but first I have to stop off in 7-eleven
I think I want
it's really a rainy day so it's actually ideal to stay inside I know Ihave to
step out pretty soon and go exploring more but in the meanwhile I'm gonna
have some of my 7 Eleven
mocha coffee and some cookies.
here we are outside of Vancouver airport's 7-eleven. There are seven
Elevens in Vancouver. This is the first one I'm stumbling upon right now so
let's go ahead, let's check it out and let's get something to eat because I'm
hungry! they've got vegan date balls whatever
those are. I find it cool but a little weird that I
was immediately greeted by these vegan desserts. health-conscious
is not your typical 7-eleven but I hear there's a strong vegan community in
Vancouver. Now this is more like the 7-eleven I know back in the (United) States. Here
you have your Western bakery goods.
Healthy... sort of healthy... this is more like it ...party cake flavored protein bar.
the chocolate sections of 7 Elevens here are surprisingly large with many
types of chocolate bars I have never seen. To sustain that chocolate fix
here is your times two chocolate bar selection! Mr. big is very big. So is Mr. crunchy.
And Mega Load (chocolates). This is three I guess peanut butter cookies
in one. It's a large variety of KitKat's from bars two wafers and some flavors
that I know we don't have the United States. There's green tea and white
chocolate. The packaging is much nicer too - $4.99 - you got this giant size KitKat. These are
Aero chocolates they're kind of like air chocolates I'm not sure if I like them
yet. They're light and airy on the inside. That's why they're Aero- it kind of
look like that. I feel like they'll fool me into eating more because I'm thinking
that I'm dieting. This is my breakfast. This and chai latte. Off-hand,
the Vancouver 7 Eleven prices look a little more expensive than the United States
ones, but I forget that we're talking in Canadian dollars. So after conversion it
might be a little similar.
I've seen like lichee Mentos in Borneo. This is my first time seeing watermelon.
Every 7-eleven has an instant noodles section, but with Vancouver there's one
difference. There are three languages on the packaging. Vancouver's two (official) languages
are English and French.
However supposedly Chinese is the second most widely spoken language. Wow that's
just too many words! We have your obligatory Western jerky meats. If we
were in Asia this would be replaced by dried seafood. Now this is cool, I guess you
can have a P.O. box here - here's your average staple of soft drinks not so
average. Cranberry, cherry, peach... and of course it has the French. Zero Sucre (aka french for sugar)..
These "Two Leaves" brand sure must be a favorite. Signature drink of 7-elevens... Slurpee!
Sour patch kids flavor ? The hot and cold meals are similar to the west with salads
and cold cut sandwiches. the difference is this in Vancouver Asian flavors
influence food. That ramen bowl is actually pretty popular a lot of pan Asian people
that I see going in there buy it and I think that's because it's
inexpensive, it's semi fresh because they cook it there and they prepare it right on the spot.
Tat one is actually got some moist noodles to it and so they
cook it up for you if they kind of make it feel like it's kind of fresh. For
three dollars I got instant ramen with me. Super hungry- this looks
really good and inviting right now. It's very cold outside, maybe around 40
degrees Celsius (I meant Farenheit). This is how I like my noodles --they're gonna like springy sprongy.
I can smell the sriracha sauce as well as green onions mixing with the
miso soup!
okay this soup is actually really good. I've kind of got this nice thickness to it.
Got the sriracha sauce giving me my back of my throat a
little bit of burn. Actually really pretty good for three dollar meal! I also
got this for $3.50
bubble tea cocoa.
little weird. The boba... there's actually kind of like with jelly.
The texture of it is kind of weird like gelatin. I'm not sure ...it's definitely not
my favorite. I kind of like the tapioca balls a whole lot more. Cappucino, tea powder, syrup
okay well either way, it tastes like there's a bit of carnation milk or creamer in here. I'm still not too fond of the jelly boba.
Together that cost about six dollars and fifty cents Canadian. In American
money that would be four dollars and 85 cents.
For travelers, things you should know is that if by any chance you need a SIM
card or you need a data plan then you can purchase it here. The card itself
runs around eleven dollars and then the first gigabyte will be around thirty or
thirty-five dollars. Additionally to that so you kind of
making a bit of an investment you can also purchase your sky train tickets
here as well as your reloadable card or C card. And now I'm absolutely full, I
got myself a breakfast skillet pizza slice ...well two of them. I just think
in case I get the munchies tonight or I kind of want a quick breakfast in the
morning. Til then, travels safe, smar and fun, I will see you in a Vancouver and let
the GRRR be with you. Until then travel safe smart and fun and made GRRR be with you.
I've also noticed on this street in particular though it's kind of a lot of...