The beaver is a proud and noble animal
Notes from a bemused canuck
We went to Tokyo Sushi Bar in the old port today, to have lunch with Sara and Em. We had a giant plate of tempura to share, then a beautiful platter of sushi. Bishoku-calibre sushi, with Bishoku-calibre service! Bean had miso soup and a super generous portion of teriyaki chicken and tempura.
When the bill came, we were shocked, happily so. The amount and quality of food in Switzerland would have cost 3 times the price!!
Just spent a couple of hours on Skype tonight. Missed that ☺
9 quid a kilo for beef rib. In Switzerland, you’re looking at 70 francs a kilo. So. Not. Fair.
There was a proper chippy van in front of Jim’s English Market tonight, omgwtfbbq!!!!1!
The portion is a bit stingy on the chips, but SO GOOOOOOOOD!!
Went to a shop that has more than 500 different types of beer. They only had one Canadian beer. Unfortunately, it’s not a good one.
I had sushi for lunch today. This makes me very happy. Given the Swiss prices for it, it’s not something I can get away with often. For this, I miss Bishoku and the thrice-weekly lunches I used to have there when I was working on Montreal.
So, scenario: my aunt in the hospital doesn’t want flowers (it’s depressing to see them die) and would prefer timbits cause, you know, timbits rock! I think that this is a fantabulous idea and wanted to buy a prepaid Tim Hortons card for my cousin to act as my proxy. Now, annoyingly, Tim Hortons assumes that only people living in Canada or the US will every buy their products, and as such, you can only give a North American billing address.
I put my parents’ address down when registering, and ordered the gift card. As a side note, 7 bucks to ship a small plastic card is highway robbery, but whatever. When I went to check out, I put my Swiss visa details and, lo and behold, the payment went through. Even though the form very prominently told me to ensure that my billing details were correct. Which, you know, using a Canadian address to process a Swiss credit card, makes perfect sense.
Still, if my aunt gets her timbits, I will be happy (and slightly envious).
Just a few, but they went into the hold so it’s all good :-) that ought to last us a few weeks…