tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35174889253697747442024-03-16T14:53:12.551-04:00Eat ∙ Fly ∙ HalalEat Fly Halalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12399002519063173231noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3517488925369774744.post-43032294085910766072017-08-28T00:34:00.000-04:002017-08-28T00:45:20.617-04:00Halal Chinese Lanzhou Hui Cuisine in Toronto | Orient Express<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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One day while driving down the street in Scarborough, a quick glance to the passing shops yielded something shocking: a Chinese restaurant with the Halal symbol in the store sign! We quickly made a u-turn to find out what exactly this place was.<br />
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We were greeted and given a menu to look at, as they didn't have takeout menus in English. No problem, I told them. I took the Chinese menu and resolved to find out what was good.<br />
The store manager spotted my hijabed self and assured me that they were one of the top Chinese halal restaurants. I was intrigued.<br />
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After consulting with a friend who helped me read some of the Chinese characters and pick out the most authentic dishes, we were ready to head back!<br />
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<b>Note: </b>We received verbal assurance about the restaurant's halal meat status. This restaurant does not serve alcohol.<br />
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The restaurant has a typically Chinese feel to it, same as what I'd expect when going to a restaurant in Hong Kong or Mainland China. It was pretty low key. We were seated at a table, which had a dispenser for soup spoons, a holder for chopsticks and napkins, and ready jugs with water, tea, and condiments on the side.<br />
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The restaurant seemed to have made a few changes since we were last here. There was a glossed menu in English with photos, and there was also a translated paper menu, where you used a pencil to tick off the dishes you wanted, similar to a dim sum restaurant.<br />
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We pulled out our handy-dandy (old) menu that was in Chinese and found the dishes we were recommended with little difficulty, except one was now not on the menu anymore. We chose one main dish each and one appetizer, and the food arrived within 10 minutes.<br />
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First up was this dish called House Soy Sauce Beef from the cold menu, which was cold slices of beef with a dipping sauce. This sounded pretty odd to me, being cold beef and all, but having been a childhood favourite of my husband's I agreed to give it a shot.<br />
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I'M SO GLAD I DID! This was a super great dish. The beef is like slices of easy bite, fall-apart roast beef dipped in a sauce composed of Chinese chili oil, garlic, black vinegar, and maybe soy sauce.<br />
It really didn't look like much, but this was fantastic. Highly recommended!<br />
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Next up was a dish of fresh hand-pulled noodles called Dry Noodle Sauce Spicy Chicken (we chose for them to be flat and larger in width) with mildly spicy chicken and vegetables in a sauce. It came with a bowl of soup broth on the side, that you're supposed to sip in between bites of the dish. This was alright, but wasn't my favourite. The noodles were nice, but the chicken and sauce were a tad plain. I loved the broth, though.<br />
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To add a bit of a boost of flavour, I put some chili oil with the crushed chili from the condiment container on the table, which improved this dish 100%, in my opinion.<br />
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The portion size was huge, though. We ended up taking half home.<br />
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Next was a huge, massive bowl of hand-pulled noodles in a bowl of broth, radishes, and coriander and green onions on top, along with a spoon of chili oil called Traditional Lanzhou Beef Noodle. The beef was the same beef that we had as an appetizer, but it went very well with the soup, as it absorbed all the yummy flavours.<br />
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The broth is a beef broth that's really refreshing, and the hand-pulled noodles were great, although next time I think we'd choose noodles that were a bit smaller in width.<br />
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The portion size for this one was also huge, and we took half of it home.<br />
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These three dishes, plus two drinks and tip was about $38, tax included.<br />
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<b>Note: </b>The sign outside says "Orient Express" however the menu says "DFG's Palace".<br />
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<b>Address: </b><span style="color: rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.87);">4271 Sheppard Ave E, Scarborough, ON M1S 1T6</span><br />
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-MaryamEat Fly Halalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12399002519063173231noreply@blogger.com14271 Sheppard Ave E, Scarborough, ON M1S 1T6, Canada43.7855289 -79.27566159999997843.7848124 -79.276922099999979 43.786245400000006 -79.274401099999977tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3517488925369774744.post-23739596162523851742017-03-05T23:20:00.000-05:002017-03-05T23:20:56.635-05:00Restaurant Review: Rooster's Edge Chicken and Seafood<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After a long day of work, sometimes you just don't feel like cooking dinner, especially if you come home late. So, last week after work we decided to head to the plaza on Britannia and Mavis in Mississauga where we had a number of halal restaurants to choose from.</div>
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This time I wasn't feeling for Silver Spoon's Indian cuisine, nor pizza or Hakka Chinese, so instead we opted to try out <b><a href="http://www.roostersedge.com/">Rooster's Edge</a></b>, a fried chicken place we've heard a lot of good things about.</div>
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Immediately as we walked in we were greeted by the friendly owner, Br. Amer, and he spent a few minutes meticulously discussing with us about what we were interested in so as to suggest exactly what would hit the spot.</div>
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He first suggested the 4 piece meal as advertised on the sign outside, but needing MORE CHICKEN in the end we decided on a 9 piece chicken meal with large fries, 4 cans of pop, and also some coleslaw on the side to go. :D I couldn't wait to try it!</div>
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The restaurant was remarkably clean and tastefully decorated, and looked to be a great family setting to bring the kids. If I wasn't looking forward to going home and relaxing so much, I definitely would've been happy to eat here.</div>
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Rooster's Edge offers only hand-slaughtered halal chicken as well, in contrast to the various Popeye's Chicken places around the city.</div>
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The chicken was crunchy and well seasoned, the fries tasted fresh, and the coleslaw had this distinctly homemade taste to it, which I enjoyed much more than I thought I would. We were also given a container of homemade hot sauce which was absolutely delicious.</div>
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I was very happy to have visited here not only for the food but also the wonderful customer service from Br. Amer, who made us feel welcome and right at home. We felt like valued customers, a feeling you don't really get from popular chain restaurants, and I would definitely return on that merit alone. </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">812 Britannia Road West, Unit #104</span><br />
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FRIDAY 11AM - 11PM</div>
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Eat Fly Halalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12399002519063173231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3517488925369774744.post-22667456959415935882017-01-19T23:01:00.001-05:002017-01-19T23:19:33.524-05:00Review: Nexus & Global Entry Trusted Traveler Program - Why should Muslims consider signing up?<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Over the past 5 years I've flown to the United States from Canada several times. Sometimes I was flying to an American destination, and other times it was a layover on the way to another part of the world. I've grown accustomed to the mental preparation needed for the whole "Flying While Muslim" airport routine. You know, ask any Muslim woman who wears the hijab, she'll tell you what I'm about to describe.<br />
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First, you wait in line for a really long time at Pearson Airport in Toronto, and then enter the security gates on the border to the American side of the airport. There, you'll start feeling the tense atmosphere. The employees directing you to the baggage scanning machines are a little bit stricter, the officers' looks at you are a little less friendly, and you suddenly start feeling like you're the lone Muslim about to be humiliated at the final part of the process, the explosive trace detection procedure.<br />
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<b>Don't wear a hijab or a turban? Here's how it goes down:</b><br />
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First, you'll be asked to step up to the full body scanner, do the whole "hands up" pose like everyone else, and you are scanned by the machine. Afterwards you are asked to step forward and place your feet apart on a mat. You will be given a pat down where a gloved female officer smooths down your hijab on your head and neck area, and legs if you are wearing a dress or skirt. Up to here, everything makes complete sense, and I'll agree that the head-to-neck pat down is necessary, because I want to feel safe at the airport, too.<br />
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What happens next is what I feel is completely unnecessary and discriminatory: <br />
You'll be asked to wipe your palms over the whole length of your hijab and present your hands to them. They will have someone come and use a swab to wipe the palms of your hands, then they insert it into some machine to check for.. get this, traces of explosives! Yup, that's right! You'll be asked to wait there until they get an all-clear that you weren't wiping your hands on your hijab after playing with explosives, and then you can leave.<br />
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It's humiliating because it's largely only women and men who cover their hair with hijabs or turbans who are singled out for this procedure, and the worst part is that the machine is not always accurate. One time I set the machine off because apparently traces of perfume on my hands can also come back as a positive!<br />
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When that happens, you'll fight down your rapidly climbing panic while a serious-looking female officer takes you into a room and asks you to remove your hijab. When they see you aren't hiding a bomb under there, they let you go and apologetically explain that sometimes the machine picks up elements of perfume and reads back as a false positive.
After going through this process several times, I decided I had enough of feeling tense and harassed at the airport for no good reason, and looked into the Nexus Program & Global Entry Program.<br />
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<b>What is the Nexus & Global Entry Program?</b><br />
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From the Canadian Border Services Agency Website:<br />
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<b style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px;"><a href="http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/prog/nexus/menu-eng.html" style="color: #333333;">NEXUS</a> </b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px;">is a bi-national, Canada-United States program for pre-approved, low-risk travellers entering Canada or the United States (U.S.) at designated air, land and marine ports of entry.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The program enables its members to enter either country more quickly and easily by using automated self-serve kiosks in the air mode of travel, dedicated lanes in the land mode of travel, and by calling Telephone Reporting Centres (TRCs) prior to arrival in the marine mode of travel.</span></div>
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You will apply to the program online, pay a fee, and then when you are accepted into the program after an interview, you will receive a card that allows you (and only you) use to the expedited Nexus / Global Entry lanes at major airports and specific land border crossings between Canada and the United States.<br />
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You will become a "Known Traveler" after being accepted into the program, and thus there will be no need to do any background checks or security screenings after having this card. You'll get through border crossings and airport security gates within minutes, and with little to no human interaction.<br />
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<b>My Experience Using My Nexus Card</b><br />
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In August 2016 I used my Nexus card for the first time, flying from Toronto to Dallas. At Pearson Airport near the American gates to the Security area, you will join the much smaller Nexus Line after presenting your card to staff (I must say, the momentary look of surprise after expecting to divert me to the regular line feels absolutely awesome.)<br />
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There you will probably be lined up with Pilots and Flight Attendants, and the whole process felt so magical. It was the first time in my life where, after being in line with Flight Attendants in front of and behind me for a few minutes, two of them turned to me and just started a lively conversation. I felt like a boss.<br />
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Afterwards you'll walk in to a completely empty and unmanned kiosk area where there are several kiosks waiting. You'll scan your passport, Nexus card, fingerprint and/or iris scan, and it'll print out your receipt and you'll head to the baggage screening area.<br />
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There will be a dedicated lane for Nexus/Global Entry travelers, and you will only need to pass through a metal detector, not the full body scan. Unfortunately, they still had me swipe my hijab and swabbed my hands for the explosive trace detection, but it was over pretty fast.<br />
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I was through to the flight gates in well under 10 minutes.<br />
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<b>How do I get a Nexus Card in Canada?</b><br />
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The first step before applying for the Nexus card is to think about whether you will be eligible. Firstly, only Canadian Citizens or Permanent Residents are eligible for this program. <br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/prog/nexus/elig-admis-eng.html">You may not qualify for the Nexus Card if one of the following applies:</a></b></span><br />
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">you are inadmissible to Canada or the United States under applicable immigration laws;</span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">you intentionally provide false or incomplete information on your application;</span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">you have been convicted of a serious criminal offence in any country for which you have not received a pardon (for U.S. background checks you may be questioned about your full criminal history, including arrests and pardons, which may exclude you from NEXUS);</span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">you have a recorded violation of customs, immigration or agriculture law; or</span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">you fail to meet other requirements of NEXUS.<br /><br />Note: One of the other requirements is a question about whether you have done any drugs.</span></li>
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You may be also subject to<b> <a href="http://travel.usnews.com/features/4-things-every-traveler-should-know-aboutglobalentry/">further questioning at the interview</a></b> if:</div>
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If nothing from the above applies to you, <a href="http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/prog/nexus/menu-eng.html"><b>proceed to apply online.</b></a></div>
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<b>NOTE:</b> You must enter all information about yourself completely accurately. If you enter anything incorrectly, you may be denied acceptance to the program, or you may be questioned about why you left such-and-such detail out at the interview.</div>
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What information will you be asked about on the online application?</div>
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<li>Name(s)</li>
<li>Contact Information</li>
<li>Gender, eye colour, height </li>
<li>Date and place of birth</li>
<li>Citizenship information: Passport details OR Permanent Resident Status information</li>
<li>Admissibility documents (I used passport again)</li>
<li>Primary residence</li>
<li>Driver's license </li>
<li>Current address</li>
<li>Address history for the past 5 years (all addresses plus dates you lived there)</li>
<li>Current employment status</li>
<li>Employment history for the past 5 years (employer, occupation, employment period, addresses)</li>
<li>Travel history for the past 5 years (country names, dates)</li>
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After submitting, you pay the fee online, which is $50 USD. The next step is to wait for a notification that you received Conditional Acceptance. You will need to frequently log on and check your account for this notification.</div>
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It seems to depend on the time of the year that you apply. For Canadians, you may need to wait up to two or three months, depending on the volume of applications they are currently processing and the season. I submitted my application online in June 2016 and received my conditional acceptance in mid-August 2016, and that seems to be normal for the summer months. </div>
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After receiving your Conditional Acceptance notification, you will be asked to book an appointment for your interview online, and will scroll through available dates until you find a day and time that suits you. If you're from Toronto, the Nexus office is located near Pearson Airport.</div>
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You will be asked to print out and bring your Conditional Acceptance letter, plus your official documents.</div>
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The interview will be conducted by both a Canadian and an American police officer side-by-side at a desk. You'll arrive, sign in, and wait until you are called. At the interview you will answer various questions to ensure that the details you entered online are correct, and they will tell you after the interview if you were accepted or not.</div>
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If you are granted conditional acceptance, there is no reason to believe that you will not be accepted. The interview is more of an orientation towards the program, and a procedure to record your photo, fingerprints, and iris scans. You can assume that when you are granted the conditional acceptance that you were successful, and the interview is just the final part of the process.</div>
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<b>Some questions they asked me:</b></div>
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<li>My job and what I did at my job</li>
<li>My marital status and whether I had children</li>
<li>Various other personal details from my application</li>
<li>My travel history:<br /><br />At that time we had just returned from our epic round-the-world trip, and I had been to around 13 countries in the past 5 years. I took pains to memorize all of the countries and dates when I had traveled there, but they only asked me about two countries from my list: Turkey and Saudi Arabia.<br /><br />They asked me:<br />-What did you do in Turkey?<br />-Where did you stay in Turkey?<br />-When did you go to Turkey?<br /><br />and the same questions about Saudi Arabia, but when I explained that I had been there for a religious pilgrimage (hajj and umrah), they accepted that easily. They were much more tough on their questions about Turkey.</li>
