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Exploring Hidden Gems On My Canadian Road Trip!
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Jul 8, 2025
🇨🇦 9 Days. 5 Provinces. Endless Food. 🍟🍁 Come with me on an epic Canadian road trip as we eat our way from Ottawa to Halifax and back — hitting Quebec City, Rivière-du-Loup, Moncton, Peggy’s Cove, Antigonish, and more! From my first lobster roll 🦞 to birthday tacos 🌮, donairs, and even a steak & cheese waffle 🧇 — this trip was all about discovering what real Canadian food tastes like across provinces. 🔻 Here's what you’ll see in this video: 🍔 Day-by-day food highlights 🦞 Local eats like donair, poutine, lobster rolls 🎉 My 30th birthday celebration in Halifax 🚗 Travel moments from city to city 🐶 Dog-friendly pit stops 📍 Map animations to track our journey ✈️ Whether you're planning your own Canadian East Coast trip or just love food travel content — this one’s for you! 👇 COMMENT BELOW: Which dish should I recreate next on the channel? SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHANNEL: https://cutt.ly/pjrdIQ8
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Hey all, welcome back. Of course, this
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is a different kind of video. I'm not in
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my kitchen right now. We're actually on
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the way back from a road trip from Nova
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Scotia about nine or so days, including
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time on the road. I saw all kinds of
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things, ate all kinds of food. Had
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Canada Day celebrated over there.
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The US Independence Day, 4th of July, my
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birthday was there. The Big 30 made some
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home-cooked food. had some home-cooked
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food made for me, which was awesome, and
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had all sorts of American and Canadian
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treats. Let's take a look right now. So,
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we actually kicked off from Ottawa and
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our first stop was going to be Quebec
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City. Now, I've seen Quebec City, but
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not my misses. So, it was a good chance
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for us to have a couple of hours in
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Quebec City, spend the night there, and
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then have the longer stretch about 9
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hours or so from Quebec City all the way
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to Halifax. And if you're anything like
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me, then you're going to have to clean
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out your fridge before you head out on a
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road trip like this. So, I had some
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potatoes and zucchini that would have
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definitely gone bad. So, that turned
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into an amazing sandwich. I was
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surprised by it. Usually, I don't like
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cooked zucchini that much, so this is
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going to be something I'm going to be
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having way more often. And of course, I
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had to smash some chicken McNuggets
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to make this a road trip. And Quebec
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City is beautiful. Nice European feel,
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old Europe kind of feel. Lots of maple
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products of course. And we were just
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really craving some Lebanese meat pies.
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Had some Nashville style chicken
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burgers. And the popcorn was pretty
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good. It was a Quebec style blend that
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we got. We previously have had the
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Chicago blend and overall a short but
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nice stop.
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Then from Quebec City, our next stop was
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Rivier Dulu. It's pretty close from
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Quebec City, about 2 to 3 hours away.
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And I'm telling you, the views driving
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into Rivier Dulu are some of the most
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amazing views I've ever seen.
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We stopped at a small cafe and had a
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really nice, refreshing lunch.
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Now, after that lunch at Rivier Dulu, we
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actually headed off for our next stop,
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which ended up being Monton. We did make
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a quick pit stop at Edmonston for the
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first Atlantic Canadian supertore, but
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that's a different story. And during
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that journey to Monton, I just kind of
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went crazy on all the fluids. So, I was
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kind of desperate to get to Monton, and
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I was so glad I made it. But we had this
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amazing cold from Tim Hortons. I had a
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double double. Actually had my first
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double double when I first came to
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Canada for my school. And that's a super
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nostalgic drink. I know it's all watery,
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creamy, not real coffee anymore. I've
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heard Tims used to be something much
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more special than what it is right now,
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but it still took me back and it always
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does.
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Monton was needed for a quick refresher.
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We had a quick Greekstyle platter and we
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were back on the road.
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At Monton, I really like the vibe of
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that place. Like it was like just a
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crazy party town it seemed like. And I'm
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not sure if it's like that every day,
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but it just looked way more lively than
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where I lived. And eventually we crossed
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New Brunswick where Monton was and
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entered Nova Scotia. It was beautiful.
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Windmills, the entrance to the
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provincial border. That area was like
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super well done, better than anything
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I've seen in Ontario or Quebec or New
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Brunswick for that matter. And right
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before we got to our destination where
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we're going to be staying for the next 8
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or 9 days, we had to make a stop at
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Truro for a quick DQ break. Now, the
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first place that I went to that was
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recommended to me
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was Beefy Weiner. And that place was so
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good, I fell in love with it that I went
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there twice back to back the next two
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days. If you ever go there, you better
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check out that place. Now, day one in
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Nova Scotia was for my birthday, and we
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drove in to the city, and it's always
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fun to explore something you never have
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visited before. So, we just walked all
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over, saw all kinds of things, went to
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all the tourist spots. I got my favorite
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cider, went to a Mexican joint, had some
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amazing fresh tacos.
