Hey Alyssa, are you talking about Tim Huttons?

ah yes tim hortons.
we just call it tims.

I noticed that last time I was in Melbounre 7 11's, Starucks and McDonalds all over the place in the city centre.

Thanks Bel! I will try something at In & Out Burger if I get a chance!

Good to know we arent the only ones Brindabella. I am the same I cant wait to try all the real american food you always see in the movies and tv shows. It may have just been me but I am sure coke tastes different there than it does here. Not bad or anything just different. There is a shop here where I can get american candy, cherry coke, dr pepper and pop tarts which is awesome. they dont have lots of pop tart flavours but still cool. Its all pretty expensive though!

Thanks Alyssa I will keep an eye out for a Tim's coffee shop when I am in Canada! I am so excited about getting to see some of Canada as well! That sould be awesome

Hey Taz, we should be able to get In and Out on our first day, might be at the first place the bus stops. It is really quite good, plus you see them making their own chips out back.
If you like beer Taz it's nicer in Canada.

You know what else i loved when i was in the states ? we went to Maccas at 1.30am one morning had had a choc mint mudshake, was UNBELEIVABLE....as im a choc mint freak. When we got back to Aust, a few months later we had something similar but it really wasnt as good.

Oh my godders, chic mint mudshake?! That sounds unreal! I can't wait tos ee how different the menus are in Maccas in America and all the enw and different stuff I could get. You never know, depending on how finances go I could be eating a lot of Maccas, as that'd probably be the cheapest thing to eat!

I have a few stores around Perth where I can buy American type food too, and English, but yeah as you say, I don't want to pay $12 for a packet of poptarts. I figure they'll be a dime a dozen in America, and I just want to save myself anyways. If I buy them here and eat them before I go then they won't be this cool novelty when I eat them in America.

thanks for the tip Pervy but I am not a beer drinker so thats all good

oohh I am choc mint ADDICT!!!! I love the stuff
That mudshake sounds so good!! Add a dash or three of kahula and it would be even better

So true Brindabella its got a pretty cool novelty too it when you eat it over there! I am sure the locals will laugh at me when I get excited about pop tarts haha

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You never know, depending on how finances go I could be eating a lot of Maccas, as that'd probably be the cheapest thing to eat!

Actually Taco Bell is the best place to eat for cheap. :-)

omg Tazzie ! i love Kahluha or Baileys ...yummo....they are my favourite drinks !
yeah the choc mint mudshake was def one of a kind, we can only hope they still have it ! i ordered a small meal with my 'mudshake' and it came to me as our large size ! i remeber thinking when i first flew in 'who are these people that polish of these HUGE meals?' but by the end i was polishing off the whole lot and looking for more ! lol - absolute animal i was

A lovely rep from work gave me the nicest gift of a bottle of baileys in a pack with two nice glasses so YUM!

I didnt get a chance to try Maccas their last time I so want to this time. I really did like the nachos I got over there though at this bar called Tuxedo in country Washington State. I was there for a karoke night it was so much fun!!

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Originally posted by Curtis71:
The main thing I notice about food in the US is that the portion sizes are massive. Even for fast food, the sandwich sizes are often bigger than what you get here in Canada, and just restaurant drinks and entrees in general look HUGE for me. No wonder there's an obesity epidemic.

Ya I thought the portions here were big...there everything is bigger.

My husband and I once went to "The Bubba Gump Shrimp Factory" in NYC, and my plate was the same size of a serving platter I own, and it was COVERED side to side, top to bottom in mashed potatoes. There must have been 5-6 large potatoes on my plate. It was disgusting.

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Originally posted by Mel:
What about how you get fries with EVERYTHING, ha... lol

You know, I noticed that in Europe too. Even when we went off of the beaten path, the restaurants all had "fries"..... I think it's a global staple.

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Originally posted by alyssa!:
ah yes tim hortons.
we just call it tims.

Tims, Timmy's, Hort's....no matter what you call it, it's all still great coffee and the best donuts I've ever had (screw you Krispy Kreme!)

I watched a Food Safari show on American Food. It was the best. They showed some really great food. I am so dying to eat in a cute american diner like you see in the movies! Very touristy I know but I think it would be fun

Well if you're down in Texas (Dallas/Fort Worth specifically), be sure to try some Aligator tail. It's actually pretty good since they use all the cajun spices and everything.

If you're up in Calgary during Stampede (July sometime) you can probably find yourself some prairie oysters(deep fried bull or buffalo testicles) without too much trouble. Dunno what they're like, I've never had them, nor will I ever try them....but if weird food is your thing, go for it.

Hey JeffersonNYSE

Thanks for the tips
Dont know if I would be game enough to try any of those ones though! Defintly sound interesting but I dont think I could stomach it!

Hey Tazzie, i'm going to make you try the animal nuts at the Big Texan Steakhouse.