<li>My name:<br /><br />Many years ago when I applied for my first passport, I mistakenly did not add my middle name to the application, and thus my passport only had my first name and last name. When I applied for Nexus, I realized that my middle name wasn't there on my passport, so I didn't add it to the application, thinking that my official documents and application details should be consistent.<br /><br />The Canadian officer questioned me at length about why I didn't add my middle name to the application without even looking at my birth certificate, but when I gave her my reasoning, she accepted it with a warning that I should never omit personal details. She added it to my file and my resulting Nexus card has my middle name on it. Afterwards, I decided to reissue my passport with my middle name correctly on there so that both will match.</li>
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I was actually rather surprised that I was questioned much more harshly from the Canadian officer than the American one, and she (the Canadian officer) had a bit of a skeptical attitude and tone of voice whenever I answered her questions. It felt pretty intense. </div>
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After these questions I was told that I was accepted into the program, and there were a few devices on their desk which recorded my fingerprints, a scan of both of my irises, and my photograph. They explained certain details about the Nexus program and gave me a few brochures with information.</div>
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I was told that when you have the Nexus card, you and <b>ONLY YOU</b> may use the Nexus lanes at airports or land border crossings. If you attempt to use a Nexus lane at an airport and try to bring someone with you (even a child) who does not have a Nexus card, or if you are crossing on land using a Nexus crossing and there is anyone in the car that DOES NOT have the Nexus card, you will have your membership revoked and you will never be accepted into the program again. </div>
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Which means that parents, you have to specifically apply for a Nexus card for each of your children, which may be done at the time of your application. If a family member doesn't have Nexus, then you have to use the normal lines.</div>
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Other details was that if you renew your passport or change your place of employment, you have to drop in to the Nexus office and update these details in person.</div>
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You will receive your Nexus card in the mail in about 10 business days, and it comes in this cool metal-lined pocket to protect it from RFID theft.</div>
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After that, enter your Nexus ID number in the "Trusted Traveler" box whenever you book a flight, and bring it with you and show it to Flight Staff when you get your boarding passes. It will be printed on your boarding pass and you'll have a smooth entry to the expedited lanes.</div>
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Afterwards, no more lines and no more airport harassment! Enjoy it!<br />
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Ready to apply? Start the online application process on the<b> <a href="http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/prog/nexus/application-demande-eng.html">Canadian Services Border Agency website.</a></b></div>
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On our recent trip to New Zealand in August 2016, I discovered that there were a lot more halal restaurants than I expected. The biggest surprise, however, was finding out about <b><a href="http://kebabsonqueen.co.nz/" target="_blank">Kebabs on Queen</a></b>, a super popular halal Turkish chain that has 11 locations all around the country! What more can you want?<br />
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Since we were only spending two days in New Zealand, we planned out our itinerary hour-by-hour to maximise on the amount of Kiwi amazingness that we could possibly experience:<br />
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In the morning we <a href="https://www.google.ca/maps/dir/Auckland,+New+Zealand/Hobbiton+Movie+Set,+Matamata+3472,+New+Zealand/@-37.4612161,175.4189373,8.75z/data=!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x6d0d47fb5a9ce6fb:0x500ef6143a29917!2m2!1d174.7633315!2d-36.8484597!1m5!1m1!1s0x6d6dab623dbd4965:0x2e66d933886481cb!2m2!1d175.68321!2d-37.872194" target="_blank"><b>drove 2.5 hours</b></a> (right-side driving!) from Auckland to Matamata to visit the <b><a href="http://www.hobbitontours.com/" target="_blank">Hobbiton Movie Set.</a> </b>(Review coming soon!).<br />
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Afterwards, we <a href="https://www.google.ca/maps/dir/Hobbiton+Movie+Set,+Matamata+3472,+New+Zealand/Hamilton+Jamia+Masjid,+Hamilton,+Waikato,+New+Zealand/@-37.842001,175.337498,10.5z/data=!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x6d6dab623dbd4965:0x2e66d933886481cb!2m2!1d175.68321!2d-37.872194!1m5!1m1!1s0x6d6d18970e313ff1:0x3bcc2ea762c8a97d!2m2!1d175.2843572!2d-37.7750882" target="_blank"><b>drove about 45 minutes to the city of Hamilton</b></a>, and visited the <b>Hamilton Jamia Masjid </b>to pray dhuhr and asr prayers. (Traveller's prayers are so handy alhamdulilah!)<br />
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With our daily prayers in check, it was only<b> <a href="https://www.google.ca/maps/dir/Hamilton+Jamia+Masjid,+Hamilton,+Waikato,+New+Zealand/Centre+Place,+Victoria+Street,+Hamilton,+Waikato,+New+Zealand/@-37.7809883,175.2815398,16z/data=!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x6d6d18970e313ff1:0x3bcc2ea762c8a97d!2m2!1d175.2843572!2d-37.7750882!1m5!1m1!1s0x6d6d18a4feb6c153:0x396709b10db014e1!2m2!1d175.280266!2d-37.785826" target="_blank">a hop, skip, and a jump</a> </b>over to <b><a href="http://centreplace.co.nz/" target="_blank">Centre Place Mall </a></b>which housed a <b><a href="http://kebabsonqueen.co.nz/location/centre-place/" target="_blank">Kebabs on Queen</a></b> in their food court.<br />
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Looks are definitely deceiving in the case of the above photo. I snapped this after the food court closed, so it doesn't quite capture the popularity of the place. This mall wasn't very busy to begin with, but after we got our food and sat down to eat, I noticed that about 70-80% of the food court customers (of all ethnicities and religions) were going to Kebabs on Queen, despite there being a number of other places to choose from. Makes me happy to see halal establishments thriving!<br />
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The restaurant serving area was immaculate which pleased me greatly. The menu is pretty simple and focused on a few dishes: chicken, lamb, or falafel, which can come in a sandwich, on rice, or on fries (chips). Check out their menu <b><a href="http://kebabsonqueen.co.nz/product-category/kebabs/">here.</a></b><br />
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There's also some daily deals and promotions which are well-priced.<br />
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We decided on the <b>Chicken on Rice Plate</b> which comes with chicken, rice, salad, and hummus, and the <b>Iskender Combo</b> with lamb, rice, and salad, but also a side of fries and a drink.<br />
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Our food arrived! Everything here was absolutely delicious, and they were quite generous with the sauces! The rice is just a plain basmati rice. The lamb was long strips of well-seasoned and tender lamb, and the salad was just fresh julienne veggies with a white sauce dressing, which I quite liked.<br />
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The fries were fresh and tasty, but the interesting thing was the ketchup! It wasn't ketchup, it was called "tomato sauce", and tasted closer to a savoury, slightly sweet tomato sauce for pasta than the sweet stuff we dip fries in. I liked it!<br />
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Here's my plate! The Chicken was tasty, the hummus was good, and the sauces I chose (can't remember which ones!) definitely brought the whole thing alive with extra layers of flavour.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Address: </b>Centre Place (Mall) <b>- </b><span style="background-color: white;">501 Victoria Street, </span><span style="background-color: white;">Hamilton Central, </span><span style="background-color: white;">Hamilton</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>Phone Number: </b></span><span style="background-color: white;">07 8383938</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Website:</b> <a href="http://kebabsonqueen.co.nz/"><b>Click Here</b></a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>Hours: </b></span><span class="day" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600;">Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday</span><span style="background-color: white;">: 9.00am - 6.00pm </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>T</b></span><span class="day" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600;">hursday</span><span style="background-color: white;">: 9.00am - 9.00pm</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Not planning to go to Hamilton to visit this location? No worries. Check out their <a href="http://kebabsonqueen.co.nz/locations/"><b>10 other locations</b></a> all around New Zealand.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Thanks for the great food, Kebabs on Queen! Hope to come back again one day!</span><br />
-Maryam<br />
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Eager to end our visit in Dallas on a light note before our next flight to San Jose, we called up an Uber and headed to<b> Krispy Crunchy Chicken</b> where we hoped to have some of the<i> real stuff, </i>some real halal southern-style fried chicken with all sorts of sides we've never had in Canada.</div>
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The menu has all the sorts of combos you'd expect from a cajun fried chicken place, along with a few different items that made me do a double take (I could have sworn it said MashaAllah Fish at first!). Since we hadn't had lunch yet, there'd be no food on the plane, and there wasn't many halal places near our hotel in San Jose when we landed, we decided to treat ourselves to a bit of a takeout feast.. for science of course.</div>
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There is a lot of seating space along with some interesting Iced Tea drink dispensers (Southern Sweet Iced Tea!) along with all the other stuff you'd expect to find in your local Popeye's Chicken place.</div>
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Along with some some sides like Jambalaya (still regretting not trying that!).</div>
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So here's what we ended up ordering. At risk of looking like crazy people who haven't eaten in years, we ordered two sandwiches: a <b>Krispy Chicken Sandwich</b> and a <b>Fish Sandwich </b>(I was hoping it'd taste like a Mcdonalds Fish Fillet which I haven't had in years!), then a single <b>Stuffed Jalepeno Popper </b>(I heard so much about these!), <b>2 Pieces of Dark Meat Chicken,</b> <b>Buffalo Wings, </b>some sort of appetiser-looking <b>Chicken Bites, </b>and a <b>5 Piece Shrimp meal, </b>and a <b>Fountain Drink.</b></div>
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Hey, don't judge us, okay. We had really rough night at the airport and needed fried chicken therapy.</div>
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So first up: <b>The 2 Piece Fried Chicken and Honey Butter Biscuit. </b>The chicken was pretty great. If you've ever had KFC it had that kind of texture, not loaded up on batter like Popeyes. Well seasoned, juicy, and just marvellous!</div>
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The <b>Honey Butter Biscuit</b> needs to replace our hard salty biscuit bricks at all of the Popeyes locations in Toronto ASAP. This was soft, slightly sweet, and buttery. My husband doesn't like Popeyes biscuits but he had a full one of these!</div>
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This was the <b>Krispy Chicken Sandwich</b> which was great. The bun wouldn't win any beauty prizes but it was light and not super bready like Popeyes, which was great because the portion of meat was way more than the bread.</div>
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Ah yes, this brings back memories. I have been craving a Fish Fillet from McDonalds for so long that I needed to try this <b>Fish Sandwich</b>. It had all the components that the Mcdonalds' one has, but it was a bit bigger, and it was a little greasy. If it was a little less greasy I would've given it top points.</div>
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Eat Fly Halalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12399002519063173231noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3517488925369774744.post-18308179130664061802016-09-06T21:20:00.000-04:002017-06-29T00:04:15.152-04:00Flight Review: American Airlines Economy 787 Dreamliner - Auckland to Los Angeles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So here's a recap of our recent Economy flight from Auckland, New Zealand, to Los Angeles, USA after a marvellous few days in Auckland in August 2016.<br />
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We drove up to the quiet Auckland Airport on a Monday afternoon, and drove into the Hertz Parking lot directly opposite the front doors of the airport to return our car. The good people at Hertz allowed us to just park in any spot, walk up to their kiosk and sign a few papers, and we were gone in minutes.<br />
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We took a few last breaths of the fresh New Zealand winter air and headed inside to our flight.<br />
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The Auckland airport is small but spacious, and you are immediately greeted by a huge Dwarf from Lord of the Rings as you exit the arrivals area. That's a welcoming sight to see! :D<br />
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There's also a information centre (known as I-Site) right beside this statue with tons of brochures and information, and there are many of these centres located all over New Zealand.<br />
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After heading through the security lanes quickly and painlessly, we headed to our gate for our first glimpse of the American Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which would be our plane for this flight. We've heard a lot of great things about this plane and were excited to experience it!<br />
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The rows in this plane were designed with <a href="https://www.seatguru.com/airlines/American_Airlines/American_Airlines_Boeing_787-8.php" target="_blank">3 seats on each side and 3 in the middle.</a> At the back of the plane, there are two rows of 2 seats on each side of the plane, and 3 in the middle. As usual, we chose the set of 2 seats at the back of the section on one side, since you can recline all the way and not have to worry about the people sitting behind you, and we didn't have to share our seats with a third person.<br />
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Another cool thing is that there's no bathrooms at the back of the plane, only the galley, so you won't have to worry about people walking in the aisles too much. The proximity to the galley may be bothersome, however.<br />
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Usually I never really find being near to the galley to be too bothersome, but this flight was an exception as I'll get to in a bit.<br />
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The windows on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner are super cool with dimming buttons instead of a sliding cover. As you can see in the photo above, we dimmed our window to the darkest setting to compare to the non-dimmed setting, and it darkens considerably to a dark blue colour.<br />
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These windows can be manually controlled, however once you're in the air, all of the windows are automatically dimmed to their darkest setting. Technology, amirite? :D<br />
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The entertainment system was an absolute dream. The screen uses a very responsive touch screen system similar to what you'd expect on your own tablet. Too many times have we experienced airplane touch-screens that you have to press really hard or else it never responds!<br />
The remote was not needed at all, because with the slightest touch you could control your screen however you liked.<br />
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There was also a 3-pronged power outlet, and the usb plug and audio jack was located right beneath the screen, which was lit up in blue so you could easily find it in the dark. All in all, this system was state-of-the-art.<br />
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The movie selection was also awesome. They had new releases as well as many categories of international films, and if you weren't going to sleep much like me, you could very well watch all three Lord of the Rings films! Not like.. I did that or anything..<br />
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The plane felt spacious even though the leg room was as small as you'd expect on economy, and I also liked how the economy seats were separated into two sections, so you didn't feel like you were in a sea of people all the time.<br />
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Shortly before takeoff something interesting happened. There were two ladies sitting on the left side of the middle row of seats beside us at the back of the plane, and a flight attendant came to them and told them that they had to move. They were moved, and then other flight attendants came and stored some blue baskets with supplies underneath the seats.<br />
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Yeah, the flight attendants kind of claimed that row to themselves, it was really odd. Throughout the flight they used these row of seats as their break area, and I couldn't help but notice as they took turns having their meals there, opening their bags for items, or watching a few minutes of a movie. They weren't subtle about it at all, either, and were chatting pretty loudly among themselves near those seats for the whole flight. It was pretty bothersome since I was sitting in an aisle seat next to them.<br />
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I'm not sure if this is normal protocol for flight attendants, but I found the whole thing kind of unprofessional. At some points they had brought out some important-looking documents and were working on them on the tray tables, and sometimes left them there to my surprise. Aside from this, their service was still good except for a few minor things that could've happened on any other flight.<br />
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But back to the flight: After the usual safety demonstrations, we were airborne!<br />
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We had one last look at the rolling grassy hills of Auckland that we loved so much.<br />
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And soon we were flying among the breathtaking landscapes of New Zealand before heading into the clouds.<br />
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After reaching the proper altitude, flight attendants handed out menus. We had already ordered the the Muslim Meal, but we had some of the same items.<br />
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And here's the drinks menu. Mm, Canada Dry.<br />
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My next task was a dire one: Identify all the scenes in Lord of the Rings in Hobbiton which we saw in our tour at the Movie Set in Matamata. Check! We crossed that bridge and went to the Green Dragon.<br />
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Check! We stood right there on that path in front of Bilbo's Hobbit hole.<br />
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The first thing we were served were some pretzels and a drink. Yay for generous servings of ice!<br />
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After which came our old friend, MOML, or MOSLEM MEAL. Gotta love that spelling! It's also so nice getting your special-ordered meals served first before anyone else.<br />
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It was.. surprise surprise, CURRY! You know what, even though it's weird that every muslim meal is curry, like we're all just curry-eating curry people, this one wasn't bad. It was curry beef, rice, and curry vegetables. To contribute to the stereotype even more: I liked it!<br />
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Then you got your bun, and a Mango Polenta Cake square, which was nice too, but what's this! It's from My Halal Bakery?! How nice!<br />
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A couple hours later we got a MOML Snack Box!<br />
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It was a club sandwich, methinks. It had a layer of chicken or turkey cold cuts, then bread, then cucumbers and tomatoes, then bread, then tuna. I didn't really like this, the tuna part being combined with other meat was kinda weird.<br />