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Chocolate lava cake is my favorite. And
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of course, there was some hot chocolate.
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Awesome dessert. Awesome end to the day.
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And this is a view from Citadel Hill.
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The next day, we went into Peggy's Cove.
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And we also saw the Swiss Air Memorial
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that's right around the corner from
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Peggy's Cove. But before that, I smashed
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another round of beefy wiener. And we
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took in the views, the water. It was a
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perfect day, especially because the
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previous day was super misty and foggy
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and this was the perfect time to have
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some lobster roll, some fresh pizza,
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donire bites, and some chocolatey
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espresso milkshakes to end the day. Now,
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we had this trip booked to Shuganagari
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River. It's a fun word to say, try to
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say it. Shanagari. But before that, I
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had to make a stop at a pee wiener. I
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had something that was off the menu.
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They didn't have a name for it yet. They
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just called it the new burger. So maybe
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they've put a name to that burger now,
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but it was super good. The actual
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rafting, the area it was in, had no
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reception. And our first stop, which we
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thought was the spot for our rafting,
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was the wrong spot. Thankfully, the
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person at the reception was able to find
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out where our actual reservations were
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at, which is about 20 minutes or 15
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minutes drive away. And we made it just
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in time. Fun fact, that's the only spot
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in the world, I'm told, where you can do
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river rafting up river. We were pretty
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hungry after that. And then we just
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ended up celebrating the rest of Canada
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Day with just some donuts, some Tim
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Hortons, the local donaire in the form
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of pizza and a wrap and then some
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coffee. But then right after had ice
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cream before heading back home and
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smashing some McDonald's and that pizza
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bit. So, we decided to do some whale
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watching. And for that, we had to cross
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two islands using a ferry. Now, I've
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never done that. So, it's really cool to
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literally drive your car onto a boat
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that then hopped from one end of the
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island to the other. And by the end of
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it, we were at the tip, this little part
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at the edge of Nova Scotia. And that's
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where we had a pretty fun time trying to
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look for whales on a rather misty
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and cloudy kind of day. We didn't see
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any whales.
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My misses saw some tuna fish in the wild
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and I saw people walleting.
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We got some coffee before heading off to
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see the whales. Stopped by at a small
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restaurant on the island to get some
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seafood. We thought having some seafood
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before seeing the whales will give us
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some luck, but clearly that didn't work
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out. at home. We got there pretty late,
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so it was a nice home-cooked dinner.
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We also got the chance to visit a local
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farm in Anaganesh where we got to try
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some fresh fresh milk with some ginger
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cookies. Amazing. I've never had milk
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that was literally milked 10 minutes
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away from the fridge. But of course,
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before the visit, we had some nice
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brunch at our local restaurant. The
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brunch was amazing. Nice homestyle
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soulful food. We also got tons of farm
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fresh eggs to have when we get back
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home. And dinner ended up being a
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home-cooked pan pizza. And I thought it
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would not make much of a difference if I
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used allpurpose flour to make the dough,
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but I should have used bread flour or
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double o flour for a much better,
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fluffier, bready crust. But dessert was
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good from the local restaurant. Nice
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cinnamon buns. The next morning, we
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start heading back with some beautiful
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home-cooked breakfast, a nice steak and
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cheese waffle sandwich, and blueberry
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waffles for the misses. Now, on the way
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back, our overnight stop for some rest
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was at Grand Falls. But at Grand Falls,
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I guess we had some good American style
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Italian food. I would not call it
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Italian at all. It was tasty, greasy.
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That's what we needed. get some good
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night's rest and be ready to head back
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to Ottawa the next morning. As you can
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tell, the food in Canada, at least
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during my entire trip, what all I kind
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of gravitated towards is very similar to
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what you see in America as well. Um, you
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may have seen the Chicago short content
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that I did on the channel some time ago.
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I guess there are local highlights that
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are Canadian Canadian like the donaire,
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like the poutine or potent if you're
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from Quebec. But of course, coming back
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to Ottawa didn't mean the adventure
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ended. We had some shawarma, went to a
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local veg restaurant, and had a crunch
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wrap. And believe it or not, this Beyond
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Meat sandwich was pretty good. Ice cream
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for the end. Let me know what stood out
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the most to you and what you want to see
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me make here