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First Day in Toronto

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Some of you know that the first few posts are already up for Toronto! So yes, this is a late post, but it’s the long weekend and I was reminiscing back on the warm summer months~

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We arrived by train right to the heart of Toronto, and it was so exciting to see the big tall buildings everywhere, the infrastructure, the people… it was like being in Japan again for me!

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We loved how the layout of the buildings were put together, and everything was just something begging to be photographed. Love the city hall!

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I’m kind of glad we don’t have late night food stands outside back at home, or else I’d be a balloon by now. (Yes, I eventually gave in one night in Toronto).

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I’m a sucker for flowers. The other day I bought some to give to a friend’s grand opening event and my heart just stopped because $50 still got me a small vase of mixed arrangements.

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First stop to eat before checking in was light cafe. Definitely went up on my favourites list and if I had the chance to go again I would! A post will be made soon on this place!

 

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I was sad that I lost my lens cap for my camera before we went down to the subway to head to Casa Loma.

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As much as we tried to cram as much into our itinerary we were just a bit short time in getting to go into casa loma :(. There was a wedding going on and was slightly tempted to crash it haha.

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We headed to the museum next and tried to be as strategic as possible (basically powerwalking through areas that were lower priority on the list to see).

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We met up with an old time friend, Joyce! Had some good ramen that was worth the wait!

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Like all tourists, we needed to end the night in taking pictures in front of the sign! And yes, like all tourists we waited for certain colours to appear to take the shot.

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We lined up for Uncle Tetsu’s and went around trying to find a place to eat it (it was super late). We thought maybe a bar would let us. We went to Drake One Fifty! And in case you’re wondering, no, they didn’t let outside food :(.

Quickread is done! Next post would be my attempt at making a Japanese Cheesecake similar to Uncle Tetsu’s! 

Let me know if you had questions about our itinerary! We jam packed everything in two and a half days!

-Weeeee

Mish

The Charcoal Ice Cream Cone: iHalo Krunch

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Nana and I went to a trip to Toronto and one of the must-go places on our list was iHaloKrunch. While we admit it may be a bit overhyped, we still think it was definitely worth the trip there!

iHaloKrunch makes their waffle cones in-store, so it smells amazing when you walk in. The special part is that the waffle cones are BLACK. The secret ingredient? Activated charcoal.

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We think we lined up for almost 45 minutes? It wasn’t too bad. The store is actually really small, and can only fit around 12 people at a time, and therefore the line-up spilt all the way outside. We thought it was really nice that they put out signs to let their customers know not to block the entrances of the other stores next to them (not the one shown above).

While we were bored, we entertained ourselves with the cute pug sitting on the bench!

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WE FINALLY MADE IT IN! See what I mean by how small it is??

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They have other ice cream and sorbet options too. Though the flavours were quite standard and we came to Toronto to try more adventurous stuff hehe. E.g. They had mint chocolate chip, strawberry, chocolate etc. (Looked really yummy though).

While standing in line I had the hardest time deciding what flavour to get (I wanted to try everythinggggg). We were debating: matcha with charcoal, ube (taro) with charcoal, matcha with vanilla? Luckily more and more people left the shop with this 3 flavour combo which we couldn’t resist getting ourselves. Ube, charcoal and matcha!

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Now, the matcha isn’t really the usual matcha that has its depth and bit of bitterness to it. It’s more of a sweet green tea flavour. As for the ube (taro), it reminds me of the artificial taro powder used in bubble teas. Though that’s understandable as it’s really hard to get that nice purple along with a strong taste from the taro alone. As for the charcoal flavour… hm can’t quite put a finger on it to describe the taste! Like.. roasted black sesame? But it’s not as fragrant. They did infuse some coconut flavour in it though!

Our favourite part of the soft serve has to be the cone. It is very addicting! We love how the cones are made in-store. However the soft serve melted REALLY fast and although they did try to put in some marshmallow fluff at the bottom of the cone, the ice cream still dripped through :'(. We had to devour the ice cream as fast as possible at a nearby park across the street!!

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Anyways, if you’re in Toronto, this is a must-try! Yummy yummy in my tummy. Though don’t be like us in trying to take a minute to snap some photos of it as it melts extremely fast!

-Love

MishNa

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