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And then we were given ice cream! I have a feeling that perhaps we weren't supposed to be given these because of our special-ordered meals, but anyhow it was delicious. Coconut!<br />
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Nearing the end of the flight, we got our next surprise for breakfast: They only had 1 MOML, so they gave us that and a Veggie Meal.<br />
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I guess I didn't mind because I love vegetables, but there you go. Interesting observation: The Muffins were produced by the same company "Dessert Kitchen" as the cake we had in the first meal, but instead of "Your Halal Bakery" like it says on the former, it says "Your Wholesale Bakery".<br />
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The Veggie Meal had sliced potatoes, baked beans, and mushrooms and other veggies. I can eat this stuff every time. Yum!<br />
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The muffin was pretty standard, but the Apricot Soy Yogurt was really bad, it tasted like chemicals. I like soy products but that wasn't one of them. Nope.<br />
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My husband had eggs, spinach, chick peas, some sorta CURRY sauce (I for one think we didn't have enough curry on this flight) and a chicken sausage. Then the same muffin I had, and fruit (regular) yogurt.<br />
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And then we were landing in the sprawling metropolis of Los Angeles!<br />
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All in all, it was a good flight save the noise from the Flight attendants in the seats next to us. I loved the plane layout and the entertainment system, and I hope to fly on this type of plane again!<br />
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This must be the fourth or fifth time we've been to this restaurant, and we always leave with smiles on our faces and our tummies satisfied. Chinese Halal Restaurant is a traditional restaurant serving Northern Style Chinese food, which is much different from the Hakka fare you get all over the GTA.<br />
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They feature a lot of lamb dishes, and features all of the traditional Chinese dishes but packed with flavours like cumin and chili. When we visited Shanghai and Beijing last year, we ate exactly these dishes with these exact flavours from the Muslim restaurants there, so these guys are pretty authentic.<br />
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This time we wanted to take my mom out to this restaurant because she's only used to Hakka style Chinese food that you get at the multitude of restaurants in Toronto in Mississauga, and we wanted to introduce her to the authentic Northern-style stuff. She's not a fan of lamb either, but I convinced her that she definitely has to try the lamb here, because it's unlike anything she's tried before.<br />
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First thing's first, when you sit down they will give you a complimentary pot of tea (ours was Jasmine, mm!) and the table is set as traditional Chinese restaurants are, with small dishes, small soup bowls and soup spoons, and a pair of chopsticks.<br />
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Learning to eat with chopsticks definitely enhances the experience of eating authentic Chinese food in my opinion, but if you aren't used to them, don't worry, the servers brought us forks and spoons without us even asking.<br />
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On the side of the table you'll find something that you commonly see in Asia but never see in Toronto: a device to call your server over! Yup, with a push of a button your server will come over immediately to serve you, and we've used it with immediate service the last two times we were here.<br />
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Little things like these always brighten my day. They make the dining experience so convenient and fun! Your server will not explain this to you when you sit down, so be aware of it before you head over for lunch or dinner.<br />
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You'll be handed their lovely hardcover menus. (I get so excited when I see the Halal symbol and graphics used so loud and proud!). You'll also be handed a small paper and pencil, where you will jot down your orders, just like a traditional Chinese restaurant.<br />
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This is the intro page to the menu, which isn't translated into English, but using my handy dandy Google Translate App, I learned that it talks about the history of Halal food in China originating from the Qing Dynasty, the popularity of halal food in Beijing, and the contribution of Halal food to Chinese cuisine, especially with the use of lamb and natural herbs and spices.<br />
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Be forewarned, there are A LOT of dishes in this menu. If you aren't familiar with these types of dishes listed, I would suggest sticking to the pictures you see along the sides of the menu so you know exactly what you're getting. For example, the "BBQ Bun" may sound like a barbecue sandwich, but it's most likely a steamed rice bun with barbecue meat inside.<br />
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This is one of the lamb dish pages. We didn't order anything from this page this time, but we've had the Lamb on Sizzling Hot Plate and it was awesome, it was like lamb skewers rolled in cumin and other spices. <b>Another important thing: </b>When a dish says spicy, take it seriously. My pepper-loving mom ate with us this time and agreed that the spicy dishes we ordered were actually sufficient for her tastes (any other time she'd be drenching her food in hot sauce lol).<br />
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The other lamb page. Yup, these guys do lamb in all forms, it's the speciality dish here. Definitely order something with lamb, you won't regret it!<br />
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Since we had my mom with us who was hesitant about the lamb, we decided to go with D13 Cumin Diced Chicken as one of our dishes.<br />
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This is one of the noodle pages. It's not shown on this page, but if you like soup I would definitely recommend their bowls of soup with hand-pulled noodles, which are as delicious, flavourful, and refreshing as the ones we had in Shanghai and Beijing. Unfortunately this was a scorching hot July afternoon, so we skipped the soup this time.<br />
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And then there's my favourite page, the dumpling page. This restaurant's dumplings are extraordinarily made, and are fresh and super flavourful. Since we wanted to introduce my mom to both steamed dumplings and to lamb, we chose H06 Lamb Dumplings (15 PCS). I would also recommend the pan-fried lamb dumplings.<br />
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There were a few other pages that I didn't take pictures of, that included Beef dishes and Vegetable dishes, so be sure to look out for more stuff if you didn't see something here you were expecting.<br />
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Since we were there for lunch, they also had these super cool lunch specials! We didn't have anything from this side but I would recommend the hand made soup noodles, or the lamb wontons in soup. I LOVE wonton soup and gosh that was delicious and warming in the winter.<br />
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On the other side my mom decided to order the Chicken with Spicy Sauces and Peanuts plus a Cold Dish from the top.<br />
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Not pictured: We also ordered the Spicy Crispy Beef, which we were expecting to come out like the Crispy Beef from hakka restaurants.<br />
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And then the food arrived! This is the <b>Chicken with Spicy Sauces and Peanuts </b>with a Cold Dish of <b>Edamame Beans</b>. Alright this looks like your pretty standard chili chicken but it wasn't anything like that. I think it used hoisin sauce or maybe black bean sauce and chili sauces. I can't put my finger on which sauces it used but it was very different and very good. My mom loved it.<br />
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We were expecting a salad instead of the Edamame Beans, but I still love those, they're buttery and slightly salty and really good! Just pop open the pods and eat the beans.<br />
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This is the <b>Cumin Diced Chicken</b>. Okay I don't know where to start with this. It was so good! The chicken is slightly battered and fried, and the whole dish is covered in cumin which has clearly been fried with everything, making every bite very fragrant. I wasn't expecting much but I really liked this.<br />
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This is the <b>Spicy Crispy Beef</b>. Woah it was completely different from the Crispy Beef we've had at restaurants like Royal Jasmine. First of all, they're large chunks of beef, and all pretty tender, and they've been battered and deep fried with crushed chili, garlic, and spices. I really liked this. The only thing was that it was a little too salty, so if you order this I would suggest asking your server to request less salt with this, just in case.<br />
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But also, this was SPICY! For my mom and I it was an agreeably spicy level, but for my husband it was a little too much. Be careful if you order this for kids!<br />
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Then the star of the show arrived, the<b> Lamb Dumplings.</b><br />
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Ughh these are so amazing. The lamb inside is really well seasoned and juicy. If you attempt to cut it in half, you might just get juice flying out. It really isn't plain lamb in there, I'm pretty sure they've put cumin and coriander and the usual spices. The wrapper was cooked well and tasted really fresh, too. We've had dumplings were the wrappers were clearly stale and hard and chewy, but these ones were soft and fresh, the mark of being handmade.<br />
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But here's the real test: Did my mom like it? SHE DID! She even asked for seconds! There you have it, folks. The lamb here pleases people who don't even like lamb. Definitely order this or some other lamb dumplings or wontons. It's <b>really </b>good.<br />
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After paying for your meal and heading to the exit, you'll come upon quite possibly the best part of this restaurant, <b>The Capsule Toy Machines.</b><br />
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Being the nerd that I am, I would never turn down cheap merchandise from shows or series that I love. For some reason you'll never find real anime merchandise from series like One Piece, Naruto, Bleach, Attack on Titan, or Pokemon anywhere else in Toronto, but this restaurant always has some, and they're quite up to date toys, too!<br />
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With the current Pokemon Go craze I decided on a Pokemon Capsule toy, and I got Litleo, from Pokemon X/Y (Generation 6)! So cute!<br />
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This restaurant boasts numerous awards and recognition from the city and the province. We've met the owner, who also sometimes works as a server, and he's a very nice older brother who excitedly conversed with my husband in Chinese. May he and his family be rewarded for this awesome restaurant, ameen.</div>
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<b>Address:</b> 101 Ravel Rd, North York, ON M2H 1T1<br />
<b>Phone Number: </b>(416) 498-9800<br />
<b>Hours: </b>Every Day from 11:00 AM to 11:00 PM<br />
<b>Lunch Specials: </b>Mon-Fri (except holidays) from 11:00 AM to 4:30 PM</div>
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Be sure to visit this restaurant and give it a try! If you've never had authentic Northern Style Chinese food, now's the time to try!<br />
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This was our final flight from last year's World Trip around Asia using our accumulated Aeroplan points. Alhamdulilah, after collecting for over 2 years, we managed to redeem several business-class flights for this trip. It was a lot of work but well worth the effort!<br />
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So finally, after a few weeks jumping from Turkey, Singapore, Philippines, Hong Kong, Japan, and China, we spent an amazing few days in Seoul, and entered the airport for our final leg with a Business class flight with Asiana Airlines to Chicago, then a Business Class flight with Air Canada from Chicago to Toronto.<br />
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As usual, after checking in and receiving our boarding passes at the Incheon Airport, we were given access to the Asiana Airlines Lounge ahead of our flight.<br />
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There wasn't many vegetarian offerings, so we sampled some snacks and drinks instead.<br />
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The lounge was pretty spacious and had a lot of comfortable seats, so we relaxed with wifi access until our flight was ready.<br />
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I was rather excited to experience another long-haul Business class flight after having such a great time on our Business class flights on Turkish Airlines from<a href="http://www.eatflyhalal.com/2015/12/flight-review-turkish-airlines-business.html" target="_blank"> <b>Toronto to Istanbul</b> </a>and <b><a href="http://www.eatflyhalal.com/2016/07/flight-review-turkish-airlines-business.html" target="_blank">Istanbul to Kuala Lumpur</a> </b>on this trip.<br />
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Upon seeing the type of plane we were assigned for this flight gave us a bit of a clue for what was to come.<br />
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This was the older Boeing 777-200 plane, which means that the Business class seats were "angle-flat" style rather than "flat-bed" style.<br />
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Instead of flat bed that we experienced on Turkish airlines, these seats angled downwards and extended, so you're ultimately lying down at an angle and slipping downwards while you try to sleep. I personally found this type of seat to be incredibly uncomfortable and painful, and left the flight with the same amount of discomfort I feel after a normal economy flight. My husband however found it to be completely fine, and was able to sleep normally, however he said that he definitely preferred the flat-bed seats more. So I guess some people will like it and some won't!<br />
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Here are the button controls for your seat. You could move each part individually, or press one button and the chair would automatically move into that position.<br />
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The Amenity kits were branded "L'Occitane en Provence" brown zippered bags this time.<br />
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This was another really nice kit. It came with your usual pair of socks and eye-mask, along with lotion, a toothbrush and toothpaste, ear plugs, and a leather-cased comb!<br />
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So ended our final minutes in Seoul. We absolutely LOVED Korea, and hope to return one day inshaAllah.<br />
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As usual we booked the "Muslim Meal" on this flight way ahead of the trip. We found that the halal meals on non-muslim airlines were usually not as exciting as what we've had on airlines like Etihad or Turkish airlines, but there were some exceptions. So I was excited to see what we'd be presented with this time.<br />
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The dinner service started with a tablecloth on our trays and an elegant arrangement of seasonings, tea, bread, and several utensils, followed by different courses. This was one of the appetisers, some grilled vegetables with tomato and kidney beans. It looked lovely and tasted okay, but I remember adding salt and pepper to everything.<br />
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This was the other appetiser, some lettuce, grape leaf rolls, and grilled vegetables.<br />
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Then there was a bowl of potato soup. It was very bland and tasteless. I remember referring to this as "potato water".<br />
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This was one of the entrees, which was actually quite nice! It was a well seasoned beef along with some fragrant rice and vegetables. Didn't look like much but I was satisfied with it.<br />
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This was my husband's entree, steamed fish with potatoes and vegetables. My husband said he liked it, but I found it pretty bland. He said "it tasted very Asian, so it was okay for Asians, bland for brown people". I rest my case.<br />
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The Muslim Meal dessert on non-muslim airlines is usually fruit, so this was expected.<br />
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Next we boarded our next flight, an Air Canada ERJ-190 aircraft en route to Toronto.<br />
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Finally we landed in our wonderful home sweet home, at Pearson Airport in Toronto. These two Business class flights were very different from our experience on Turkish airlines, but they were still great, and alhamdulilah we are happy to have flown business class thanks to Aeroplan reward point redemptions, when these flights would otherwise be impossibly expensive.<br />
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And so ended our World Trip for 2015!<br />
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This was our second Business Class flight on our <a href="http://www.eatflyhalal.com/2015/10/eat-fly-halal-world-trip-2015-article.html">Euro-Asia World Trip</a> in 2015, from Turkey on the way to our second stop: Singapore! These business class flights were redeemed from Aeroplan points, which we collected for over two years. After redeeming for the cost of flights, the only price we paid is the fuel surcharges, which ended up being very little.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We started off to the Istanbul airport travelling from the Nowy Efendi Hotel (see review <a href="http://www.eatflyhalal.com/2015/12/hotel-review-nowy-efendi-hotel-istanbul.html">here</a>) by using the Tram.<br />
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The ride on the tram wasn't the most comfortable. I don't think we managed to get a seat until many stops down the line, as the tram was very busy during the evenings. So we had to stand and hold on to our luggage most of the way for about 30 minutes, which was tiring for sure. But that little hardship was well worth it for that price compared to paying 30 Euros per person for a drive to the airport from the hotel.</div>
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After we arrived to Istanbul's lovely airport and got our boarding passes, we were pleasantly surprised to find that Business Class passengers have their own security gates which exit into the lounge! This was a delight for sure, compared to waiting for over an hour in lines in other countries.</div>
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What you're looking at is the top level of the lounge with staircases intertwining a huge Turkish Airlines globe structure.</div>
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The food was absolutely fantastic. Everything was freshly made and still hot from the grill, it was restaurant quality food and completely buffet-style! What a lounge! On the top right of this picture you'll see a glass bottle of Ayran, which I dream of to this day. Wish I could have a crate of those shipped to Canada.</div>
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Everything inside was the same was the<a href="http://www.eatflyhalal.com/2015/12/flight-review-turkish-airlines-business.html"> previous flight</a>, except for the Jaguar branded lotion, lip balm and description card.<br />
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What you have here is an appetiser course for dinner, which was a mini-samosa, grilled zucchini wrapped around cheese, and a meatball. All were good.</div>
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So last night we decided we wanted to check out the <a href="http://www.tasteoflawrence.com/events/taste-of-lawrence" target="_blank">Taste of Lawrence</a> in Scarborough, Ontario, as we haven't gone to a food festival in a while. There were a few halal booths serving items such as burgers, Malaysian food, and vegetarian and seafood items, but after exploring a bit we decided that we would pass, as we weren't feeling for heavy or greasy dishes.<br />
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An unexpected waterfall from the sky led us to seek refuge under various roofs with other festival-goers, and finally we settled on going to Ibrahim B.B.Q, which was located right across the street from where we parked.<br />
