Hey everyone we are here today at Inn at the Forks in
Winnipeg. We are super excited to be spending 24 hours exploring The Forks
and today we're gonna share with you our favourite things to do if you have a day
here.
So the hotel at The Forks is called Inn at the Forks.
This is our first time here and this is our room.
The room is absolutely gorgeous! The number one thing
that I would want to mention about this room is the fantastic view.
It is the most perfect view of the CMHR
and the downtown Winnipeg skyline. The room we are staying in is the
Junior Suite, it's got everything you could possibly want and it features
some products from Riverstone Spa which is here at the hotel,
so I can't wait to try those out later as well.
A highlight at the forks is all of the amazing food options that you can try
out, so we're gonna head on over to the
market for lunch.
I'm gonna get three tacos, I love these tacos.
Everything feels like, I don't know, just super fresh,
super yummy. It's the perfect food for a summer day.
Beef roti! Potato, chickpeas and beef; so good. So the first meal I ever had at
The Forks in the 90s was at Bindy's. I think
they've been around over 30 years and it still tastes as
good as it did that day I first walked in there.
Thank you Bindy's!
This is a sparkling moscato rosé and it's
amazing. I love it. Problem is I could drink the whole bottle.
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Yeah, it's super easy, there's lots of cute places to bike around The Forks
and it was such a nice little ride over the bridge. The bridge is beautiful!
It's the most perfect day so far, so I highly recommend doing the bike thing if
you can when you're at The Forks. We got the salted caramel crepe. The
salted caramel is really really good but it's not crazy (sweet)
like some salted caramel is too sweet, this is perfect.
We're only at The Forks for a day so we've spent just a little bit of time
exploring on the bikes. But if you had multiple nights that you were spending
at Inn at the Forks
it would be a great way to pass an
afternoon to get the bikes and just come on over to St.
Boniface and explore for as long as you possibly could. It's gorgeous over here.
How it's time for cocktails and here at The Forks there is no better place to do
that than Smith, so we are going to head on over to
the patio and try a couple of different drinks out.
That's very good. It's perfect. Very, very summery. All I saw was absinthe
and grapefruit and I figured it was for me.
Yeah, that's nice. That warms the cockles. You also have the option of ordering
food here. They have some amazing choices on the menus, lots of delicious
things to choose from.
One of the great walks at the forks is walking from the forks market to Niizhoziibean.
Along the way you'll pass the Prairie
Garden, the Oodena Celebration Circle and you'll get to cross the historic
rail bridge.
The Forks isn't just a confluence of two rivers, the Red and the Assiniboine,
it's also a confluence of cultures and community, and that's pretty awesome.
One of the things that I am loving about today is
exploring a place that we come to pretty often
and seeing brand new things for us. I've never wandered over to the South
Point lands before. I can't remember ever crossing this
bridge, I've seen the mural on the bridge in
other people's photos, but I don't think I've ever
had a chance to see it with my own eyes. And so
it just feels really special to be able to come and
take in more of one of the places that we love to visit.
For dinner tonight we've decided to go back to The Forks Market for one of
Winnipeg's best meals at Passero.
We might need to buy a bottle of St-Germain for our apartment.
So this is a Passero gin and tonic, it's got some basil in there. It's perfect.
I would say it's predominantly Italian
with other flavors fused into it. It's just like small plates sharing
style food from all over.
Am I tearing up? I think i'm tearing up. It's so good.
What I enjoy about it the most is it's got these like
pieces of pistachio in it so that's part of what gives it the crunch,
but then there's also I think jicama and maybe apple –
yes, apple – so it has like a bunch of different textures to it
which I find really tasty. And to me it's just like a
summery garden salad. I just find it really
really delicious. Here's the beef short rib these are
crispy potatoes that go along with it and then it's got like a creme fraiche
with chives or green onions and then it's like a black
truffle au jus.
Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god. This is probably one of the best dishes
I have ever had. Knowing that this food is here,
it's what makes me feel proud to call Winnipeg my home, knowing that there's
restaurants that serve food like this in the city.
It's ridiculous...
It's just like... it's the best thing ever.
My favourite cappuccino in Winnipeg. So good. So good
This is our breakfast. This is a chocolate croissant
of some kind from Tall Grass Prairie Bakery.
It's fresh, so messy. This definitely is an almond croissant
but just also with chocolate. It's super buttery and very very tasty.
Crispy. Soft.
I do feel a little guilty eating this. There's so many joggers
and cyclists, they're all getting their workouts,
this is our workout.
The last thing that we chose to do during our visit was just
wander The Forks site and take in all of the public art
and unique attractions. There's so many cool things to see here.
If you have a little bit more time to spend here, another great thing to do is
to visit one of the museums that are close by,
such as the CMHR or the Children's Museum.
So that's how we spent our 24 hours here at The Forks let us know in the comments
below how you would spend your day here! And don't forget to like the video and
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