To be honest I don't think I could stop eating this
Good morning from what is quickly becoming one of our new favourite cities in the entire
world today we are in what some people call the Hollywood of the north and we are going
on our third food tour we've done Portland we've done Seattle and now that we've crossed
the border into Canada the food game changes completely the only thing we know for sure
about Canadian food is poutine so we quickly made a list last night of all of the top Canadian
foods that we want to try and of course poutine has made it onto the list but there's a few
surprises on there as well and a lot of sweet treats I'm so excited for today
We have decided to start our day the True Canadian way with a Tim Hortons coffee the
line was massive and you can tell it's super popular I was gonna get a London Fog which
is a drink that is everywhere here in Vancouver but I Googled it quickly and it's an Earl
Gray latte with vanilla syrup which sounds amazing but I need coffee after yesterday
so I went for the original blend black coffee in a large
nice strong coffee Tim Hortons is somewhat of a Canadian institution opened back in like
the 1960s when an NHL player Tim Horton and like his business partner decided to go into
the coffee game they expanded so quickly throughout all of Canada and America that I believe in
the year 2000 they opened their 2000th store it's crazy from 1960s to 2000s to open 2000
stores and they are worldwide now I love and I hope they have this at all of the locations
there's like a little Maple Leaf on the lid it's so Canadian I love it
I looked up before we got there what it is that Canadians typically want to get when
they go to Tim Hortons I didn't believe it because it's so cold but apparently iced cap
is the thing that they like
whoa I didn't expect that that's weird it's really nice I don't know if there's like is
there nuts in here I didn't look up what's in the ice cap I just said I wanted it
maybe its like hazelnut, yum yours is a lot sweeter than mine yeah
not gonna lie the temptation to get an Aqua bus today was through the roof because we
walked for so long yesterday but we are going to be spending a lot of money on food today
so it's a half hour walk to get butter tarts
yesterday we did a full Seattle tour day where we walked around and saw as much as we could
and it was incredible today we're not even supposed to be doing that we're walking pretty
much the same way we walked last time but on the other side of the lake it's still blowing
our minds like this is a complete walkway between like a tranquil Lake and City skylines
with Gardens and animals and it's just so peaceful but yet in the city I don't understand
it this is why it's quickly become one of our favorite cities in the world you're in
the city but it's quiet and peaceful and relaxing it's just such a nice blend of Nature and
the city it's going to be a good day
we just went into a really cute bakery called Tartine bread and pies it looked gorgeous
it smelled amazing and we got a butter tart I had seen these around the place a lot but
didn't really know what it was so didn't really look twice at it but when we were researching
this did come up a lot of times apparently even in 2013 it became one of the national
foods of Canada which is insane so we had to try it apparently it's going to be quite
Regional so in places like Quebec it can be a bit Duty they're a bit more caramelized
but in places like Ontario it's a more of a runny filling I don't really know what Vancouver's
specialty is smells good
wow that looks caramelly yeah all right okay
Wow that is like a short bread crust with a caramel inside I can see why this is like
a quintessential Canadian dessert that is incredible really really crumbly shortbread
but the inside oh with Food Tours we try and be like if there's something like this that
we can just try and save for later or tomorrow we will do that because things like poutine
you can't really save that for later that way we can spread the food across and we don't
end the day feeling full to the brim of amazing foods but to be honest I don't think I can
stop eating this I really want to finish it I'll finish this and you can have something
else
I've just found out that there's little raisins in there which I think is another specialty
of certain places they fill them with raisins
you see it yeah
Time for poutine
we've finally got our hands on poutine which is definitely the thing we're most excited
for in this food tour the original plan was to go to somewhere called mean poutine but
they weren't open yet so instead we went to the Templeton which is like a 1950s Style
Diner and they've tried to keep it as original as possible so it has all the little booths
and the little jukeboxes on each table which is so cool and in the 1950s is when poutine
was actually like invented or came to life so The Story Goes that away to just chucked
some cheese curds onto a customer's order of fries and gravy and it kind of just blew
up since then and now Poutine is so synonymous with Canada that I'm pretty sure like macca's
in KFC serve it on the menu I'm so excited
oh my God my mouth is watering so much
two for two Canada, Poutine incredible, butter tart amazing the coffee was awesome too oh
I could live in Vancouver very happily look at that melty cheese
this is a family-friendly YouTube and I almost swore just then that was so good this is one
of those things that like when you're exhausted or hungover this will just hit the spot like
nothing else God tastes so good I also feel like it would be something of a comfort food
like that in winter when you're all cold and you need something cozy to warm up your insides
oh who thought something so simple three ingredients could be that amazing whoa
we ate that way too quickly now we're going back to Granville Island for a couple of sweet
treats
wow I saw her making it, be ready for this we read that a Montreal bagel is something
we have to get here while you're in Canada and that is a bagel that's cooked a little
bit differently and is thinner and a little bit more dense so we went and we asked for
a Montreal bagel and he said no that doesn't exist but they have the Montreal Bagel which
is Montreal smoked meat yeah I saw her making it, ooh baby the number one recommended place
to go is Siegels Bagels at Granville Islands that's where we've come and they have like
a proper Brick Oven where they cook the bagels and they put them all on this massive wooden
paddle thing and put them in the Open Flame it's so much fun to watch I didn't see them
make it so I'm excited really doesn't look like something we would
normally eat at all looks a bit gross but Montreal baby
It's really messy it doesn't actually taste that bad I quite like it it's got a mustard
and pickles on it as well so you're getting the mustard quite strong which I love is it
like is it like bacon smoking Smoky beef
it is so oily
The Bagel is like a bit crispier and thinner it kind of does taste like bacon a little
bit
it's like a smoky ham Smoky bacon Tangy mustard on a crispy bake
to end our Canada DIY food tour we're hoping to find somewhere that makes maple Taffy there
should be two spots in Granville Island that are doing it so hopefully they're open
it's closed the maple Taffy man isn't there today but we got a sample of a nanaimo bar
which apparently is like a British Columbia delicacy mmm
it's like fudge I don't know what that creamy stuff was but it was really good and then
a layer of chocolate on top there is a fudge guy in there so maybe we could get some Maple
fudge if that's a thing you need to have maple syrup today that's so Canadian
so busy in those markets there's always a relief when we get out I love this I'm so
excited where do you want to go we ended up finding some Maple fudge and a maple syrup
lollipop which is in a maple leaf shape I'm so excited this tiny amount of fudge was $9.95
I think wow that's sweet this will last us a long time that bite is probably enough for
the day of fudge though sugary and sweet I feel like my mouth's all stuck together like
I had a Jar full of peanut butter in lieu of maple Taffy we have maple fudge
I really like it I was reading some recent reviews of that place and they were saying
that it was all dry and crumbly but it's pretty good this is a hundred percent maple syrup
lollipop I saw someone had this yesterday when we were at the gas Town steam clock and
ever since then I've been keeping my eye out because I really wanted to get one because
it looks so cute I don't know how to open it though somebody
mm-hmm oh it tastes exactly how you think it would taste it tastes like a caramel lollipop
Canada.
So we did Miss quite a few things on our list today the maple Taffy which looks so much
fun I want to keep an eye out for that because it looks like they make this like maple syrup
concoction and then pour it over ice and that's somehow like makes it a lollipop which looks
so much fun also a beaver tail which we've heard of apparently they're sold more in the
mountains and like ski lodges and stuff so hopefully we'll see one in our next spot because
tomorrow we are going to the adventure capital of Canada