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We ran for our lives and wound up in a line just outside the door, soaked to the bone and a little dishevelled, awaiting what we hoped to be delicious middle eastern food.<br />
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The line didn't let up the entire time we were there, so we had high hopes, as well!<br />
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Here's the first half of the menu on the screens, you can zoom in to take a look at the prices. I was looking for something lighter and healthier, so I settled on a half BBQ chicken, and opted for only salad. and my husband ordered the Shawarma mixed plate.<br />
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And here's the second half of the menu. My measuring stick for Middle Eastern Shawarma plates and BBQ chicken is as follows:<br />
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<li><a href="http://www.shawarmapalace.ca/" target="_blank">Shawarma Palace </a>(in Ottawa, on Rideau St.) quality and quantity for the Shawarma plates</li>
<li>For the BBQ chicken would be comparable to the grilled chicken plates we've had in Madinah and Makkah, or, nearer to home, <a href="http://www.grilladesyasmine.com/" target="_blank">Grillades Yasmine </a>in Montreal, which uses a charcoal grill for their chicken.</li>
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They had some other interesting items, like Lamb Shank, Kaftas, and the usual Shawarma fare.<br />
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Alright so here's the mixed shawarma plate. The shawarma beef was well seasoned and absolutely delicious, but the chicken could have been a little more so, the rice too. The chutney-like pepper sauce was really tasty, and the garlic sauce was good, too. The salad wasn't an actual salad, moreso the salad toppings that are added to shawarma sandwiches.<br />
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Also in the pictures it looks like potatoes are supposed to be part of the plate, and it wasn't there.<br />
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I'd give it a 3.5/5<br />
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For the half chicken plate, there was a little confusion during my order, since I saw 1/2 kg Chicken on the menu and assumed that meant a half of a whole chicken, but after telling them what I wanted, they easily complied. The chicken was really juicy and was briefly barbecued before packing.<br />
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The salad, again was looking for a real salad and not just an assortment of shawarma toppings, but it was alright.<br />
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I'll also give this a 3.5/5, as I was looking for a really barbecued taste all over the chicken, similar to Grillades Yasmine. This was more of a baked/roasted chicken, which is lightly barbecued before serving.<br />
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I would say we received a great value for the price we paid. It wasn't the most top-notch Middle eastern places we've been to, but still very good.<br />
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If you're in the area I would recommend visiting! And the best part, they're open really late!<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><u>Address:</u> </span></b><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.870588);">1967 Lawrence Ave E, Toronto, ON M1R 2Z2</span></span><br />
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There's nothing better than having a delicious and satisfying lunch on a trip for a good price, and <b>Donair Town</b> in Vancouver, Canada was exactly that. We were looking for halal restaurants near Stanley Park and came upon this one on <i>Zabihah.com</i> which worked out perfectly.<br />
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There's also a huge Safeway grocery store directly across the street from the restaurant, which gave us a good chance to stock up on bottled water and other items we needed for the trip.<br />
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So what is a Donair? <i>Donair</i> is actually the Canadian (yes, specifically Canadian!) term for Doner, which is the Turkish style of Shawarma meat and sandwiches. The taste is different as are the condiments from your usual Shawarma you'll find all over Toronto, so switching it up was quite the treat. Apparently Donairs are the dominant sandwich in Vancouver, not Shawarmas.<br />
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The neighbourhood is quite lovely and busy, and there's also an outdoor patio which is where we ate on a beautiful May afternoon.<br />
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Know in advance that you will probably have a hard time finding parking. There is parking on the sides of streets, but since we wanted to go to Safeway as well, we chanced parking in the huge Safeway parking lot right across the street from the restaurant, getting our groceries, then dashing across the street for a bite. We got away with it! But if you're going to be long, I wouldn't recommend it as there's cameras everywhere in the parking lot.<br />
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The menu includes Beef, Chicken, or Lamb Donairs as well as Falafels, which you can have in a sandwich or in a plate with rice. The prices were pretty good for the sizes.<br />
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We decided to go with the Super Original Lamb Donair ($8.99) and asked for it to be cut in half, as well as a Donair Town Poutine on the side. Gotta love Fusion Poutines!<br />
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For drinks we wanted to go authentic and got a bottle of Ayran, which is a tangy, salty yogurt drink which is commonplace in Turkey, but we made the mistake of being a little too adventurous and getting the Carbonated one.<br />
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It tastes exactly how you imagine it. Fizzy yogurt. I knew we should've went with the original! The carbonated form really wasn't my thing, but I can drink regular Ayran all day, every day. Writing this while fasting isn't fun!<br />
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There was also an upstairs dining area, which we didn't use since we decided to sit outside, but the decor and colour scheme was lovely.<br />
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We arrived at a time when there was only one or two customers, so the wait wasn't long. After we placed our order however, came a huge stream of customers. But the cook took his time and made everything perfectly, which I enjoy since I'd rather wait for quality.<br />
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And then we finally got it. Verdict: <b>DELICIOUS!</b><br />
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Okay, the <b>Donair Town Poutine</b> is an absolute winner. Fresh fries topped with well-seasoned Donair chicken, garlic sauce, and feta cheese. Sounds simple but it was one of the best Poutines I've ever had. I can now say with confidence that only the original-style Poutine with gravy and cheese curds can beat out this one.<br />
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The <b>Lamb Donair </b>was similarly delicious, and it was also MASSIVE. We ordered the Super Size so it could be cut in half to share, and honestly after eating half of that and some poutine, the two of us were very satisfied. We actually couldn't finish the Poutine and had to take the leftovers with us.<br />
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Eating a half of the Super sized Donair got a little messy, though, so if eating with your hands isn't for you, I'd suggest getting the Plate version instead.<br />
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I would extremely recommend this restaurant, and I would say a must-order is the Poutine, for certain.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Location:</span></b><br />
Address: 1793 Robson St, Vancouver, BC V6G 1C9<br />
Phone Number: (604) 569-1124<br />
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Hours:<br />
<b>Monday</b> 11AM–10PM<br />
<b>Tuesday</b> 11AM–10PM<br />
<b>Wednesday</b> 11AM–10PM<br />
<b>Thursday</b> 11AM–10PM<br />
<b>Friday </b>11AM–10PM<br />
<b>Saturday</b> 11AM–10PM<br />
<b>Sunday </b>11AM–10PM<br />
<b>Holidays - </b>Hours might differ<br />
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-MaryamEat Fly Halalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12399002519063173231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3517488925369774744.post-31126913894412366922016-06-15T18:33:00.002-04:002016-06-15T18:36:46.383-04:00Mosque Tour: Masjid Al-Salam & Education Centre (Vancouver)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On our recent trip to Vancouver, we had just finished exploring Buntzen Lake and eating Malaysian & Singaporean food at <b><a href="http://www.eatflyhalal.com/2016/06/restaurant-review-makan-place-vancouver.html" target="_blank">Makan Place Restaurant</a> </b>(in Burnaby), but on our drive back to downtown Vancouver, we just happened to drive past this beautiful building by accident, just down the street from the restaurant, <b><a href="http://www.bcmaburnaby.org/" target="_blank">Masjid Al Salam & Education Centre.</a></b><br />
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We spotted the minaret from down the street and said to each other <i>"Is that a masjid?"</i>, and coming closer we were stunned by its beauty! We were so curious about the masjid that after missing the turn, we spent around 10 minutes making u-turns to find our way back to it to have a tour and drop a few rakat, lol. I'm glad we did.<br />
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First thing that floored us (ba-dum, tsh!) was their parking lot. WOAH. If you've been to masajid in Toronto, you know what a problem parking (or the lack of it) is. This masjid has a massive, well maintained underground parking lot, complete with..<br />
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You guessed it! Accessibility parking! I know this is a pretty sad thing to be excited about when this should be a given everywhere, but when you're from Toronto finding an awesomely accessible parking lot at a masjid is usually a big deal.<br />
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Next thing to be excited about, an elevator! Yes! The elevator went from the parking level to the top floor where the sisters area was, so that's where I (Maryam) went.<br />
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My eyes were presented an absolutely gorgeous view at the top floor. First thing you'll see as you exit the elevator to your left is an outdoor balcony that leads to what I can only guess is classrooms. The architecture is stunning, and the entire masjid was spotless.<br />
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The shoes area and doors to the sisters' prayer area was lovely, and they had a screen linking to their Imam's facebook page, which<b> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100007404857269&fref=nf" target="_blank">I will link to here.</a></b><br />
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The sisters prayer area was marvellous. Everything was so new, spacious, and clean.<br />
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I explored a little further in the sisters area and found .. hey what's this? Yes! A mothers room for moms who need it!<br />
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At the time the masjid was empty, but I expect now, during Ramadan, that this room's probably quite lively.<br />
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I (quick reminder that this is a woman is writing ^_^) would normally not photograph a bathroom, but I was so impressed by the layout that I wanted to show you guys.<br />
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The bathroom is also very spacious and absolutely spotless, complete with a ghusul (shower) area as well.<br />
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There's a large changing table area.<br />
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And you'll find your usual wudu (ablution) area as well.<br />
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I took the elevator downstairs to the main hall to tell my husband about my discoveries and found him similarly spellbound by the masjid's beauty. This is the common area for brothers.<br />
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There's a door in this area that accesses an outside courtyard, which is the bottom of the classrooms from the sister's level.<br />
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This is the brothers prayer area. The mihrab where the imam leads the prayer at the front is a beautiful stained glass window looking out into a beautiful nature scene.<br />
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There's also access to a kitchen from this area, I think that they cook for catering at the masjid, I had saw some signs advertising menus.<br />
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I was even impressed with the detailing of the floors! The "No shoes past the line" was actually engraved into the tiles. So pretty!<br />
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Best of all, there's a huge community hall.<br />
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It was here that my husband and I came upon an elder brother who was diligently cleaning and polishing all the surfaces of the brothers' entrance hall.<br />
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He told us that the masjid was designed by a muslim architect and was completed only a few years ago. They used to have several imams for the masjid on a rotation basis but recently have hired a permanant imam alhamdulilah.<br />
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The masjid was pretty empty when we visited, and he explained that the area isn't very accessible by walking so most people drive, but jumah salah is usually jam packed. He said that the donations for the masjid was raised mostly by Fijian muslims many years ago, and the costs for the masjid has been paid off, however they still rely on donations for month-by-month operations. <b>Please consider donating to the masjid by clicking <a href="http://www.bcmaburnaby.org/Donate" target="_blank">here. </a></b><br />
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It was such a pleasure visiting this beautiful masjid, and I imagine that it's a beautiful place to go during Ramadan, as well. May Allah grant abundant blessings to their community and bless them with wealth to maintain the masjid indefinitely, ameen.<br />
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On our recent trip to Vancouver in May 2016, we spent the day driving and exploring Buntzen Lake, which is located about a 1.5 hour drive from downtown Vancouver. On our way back, we decided to have lunch at what seems like the only halal restaurant in the vicinity, <b>Makan Place, a Singaporean & Malaysian Restaurant</b>.<br />
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The first thing I was happy about was that they had their own parking lot! Woohoo! We were so unused to parking on the street everywhere in Vancouver!<br />
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We were greeted by two Muslim Singaporean & Malaysian sisters and we asked for their recommendations. They recommended the <b>Beef Rendang with rice</b> and the <b>Mi Goreng Noodles with Chicken (Malaysian Style)</b>, so we went with that!<br />
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We also ordered some<b> Chicken Satay Skewers </b>on the side, along with a tall cup of traditional <b>Tea Tarik</b>, and <b>Milo Dinosaur, </b>a chilled chocolate drink.<br />
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First our order of <b>Mi Goreng </b>arrived, and my oh my was this ever tasty. It was a huge platter of freshly cooked noodles jam packed with vegetables and meat. There was potatoes, eggs, bean sprouts, chicken, cabbage, carrots, peas, and more!<br />
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Rayyan, a seasoned Malaysian food eater, said it tasted authentic. It was absolutely delicious. Everything was seasoned well and it was enough food for two (needless to say, we happily took leftovers back to the hotel). I'd give this a 5/5.<br />
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Next we got our <b>Chicken Satay Skewers</b> along with some veggies and peanut sauce. These tasted pretty good and grilled well, the standard satay taste. I would have liked a slightly larger quantity however for $6.95 they were well worth their price. I'd give it a 4/5.<br />
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Next up was the <b>Beef Rendang with Rice, </b>which also tasted great, again a pretty standard authentic taste. I'd give it a 3/5.<br />
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Our drinks were delightful. I love <b>Tea Tarik</b> so it was lovely to have the familiar slightly-sweet taste again. The <b>Milo Dinosaur </b>we had was pretty awesome too, the last one I had in Singapore came with a scoop of chocolate ice cream on top which I'm not sure if it's part of the drink or not, but this one still tasted great.<br />
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These were enormous cups so we struggled to finish the tea and took about half of the Milo Dinosaur with us to go.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Address: </b><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.870588);">7677 6th St, Burnaby, BC V3N 3M7<br /><b>Phone Number:</b> </span><a class="widget-pane-link" href="tel:+16045157678" jsaction="focus:pane.focusPhoneNumber" jsan="7.widget-pane-link,8.href,0.data-href,22.jsaction" jstcache="175" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.870588); cursor: pointer; font-stretch: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">(604) 515-7678</a></span><br />
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All in all we had a wonderful meal at Makan Place and their restaurant is much recommended. We had a chance to chat with the two ladies after our meal and they were very kind and friendly, they had provided a place for us to pray and told us that the Muslim Community in the area was active and had masajid nearby.<br />
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It was a lovely visit and if we ever go back to Vancouver, I'd definitely love to return inshaAllah.<br />
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The first time I went to Hong Kong I was introduced to delicate, buttery, custardy egg tarts on an evening stroll, freshly baked and packaged in a paper bag by a corner bakery lady. Since then I've seen the same ones sold in Asian bakeries here in Canada, but they just didn't have that fresh, warm, crumbly quality that made them so good in Hong Kong.<br />
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On our <b><a href="http://www.eatflyhalal.com/2015/10/eat-fly-halal-world-trip-2015-article.html" target="_blank">recent trip across Asia,</a></b> we fortunately had booked our layover in Hong Kong on the way to Japan so that we would have one day to run around and see the city again, and of course get some egg tarts :D. So here's two places we found that had two different styles of egg tarts!<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Important Note: </span></b>Before purchasing baked goods in Hong Kong, be sure to ask the staff if they use lard or vanilla extract that contains alcohol. You can use Google Translate and print out the translation if you don't speak Mandarin or Cantonese.<br />
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In our haste to find one of those mom and pop bakeries that sells the elusive egg tarts before hopping on a bus to catch our flight, we found this place, Arome Bakery Room, just down the street from our hotel,<b> iClub Fortress Hill Hotel</b>.<br />
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This was a stylish modern bakery that was well decorated and had beautiful pastries for sale, however all we wanted was some egg tarts, and these were the ones they had. At 8 HKD each (around $1.33) it was more than twice the price of the usual egg tarts you'd find in the corner store bakeries, but it was beautiful and made of egg whites only, so we decided to try it.<br />
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The edges of the pastries were indented beautifully and the crust was delicious and held together well. The egg white custard filling didn't much have the "eggy" flavour of the usual egg tarts, but they were lovely. We were also flying to Japan while carrying these so we appreciated the pastries being in tins rather than cupcake wrappers, and having a solid box to hold onto as well.<br />
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Here's a streetview of the location. If you're in the area be sure to give them a try! The next bakery we visited was just down the street from here.<br />
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<b>Store Name: </b>Arome Bakery Room 東海堂<br />
<b>Address:</b> Shop 2, G/F, Aia Tower, 183 Electric Road, North Point, Hong Kong<br />
<b>Address in Chinese: </b>北角電氣道183號友邦廣場地下2號舖<br />
<b>Nearest Station: </b>Fortress Hill<br />
<b>Official Website: <a href="https://www.aromebakery.com.hk/en/index1.asp" target="_blank">Click here</a></b><br />
<b>Review Website: <a href="http://www.openrice.com/en/hongkong/restaurant/north-point-arome-bakery-room/80234" target="_blank">Click here</a></b><br />
