Our last day in Canada was filled with a shopping trip to Roots (A Canadian legend....wonderful clothing with a warm, casual feel), picking up a few Cuban Cigars, and stopping into Urban Fare. Urban Fare was a find! A super cool high end grocery store with a cafe, bakery, flower shop, and so much more! (Think of a smaller version of Whole Foods but even more upscale.)
We stopped into Urban Fare looking for nanaimo bar. This is a Canadian dessert and our concierge had directed us to check out the bakery at Urban Fare. Nanaimo bar is a three layered dessert that is a super-rich treat! First layer is coconut and graham cracker crumbs, second layer is creamy custard and third layer is chocolate ganache. Fabulous!!
While we standing in line to pay we also picked up a box of Maple Chocolate Canadian Toffee. Traditional crunchy almond toffee but hit with just a hint of Canadian maple flavor. Heaven!
So now that we had dessert out of the way.. time for something a little more savory. We found trendy Milestones bar and grill. A fancy little grill serving up traditional pud fare with a hip modern twist.
We had Kobe Sliders, Classic Caesar Salad, and the soup of the day was Mushroom.
The Mushroom Soup was the best thing we had. A blend of three types of mushrooms. Portobello, button, and shitake; all blended into a smooth creamy texture topped with home made garlic croutons, scallion, and drizzled with a rich hearty extra virgin olive oil. I wanted to bathe in it!
The Caesar was ok, fresh and crisp, but nothing out of the ordinary.
I hope you enjoyed our posts about Vancouver and we'd love to hear about your favorite places when visiting our neighbors to the north.
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