The newer subway cars were really off putting. I'm used to the metro cars having doors so when there was a bend in the tracks you would see the other car moving slightly independently. This was just one long tunnel looking thing that would sometimes take an odd turn.
On the railcar to our lunch destination we heard some lady yell at this girl. She had gotten on with her bike and secured it on the bike-rack. I didn't see her scan her card, but didn't want to assume anything about her. The lady was accusing her of riding without paying and the girl was saying that she had already paid. I had no idea either way so I tried my best to stay out of it.
We met with my Aunt to have lunch. We both decided that since we've only ever had frozen pierogies from the grocery store that we should try some fresh ones.
There were so many good sounding ones. I got the butter chicken with half steamed and half fried. I thought it would be a good idea to get something substantial into our stomachs before we headed to our next stop.
The Distillery District just sounded really cool. There were a bunch of different things to go and see, not just places that make alcohol. There were some clothing shops, a few chocolate places, and some bakeries.
There were also these guys in various places. There were signs near them saying that they are friendly aliens who are curious about our "Fantastic Planet" and that they just wanted to spread love, peace, and creativity. It was put together by the Parer Studio and The Distillery District.
Krissy was really interested in going to Elcatrin Destileria. She was hoping to get to try something that it turns out wasn't on the menu. We decided to keep wondering and see what else was available.
We moved on to another thing Krissy was really excited about. She was worried it was going to be hard to find them, but my Aunt assured us that they are pretty easy to find at most bakeries.
For those of you who don't know, this is a Nanaimo bar. It is made of coconut, chocolate, and is really good. We were glad to try an original, because the other place that had them only had specialty flavored ones.
Since we were in the distillery district, we decided to try something a bit stronger than the Nanaimo bar. You can take a self guided tour of the Ontario Spring Water Sake Company and get a tasting flight of their Nama-Nama, Teion-Sakura, and Genshu. We both thought that the Teion-Sakura was the best of the three.
I was told they make amazing chocolate, so I got a small variety of dark chocolate for my mom. She will have to tell me how it is.
We decided to head back to Elcatrin Destileria to try a few things. I got the Hibiscus mule and we split the table-side guacamole. The drinks were really good, but the guacamole was a bit small for our tastes.
We couldn't resist going back to Parka. Poutine fries, potato burger, broccoli with cashew cheese, and garlic onion mac. It was way too much food, but we couldn't decide and were probably not coming this far back tomorrow. We did make sure to sit by our little plant friend again.
Acting like locals, we got back on the railcar to the metro and made our way back in time to watch Critical Role.
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