Food Court

[herbie]

Here as it's part of Culture, let's talk about food and it's part in that.
As a Canuck, I do not exist solely on poutine and stuff smothered in maple syrup, but they do make for a good treat.
Growing up Vancouver I was exposed to all sorts of ethnic food as well as the usual "Western" fare.
As I wait for my anchovy laden pizza to cook here's some thoughts:

Teenburgers A&Ws were within a block of every High School, long before McDonalds. Remains the GoTo burger for me. They are all over Canada and I understand a completely different compant than A&W in the USA, other than the root beer.
If I'm travelling, as a WestCoaster the White Spot (and Triple0) the only burger better than a Teenburger was their DoubleDouble.
Timmies - terrible coffee and soggy reheated donuts. Don't judge Canada by it.

Worst thing about moving up country? "Chinese and Western" food places serving the crappiest excuse you've ever seen. "Fast food" places so incompetent and inconsistent you're lucky to be served within 20 minutes

Edited February 2 by herbie

[August1991]

On 2/1/2025 at 9:47 PM, herbie said:

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Worst thing about moving up country? "Chinese and Western" food places serving the crappiest excuse you've ever seen. "Fast food" places so incompetent and inconsistent you're lucky to be served within 20 minutes

Breakfast. The most traditional meal of the day.

We can all eat/try weird stuff later but morning is different. Our true vegan self is revealed.

[herbie]

More like our true lazy self when you pour that cereal box.

[August1991]

On 2/5/2025 at 3:35 PM, herbie said:

More like our true lazy self when you pour that cereal box.

Cereal box? Typical American.

The true test of globalism is what people have for the first meal of the day.

 

[herbie]

Many of us don't even eat breakfast.
When I was working I'd maybe make toast a couple times a week. An egg mcmuffin if I was on the road.... COFFEE is what matters!
now I have to eat to take the pills, or get the shits. So it's toast, cereal, or frozen strudel and eggs on the weekend.

The in laws did the full English thing for Sunday breakfast - complete with beans and  (yuk) blood sausage. Wake us all up and make us all brekkie on their way back from golfing at some ungodly early hour.

Edited February 10 by herbie

[August1991]

6 hours ago, herbie said:

Many of us don't even eat breakfast.
When I was working I'd maybe make toast a couple times a week. An egg mcmuffin if I was on the road.... COFFEE is what matters!
now I have to eat to take the pills, or get the shits. So it's toast, cereal, or frozen strudel and eggs on the weekend.

The in laws did the full English thing for Sunday breakfast - complete with beans and  (yuk) blood sausage. Wake us all up and make us all brekkie on their way back from golfing at some ungodly early hour.

Coffee?  Beans? Nothing?

In the morning, each person eats according to habit

Later, we try different foods.

 

[herbie]

Different?
I miss those odd times in Vancouver when we'd wake up and go for Dim Sum brunch with friends.
And the little place on 6th in New West for potstickers and small spicy hot dishes.

How about them Sunday breakfasts when you were 19-25 of leftover warm beer and cold pizza? Watching TV documentaries while somebody on the couch still hadn't come to, pretending the wildlife was more interesting than Cheryl Teigs legs....

[August1991]

On 2/10/2025 at 3:19 PM, herbie said:

Different?

I miss those odd times in Vancouver when we'd wake up and go for Dim Sum brunch with friends...

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Brunch? There's your tell.

The true tell of a person is how they eat breakfast.

[herbie]

Well the tell for being a conformist is waking up early and going for dim sum for one or two items instead of being hungry enough to try something off every cart.
Bet you'd pass on the squid, squab, and steamed chicken feet too.

[Barquentine]

Worked for a year in Montreal in the 90's. We worked 12 hr days Mon-Sat. You could get breakfast -3 eggs, bacon, toast and coffee for $1.99, then a  great lunch at a Greek restaurant for about $5, then for supper and Sunday meals the world was your oyster.  An incredible variety from around the world, all very affordable. And of course Schwartz's smoked meat! great food memories.

Now I try to recreate some of those myself, with mixed results.