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We continued down Electric Road to our hotel and were amazed to find a bakery selling the authentic egg tarts (using whole eggs instead of just the whites), just steps away from Arome Bakery!<br />
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There we saw the welcome sight of the local bakery lady who will tap out warm and soft egg tarts from their metal mini-pans gingerly onto a slice of bread, then gently package them up onto cupcake wrappers and into a paper bag.<br />
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They cost very little, around 3 HKD each ($0.50 CAD).<br />
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Perfection. We decided to enjoy ours on the bus ride to the airport, and it was everything I remembered, a slightly sweet egg custard flavour enveloped in a fresh crumbly crust. Just be careful! These pastries are so fresh and delicate that they'll likely fall apart after a bite or two. The egg white version from Arome Bakery was lovely, but in my opinion I'll always prefer the original.<br />
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<b>Store Name: </b>Fresh Oat Bakery / 鮮麥鮮飽店<br />
<b>Address: </b>G/F, Union Park Tower, 168 Electric Road, Hong Kong<br />
<b>Address in Chinese: </b>電氣道168號栢宜大廈地下<br />
<b>Nearest Station: </b>Fortress Hill<br />
<b>Yelp Review: <a href="https://www.yelp.ca/biz/%E9%AE%AE%E9%BA%A5%E9%AE%AE%E9%A3%BD%E5%BA%97-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF" target="_blank">Click here</a></b><br />
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Next time you have a layover in Hong Kong, do yourself a favour: Get some egg tarts, and say bismillah!<br />
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In our<b> <a href="http://www.eatflyhalal.com/2015/10/eat-fly-halal-world-trip-2015-article.html" target="_blank">recent trip to Japan </a></b>we did not want to leave the country without trying the tantalizing BBQ Yakiniku (Grilled Meat) spots seen often on videos on youtube, and luckily there were a couple restaurants offering halal meat! What a treat!<br />
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We were so incredibly excited to try the revered Wagyu Beef which originates from Japan, so we set our sights on "Satsuma Tanden Yoyogi" in Tokyo and set off!<br />
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The first thing we noticed is that this restaurant advertises their halal status loud and proud, with much signage on their front display and front doors. Japan has a country-wide Halal Certification organization regulated by the government, and they are very strict in implementing and granting status to restaurants. This restaurant was not completely halal, but we read that they had separate cooking areas and seating for muslim guests.<br />
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We entered and asked if we could have the halal menu and at first we were told that they usually only offer the halal menu at dinner time, when this was in the afternoon, but they made an exception for us and we were seated. <b>We recommend calling ahead and reserving seats </b>in case they turn you away in future.<br />
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We were led to a specific set of tables which we were told were only for the halal meat, and were given plates with the certification symbol on it. How cool! The tongs and other utensils are also kept separate from the others in the restaurant. The table has a built in grill with an air vent above to filter out the fumes while grilling.<br />
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The halal menu has the certification information in plain sight. Since we were on a budget and had planned our expenses in Japan to the T, we had looked at the menu online and realized that the "course menu" per person with everything included was <b>4500 Yen each (that's currently $52 CAD)</b> so instead <b>we planned to pick and choose the types of meats we wanted to try </b>from the carte menu along with a couple of sides.<br />
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Here was our second obstacle. We were told that <b>we couldn't do that</b>, and <b>we could only order the course menu.</b> The a la carte menu was only to order additional plates of meat to add on, afterwards. Looking back I should have realized that this would have been the case and not counted on being able to personalize our meal, but at least I learned a lesson. So as we weren't that hungry anyway and just wanted to try the wagyu beef, we decided on being cheap and just ordering 1 course menu to share with a few extra sides, and then go somewhere else later.<br />
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I think the server wasn't too happy with that but he seemed to let it slide. We had a couple of days here and we weren't planning on spending over $100 for lunch for two at one restaurant! So learn from our dumb mistake and<b> plan to spend a lot more than you thought you would in Japan.</b><br />
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Here's a close up of the halal certification.<br />
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And then the beef arrived! Check out the marbling on those cuts of beef, it was glorious! I think the top-right square shaped pieces were the wagyu beef, and believe me once we cooked it, we could tell right away.<br />
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There was also some lettuce leaves for you to wrap your cooked beef in aftewards to eat, which was a lovely thing.<br />
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And then we were grilling! You also got a bowl of beef broth and rice on the side.<br />
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Those square-ish pieces were the wagyu beef. Let me explain the taste. Imagine you had perfectly grilled steak injected with butter. That's what it was like, but not really.<br />
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It was JUICY and TENDER and unlike anything I've ever tasted. Looks of shock were reciprocated on our faces once we tried it, it was that good. You could bite right through it with no resistance and it melted in your mouth. It didn't need anything, no salt, no pepper, no sauce. It was absolutely delicious on its own. I'd chalk that up to the amount of fat that's marbling the meat, but oh man was it ever amazing.<br />
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After trying the wagyu beef the other cuts just couldn't compare. It was like having freshly squeezed orange juice and then an orange flavoured drink. Still orange, still good, but worlds apart.<br />
There were a few other cuts that were close though, like the deluxe kalbi and deluxe rib eye.<br />
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It's no wonder they only give you a few small pieces per meal, the stuff must be incredibly expensive to source, and halal no less.<br />
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Afterwards we had dessert - Brown Sugar Ice Cream, and paid our bill.<br />
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I left that restaurant a changed woman. I had learned the definition of steak and would likely never experience it again in a long time. Despite us not realizing that this was a higher class restaurant and embarrassing ourselves a little with the menu situation, I think that this was one of the food highlights of my life.<br />
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There are a few other BBQ places in Tokyo that offer Halal wagyu beef, but if you're in the area and are willing to pay 4500 Yen per person, then I would check out this place.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Store Name: </b>Satsuma Tanden Yoyogi</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Store Address (Japanese): </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;">〒151-0051 東京都渋谷区千駄ヶ谷5-21-12代々木リビン1F</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>Store Address: </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.2px;">Yoyogi Ribin 1F, 5-21-12 Sendagaya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-0051</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.2px;"><b>Hours: </b></span><span style="line-height: 19.2px;">Mon-Fri 11:30-15:00 (L.O.14:30) / 17:00-23:00 (L.O.22:30), </span><span style="line-height: 19.2px;">Sat, Sun, Pub 16:30-22:30 (L.O. 22:00)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 19.2px;"><b>Phone Number:</b> </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.2px;">050-5796-4845</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.2px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Official Website:</b> <a href="http://r.gnavi.co.jp/a755004/" target="_blank">Click here</a></span></span></div>
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<li>Go to <a href="https://www.google.ca/flights/" target="_blank">Google Flights</a></li>
<li>Choose "Multi-City" Search</li>
<li>Enter: <b>New York</b> to <b>KHI, ISB, LHE</b> on the first flight</li>
<li>Enter: <b>KHI, ISB, LHE </b>to <b>Toronto </b> on the second flight</li>
<li>Enter your dates (see sample dates above)</li>
<li>If happy with the price, book a separate flight from <b>Toronto </b>to <b>New York </b>to arrive several hours before your flight to Pakistan takes off. You will need to exit the arrivals area and check-in again from scratch. <b> <span style="color: red;">(NOTE: New York has two airports, La Guardia and JFK International. Ensure you book the correct flight)</span></b></li>
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<b>New York to Karachi/Lahore/Islamabad to Toronto</b> - $648 CAD /w taxes<br />
Qatar Airways<br />
Apr, May, Aug, Sept, Oct, Nov<br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans"; line-height: 18.48px;">Connection from Toronto to New York is 140 CAD</span><br />
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<b>New York to Karachi/Lahore/Islamabad to Calgary</b> - $729 CAD /w taxes<br />
Qatar Airways<br />
Apr, May, Aug, Sept, Oct, Nov<br />
Connection from Calgary to New York is 250 CAD<br />
<a href="https://www.google.ca/flights/#search;iti=JFK,EWR,LGA_KHI_2016-05-09*KHI_YYC_2016-05-15;tt=m" target="_blank">Click here for Google Flight Link</a><br />
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<b>Chicago to Karachi/Lahore/Islamabad to Calgary </b>- $729 CAD /w taxes<br />
Qatar Airways<br />
Apr, May, Aug, Sept, Oct, Nov<br />
Connection from Calgary to Chicago is 190 CAD<br />
<a href="https://www.google.ca/flights/#search;iti=ORD_KHI_2016-05-09*KHI_YYC_2016-05-15;tt=m" target="_blank">Click here for Google Flight Link</a><br />
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<b>New York to Karachi/Lahore/Islamabad to Vancouver</b> - $729 CAD /w taxes<br />
Qatar Airways<br />
Apr, May, Aug, Sept, Oct, Nov<br />
Connection from Vancouver to New York is 250 CAD<br />
<a href="https://www.google.ca/flights/#search;iti=JFK,EWR,LGA_KHI_2016-05-09*KHI_YVR_2016-05-15;tt=m" target="_blank">Click here for Google Flight Link</a><br />
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<b>Chicago to Karachi/Lahore/Islamabad to Vancouver</b> - $729 CAD /w taxes<br />
Qatar Airways<br />
Apr, May, Aug, Sept, Oct, Nov<br />
Connection from Vancouver to Chicago is 190 CAD<br />
<a href="https://www.google.ca/flights/#search;iti=ORD_KHI_2016-05-09*KHI_YVR_2016-05-15;tt=m" target="_blank">Click here for Google Flight Link</a><br />
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<br />Eat Fly Halalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12399002519063173231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3517488925369774744.post-45723378703009599842016-04-19T22:45:00.000-04:002016-04-19T23:41:18.750-04:00Noodle Houses in Shanghai: Halal Authentic Northwest Beef Noodles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Shanghai </b>is a very tourist-friendly city that has a ton of..<b> halal restaurants</b>! </div>
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On our <a href="http://www.eatflyhalal.com/2015/10/eat-fly-halal-world-trip-2015-article.html" target="_blank"><b>recent trip across Asia</b>,</a> we did a lot of research and discovered a multitude of halal restaurants located in the popular tourist districts and have put together an itinerary, list of restaurants, as well as a guide to using their search engines for discovering Shanghai. <a href="http://www.eatflyhalal.com/2016/03/shanghai-china-itinerary-tourist-sites.html" target="_blank"><b>Click here to see it.</b></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">One such restaurant was called 正宗西北牛肉面(四川中路店) [Zhèngzong xibei niúròu miàn <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.5px;">(sìchuān zhōnglù diàn)] or Authentic Northwest Beef Noodles (Sichuan Road shop).</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.5px;">On entering we immediately noticed that we're surrounded by Muslim staff, with one woman wearing hijab and most of the men wearing kufis. It was a nice feeling!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 19.5px;">As you can tell the only thing we could read was the prices of things. If you notice, most of the prices of the dishes are around <b>15 yuan,</b> which is <b>under THREE DOLLARS CANADIAN!</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 19.5px;">On entering the shop owners seemed pretty confused by the sight of us, which is understandable since I guess seeing interracial Muslim couples isn't a commonplace sight in Shanghai. But overall they were friendly. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 19.5px;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 19.5px;">They immediately mentioned<b> "Lamian?"</b> upon our entering which means a noodles and soup dish which is commonly ordered. We wanted to look at the menu so we, not speaking Chinese, had to first try to mime and point to indicate that we wanted to take our time looking at the menu.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 19.5px;">The shop owners were expectantly waiting for our orders so we decided to just look at the pictures and order what looked best to us. One thing was deciding whether we wanted a beef or lamb dish, as both are common and they look the same in the pictures. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 19.5px;">The trick to figuring it out is looking for the following characters in the descriptions:</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 19.5px;">Lamb: </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold;">羊 </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">(yang)</span></b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="color: red;"> </b></span></span></span></span>or Mutton<b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">羊肉 </span><span style="color: red;">(yang-roh)</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Beef: </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">牛肉</span> (niu-roh)</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Chicken: </span></span><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">雞 </span>(ji)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span>Just a note about the words for different red meats, always look for the<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">牛 </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">(cow)</span> </span></span>or <b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">羊</span><span style="color: red;"> (lamb)</span><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: inherit;">characters in front of </span><b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">肉</span> (meat)</span></b><span style="font-family: inherit;">. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">If you happen to be at a restaurant and see </span><b><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">豬肉</span> (pork, literally pig-meat) </span></b>which also includes <b><span style="font-size: large;">肉</span> meat </b>character at the end, <span style="font-family: inherit;">then you should probably not eat from there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">So in the end we ended up going for two Noodle soup dishes, and pointed to two that we thought looked the best.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">The first dish was a lamb one I believe, and had a really tasty broth, slightly spicy, along with vegetables and thick glass noodles. Both dishes also came with homemade bread which was like almost a roti but perhaps deep fried, I'm not sure. It was delicious and it went with the soups so well.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">The second is what I chose and is also what dreams are made of. It had the signature hand-pulled Lamian noodles with a delicious beef broth, with bell peppers, potatoes, and sprinkled with coriander. It was one of the best things I've ever tasted. Refreshing, and so flavourful that it was almost a stew.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">I think out of all the noodle soups I had in China, that this one was the best.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Here you can see the station near the front windows where they knead and pull the dough for the noodles in plain view of customers strolling by. Notice the halal symbol on the top!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">For a place that we found by researching on the chinese search engine "Baidu" and picking at random, it was a great success! If you're in the neighbourhood I would definitely recommend visiting.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Restaurant Name in Chinese: </span>正宗西北牛肉面(四川中路店)<br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Official website: <b><a href="http://map.baidu.com/detail?qt=ninf&uid=cc56a6d341493a969ff779e1&wd=%E6%B8%85%E7%9C%9F&b=(13524484.4,3642400.5;13524975.9,3642663)&query=&qid=&page_num=&detail=cater&from=map&ugc_ver=1" target="_blank">Click Here</a></b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Address: 543 Sichuan Road</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Address in Chinese: </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">四川中路543号</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Closest Station: </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Nanjing East Road</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="http://www.eatflyhalal.com/2016/03/shanghai-china-itinerary-tourist-sites.html" target="_blank">Click Here</a></b> for our Shanghai Itinerary and tips for using search engines in China.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Restaurant #5 on Itinerary Map:</b></span><br />
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On our <b><a href="http://www.eatflyhalal.com/2015/10/eat-fly-halal-world-trip-2015-article.html" target="_blank">recent trip across Asia</a></b>, we were fortunate to experience business class flights due to our Aeroplan flight redemptions. Our flight was Manila to Hong Kong, but with a brief stopover in Taiwan on the way, so this was a short 2 hour flight between Manila and Taipei.<br />
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We first checked into the Business class counter for Eva Air, and proceeded to the PAGSS Lounge to await our flight.<br />
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The lounge was quite simple with some assorted Filipino-style pastries and snacks.<br />
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They also had some main dishes and soups, however there weren't any vegetarian options and we knew we would have a meal on the plane, so we didn't have anything much.<br />
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Boarding was good as usual, our plane was a Boeing 747-400 as seen in the photo above.<br />
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As usual we chose the two seats at the very back of the section.We like the semi-cove of privacy that the corner seats offer as well as not having to worry about disturbing people behind you.<br />
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After settling in, a flight attendant approached us and told us that<b> the airline staff had forgotten to ask us to pay the exit fee.</b> Apparently when you leave the Philippines you have to pay an exit fee which you would be prompted to pay at the check-in desk, but it seems like the staff had forgotten to ask us.<br />
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So we actually had to<b> take out a credit card</b> and they left to process it, which I found really strange. I had to actually ask for a receipt when they didn't offer one after returning the card.<br />
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These were the seat controls. This seat doesn't extend to a lie-flat position but rather an extended diagonal position as shown on the top-right button.<br />
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This is what the chair looks like in its sleep position. Since this was only a two hour flight we didn't have much reason to extend the chair, however on our later flight from South Korea to Chicago I later discovered that sleeping in this position where you're slanted downwards can be just as painful as economy, unfortunately.<br />
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And then we were off, with a lovely view of the sea.<br />
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We had preordered the halal meal on this flight, so we were only given a drinks menu to choose from.<br />
