My first encounter with Persians were at DA Moodie after March Break. There are several staff members who are originally from the TBay area and every time they came back from a visit home, they brought. Andre had never heard of these before and I don’t ever recall seeing them in Winnipeg either. They are sort of like a cross between a cinnamon bun and a donut, but have pink icing on top. Not like donut icing, but buttercream frosting. They are delicious.
Kyla (one of my colleagues) told us where to get the best Persians in town (a place aptly named “The Persian Man – it has a funny caricature of a man holding a plate of Persians), so we drove out to that shop. Unfortunately it was closed on Sundays and we realized that our search for Persians might be a little bit more difficult than originally anticipated. We drove around for a bit to find a bakery that was open at 9:30 of a Sunday, but our search proved to be fruitless. So we gave up at stopped at a Robin’s Donuts for breakfast. Andre had never been to Robin’s Donuts, and the west is littered with them, so we stopped in. Our search for Persians was over… they had a huge tray of them in their display! Hoorah for Robin’s Donuts! They didn’t last long enough to take a picture of them … but they basically are a cinnamon bun made out of donut bread with pink frosting. They weren’t as good as those from The Persian Man, but they definitely did in a pinch!
On the way to Winnipeg, Kyla suggested to stop in Kakabeka falls. It’s actually an Ontario provincial park with a big waterfall in it. So we did that. Here are some pictures from our excursion. It was pretty windy!
As I write this, we are en route to Winnipeg. The roads are getting visibly flatter and straighter. At the side of the road, we will see some mountainous areas followed by a flat meadow. The Canadian Shield is giving way to the prairies!
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