Yep. I haven’t had one for ages, though. I didn’t know you could get Kinder Eggs here in the states, though. I make my boss bring them back for me every time she goes to the dollar stores in Canada. (She’s obsessed with Canadian dollar stores, because with the exchange rate, they’re more like seventy-five cents stores. She’s a bit odd.)
Yes, you can.
And you’re right, it is.
Usually, I go for british editions of books (Discworld, esp.), Aero bars, Caramilk, stop at Tim Horton’s (a bizarre and incredibly Canadian thing), Nanaimo bars! (which for some strange reason have not yet been mentioned), LUSH cosmetics (which you can now get in San Francisco, but Canada is closer and easier), and if you (or anyone you know) knits or uses yarn - NZ and Australian yarn is way cheaper in Canada than it is here (and european is slightly cheaper).
Sprite and 7-up also taste different (it might be real sugar). And the weird flavors of chips are interesting, but very much an acquired taste.
Thanksgiving. I’m going back for Thanksgiving…maybe.
amarinth, I was just thinking I should come back and mention Nanaimo bars (for those who’ve never heard of this delectable treat, it’s a kind of brownie base with coconut in it, a layer of icing, then a layer of chocolate to top it all off), so I guess I’ll second your suggestion instead. Of course, if the OP tries everything that’s been mentioned so far, he/she won’t be able to fit back into their car at the end of the trip!
You don’t have Nanaimo bars in the U.S.? :eek:
I guess the name might have been a clue, but I can’t imagine life without them. Too terrible to contemplate.
You can get bubble tea in the US, but you have better odds if you’re in a university town. I’ve only seen it in East Lansing and Ann Arbor.
Funny, several of the items mentioned here (KinderEggs, Red Rose Tea, Coffee Crisp, etc) I can get in a shop just a couple miles from my home. I get my PG Tips tea there, makes fantastic iced tea.
It’s a British tea shop and resturaunt in Snohomish, Washington called Picadilly Circus. I’ve seen similar stuff in a store in Plymoth, Mass.
Seems you just need to know where to shop. 
YOURS FREE, with every trip to Canada, are several thousand extra "U"s, which we use liberally in spelling words such as flavour and honour, because we think it makes us look smarter.
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm… ketchup chips. :: drool ::
They aren’t Canada-only, but they are more of a “Canadian” flavor. Uncle Ray’s chips (made here in Detroit) makes ketchup chips (and Coney Island chips too (ketchup and mustard and maybe onion?)). I can get my ketchup chips in just about any 7-11 I’ve stopped in.
[sub]Ironically, I don’t actually like ketchup itself. Go fig![/sub]
So far, it looks like job 1 is getting to a grocery store and stocking up on candy bars and potato chips. I have tried dill potato chips before but I usually only see varieties like that in sandwich shops. Never heard of ketchup-flavored chips and I must say that they sound kind of gross. My wife might like them. She’s into ketchup as is my son. I’ll have to get a bag just for the novelty of it. I’m not sure how they’ll do in a possibly unpressurized cargo-hold.
I’m still a little leery of Poutine. We don’t even have cheese curds here in Oklahoma unless that’s the same thing as the fried cheese sticks that they have at Sonic.
I’ll definitely get some Coke just to see if I can taste the difference.
I’m still waiting on an answer to my Big Mac question. Has anyone else noticed a difference in the “special sauce”?
Another thing that comes to mind is my rental car. Will my insurance cover me up there? Will my rental car company even allow it? When I went to San Diego, they made it VERY clear to me that trips to Tijuana were NOT covered. Fortunately, San Diego has a trolley that stops right at the border. Is there a Detroit/Windsor equivalent that anybody knows of?
Duotangs, and Hilroy notebooks.
You’re just jealous. Coke with corn syrup is foul.
I disagree. Aside from prescribed medication, pot is illegal in Canada.
The Canadian government is considering decriminalizing pot (in the sense of bringing it down to something akin to a traffic ticket).
The brief legality of small amounts of recreational pot in Ontario ended a douple of days ago.
http://www.ontariocourts.on.ca/decisions/2003/october/hitzigsynopsis.htm
Police may or may not enforce the law, but the law exists and can be enforced.
