WE TRIED CANADA'S 4 BEST NANAIMO BARS IN NANAIMO, BRITISH COLUMBIA // Nat and Max
Our trip to Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada starts off with a hop on a 1hr and 30mins BC Ferry journey from Downtown Vancouver to Vancouver Island and docking at Nanaimo, BC. We are starting off this trip by searching for Canada’s Best Nanaimo Bars. The Nanaimo Bar is a famous Canadian bar dessert and is named after the City of Nanaimo also known as “The Harbour City”.
For our first Nanaimo bar, we went to Nanaimo’s historic Old City Quarter district. Buildings in the area date from the late 1800s to early 1900s. This unique downtown city neighborhood is a mix of local shops, cafes and other businesses in a historic & new buildings. Here we found Bocca Cafe which have a good selection of sweets, treats and various flavors of Canada’s best Nanaimo bars. We got to try their Salted Caramel Nanaimo bar, which makes it a combination of sweet & salty.
Next on our Canada’s best Nanaimo bars list was Pirate Chips, it is a pirate themed seafood restaurant that also serves classic comfort dishes. They are known for their legendary deep-fried delights which we came for, their Deep Fried Nanaimo bars. The Nanaimo bar was wrapped in a soft and warm, deep fried goodness topped with a vanilla ice cream and whipped cream.
As the weather’s getting warmer, it was perfect for our next Nanaimo bar trail which is from the Waterfront Confections just by the harbour. Waterfront Confections is a little shop along the boardwalk in Nanaimo not far from the marina. They feature 40 unique flavours of delicious ice cream and a variety of gelato. We indulged their very creamy and flavorful Canada’s best Nanaimo Bar Ice Cream, just the right way to cool off after a long day.
Our tummies are getting full at this point and only have a little room for one more of Canada’s best Nanaimo bars. To wrap up this sweet trip we went to Burnt Honey Dessert Company located at The Country Club Mall. Owned by small business entrepreneurs, their shop serves locally sourced ingredients for their homemade ice cream and macarons. We got to try their Nanaimo Macaron and it was delicious, intriguing and delectable in every way!
Come join us on our 7-day summer road trip to Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada where we’ll explore the island from the south all the way up to the west. Stay tuned for more of our travel vlogs on the coming weeks!!
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Cookbook Preview: Feast: Recipes and Stories from a Canadian Road Trip, by Lindsay Anderson (2017)
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Grit With Wisdom | Yoann Barelli shares an in-depth perspective on how to send it 'safely' on a MTB
In this episode, we hear from @YoannBarelli_IntoTheGnar. For those that aren't familiar, Yoann hails from Nice in the south of France and has been racing Mountain Bikes since the tender age of 7 years old. From there he went on to have numerous successes, including becoming the French Elite DH champion in 2004, and multiple podium finishes in the Enduro World Series after that.
Over the past few years, we have seen Yoann pivot towards free riding, getting creative, and of course, having loads of fun! He shares this incredible passion and energy through his coaching Business, Into The Gnar, which he launched back in 2020 and has completely blown up from there!
Yoann also curates a yearly free ride extravaganza in the Sea To Sky which sees some of the world's best Pro Riders and up and up-and-coming athletes test their limits on some of the most technical and high-consequence features in the area.
In this inspiring conversation, we cover:
- New sponsors and new bikes
- His mental process from start to finish
- How to use humour to help boost your mental game.
- How to use breathwork in your riding
- How he assesses risk
- What he has learned since becoming a mtb coach
- His specific Visualization strategy
And so, so, much more.
We rode the Double Black Green Monster trail in Whistler prior to recording this chat and it was epic to see his processes and decision-making in action - I highly recommend watching that video over on my YouTube channel @jakejohnstone.
You can follow Yoann on Instagram @yoannbarelli and YouTube @YoannBarelli and check out his coaching at intothegnar.com
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Along with Yoann and I, Aven's family encourages you to Donate to Whistler SAR (who extricated Aven along with Whistler Bike Park Patrol). You can support Aven directly via this link: Aven Elsberg Gofundme
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Frostbites | Shaping your path by responding to the community + Syrup Recipe
Join Peggy Spier, founder of Frostbites as she shares her story of how she built her company. She'll also share with you a syrup recipe and if you've got a VSW Experience Package, get ready for a sweet treat!
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This workshop took place at Vancouver Startup Week 2021.