think we do this.
it's real sugary-sweet, mostly we just eat kinder surprise eggs (while facing the border & laughing derisively) freaky wapiti, October 17, 2014, 04:36:30 pm
Damn you. I really want to have the potential to kill small children while eating chocolate, you know? nigeline, October 17, 2014, 04:54:16 pm
Kinder Eggs are banned from the USA because despite being marketed for small children, the toys in them are small enough to be choking hazards. This is commonly misinterpreted as them being banned because Americans are too dumb to not stuff the entire egg in their mouths and choke on the plastic capsule.
Title: The most Canadian place in London, apparently
Post by: Caroline on October 18, 2014, 11:23:12 am
I LOVE A Baker's Wife and Sarah Jane's, but I am lazy (I don't drive). And sometimes I just want a strange pineapple-filled bismark for less than a dollar.
Is maple candy popular in Canada? It should be, since that shit's deeeeelicious. nigeline, October 17, 2014, 03:27:11 pm
well i mean tourists buy it, and maybe there are a few in those big biscuit tins? i don't think we do this.
it's real sugary-sweet, mostly we just eat kinder surprise eggs (while facing the border & laughing derisively) freaky wapiti, October 17, 2014, 04:36:30 pm
Damn you. I really want to have the potential to kill small children while eating chocolate, you know? nigeline, October 17, 2014, 04:54:16 pm
Inside the chocolate shell is an enormous, bright-yellow plastic capsule, and inside the capsule is a toy. Personally I think they taste kind of gross, but they're no more likely to kill your children than lego.
Title: The most Canadian place in London, apparently
Post by: nigeline on October 18, 2014, 10:24:06 pm
I LOVE A Baker's Wife and Sarah Jane's, but I am lazy (I don't drive). And sometimes I just want a strange pineapple-filled bismark for less than a dollar.
Is maple candy popular in Canada? It should be, since that shit's deeeeelicious. nigeline, October 17, 2014, 03:27:11 pm
well i mean tourists buy it, and maybe there are a few in those big biscuit tins? i don't think we do this.
it's real sugary-sweet, mostly we just eat kinder surprise eggs (while facing the border & laughing derisively) freaky wapiti, October 17, 2014, 04:36:30 pm
Damn you. I really want to have the potential to kill small children while eating chocolate, you know? nigeline, October 17, 2014, 04:54:16 pm
Inside the chocolate shell is an enormous, bright-yellow plastic capsule, and inside the capsule is a toy. Personally I think they taste kind of gross, but they're no more likely to kill your children than lego. Caroline, October 18, 2014, 11:23:12 am
Sorry, their forbidden nature makes them ALL THE MORE DELICIOUS. Plus, the toys are kind of fun.
Title: The most Canadian place in London, apparently
Post by: Acierocolotl on October 19, 2014, 02:38:37 pm
Maple *anything* as a cultural *anything* is essentially Quebecois. There's a sliver of maple syrup production in far-eastern Ontario and a bit in Maine, but 90% of the world production is in la belle province. So there exists a Quebecois maple cartel as a result of this. If you have enjoyed real maple recently, you have done so with the blessing of the Cartel.
Anyway, maple-sugar candies? Yes, we do that. But by "we" I don't mean Canada to the west of Ottawa. I mean the parts where French is spoken. (And I don't know about the Maritime provinces, to be fair. Probably not those guys either.) Those candies are rather nice, though I rarely eat sugary things. They're less sweet than an equivalent hard-sugar candy, but still more sugary than I care for.
Title: The most Canadian place in London, apparently
Post by: Isfahan on October 26, 2014, 01:02:33 pm