Lost on highway 404
That was the fate of the tape of the New zealand v Lions 2nd test match, which i, together with about 50 others, had filled scallywags at St Clair hoping to see at 11am. Somehow VAlke v Blue Bulls, or whatever Currie cup match they rustled up, just didnt have the same meaning.
It did however give me my first chance to eat out. Now in toronto i could have eaten steak, could have had some of the best japanese or chinese food on offer (i am told this city has it in abundance) but no, my first meal out was a breakfast. I asked for a 'fry up'. We soon established that the waitress hadnt a F*$king clue what a fry up was, but once we got down to the nitty gritty, she understood sausage, egg, beans. and randomly, something that resembled chips. And 4 pieces of toast, together with tea that looked and tasted just like tea.
Beans were an oddity. They werent orange. They were red/brown. And mashed together. With ketchup. Hmm, beans in tomato sauce, local style. The toast came lightly buttered, which is always welcome, and with a side helping of jam. Again, not the best for making a nice sausage and egg sarnie. The Knife and fork it was not (Graham and Dan will understand this). But a good accompaniment to the rugby it was. The tape showed up at 1220, about 90 mins late, but to the cheers of the 40 odd who had remained. The Lions were hopelessly outclassed again, and we all went home. I think i'll go back there for the 3rd test next saturday too.
It did however give me my first chance to eat out. Now in toronto i could have eaten steak, could have had some of the best japanese or chinese food on offer (i am told this city has it in abundance) but no, my first meal out was a breakfast. I asked for a 'fry up'. We soon established that the waitress hadnt a F*$king clue what a fry up was, but once we got down to the nitty gritty, she understood sausage, egg, beans. and randomly, something that resembled chips. And 4 pieces of toast, together with tea that looked and tasted just like tea.
Beans were an oddity. They werent orange. They were red/brown. And mashed together. With ketchup. Hmm, beans in tomato sauce, local style. The toast came lightly buttered, which is always welcome, and with a side helping of jam. Again, not the best for making a nice sausage and egg sarnie. The Knife and fork it was not (Graham and Dan will understand this). But a good accompaniment to the rugby it was. The tape showed up at 1220, about 90 mins late, but to the cheers of the 40 odd who had remained. The Lions were hopelessly outclassed again, and we all went home. I think i'll go back there for the 3rd test next saturday too.
posted by CBC at 8:45 pm
2 Comments:
Not the k&f, please! You can feel the grease swimming in you afterwards. And why would you want that when you could have gone down the road for a pancake at the Selly Sausage?
Sounds like you're settling in well :o)
sounds much better than the German effort of a fry up.... hope you've still got that photo somewhere.... for anyone who reads this, they didn't really have baked beans there so they used kidney beans in the fry-up...give it a try folks!
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