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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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| I don't get what is so great about Tim Horton's. I like Starbucks better. And then Dunkin' Donuts (crappy coffee) sells all the other same fattening stuff. Can some of you honestly find no coffee in Korea that can take the place of Tim's? |
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Chillin' Villain
Joined: 13 Mar 2003
Location: Goo Row
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| Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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Can also be found in the "What I miss about Ukraine" thread....
Pyrohy, Varenyky, Perogies (bastardized N.A. name)...... Doesn't matter how you say it, they are a doughy, potatoe-y, cheesy culinary triumph, AND completely unavailable in Korea.
The ingredients are not, however, and I satiated my desire for 'em by whipping up a few dozen a couple weeks ago. I'm no chef, but I was hurtin.... Took like over two hours to make and fold all those ridiculous individual dumplings together.... Well worth it though- the first taste brought tears to my eyes, and prompted my girl to ask if I loved the pyrohy more than her. |
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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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[quote="poddubny"]
toronto. the rest of canada largely pales in comparison.
chinese food. second to none outside of china.
street vendor hot dogs. best in north america,
the leafs. greatest sports franchise in all the world.
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You've tried all the Chinese food in the world and all the hot dogs in N.A.?
Opinions are fine, but ...... |
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JAMZ
Joined: 18 May 2004
Location: Ori Station, Bundang
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| Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 9:25 pm Post subject: |
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[quote="jajdude"]
| poddubny wrote: |
toronto. the rest of canada largely pales in comparison.
chinese food. second to none outside of china.
street vendor hot dogs. best in north america,
the leafs. greatest sports franchise in all the world.
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You've tried all the Chinese food in the world and all the hot dogs in N.A.?
Opinions are fine, but ...... |
have you tried the hot dogs in toronto??? |
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ersatzprofessor
Joined: 17 Apr 2003
Location: Same as it ever was ... Same as it ever WAS
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| Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 9:34 pm Post subject: |
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| poddubny wrote: |
| Manner of Speaking wrote: |
I miss Torontonians who know nothing about the rest of Canada. And consequently think there is nothing IN the rest of Canada.  |
that's because there isn't anything worthwhile in the rest of canada.
ooh...wow...look, a mountain covered in snow and some boats in the water. why, yes, this most certainly is heaven.  |
Take away all the recent immigrants to Toronto, and what do you get? A big dull WASP ghetto. And for dinner? Dried out roast beef spiced with salt and pepper, out of a box mashed potatoes and boiled to death canned peas on the side, and with presliced white bread and Red Rose tea to wash it down with. Maybe if you're lucky a salad of absolutely tasteless iceberg lettuce from California with Thousand Island dressing...ketchup and mayonnaise never tasted so good!
Don't crow so hard. Toronto's not the only city that has strong ethnic communities. Edmonton has some pretty wicked Vietnamese food on "Ho Chi Min" trail, and the best pot stickers outside of Harbin, China. Calgary happens to have the best damn donair shop in the entire universe. And Vancouver? Go to Chinatown and have the dim sum at any one of the many great eateries there- it is an orgasmic experience. Maritimers will have to speak for themselves though.
As for not having anything besides mountains and snow, man, have you got it wrong! Pyongshin has spoken for BC. Let me dispel some myths about my own native soil, Alberta. Here are some shots displaying our cosmopolitan, "Cool Alberta" feel.
Young Bucks racing down the main drag in Calgary:
Edmonton's shopping district:
Skyline view of Red Deer:
And, let's not forget the Alberta Centennial Project Award Winning Entry:
You're not the only ones to have culture and sophistication. So put that in your pipes and smoke it, you smug Eastern bastards! |
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Chillin' Villain
Joined: 13 Mar 2003
Location: Goo Row
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| Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 9:34 pm Post subject: |
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I gotta admit, I've been to Toronto once, and those hotdogs were some crazywow greatness... Went there with my ex ('twas her first time in Canada), who is not even a street meat lover, but she was all about the T.O. hotdogs too (all of you can keep your sick jokes to yourselves- haha)....
HOW- EV - ER.... I think anyone that's had one of those hotdogs they sell at the entrance to pretty much any suburban Costco (no, not the Korean Costco's) makes a decent rival. I'm hurtin' for one of those almost as much as I was hurtin' for the perogies.
Oh yeah, and I'm pretty sure that every claim to culinary supremacy that Torontonians make could be easily rivaled by pretty much any other large city... I mean, hey, it's just a hot dog... How hard is it to chuck some seasoned floor scraps from a meat processing plant into an edible casing?
Ew.... hotdog craving... slowly.....disappearing..... |
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JAMZ
Joined: 18 May 2004
Location: Ori Station, Bundang
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| Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 9:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Chillin' Villain wrote: |
I gotta admit, I've been to Toronto once, and those hotdogs were some crazywow greatness... Went there with my ex ('twas her first time in Canada), who is not even a street meat lover, but she was all about the T.O. hotdogs too (all of you can keep your sick jokes to yourselves- haha)....
HOW- EV - ER.... I think anyone that's had one of those hotdogs they sell at the entrance to pretty much any suburban Costco (no, not the Korean Costco's) makes a decent rival. I'm hurtin' for one of those almost as much as I was hurtin' for the perogies.
