East Coast meets the Far East

I did some exploring of Ottawa today and went to a few places that were new and refreshing for me. I ventured downtown to Slater street (not the new part of town I mentioned) and found a small store that sells only Japanese food products. It was a cool little place. Picked up a few things there and then moved on the the end of Somerset Street, aka, Chinatown. Chinatown was devestated by a huge fire last month. Large fire destroyed an apartment building and the rubble from the destroyed building blocked the street for nearly two weeks.

I suppose Ottawa's Chinatown is more like an "Asiatown" cause there were reems of Thai, Vietnamese, Korean and Japanese restaurants there as well. Mai and I picked up quite a few nice things at the Kowloon Market. It's a great place to pick up some things that remind me of my years abroad. This week's project is to make dimsum-like meat dumplings. Actually, that won't be a problem since Mai will be showing me how to do it. I personally haven't a clue since I've never done it before.

Bank of Nova Scotia..."The East Coast meets The Far East" (Scotiabank in Ottawa's Chinatown).


A great view of the Rideau Canal from the MacKenzie Bridge this morning. Ottawa is sure a nice place to be in the Fall...which seems to be quickly approaching.

On a more sombre note; three young men, all students at the University of Ottawa drowned yesterday in Lac Philippe in Gatineau Park. It is a very sad story.