TODAY WAS AWESOME!
Woke up at about 8:30, Memere at this time had already been awake since 4, I relaxed in the living room with her for a while. We eventually got dressed and ready for our adventure to the Asian District!!
The first awesome thing about this trip was that I had to take the metro to get there. Firstly, we left Memere's apartment and we crossed the street to a bus stop, there was already a gang of people waiting so we figured the bus should be coming right along. About a minute or so later the bus appears.
The buses in Montreal are so cool! You pay either with this cool debit looking card which is a bus/metro pass or with three dollars, which you drop into a box and then a ticket pops out, which you keep. The bus ride to the metro isn't very long, maybe 5 minutes or so. We get off the bus, which is an accordion bus by the way, and we walk into the metro! When you get into the metro, there are turnstiles, and on the side there's a little slot for your ticket and you place the ticket inside and it comes out the other side, and when you take the ticket again it opens the gates and lets you through! For Memere it was easier, she only had to slide her card on this magnetic pad that was on the side of the turnstiles. We then walk down two floors, down to the platform, we didn't have to wait because the train was already there!
The train ride was pleasant, although it was a bit crowded, but it was fun to see how many different cultures there are in this city!!
We finally get to our destination, wayyyy across town!
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| This is the first thing I see, a cool oriental looking Holiday Inn! |
The asian district in montreal is really big!! There is so many kawaii shops, even one named kawaii!
The stuff inside was really, well, KAWAII! I can't wait to go back when I have some money!
There were many other shops I liked that sold beautiful jewellery, awesome anime stuff, cosplay costumes, and loooots and LOTS of Hello Kitty stuff!
We also stopped into a bakery that smelled delectable, I want to go back and buy many of their pastries and some of their green tea mochi!
We ended up buying some bubble tea instead, Memere got Strawberry, or maybe it was Raspberry, it was Strawberry in English and Framboise in French, so I'm not too sure.
I had the Honey Dew Melon one, it was delicious.
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| Here's me in front of the Kawaii store! |
For lunch we ate at such an awesome Asian restaurant!
The name is Ruby Red, I'm not sure of the street name but I know the number of the building is 1008.
You walk in and you are greeted by such a cute little waitress, dressed in what I think is Chinese traditional clothes. She seats you and they place a steaming hot pot of deliciously fragrant green tea and two tea cups in front of you. As well as some sauces in a dish.
The cool thing about this restaurant is that it's a buffet!
You walk in and you are greeted by such a cute little waitress, dressed in what I think is Chinese traditional clothes. She seats you and they place a steaming hot pot of deliciously fragrant green tea and two tea cups in front of you. As well as some sauces in a dish.
The cool thing about this restaurant is that it's a buffet!
But not an ordinary buffet.
Instead of you getting up and serving yourselves, multiple waiters and waitresses go around with various carts of delicious Asian dishes. When I say multiple, I mean like 40 or so different options!
Each item doesn't cost very much also, and they're big enough helpings to serve two or three people easily.
Each item doesn't cost very much also, and they're big enough helpings to serve two or three people easily.
We decided to get for our first option these succulent eggrolls, that were perfectly steamed and unlike any eggroll I have ever had in my life. It was so delicious! Our serving had three eggrolls, so Memere and I each had one and a half.
Our second option was some sort of beef, but it was wrapped in Mochi!
Our second option was some sort of beef, but it was wrapped in Mochi!
It was so good, it was like beef noodles, but mochi instead.
Our third option, I took on a whim, and turned out to be really awesome.
It was tofu, I think it had been boiled, or steamed, and it came with this clear-ish liquid.
It was sweet, and tasted sort of like green tea and apples.
You ate it like a soup, and it was very delicious!
I wish I knew what it was called so I could figure out the recipe!
Our fourth option was Sausage rice, which I wasn't a fan of because the rice was dry, and the sausage looked funny and I avoided it completely.
Our fourth option was Sausage rice, which I wasn't a fan of because the rice was dry, and the sausage looked funny and I avoided it completely.
Our last option was these really delicious, but overly sweet, sweet red bean pastries!
They were really good, especially with the green tea, which I don't usually like, but this one was very delicious and both the tea and the pastries complemented each other very well.
They were really good, especially with the green tea, which I don't usually like, but this one was very delicious and both the tea and the pastries complemented each other very well.
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| Here I am toasting with my tea. |
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| Cheers! |
Surprisingly all of this came to under $20 and we could have easily fed another person!
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| This is an awesome mural we walked by! |
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| I double-decker bus!! |
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| Just one of the streets in the Asian District! |
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| A really cute store, didn't go inside but the architecture is cool! |
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| One of the many arches! |
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| Another arch! |
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| Another nice mural! |
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| Cute Ying-Yang sign on the ground! |
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| Memere! :D |
After we had lunch, we walked around for another little while and then headed home!
Enjoy some more pictures I took while I was in the Asian District!
Enjoy some more pictures I took while I was in the Asian District!
Saturday June 30th, 2012
9:38PM
Listening: To whatever's on TV
Drinking: Iced Tea
Feeling: Lonely now!
