Friday, December 24, 2021

Canada 2021 - Part 1 Toronto. Niagara falls, Oysters, King Crab, Xmas!

Again, photos are in reverse time for some, and others are linear..arghh


It's Xmas eve! time to shovel snow! An impossible sighting in Singapore and in many places we've been including say Shanghai or London, the idea of snowing is remote, and having sufficient snow to even shovel!? Yes Canada offers that option for 4 months a year! Considered the owner's responsibilities, one need to do ensure that your own side walks are safe!


It was a trip to Diane's Seafood! For OYSTERSSSSS..... Long Queue in the cold? no issue!

Dreamland!

Disneyland!


The elusive Uni, the huge Canadian Uni are from British Columbia, which seem to be a rare pokemon! Searched a few places and no go, only these smallish Atlantic ones.

Superb Fanny Bay, Raspberry,

It was lunch with Poutine, at Swiss Chalet! For 'junk food', the Poutine is really delicious! Portions are XL as expected!

It was silent night at one of the most pretty of estates.


Yes that's Singapore Kueh Lapis that we lugged for 30 hours!  Good pairing with Ice Wine!





on Xmas days, most places are closed, it was Oyster time!

Yup..pairing with a Dom Perignon. 

Urchin and Oysters.....

Merry Xmas!

It was a drive downtown!

Dinner at Congee Queen! Asian operated, on Xmas dinner, no surprises!


Excellent Lobster noodles.




Boxing day....Fishmen Lobster, 

As featured on Netflix!



snapped at the next table..ooh


our King Crab! The BEST CRAB I"VE EVER EATEN. Still, 7 lbs is way too much for 3 pax!

My select pairing, sooo yummy.

Waited 15mins to get into Lululemon Canada! The X Olympics were solid but all winter wear, bought some Summer wear stuff instead!



*********date cross over here**********



The nightly plays with the meows! Trying out the 0.5X 13mm lens on the Iphone 13 PRO MAX!


After it was an hr drive home and a visit to Cineplex Cinemas for The Matrix Resurrections! A rather poorly made movie but for a Matrix fan, it was a must watch!

A tad cloudy but still a magnificent view from Skylon!

It was lunch at the Skylon, with the best Steak of the entire trip, the ELK steak! It's uncommon to have Elk on a menu (the usual Beef is everywhere,) Excellet Onion soup and other dishes too.

It was really windy,  and we could only take ~20mins outdoors.

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We last went Niagara in 2007 November. It's late December now in 2021 but there's hardly any snow now compared to back then. Global warming is real! The falls are gorgeous as before. I

Day 2 in Toronto: around 0 degrees, We're facing the Lake Ontario, gorgeous sun rise on a few monrnings.

After dinner plays, Hank will go for flies and snakes across the TV!

The olders meow, Meowme giving the 'hmph' look. She's the coolest of the bunch!

It's the daily routine, 9pm feeding of the cats! Here's Cole and Hank apprehensive with us strangers but eagerly waiting for their dinner!

Our first 0 deg C walk, rather cold but felt ok!

Yes, a huge piece of cake, and Pete finished this alone!



After a small rest, it was our first meal in Toronto, at the Keg SteakHouse! First of many, this ain't bad. : )

Finally reached our friend Pete's place!! After a ~30 hour journey, we weren't tired!?