Oh yeah, and I'm pretty sure that every claim to culinary supremacy that Torontonians make could be easily rivaled by pretty much any other large city... I mean, hey, it's just a hot dog... How hard is it to chuck some seasoned floor scraps from a meat processing plant into an edible casing?
Ew.... hotdog craving... slowly.....disappearing..... |
man its not jus the hotdogs themselves, its the vendors too... there's one guy at the corner of queen and spadina that boasts over 64 toppings available to add to you hot dog or sausage (just note that i actually am refering to the sausages when i talk about the hot dogs). |
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poddubny
Joined: 03 Aug 2004
Location: i have NO avatar privileges!
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| Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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| jajdude wrote: |
| You've tried all the Chinese food in the world |
okay, i exagerate when i say 'all the world'. but its definitely the best out of any major city in north america. i've tried the 'best' chinese food offered in ny, la, sf, van, mtl, phi & bos and they don't hold a candle to the stuff found in t-dot.
and its not just me. many friends who've visited from out of town rave about how much better toronto's chinese food is than their own city's.
but if its the best in north america, could i not dare to assume that its the best anywhere outside of china?
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| and all the hot dogs in N.A.? |
again, a generalization based on personal studies conducted in the aforementioned cities.
even marc stein, nba writer for espn, labels toronto's the best after sampling dogs from every nba city in the league.
pink's in los angeles is definitely some awesome stuff with all of their toppings, but i'd take a toronto street dog over them anyday.
i know it may seem as though i'm over-hyping toronto, but this thread is about what I miss about canada.
plus, i have to uphold us torontonians' billing as the most self-centred people in the country! |
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poddubny
Joined: 03 Aug 2004
Location: i have NO avatar privileges!
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| Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 10:23 pm Post subject: |
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| JAMZ wrote: |
| there's one guy at the corner of queen and spadina that boasts over 64 toppings available to add to you hot dog or sausage |
that dude's stuff is awesome! i always used to have fits trying to decide whether to go to him or go up the street to new ho king after a night of partying.
yes, JAMZ. let's hijack this thread and turn it into a 'reasons why toronto rules the country' thread. oops! i think we already have...  |
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The Great Toad
Joined: 12 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 10:45 pm Post subject: |
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Mmm I remember the brass cones of the boundary waters. They were engraved as United States and Canada on each side. I was astride these two evil nations at once. My fat thews resting in one land and thee other. The water was so clean and pure, the eagles soared and the beavers slapped their giardia bearing tales (I think these rodents came from America as all the French trappers had devoured the Canadian ones and sold their pelts to the Brits Americans just lumber everything)
It is my aim to make a Chain of Lakes without misquotes, but with warm tropical waters but big fat tasty fresh water pike. Err I think some brilliant Korean Environmental Agency will discover this- once they come up with a Korean Government Environmental Agency. Also, I miss my bud the Ja Jing Ja Canada mano. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 10:49 pm Post subject: |
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| jajdude wrote: |
| I don't get what is so great about Tim Horton's. I like Starbucks better. And then Dunkin' Donuts (crappy coffee) sells all the other same fattening stuff. Can some of you honestly find no coffee in Korea that can take the place of Tim's? |
As far as I'm concerned, a tin of Maxwell House makes a coffee not unlike Tims. It's not good coffee. It might have a certain subtle taste that people might associate with good times... their youth, sitting in a Tims at 3 am with your first love etc. In that I could see the, errr, attraction. But Tim Hortons ain't great coffee.
But yeah, Starbucks brews a better cup any day. And you're less likely to hear someone in Starbucks expounding on his theory why all the French, Asians, Jews, and Italians should be kicked the *beep* out of Canada.... |
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the eye
Joined: 29 Jan 2004
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| Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 11:02 pm Post subject: |
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As far as I'm concerned, a tin of Maxwell House makes a coffee not unlike Tims. It's not good coffee. It might have a certain subtle taste that people might associate with good times... their youth, sitting in a Tims at 3 am with your first love etc. In that I could see the, errr, attraction. But Tim Hortons ain't great coffee.
But yeah, Starbucks brews a better cup any day. And you're less likely to hear someone in Starbucks expounding on his theory why all the French, Asians, Jews, and Italians should be kicked the *beep* out of Canada.... |
yes....Timmies in a nutshell. it's an institution that is part of every canadian's life.
yes, the coffee is rather crappy, but it IS the place that got me to like coffe in the first place. |
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Manner of Speaking
Joined: 09 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 1:59 am Post subject: |
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| the eye wrote: |
| yes....Timmies in a nutshell. it's an institution that is part of every canadian's life. |
Speak for yourself. |
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DirtySanchez
Joined: 26 Mar 2004
Location: Neither here nor there
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| Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 3:12 am Post subject: |
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| poddubny wrote: |
| Manner of Speaking wrote: |
| I miss Torontonians who know nothing about the rest of Canada. And consequently think there is nothing IN the rest of Canada. |
that's because there isn't anything worthwhile in the rest of canada.
ooh...wow...look, a mountain covered in snow and some boats in the water. why, yes, this most certainly is heaven. |
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thorin
Joined: 14 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 4:47 am Post subject: |
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| The best thing about Canada is that people there rarely if ever talk about being Canadian. |
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