Bubble-tea shops have been proliferating around Toronto in the past couple of years, and the Bubble Tease chain is now a standard fixture in mall food courts. I think bubble tea originally came out of Hong Kong…
Yeah, that’s what I thought–that “bubble tea” is an Asian thing. I’ve never heard it called bubble tea before. To me it’s just tea with tapioca in it. And I’ve never seen the tapioca float, either; it just hangs out on the bottom until you suck it up with your big ol’ straw.
A bottle of real Canadian Rye Whiskey. The stuff here, sold under the same brand names is swill. It’s “blended” with kerose… er, bourbon. (Check the label. the stuff here always says “A Blend”.)
Don’t forget , as soon as you cross the border, you’ll have about 30% more money in your pocket.
Have a ham and pineapple pizza.
mmmm Aero bars and Coffee Crisp.
You’ll notice ketchup is sweeter there.
Get some Bick’s Polskie Ogorkie dill pickles.
Libby’s Deep Browned pork n’ beans
Back bacon and cheese on a roll.
Peameal bacon.
Have a burger and fries at a Harvey’s.
Put gravy or vinegar on the fries.
Learn to speak Canadian. (It’s more like English than American.)
[sub] Geez. sounds like a recipe for a cholestrol-induced suicide.[/sub]
A bottle of real Canadian Rye Whiskey (like Wiser’s Deluxe). The stuff here, sold under the same brand names is swill. It’s “blended” with kerose… er, bourbon. (Check the label. the stuff here always says “A Blend”.)
Don’t forget , as soon as you cross the border, you’ll have about 30% more money in your pocket.
Have a ham and pineapple pizza.
mmmm Aero bars and Coffee Crisp.
You’ll notice ketchup is sweeter there.
Get some Bick’s Polskie Ogorkie dill pickles.
Libby’s Deep Browned pork n’ beans
Back bacon and cheese on a roll.
Peameal bacon.
Have a burger and fries at a Harvey’s.
Put gravy or vinegar on the fries.
Learn to speak Canadian. (It’s more like English than American.)
[sub] Geez. sounds like a recipe for a cholestrol-induced suicide.[/sub]
Try the poutine. I promise. “Cheese curds” are very much like cheese, especially when melted and mixed with fries and gravy.
You won’t regret it … although your arteries might …
It seems that all Canada has to recommend it is junk food ! but it is great junk food …
Aren’t McIntosh apples Canadian? They are the best apple in history, bar none.
There are at least two Asian tapioca-tea places in NY, one near NYU and the other in the West Village.
Tim Horton’s is a must. At least stop by and steal a napkin. It’s like Starbucks for little kids–lots of sweet stuff and brighter lights.
Did you know that each of the provinces has its own tartan? Most people in eastern Canada IMO sound like they moved over from Scotland when they were toddlers. I got some nice Cape Breton wrapping paper and my grandma from Mabou was tickled pink to get presents wrapped in it.
Folks, you can buy Kinder Eggs and the crappy Disney eggs at many non-specialty stores around the DC area. You can buy most of the other things like HB (or is it HP) sauce at specialty stores. In fact, I went to one about 3 weeks ago with a friend to pick up some. Dill potato chips have been around for a while. Unless of course you are talking about dill pickle chips. We don’t have anything like that (gross). I also get bubble tea and bubble shakes at most of the Vietnamese places I go. One of the big malls in Montgomery County has a tea stand that only has bubble tea. I believe these are very common in Richmond too.
Actually, this isn’t true, as I’ve purchased many beers with ABVs much higher than Molson XXX’s 6.9%, including Dogfish Head’s World Wide Stout (23% ABV), which is made in Delaware.
Unless of course you live in a 6% state, in which case none of this applies.
When I’ve gone to Canada, I’ve mostly gone to Niagara Falls, so I didn’t get a real sense of Canada, but I do remember the dill potato chips (though I’ve seen the ketchup ones…consensus was that they didn’t seem all too good) and poutine. I’ve done the Cuban thing from time to time, though I’m a poor college student and it costs too much!