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Afterwards flight attendants came by to help take out our tables and set tablecloths.<br />
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This was our pre-ordered Halal "Muslim Meal" for Business class, which would set a recurring theme for the following few flights. The main dish was<b> fish with steamed vegetables</b> which was pretty nice, and then as we would learn in all of the flights across Asia, our dessert was always<b> fruit and some weird jello.</b><br />
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The main meal would come with fruit and jello, and then once these dishes were cleared and they went around serving dessert, <b>we would be offered an additional bowl of fruit </b>while the other passengers got ice cream and cake. The flight attendants explained that this is what came with the Muslim meal and they simply didn't have any extras of the other dessert, which was a little sad if the dessert looked particularly scrumptious.<br />
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Our flight landed without issue in the beautiful city of Taipei, which was a short wait until the flight to Hong Kong, our next destination.<br />
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Stay tuned for more Business class flights from our <b><a href="http://www.eatflyhalal.com/2015/10/eat-fly-halal-world-trip-2015-article.html" target="_blank">World Trip</a></b>! :)<br />
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A few months ago in our <a href="http://www.eatflyhalal.com/2015/10/eat-fly-halal-world-trip-2015-article.html" target="_blank"><b>Euro-Asian World Trip</b></a>
we headed to Seoul, South Korea in search for halal authentic Korean
food. I watched tons of Youtubers eating Tteokbokki (a chewy spicy
rice-noodle street food), kimbap (like a sandwich in sushi form),
jajjangmyeon (black bean noodles traditionally with pork), and I
desperately hoped we would find a few places which would offer these
traditional dishes in a halal form.<br />
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Well, I'm happy to say our search was a HUGE success when we found out that <a href="http://www.boatravelhouse.com/" target="_blank"><b>BoA Travel House </b></a>offered halal packed lunches (Dosirak) to go, with everything I was hoping to try! Woohoo! :D<br />
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We ordered a day beforehand by checking their <b><a href="http://boaguesthouse.com/blog/list.php?lang=eng&lcode=02&mcode=08" target="_blank">Menu</a> </b>online and messaging their Facebook page, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/halalkoreanfood/" target="_blank"><b>Halal Korean Food Dosirak, Hongdae of Seoul. </b></a>They
were incredibly responsive, kind, and helpful, answering all of our
questions quickly over Facebook and even being patient with us when we
got lost and arrived late to pick up our order!<br />
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<b> </b>We were greeted by friendly staff at the
front desk and ushered to this charming room which seemed to be a
combined dining room, recreation centre, and kitchen all in one, but
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Everything was packed up for us and
ready to go, and we were planning to find a park or place outside to
eat, but as it was raining we asked if it was possible if we could eat
here, and they kindly agreed! :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kimbap and Tteokbokki Dosirak</td></tr>
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First up we had the<b> Kimbap and Tteokbokki Dosirak </b>which amazed me in how perfectly it looked like the pictures on the menu.<br />
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Even though <b>Kimbap</b>
looks like sushi, it's sort of like the "sandwich" of Korea and has way
different ingredients and flavour. This was delicious! It had halal
chicken sausage, carrot, egg, pickled radish, and was crunchy and
tasting of sesame oil and just awesome. It was way better than I
imagined!<br />
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<b>Tteokbokki</b> is a popular street food in
Korea, and this was my first time trying it. It's kind of a thick rice
noodle that's chewy, spicy, a little sweet, and really filling.<br />
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Then there were two <b>Banchan</b> (side dishes) which were tiny little hard boiled eggs cooked in soy sauce, and a refreshing corn salad. Both tasty!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jajang Dosirak</td></tr>
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Next up I wanted to try the iconic<b> Jajangmyeon</b>,
a black bean noodle dish. This dish is eaten commonly in Korean culture
and is talked about all the time, but the problem is that it's cooked
with pork! I was really curious about the taste because I've never seen
anything like it.<br />
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BoA Travel House to the rescue! They
made a halal version using halal chicken sausage as a substitute for
pork and I finally got to try it. It has a mild flavour, kind of like a
thick, non-salty soy sauce, and was definitely addicting. I understand
why people eat it all the time, now!<br />
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Along with the Jajangmyeon came these <b>side dishes</b>,
which were little cubes of pickled radish (very refreshing!), some
fried rice, and the same corn salad as the previous lunchbox.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Soy Sauce-Fried Chicken</td></tr>
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Next was trying out the famous Korean fried chicken that is revered across the country, called <b>"Half-Half Chicken"</b>
on their menu. The interesting thing about their style of chicken is
the way it's cut. The chicken really isn't separated in the traditional
way you'd see at your local fried chicken place, but instead has bony
bits all over the place, so it's truly a finger food.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chili Fried Chicken</td></tr>
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There were two kinds, Chili and Soy sauce, and though both were delicious, the Chili style was the winner in my opinion.<br />
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Along
with this meal we were served two cups of lemon tea, and after
finishing our amazing meal we set about exploring the incredible room we
were in.<br />
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We
found out that this hotel / travel house was incredibly Muslim-friendly
and a popular place to stay for Muslims around the world, but
especially from Malaysia. We didn't stay here, but the walls of this
room are full of pictures of Muslims guests, and on their website we
discovered they even have a<a href="http://www.boatravelhouse.com/service/about/gallery_14p.php?lang=eng&lcode=01&mcode=01&matrix=" target="_blank"> <b>Prayer room!</b></a><br />
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All
over the walls of the Dining area were little notes and pictures of
guests who had stayed, and you can really get the feel that they
practice the utmost care for them.<br />
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There were hanging garlands with hundreds of thank you notes from guests.<br />
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They
had cute little information boards with a world map of guests'
nationalities pinned to a world map (there's been tons of visitors from
Canada, by the way!).<br />
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There were tons of posters available with tourist information.<br />
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Along with an awesome stash of resources for day trips and other tourist sites in Seoul.<br />
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BoA
Travel House boasts rave reviews and awards from TripAdvisor,
Hotels.com, and other travel sites, and now we completely understand
why. Even though we didn't stay here, we now know that we'd be right at
home in this place with the incredible care and accommodations they
offer Muslim guests.<br />
<a href="http://www.boatravelhouse.com/service/about/location.php?lang=eng&lcode=01&mcode=02&matrix=" target="_blank"><br /></a>
<a href="http://www.boatravelhouse.com/service/about/location.php?lang=eng&lcode=01&mcode=02&matrix=" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Location</b></span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Address in Korean: </span></b><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">03785</span><span class="street-address" style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">서대문구 신촌로1길 15</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="street-address" style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><b>Address: </b></span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="street-address" style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">15, Sinchon-ro 1-gil, Seodaemun-gu</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="locality" style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Seoul<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>03785,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="country-name" style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">South Korea</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="country-name" style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><b>Phone Number: </b> +82.2.323.6255</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="country-name" style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><b>TripAdvisor Review: </b><a href="https://www.tripadvisor.ca/Hotel_Review-g294197-d3540875-Reviews-Boa_travel_house-Seoul.html" target="_blank"><b>Click here</b> </a></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="country-name" style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><b>Halal Dosirak Food Page (also BoA):</b> <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/halalkoreanfood/?fref=ts" target="_blank">Click here</a></b></span></span></span><br />
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We
had a wonderful experience with BoA Travel House's delicious Halal food
as well as lovely hospitality, and we would love to stay there next
time we visit, as well.<br />
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Thank you for everything!<br />
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-Maryam <br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">IMPORTANT NOTE:</span> Before considering booking a flight to Jeddah for Umrah, please ensure you meet the requirements to obtain an Umrah visa from the Saudi Embassy in Canada. <a href="http://www.eatflyhalal.com/p/canadian-umrah-guide-2016.html">Click here for more information.</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>$630 CAD /w taxes return Saudia Airlines</b></span></h3>
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<a name='more'></a><span style="font-size: small;"><br />Normally $1200 CAD for a direct route /w taxes return from Toronto to Jeddah for 2016, the only way to drop that price is to have a 1 or any number of nights stopover in Kuwait.<br /><br />Toronto YYZ to Jeddah JED (Be aware that Umrah visas allow you<b> a maximum of 14 days</b> stay)<br />Jeddah JED to Kuwait KWI (can be any duration from 1 day to whole month)<br />Kuwait KWI to Toronto YYZ<br />$630 CAD /w taxes return Saudia Airlines</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Flight Dates</b></span><br /><br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a><b>Departure Dates</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(Toronto to Jeddah)<br />
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<br /><b>Search Tool:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Google Flights @ $689 CAD<br /><b>Booking Tool:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Flugladen @ $630 CAD</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span><br />1) Keeping in mind that your Umrah visa will allow a maximum of only 14 days in Saudi Arabia, plug in desired dates on<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b><a href="http://google.ca/flights/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Google Flights</a> </b>with Multi-City using your desktop browser as shown below:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">2) Google will refer you to book with Saudia Airlines for $689 CAD. We have chosen a sample itinerary of Departure from Toronto to Jeddah on May 7th, stopover from Jeddah to Kuwait on May 19th, and return from Kuwait to Toronto on May 20th. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />3) To find an even cheaper price, open a new page in your browser and go to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b><a href="http://flugladen.at/en" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Flugladen.at/en</a></b><span class="Apple-converted-space">, </span>and choose "More Destinations" search. </span></span></div>
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After recently visiting Shanghai, we now understand the importance of <b>doing your research before landing.</b> There is a lot to do and see, and surprisingly, a lot of halal food available! Shanghai is a tourist friendly city in which people will commonly speak English, but you should still be prepared and have your destination's addresses written in Chinese in the case that you need directions.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Accessing the Internet in China - Research Needed! </b></span><br />
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The first thing you should know before coming to China is that if you rely on Facebook, Google, Gmail, Whatsapp, Google Drive, and many other popular apps on your phone to get around, <b>you won't be able to access it using a Chinese sim card, as these apps are blocked in China.</b><br />
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<b>How did we get around that? </b>Well there are some common hacks, such as using a VPN on your phone, however that might be unreliable as more and more of those are being blocked each year. What we did was purchase an Asia-wide compatible SIM card in Hong Kong on our layover which was then able to access our apps unblocked.<b> </b><br />
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<b>How about when you're doing your research before leaving home to find addresses and restaurants? </b>Google maps is woefully outdated since it's blocked in China, so instead you have to access China's main search engine, Baidu. Don't worry! It's not that intimidating. Let's say you want to search for halal restaurants in Shanghai: </div>
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<b>Step 1:</b> Using a Chrome browser, go to <a href="http://map.baidu.com/">map.baidu.com/</a></div>
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<b>Step 2: </b>Go to <a href="https://translate.google.com/" target="_blank">Google Translate</a>, and translate the word "Shanghai" into Chinese (Traditional). You will get this: <span style="color: red;"><b><span style="color: blue;">上海 (Shanghai)</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b><span style="color: black;">Step 3: </span></b><span style="color: black;">Search <b><span style="color: blue;">上海 (Shanghai)</span> </b>on Baidu maps so you can focus in on the city.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Step 4:</b> Go back to Google Translate and translate the word "Halal" into Chinese (Traditional). You will get this: <span style="color: blue;"><b>清真 (pronounced ching-jen)</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Step 5:</b> Search </span></span></span></span><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="color: blue;">清真 (</span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: blue;">halal)</span> </span></b><span style="color: black;">and z</span></span></span></span>oom in and compare the Baidu map to a Google map in English that highlights the area nearby your tourist site (example: The Bund). When you find a restaurant that's nearby one of your destinations, click on the resulting pin, right-click the page and click "Translate to English".</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Step 6:</b> Have a quick read of the page (the translation will not be perfect and is often amusing!) and see if any menu items stand out that mention pork. If not, click the Street View button and have a look at the restaurant's storefront. </span></span></span><b> </b></span></div>
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<b>Step 7: </b>If the restaurant is halal, it will have very obvious signage that says halal in Arabic and might have decorations like mosque designs. This is the way we found all of our restaurants, and when we went to them, they were owned and operated by muslims. You can rest assured that you're eating halal.<br />
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The following picture is the Baidu streetview storefront of one of the restaurants we ate at, and as you can see, there are brothers wearing Kufis and sisters wearing hijab working beside signage which includes the Halal symbol. It was an awesome experience eating there! <br />
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<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"No."]" style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-weight: bold; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">No.</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Site Name"]" style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-weight: bold; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">Site Name</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Chinese Site Name"]" style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-weight: bold; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">Chinese Site Name</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Hours of Operation"]" style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-weight: bold; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">Hours of Operation</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Price"]" style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-weight: bold; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">Price</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Recommended Length of Visit"]" style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-weight: bold; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">Recommended Length of Visit</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Station"]" style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-weight: bold; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">Station</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Address"]" style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-weight: bold; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">Address</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Chinese Address"]" style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-weight: bold; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">Chinese Address</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Google Map Coordinates"]" style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-weight: bold; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">Google Map Coordinates</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Official Website"]" style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-weight: bold; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">Official Website</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Review Link"]" style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-weight: bold; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">Review Link</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,1]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"The Bund"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">The Bund</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"\u4e0a\u6d77\u5916\u6ee9 (w\u00e0it\u0101n)"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">上海外滩 (wàitān)</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Better at night!"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">Better at night!</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Free"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">Free</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"2-3 hours"]" style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 90%; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">2-3 hours</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"East Nanjing Road Station"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">East Nanjing Road Station</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"5 blocks of Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu between Jinling Lu and Suzhou Creek, Shanghai, China"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">5 blocks of Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu between Jinling Lu and Suzhou Creek, Shanghai, China</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"\u4e2d\u5c71\u4e1c\u4e00\u8def5\u5f04"]" style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-size: 100%; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">中山东一路5弄</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"31.23834, 121.49066"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">31.23834, 121.49066</td><td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><br /></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"http://www.tripadvisor.ca/Attraction_Review-g308272-d311595-Reviews-The_Bund_Wai_Tan-Shanghai.html"]" style="color: #1155cc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: clip; wrap-strategy: 3;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="http://www.tripadvisor.ca/Attraction_Review-g308272-d311595-Reviews-The_Bund_Wai_Tan-Shanghai.html" target="_blank">http://www.tripadvisor.ca/Attraction_Review-g308272-d311595-Reviews-The_Bund_Wai_Tan-Shanghai.html</a></td></tr>
