Canada O' Canada - May Toronto Trip

Pure bliss - a Toronto Hot Dog from the cart - with fries.

Back in May Calvin and I traveled to Toronto for a wonderful extended weekend for a family wedding. We stayed at the awesome Fairmont Royal York Hotel, which reminded me of what I think it would have been like to stay on The Titanic. The wedding was held at the hotel and was gorgeous. See below for a photo-log.

Shabbat Dinner at our cousin's house.



St. Lawrence Market goodness: St. Urbain Bagel. These bagels are nothing like what we get in the south: warm, chewy, with a very unique taste - there's really nothing like it!

Indian Buffet in India town.





Delicious Naan.

Greek dips at the night-before-the-wedding dinner.





Greek Salad.



Chicken kabob.

Restaurant atop the famous CN Tower.

Frittata.



Quiche with salad and sweet potato fries.



Fish from the lake!



Salmon - not from the lake!



Chocolate mousse.



The family at brunch, high up in the sky.

Fabulous dessert at the wedding dinner.



Famous ice cream shop.



We tried roasted marshmallow, sweet cream, cardamom and lemon merigue.

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Salt and Pepper Calamari.

Crepe and croissant-wich at a cute place near our hotel - can't remember the name!

Omelet and toast with fruit.

Family Time in Toronto

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Grandma, mom, Amy & Aunt Esther enjoy the celebration.

Over Memorial Day weekend I visited Toronto for the Bat Mitzvah of my cousin, Jenni. We had a fabulous time and lots of great eats.

Cool centerpieces.

My placemat - a real record!

Cousin Alex singing with her dad, David, in the band. They provided some great musical entertainment.

Julia and Amy - northern and southern cousins!

Desserts galore.

And some fruit, too.

Sunday brunch = omelet makers at our cousins' house!



Amy and Jenni, the Bat Mitzvah, in coordinating colors!

Mom and Amy at the Toronto beaches. Julia and Steven were nice enough to take us around town for a bit of a tour.



The Canadian National (CN) tower.



Sunday afternoon we stopped in at Go For Tea for a snack.



Pineapple/celery/lemon juice, lychee bubble tea and mango bubble tea.



Inside of the restaurant.



We also shared an order of condensed milk toast - sweet and tasty.

After a good nap we headed out to meet several of our relatives for dinner at Asian Legend Chinese restaurant. The place was packed and seating was a bit difficult but we managed to have a wonderful time and enjoy each other's company in spite of the challenges. I loved the wonton soup, the shrimp dumplings and the eggplant!

Veggie hot & sour soup.



Steamed shrimp dumplings.



Delicious wonton soup.



Hot and spicy squid.



Eggplant with Pork.

The next morning I found a delicious Chinese bakery near the hotel where I purchased some goodies for breakfast. Luckily, they accepted my US dollars!

Delicious custard bun and egg custard tart from a local Chinese bakery.



Jenni's cute dog! We had a great time in Toronto - can't wait to visit again next year!