The Ultimate Chinatown and Little Italy Food Tour in NYC

Hey Ariel Viewers 💝 It's not often that I write about something that we do locally in NYC, but I couldn't gatekeep this one!

Unfortunately, I don't recall all the prices, but everything we had (especially in Chinatown) was very cheaply priced.

Here are the places we went to in order starting in Chinatown and ending in Little Italy:

Chinatown

• Spongies Cafe 🧁- 121 Baxter St. - I think it was only $2 for the fluffiest birthday cake spongecake ever!
  
  
  
• Tasty Dumpling 🥟- 42 Mulberry St. - also super cheap. You can even get frozen dumplings to take home.
  
  
  
• I was then directed to a very cheap haircut spot that is supposed to be a great find. It's called Pell Hair Salon.
• If you go to 18 Pell Street (in front of Hair Le Pell Salon), look up and you'll see the Chollima, which is a mythical winged horse that originated from Chinese classics.
  
  
  
• Another recommendation (that we didn't get to try) is Hai Cang Seafood 🐟 where you can buy fresh seafood.

Little Italy

• Nolita Pizza - combo of Italian and NY style 🍕

I'd love to explore Little Italy way more. What are your favorite Little Italy/Chinatown spots?

Until next time!☮

Vancouver - We finally made it to Canada!

Hey Ariel Viewers!

It's been a while, but we haven't traveled since our wedding last year. It was great to travel again and make it to the country that's closest to us, Canada!

Here are all the places we went through, the good, the bad, and the gorgeous:

1. Dublin Calling Pub to watch the rugby game 🏉 - 👎🏽 so terrible. The server told us the kitchen was too backed up and we couldn't order food. None of our drink orders were correct, and the service was so bad, that we went out to the shop, got our own drinks, and came back and watched the game. No one even noticed.
2. Johnnie Foxes - 👎🏽 the food was awful. Dry, greasy, no Guinness at an Irish place. 
3. The Basic Diner - 👎🏽 exactly what the name says, Basic. The food is incredibly overpriced and a simple sandwich tasted less than mediocre.
4. Nando’s Peri Peri 👍🏽 - Nando's was so stinkin' tasty and at a good price. The place is clean and the staff was also very friendly and helpful.
5. Pawn Shop YRV 🌮 Bar 👍🏽 - this place was great; they had tasty food, but for Mexican food, it was incredibly expensive.
6. Artigiano 👍🏽 - we stopped into this nice and spacious cafe for a quick snack and got a warmed-up tomato and cheese scone. It was so beyond tasty!
7. Aquarium in Stanley Park 👍🏽
8. Steamworks Brewpub 👍🏽- awesome location, beer, and food
9. Van Buren Brewery 👍🏽 - awesome location, beer, and food
10. Bonta Italian Ristorante 👍🏽 - excellent food
11. Granville 🏝️ - public market (lavender/hammock shop)- the market grill spicy 🐔 🥪 👍🏽 This was my favorite spot on the whole island.
12. Glitch Arcade Bar 🎮 👍🏽 - this place was awesome and had trivia.
13. Grouse 🏔️ gondola 🚠 & ⛷️ lift. Grizzly 🐻. 👍🏽
14. 🚕, ⛴️ & 🚌 to Victoria - 🐳 watching - Prince of Whales👍🏽
15. 10 Acres Bistro 👍🏽 - Fantastic food.
16. Tim Hortons ☕️ 🍩 🥪 👍🏽 - Can't get enough of this place. Food, drinks, snacks, it's like Dunkin Donuts on steroids.
17. Joffre Lake hike👍🏽 - a bit of a drive but an absolutely gorgeous hike and view.
18. Starbucks is great in CA 👍🏽 I know it's lame, but the Starbucks chai lattes were on point.
19. The Cactus🌵 Club Cafe 👍🏽 their food was incredible
20. 🛵 at Yes Cycle 👍🏽 Ride through Stanley Park and zip around the sites. it was a lot of fun and the scooters have phone holders.
21. Poutine @ Fritz 👍🏽 The poutine was super tasty!

Memorable Things from Trip

• Speeding 🎟️ for Martin driving too slow
• Poutine and scootin - scootering and poutine to follow
• JetBlue 🎧 not free. No meal. No carry-on. Have wrong carousel ℹ️ Jet blue was hella expensive for such cheap service.