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8:30 <br />
pm Closed Park: <br />
16:45 (17:15 clearance)</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"40 yuan"]" style="font-size: 90%; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">40 yuan</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2," 2-3 hours"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">2-3 hours</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Yu Garden Station"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">Yu Garden Station</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"No.218 Anren Street, Huangpu District | near Fuyou Road, Shanghai 200010, China"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">No.218 Anren Street, Huangpu District | near Fuyou Road, Shanghai 200010, China</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"200010\u9ec4\u6d66\u533a\u5b89\u4ec1\u8857218\u53f7"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">200010黄浦区安仁街218号</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"31.22679, 121.49228"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">31.22679, 121.49228</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"http://www.yugarden.com.cn/#_=_"]" style="color: #1155cc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: clip; wrap-strategy: 3;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="http://www.yugarden.com.cn/#_=_" target="_blank">http://www.yugarden.com.cn/#_=_</a></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"http://www.tripadvisor.co.nz/Attraction_Review-g308272-d324259-Reviews-Yu_Garden_Yuyuan-Shanghai.html"]" style="color: #1155cc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: clip; wrap-strategy: 3;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="http://www.tripadvisor.co.nz/Attraction_Review-g308272-d324259-Reviews-Yu_Garden_Yuyuan-Shanghai.html" target="_blank">http://www.tripadvisor.co.nz/Attraction_Review-g308272-d324259-Reviews-Yu_Garden_Yuyuan-Shanghai.html</a></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,3]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">3</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Old French Concession"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">Old French Concession</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2," \u65e7\u6cd5\u79df\u754c (Ji\u00f9f\u01ce z\u016bji\u00e8)"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">旧法租界 (Jiùfǎ zūjiè)</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"-"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">-</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Free"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">Free</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2," 1-2 hours"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">1-2 hours</td><td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><br /></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Puxi Central, Huangpu District, Shanghai 200000, China"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">Puxi Central, Huangpu District, Shanghai 200000, China</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"200000\u9ec4\u6d66\u533a\u6d66\u897f\u4e2d\u5fc3"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">200000黄浦区浦西中心</td><td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><br /></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"http://www.chinahighlights.com/shanghai/attraction/french-concession.htm"]" style="color: #1155cc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: clip; wrap-strategy: 3;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="http://www.chinahighlights.com/shanghai/attraction/french-concession.htm" target="_blank">http://www.chinahighlights.com/shanghai/attraction/french-concession.htm</a></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"http://www.tripadvisor.co.nz/Attraction_Review-g308272-d1143615-Reviews-or60-Old_French_Concession-Shanghai.html#REVIEWS"]" style="color: #1155cc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: clip; wrap-strategy: 3;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="http://www.tripadvisor.co.nz/Attraction_Review-g308272-d1143615-Reviews-or60-Old_French_Concession-Shanghai.html#REVIEWS" target="_blank">http://www.tripadvisor.co.nz/Attraction_Review-g308272-d1143615-Reviews-or60-Old_French_Concession-Shanghai.html#REVIEWS</a></td></tr>
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)</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Expensive"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">Expensive</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Free"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">Free</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2," 1-2 hours"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">1-2 hours</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Shanghai Library"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">Shanghai Library</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"376 Wukang Rd, Xuhui, Shanghai, China"]" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 100%; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">376 Wukang Rd, Xuhui, Shanghai, China</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"\u4e0a\u6d77\u5e02\u5f90\u6c47\u533a\u6b66\u5eb7\u8def376\u53f7 \r\n\u90ae\u7f16\uff1a200031"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">上海市徐汇区武康路376号
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<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"No."]" style="background-color: #cfe2f3; font-weight: bold; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">No.</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Restaurant Name"]" style="background-color: #cfe2f3; font-weight: bold; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">Restaurant Name</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Chinese Restaurant Name"]" style="background-color: #cfe2f3; font-weight: bold; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">Chinese Restaurant Name</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Style"]" style="background-color: #cfe2f3; font-weight: bold; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">Style</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Hours of Operation"]" style="background-color: #cfe2f3; font-weight: bold; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">Hours of Operation</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Station"]" style="background-color: #cfe2f3; font-weight: bold; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">Station</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Address"]" style="background-color: #cfe2f3; font-weight: bold; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">Address</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Address in Chinese"]" style="background-color: #cfe2f3; font-weight: bold; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">Address in Chinese</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Review Link"]" style="background-color: #cfe2f3; font-weight: bold; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Review Link</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,0]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Yu Ren Wan Restaurant, Pudong International Airport, Terminal 1 Domestic Departure Hall, 3F"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">Yu Ren Wan Restaurant, Pudong International Airport, Terminal 1 Domestic Departure Hall, 3F</td><td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><br /></td><td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><br /></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"11:00 a.m.to 8:00 p.m."]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">11:00 a.m.to 8:00 p.m.</td><td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><br /></td><td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><br /></td><td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><br /></td><td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><br /></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,1]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"L\u01ceot\u00f3u q\u012bngzh\u0113n mi\u00e0ngu\u01cen"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">Lǎotóu qīngzhēn miànguǎn</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"\u8001\u5934\u6e05\u771f\u9762\u9986"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">老头清真面馆</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Chinese \u6e05\u771f"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">Chinese 清真</td><td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><br /></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Yu Garden"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">Yu Garden</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"186 Houjia Rd, Huangpu, Shanghai, China"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">186 Houjia Rd, Huangpu, Shanghai, China</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"\u4e0a\u6d77\u9ec4\u6d66\u533a\u4faf\u5bb6\u8def186\u53f7(\u8fd1\u65b9\u6d5c\u4e2d\u8def\u4e0a\u6d77\u8001\u8857)"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">上海黄浦区侯家路186号(近方浜中路上海老街)</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"http://map.baidu.com/detail?qt=ninf&uid=ffd6d403839e8d9616b54b8e&detail=cater&from=list&ugc_ver=1&ugc_ver=1"]" style="color: #1155cc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: clip; wrap-strategy: 3;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="http://map.baidu.com/detail?qt=ninf&uid=ffd6d403839e8d9616b54b8e&detail=cater&from=list&ugc_ver=1&ugc_ver=1" target="_blank">http://map.baidu.com/detail?qt=ninf&uid=ffd6d403839e8d9616b54b8e&detail=cater&from=list&ugc_ver=1&ugc_ver=1</a></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,2]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"D\u014dngf\u0101ng y\u00e0 k\u00e8 x\u012b - Xinjiang Cuisine"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">Dōngfāng yà kè xī - Xinjiang Cuisine</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"\u4e1c\u65b9\u4e9a\u514b\u897f"]" style="font-size: 100%; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">东方亚克西</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Lamb"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">Lamb</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"10: 00- 23:00"]" style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #282828; font-size: 90%; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">10: 00- 23:00</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Changping Road or Nanjing West Road"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">Changping Road or Nanjing West Road</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Jingan District Xikang 379 (near Wuding Road)"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">Jingan District Xikang 379 (near Wuding Road)</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"\u9759\u5b89\u533a \u897f\u5eb7\u8def379\u53f7(\u8fd1\u6b66\u5b9a\u8def)"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">静安区 西康路379号(近武定路)</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"http://www.dianping.com/shop/504508#comment"]" style="color: #1155cc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: clip; wrap-strategy: 3;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="http://www.dianping.com/shop/504508#comment" target="_blank">http://www.dianping.com/shop/504508#comment</a></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,3]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">3</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Lanzhou La Mian"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">Lanzhou La Mian</td><td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><br /></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Hand pulled noodles"]" style="background-color: white; font-size: 100%; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">Hand pulled noodles</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"8:00 - 22:00 "]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">8:00 - 22:00 </td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Shaanxi South Road"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">Shaanxi South Road</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"316 Nanchang Lu, Shanghai, Shanghai Shi 200020"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">316 Nanchang Lu, Shanghai, Shanghai Shi 200020</td><td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><br /></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"http://www.zabihah.com/biz/Shanghai/Lanzhou-La-Mian/NhgZgvo1Nz"]" style="color: #1155cc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: clip; wrap-strategy: 3;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="http://www.zabihah.com/biz/Shanghai/Lanzhou-La-Mian/NhgZgvo1Nz" target="_blank">http://www.zabihah.com/biz/Shanghai/Lanzhou-La-Mian/NhgZgvo1Nz</a></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,4]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">4</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"L\u00e1nzh\u014du ni\u00far\u00f2u l\u0101mi\u00e0n"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">Lánzhōu niúròu lāmiàn</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"\u5170\u5dde\u725b\u8089\u62c9\u9762"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">兰州牛肉拉面</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Chinese \u6e05\u771f"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">Chinese 清真</td><td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><br /></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Dapuqiao"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">Dapuqiao</td><td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><br /></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"\u5efa\u56fd\u4e2d\u8def26-6, \u4e0a\u6d77\u5e02\u5362\u6e7e\u533a"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">建国中路26-6, 上海市卢湾区</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"http://map.baidu.com/detail?qt=ninf&uid=96666f94474e5181306212ef&wd=%E5%BB%BA%E5%9B%BD%E4%B8%AD%E8%B7%AF26-6%2C%20%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E5%B8%82%E5%8D%A2%E6%B9%BE%E5%8C%BA&b=(13522371.74,3638249.75;13522863.24,3638512.25)&query=&qid=&page_num=&detail=cater&from=map&ugc_ver=1"]" style="color: #1155cc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: clip; wrap-strategy: 3;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="http://map.baidu.com/detail?qt=ninf&uid=96666f94474e5181306212ef&wd=%E5%BB%BA%E5%9B%BD%E4%B8%AD%E8%B7%AF26-6%2C%20%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E5%B8%82%E5%8D%A2%E6%B9%BE%E5%8C%BA&b=(13522371.74,3638249.75;13522863.24,3638512.25)&query=&qid=&page_num=&detail=cater&from=map&ugc_ver=1" target="_blank">http://map.baidu.com/detail?qt=ninf&uid=96666f94474e5181306212ef&wd=%E5%BB%BA%E5%9B%BD%E4%B8%AD%E8%B7%AF26-6%2C%20%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E5%B8%82%E5%8D%A2%E6%B9%BE%E5%8C%BA&b=(13522371.74,3638249.75;13522863.24,3638512.25)&query=&qid=&page_num=&detail=cater&from=map&ugc_ver=1</a></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,5]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Zh\u00e8ngz\u014dng x\u012bb\u011bi ni\u00far\u00f2u mi\u00e0n"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">Zhèngzōng xīběi niúròu miàn</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"\u6b63\u5b97\u897f\u5317\u725b\u8089\u9762"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">正宗西北牛肉面</td><td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><br /></td><td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><br /></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Nanjing East Road"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">Nanjing East Road</td><td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><br /></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"\u56db\u5ddd\u4e2d\u8def543\u53f7"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">四川中路543号</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"http://map.baidu.com/detail?qt=ninf&uid=cc56a6d341493a969ff779e1&wd=%E6%B8%85%E7%9C%9F&b=(13524484.4,3642400.5;13524975.9,3642663)&query=&qid=&page_num=&detail=cater&from=map&ugc_ver=1"]" style="color: #1155cc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: clip; wrap-strategy: 3;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="http://map.baidu.com/detail?qt=ninf&uid=cc56a6d341493a969ff779e1&wd=%E6%B8%85%E7%9C%9F&b=(13524484.4,3642400.5;13524975.9,3642663)&query=&qid=&page_num=&detail=cater&from=map&ugc_ver=1" target="_blank">http://map.baidu.com/detail?qt=ninf&uid=cc56a6d341493a969ff779e1&wd=%E6%B8%85%E7%9C%9F&b=(13524484.4,3642400.5;13524975.9,3642663)&query=&qid=&page_num=&detail=cater&from=map&ugc_ver=1</a></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,6]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">6</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Q\u012bngzh\u0113n l\u00e1nzh\u014du ni\u00far\u00f2u mi\u00e0n"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">Qīngzhēn lánzhōu niúròu miàn</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"\u6e05\u771f\u5170\u5dde\u725b\u8089\u9762"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">清真兰州牛肉面</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Noodles"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">Noodles</td><td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><br /></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Zhongshan Park "]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">Zhongshan Park </td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Anhua Road, Changning District, Shanghai (near Dingxi) 407"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">Anhua Road, Changning District, Shanghai (near Dingxi) 407</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"\u4e0a\u6d77\u957f\u5b81\u533a\u5b89\u5316\u8def407\u53f7(\u8fd1\u5b9a\u897f\u8def)"]" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 100%; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">上海长宁区安化路407号(近定西路)</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"http://map.baidu.com/detail?qt=ninf&uid=67dfd1eae36f5003621c67ac&wd=%E6%B8%85%E7%9C%9F&b=(13515941.34,3638379.74;13519625.34,3640719.74)&query=&qid=&page_num=&detail=cater#newComments&from=map&ugc_ver=1"]" style="color: #1155cc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: clip; wrap-strategy: 3;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="http://map.baidu.com/detail?qt=ninf&uid=67dfd1eae36f5003621c67ac&wd=%E6%B8%85%E7%9C%9F&b=(13515941.34,3638379.74;13519625.34,3640719.74)&query=&qid=&page_num=&detail=cater#newComments&from=map&ugc_ver=1" target="_blank">http://map.baidu.com/detail?qt=ninf&uid=67dfd1eae36f5003621c67ac&wd=%E6%B8%85%E7%9C%9F&b=(13515941.34,3638379.74;13519625.34,3640719.74)&query=&qid=&page_num=&detail=cater#newComments&from=map&ugc_ver=1</a></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,7]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">7</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"J\u012bngp\u01d0n ni\u00far\u00f2u mi\u00e0n"]" style="background-color: white; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">Jīngpǐn niúròu miàn</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"\u7cbe\u54c1\u725b\u8089\u9762"]" style="background-color: white; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">精品牛肉面</td><td style="background-color: white; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><br /></td><td style="background-color: white; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><br /></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Shanghai Library"]" style="background-color: white; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">Shanghai Library</td><td style="background-color: white; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><br /></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"\u6dee\u6d77\u4e2d\u8def1650-1660\u53f7\u4e4b\u95f4"]" style="background-color: white; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">淮海中路1650-1660号之间</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"http://map.baidu.com/detail?qt=ninf&uid=400d335e30a12ec340e192f5&wd=%E6%B8%85%E7%9C%9F&b=(13517860.98,3637681.38;13521792.98,3639781.38)&query=&qid=&page_num=&detail=cater&from=map&ugc_ver=1"]" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: clip; wrap-strategy: 3;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="http://map.baidu.com/detail?qt=ninf&uid=400d335e30a12ec340e192f5&wd=%E6%B8%85%E7%9C%9F&b=(13517860.98,3637681.38;13521792.98,3639781.38)&query=&qid=&page_num=&detail=cater&from=map&ugc_ver=1" target="_blank">http://map.baidu.com/detail?qt=ninf&uid=400d335e30a12ec340e192f5&wd=%E6%B8%85%E7%9C%9F&b=(13517860.98,3637681.38;13521792.98,3639781.38)&query=&qid=&page_num=&detail=cater&from=map&ugc_ver=1</a></td></tr>
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<tr style="height: 21px;"><td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Nanjing Road "]" style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-size: 100%; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">Nanjing Road </td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"\u5357\u4eac\u8def (N\u00e1nj\u012bng l\u00f9)"]" style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-size: 100%; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">南京路 (Nánjīng lù)</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Western stores, street shopping"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">Western stores, street shopping</td><td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><br /></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Nanjing East Road Station"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">Nanjing East Road Station</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Nanjing East Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai 200000, China"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">Nanjing East Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai 200000, China</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"200000\u9ec4\u6d66\u533a\u5357\u4eac\u4e1c\u8def"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: normal; word-wrap: break-word; wrap-strategy: 4;">200000黄浦区南京东路</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"http://www.tripadvisor.ca/Attraction_Review-g308272-d321173-Reviews-Nanjing_Lu_Nanjing_Road-Shanghai.html"]" style="color: #1155cc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: clip; wrap-strategy: 3;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="http://www.tripadvisor.ca/Attraction_Review-g308272-d321173-Reviews-Nanjing_Lu_Nanjing_Road-Shanghai.html" target="_blank">http://www.tripadvisor.ca/Attraction_Review-g308272-d321173-Reviews-Nanjing_Lu_Nanjing_Road-Shanghai.html</a></td></tr>
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Eat Fly Halalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12399002519063173231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3517488925369774744.post-5082234823524706682016-03-24T00:11:00.002-04:002016-03-24T00:11:38.258-04:00Gardening Project 2016: Update 2<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Alrighty so continuing from<a href="http://www.eatflyhalal.com/2016/03/gardening-project-2016-update-1.html" target="_blank"> Update 1</a>, this is an update on week 4 of my seed-sprouted plants.<br />
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Everything
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alhamdulilah, but I did come upon a few issues that needed remedying.<br />
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These are my mini-bell pepper plants. <b>Notice the damaged leaves of the bottom plant?</b>
The seed shell had stayed stuck onto those first leaves for so long
that the first set of true leaves had started to grow beneath. It didn't
happen like that for the other plant, so I had to carefully remove the
shell, but it seems like they'll be curled and damaged like that for the
life of the plant.<br />
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I also learned that you shouldn't
water pepper plants as often as others, and should wait until the soil
is completely dry before watering.<br />
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This
is the biggest and healthiest Trinidad Scorpion Pepper plant I have,
but I'm a little concerned about how small they still are. It's been
almost a month! I'm wondering if perhaps my house is too cold? Not
enough light? Or is this how fast they actually grow?<br />
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Well,
they won't be going outside until around June, so I hope they go
through a growth spurt before then. I have one other plant that is as
big as this one.<br />
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These
are two other scorpion plants that germinated around the same time as
the previous photo! I think the top one is going to die, <b>it just stopped growing. </b>It
didn't even straighten out and open it's first leaves yet. The bottom
one isn't really getting any bigger, but I really hope it does!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two days after feeding with liquid fertilizer, the purple undersides of the leaves are turning green again.</td></tr>
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Problem #3 was with the tomato plants. They were all
growing quite tall and healthy when I still had them three to a cup,
but two days ago I noticed the undersides of the leaves had become <b>deep purple</b>. I researched and found out that this is either normal for tomato plants of this size, or it means that it has a <b>nutrient deficiency.</b><br />
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I
hadn't been giving the plants liquid fertilizer as recommended because I
thought the potting soil already had fertilizer in it. But I didn't
want to take a chance, so I separated the plants into their own cups,
and put just a tiny bit of liquid fertilizer into the water and
bottom-watered them.<br />
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After two days the purple colour started dissipating! So I guess it was a nutrient deficiency.<br />
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The
leaning tomato plant is one of two that isn't perking up as much as the
others, but I'm hoping that it's just because of the transplant shock
and they recover soon. This was one of my healthiest plants so I hope it
makes it!<br />
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These
are my Kailaan (Chinese Broccoli) and Mustard Greens seedlings. I
really don't now if they're doing well for their age or not, but they
seem to be healthy. Their colour is a normal green, not yellow as it
appears in the photo.<br />
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The only issue I've had with these is that the <b>peat pots dry out really fast,</b>
and sometimes I have to water them every day. Otherwise I haven't been
giving them extra light because I read that 4-5 hours of sunlight will
suffice. The other thing I learned is that even though they are cold
weather plants, being on a windowsill during a cold night still might
damage them, as you can see on the top plant's leaves.<br />
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I'm really happy with my Green onions and they're growing quite nicely! <b>The only thing I haven't really figured out is if they need extra light at night</b> like my tomato plants, or if they'll do okay with just windowsill daylight like the mustard and kailaan.<br />
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This is the bottom of the Green onions / scallions container, and as you can see the<b> roots are coming through</b>! This means that lately I've had to make sure to keep the bottom of the soil moist so the roots won't dry out.<br />
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Since
the Green Onions have been so easy to grow, I decided to start another
container of them! I used a tofu container with holes punched out, and
seeds I got in the Chinese Vegetables seed pack that I bought from the
Philippines.<br />
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My thinking is, even if the other stuff
I'm growing isn't enough to completely fulfill my cooking needs
throughout the summer, a huge supply of never-ending green onions would
be a <b>money saver!</b><br />
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Alright it's a little bit hard to see but this is my current setup for <b>giving the plants supplemental light after sunset</b>.
What I did was I literally cut pieces of cardboard and taped them
together to form a box with the bottom missing, then I cut a huge
opening so that my lamp can fit inside without risk of it touching the
box at all.<br />
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Then, I lined the inside with regular foil
to increase the reflectivity inside. The result is that instead of
wasting the light from the lamp that would otherwise shine on the floor
or walls, all the bulb's light is concentrated on the plants. It seems
to be working well so far!<br />
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I do recognize that this can
be a fire hazard, but I'm using a CFL bulb, and I only put the lamp on
when I am around and in my line of sight. I definitely wouldn't leave it
on overnight unsupervised.<br />
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This is the view from the top of the box's opening where the lamp bends in. <b>It's really bright in there!</b><br />
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Eat Fly Halalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12399002519063173231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3517488925369774744.post-38110450171844954952016-03-08T18:46:00.001-05:002016-03-23T23:55:35.850-04:00Gardening Project 2016: Update 1Continuing from my <a href="http://www.eatflyhalal.com/2016/03/gardening-project-2016-beginners-journey.html" target="_blank">last post</a>, exciting things are happening since I first planted my seeds!<br />
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<b>Red & Green Salad Scallions (Renee's Garden)</b><br />
Date Planted: February 29th, 2016<br />
Date Germinated: March 5th, 2016<br />
Days to Germinate: 6 days<br />
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<a name='more'></a>These were the first seeds to germinate, and they grow really fast! They're super green and healthy, and it's really interesting seeing how one end will slowly bend upwards as they grow. Once they get bigger I plan to thin out the pot a little at a time to give the remaining ones more space to grow before transplanting.<br />
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<b>Mini Mixed Sweet Peppers (UrbanTomato.ca)</b><br />
Date Planted: February 29th, 2016<br />
Date Germinated: March 7th, 2016<br />
Days to Germinate: 8 days<br />
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The seedlings are kind of weird looking, with the leaves pointing straight up, but I'm guessing they'll behave after a few days. Very excited to see which colours of peppers these plants will produce inshaAllah!<br />
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<b>Crimson Cushion Tomato (Mountain Grove Seed Company)</b><br />
Date Planted: March 2nd, 2016<br />
Date Germinated: March 6th, 2016<br />
Days to Germinate: 4 days<br />
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Yes, four days! I couldn't believe my eyes! Both cups are doing well, in one, three seeds germinated, and in the other, 2. I'm trying to decide whether I will save the extra seedlings or just thin out the weaker ones. This tomato plant grows to be HUGE.<br />
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<b>Golden Sundrop (Cherry) Tomato </b><b>(Mountain Grove Seed Company)</b><br />
Date Planted: March 2nd, 2016<br />
Date Germinated: March 6th, 2016<br />
Days to Germinate: 4 days<br />
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Same deal as the Crimson Cushions. If you take a look at the second cup in the above photo, I came down in the morning to see that huge sprout while nothing else was nearly as big. SubhanAllah, it was pretty amazing. The night before there were no signs of life, and in one night it grew so huge! Only issue is that it was dark in the room and it's grown thin and leggy, but we can deal with that once it gets bigger.<br />
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<b>Trinidad Scorpion Pepper (Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds)</b><br />
Date Planted: February 29th, 2016<br />
Date Germinated: March 7th, 2016<br />
Days to Germinate: 8 days<br />
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I'm so happy that they only took a little over a week to germinate, I had read online that some pepper varieties could take up to A MONTH! So this was a nice surprise. 4 out of 6 have germinated, but I'm keeping the last two on the heating mat and humidity dome to see if they just need a little longer.<br />
These 4 have yet to actually come out of the soil and sprout leaves, but I'm going to be very careful with them. I really hope they'll turn out to be big healthy plants, inshaAllah!<br />
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<b>Mustard Greens (Ramgo Seeds)</b><br />
Date Planted: March 2nd, 2016<br />
Date Germinated: March 7th, 2016<br />
Days to Germinate: 5 days<br />
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I read that normally for greens you would just directly plant the seeds into the soil or pots you want them to grow in outdoors, but I wanted to give mine a little head start. Also, I read that the root system of these plants are generally sensitive, so I got the idea to plant them in peat pots, so that I could put the pot directly in the soil when they're big enough. No idea if it'll work out, but we'll see!<br />
These will be the first plants to be planted outdoors when they're big enough, since they enjoy cool weather.<br />
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<b>Kailaan / Chinese Broccoli (Ramgo Seeds)</b><br />
Date Planted: March 2nd, 2016<br />
Date Germinated: March 8th, 2016<br />
Days to Germinate: 6 days<br />
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These guys are just starting to poke out today. This vegetable is absolutely delicious. I really hope they'll grow well.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Growing Conditions</span></b><br />
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I germinated my seeds in two types of conditions:<br />
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<li>Tomato, hot pepper, sweet pepper, and onion seeds were kept at a constant of 25 degrees Celsius using a seed heating mat, and were covered with a humidity dome. As soon as I saw signs of life in the cups, I immediately removed them from the heating mat and humidity dome.<br /><br /><b>Tip: </b>You can achieve the same effect as the humidity dome by just covering the cups with plastic wrap and a rubber band.</li>
<li>Only the Kailaan (Chinese Broccoli) and Mustard seeds were kept at room temperature and were not in the humidity dome. I did this because I read that these are cool season plants and germinate best in cooler temperatures.</li>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Lighting Setup</span></b><br />
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Well I've settled on a system that seems to be working so far, but I'm not sure how it'll do when the plants get bigger.<br />
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I have a window ledge which is South-East facing, so it's not getting the best light. However, light is light and daylight is free. Since I only have a small amount of plants I've been moving them. By day, I've set them on the window ledge, which is covered by a white curtain, which is hopefully helping to bounce even more light into them.<br />
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By night, I move them to a table and use my adjustable desk lamp with a CFL bulb, and some strategically placed foil (I'll have to come up with something better soon) to create an enhanced lighting experience. I give them light for 5-6 hours before I go to bed. Apparently the ideal is 16 hours of bright light per day but we'll see how this does.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Materials Update</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Free 5 Gallon Buckets</span></b><br />
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<a href="https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/homedepotcanada/p_1000143871.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/homedepotcanada/p_1000143871.jpg" width="290" /></a>After retrieving a few 4 gallon buckets from a restaurant, I've decided to go back on my goal of using only free buckets for the garden from now on. To put it nicely, these things are gross. I'm still going to use them, but I am not looking forward to cleaning them up. Right now I have them sitting in the backyard till the weather is nice enough that I can scrub them down outside.<br />
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Instead, I've decided on buying 5 gallon buckets from hardware stores. They're huge, they last for years and years, and gardeners use them everywhere.<br />
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You can get them from <a href="http://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/canadian-tire-bucket-5-g-0581060p.html#.VtkzOpwrLIU" target="_blank">Canadian Tire,</a> <a href="https://www.lowes.ca/buckets/encore-plastics-5-gal-plastic-double-bucket_g1197541.html?searchTerm=5-gallon-bucket" target="_blank">Lowe's</a>, or <a href="https://www.homedepot.ca/en/home/p.19l--5-gallon-orange-home-depot-logo-bucket.1000143871.html" target="_blank">Home Depot</a> for about $4 each, and then all you need to do is drill holes in the bottom.<br />
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The only issue is that they're all hideous because of the huge logo they have on them, but hey, they'll work, and it's much better than paying $12-30 for a planter.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Soil Ingredients</span></b><br />
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After a lot of research and contemplation, I've decided to go with the following "recipe" for this year's containers, and am now looking out for stores to put these on special:<br />
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<li>The old container soil</li>
<li>New Topsoil and/or New Compost </li>
<li>Peat Moss</li>
<li>Garden (Dolomite) Lime</li>
<li>10-10-10 Fertilizer</li>
<li>Ground up Eggshells and Banana Peels</li>
<li>Epsom Salt</li>
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So the old soil and new topsoil/compost is self explanatory, so about <b>Peat Moss</b>: It adds organic matter to your soil, it's absorbent and manages water retention, it breaks down into the soil for the following year, it doesn't add much nutrients, but it does add acidity, which can be bad for some plants.</div>
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<b>Dolomite Lime: </b>I was debating for a while if I actually needed this, but I decided that it's better safe than sorry since people are raving about it all over the internet. This ingredient balances the PH of the soil which is especially useful since we're adding peat moss. It also adds calcium and magnesium to the soil, which is essential for tomato plant growth.</div>
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<b>10-10-10 Slow Release (Pelleted) Fertilizer: </b>The numbers stand for the ratio of Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium in the fertilizer. There are hundreds and thousands of pieces of advice on what ratio to use, and there are tens of different products with countless numbers of ratios. There are ratios for tomato plants specifically, or vegetables, or flowers, etc, but 10-10-10, while not ideal, can apparently be used as an "all purpose" fertilizer. Since I'm a newbie and this fertilizer madness is too much for me, I've settled for buying this.</div>
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRxAI9mWdIE" target="_blank">This video</a> was helpful in getting me started on thinking of what "recipe" to use for my container soil including fertilizers and lime.</div>
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<b>Banana Peels and Egg Shells</b>: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Mov6oNvEm8" target="_blank">This video</a> will tell you all you need. This stuff is free!<br />
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<b>Epsom Salt: </b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqXDxjZIq_U" target="_blank">Check out this video.</a> I'm always happy to know that something I can use is already a household item.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Plant Support Materials</b></span><br />
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Since I am aware that my tomato plants specifically might become really, really big, I have to start thinking of what support materials I can use to keep them standing upright and not falling over. The cheapest thing to do would be to find some huge strong sticks, but how many perfectly straight sticks can you really find?<br />
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So most gardeners use some sort of wire tomato cage in conjunction with bamboo stakes.<br />
Tomato cages can get pricey so I plan to start keeping an eye out for them to see if they ever go on sale leading up to spring. Hopefully these should last a few years if they're good quality.<br />
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The bamboo stakes shouldn't be as pricey and usually come in bundles. I'm thinking of getting a pack of<a href="http://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/bamboo-stakes-6-pk-0594779p.html#.Vt9g0GuAbIt" target="_blank"> 5 ft stakes</a>. If taken care of these can last for a few years.<br />
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<b>The Gardening Project Series:</b><br />
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<li><a href="http://www.eatflyhalal.com/2016/03/gardening-project-2016-beginners-journey.html" target="_blank">Gardening Project 2016: A Beginner's Journey</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.eatflyhalal.com/2016/03/gardening-project-2016-update-1.html" target="_blank">Gardening Project 2016: Update 1</a></li>
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