Out and Aboot in Toronto for the First Time!! | TORONTO Series

This is a vlog from our first couple of days in Toronto, exploring the city and doing a spot of shopping!
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[@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072]

5:52 there are restos with a much tighter gap. But it’s still a case by case basis within them too. Like Shoeless Joe’s I believe? But The gaps are for American and Canadian safety regulations. In case someone has a heart attack and slumps to the ground you know?

[@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072]

17:00 black coffee is a thing lol my mom loves it that’s so weird

[@rebeccacorbin1590]

You know....regarding the loo, in North America we just don't look at anyone. We mind our own business and ignore the gap.

[@mileitman]

People from London can't avoid it. In the Tube they're constantly reminded to "Mind the Gap"

[@raynemichelle2996]

@@mileitman I was going to say this.

[@dobiebloke9311]

Rebecca Corbin - Agreed. Who would look? That would be pretty creepy. I've never looked or found anyone looking thru the gap. I might look for shoes underneath, but that's just to see if it's occupied. Thinking about it, the fact that I don't look at the gap, is basically because I'm afraid of what I might see.

[@bellainka]

The toilet door gap provides visibility in case a person inside is in some kind of distress. It also helps first responders, who could pull the occupant out without having to break down the door.Also, we pretty much all have an electrical kettle at home..However, we are buying it from Amazon or Walmart not from Williams & Sonoma.

[@DJ_BROBOT]

No and no. The gaps are there so it's easier to wash the floors and if a toilet over flows it can hit the drain seen in most public bathrooms with out being blocked within one stall

[@icecold1780]

Canada has had contactless or tap for YEARS actually

[@mattybaskets]

Black coffee is definitely a thing in the US. It is how I order it. Some places will ask if you want room for milk in case you are adding your own milk or milk alternative. But you should be safe ordering black coffee!

[@djdissi]

We DO have electric kettles in our homes 😂 We just don't buy them at Williams & Sonoma

[@glendawest5256]

That's what canadian tire is for !

[@buildingamystery74]

Crappy Tire all the way for this kind of thing.

[@mayloo2137]

I get mine from Superstore or London Drugs. Is LD in the east?

[@peggyford3801]

Yes we do

[@CanImperator]

Haha I think most Canadians would pronounce "croissant" more accurately than a lot of Brits, given our French influence.

[@futurez12]

True, but there are lots of French people living in England, and France itself is like 20 miles across the English Channel.

[@CanImperator]

@@futurez12 Maybe, though Canada still has far more French speakers than the UK. I think even Montreal alone has more.

[@tangerines_4_life]

@@CanImperator yeah, and Quebec is where most of the French speakers are I'm a Canadian, I know I bit of French

[@HonkeyKong54]

I've never met a French person in canada ever. They seem completely alien to me. Quebec I mean.

[@davidneel8327]

Montreal has an extensive underground shopping area because of the cold weather all connected by subway.

[@KarynHill]

The reason contactless payment is "new" in the U.S. is because most companies haven't wanted to pay the cost to update their payment system. We overdo the whole capitalist thing sometimes.

[@msbeaverhausen7226]

I'm glad that you found the underground! It is a Godsend on rainy and cold days!

[@mileitman]

The underground. But not the subway. In London, a subway is an underground pedestrian passage, just like Toronto's PATH. Whereas the Underground is a means of public transport, just like Toronto's subway. Funny that.

[@MichelleSP23]

It was so lovely meeting you two on the plane to Nashville! So looking forward to following you two on the rest of your journeys! 😊

[@michelletoth5963]

Awesome the Eaton Centre is so Toronto. I've done day trips to shop there since I was young. So happy you liked it!

[@gabriellefraser-klein7947]

Born and raised in Canada, and you learn to ignore the large washroom gaps. Everyone learns how to not look through the gaps and hope for the best.

[@dr.westwood]

Williams Sonoma is a posh kitchenware shop. Sur Le Table is another bougie shop for kitchenware. Hope you had a great time in Toronto. For future reference, the weather this time of year in Toronto and Chicago are very similar.

[@barbarakiewe2870]

I love that you said aboot!

[@justinadams2010]

When deploying technology, it helps to be in a smaller country. In addition, it is up to the businesses to choose whether or not to adopt it.

[@rebeccacorbin1590]

And ........ one state is the size of the UK so it takes awhile.

[@pppmanly]

That's a good point. 👍🏾

[@vodriscoll]

Montreal has an entire underground city. Anything and everything you would want or need is there. And it's massive. You don't need to battle winter elements.

[@Grahzzyvtvlog]

Reso is amazing to explore

[@chrisrandall2710]

So does Toronto

[@joshlavers7959]

@Chris Randall right haha? It's literally the biggest underground shopping complex in the entire world at over 4 million sq ft

[@jofereday7213]

The Hothouse was our favourite restaurant when we visited Toronto, we stayed at One King West hotel, which was a 5 minute walk, past the flatiron building & the doggy fountain 🤣 loved Toronto , such an amazing city, we went July & the weather was fabulous 🌞

[@DrDaveW]

One of the main things about contactless (especially during Covid) is that it’s, er, contactless. You don’t have to “tap” just hold the card near the machine. Cue the “I was x years old today when I discovered this”.

[@deann6256]

Loved it! So exciting to see you guys back out traveling 🧳☺️

[@dorismedvetz5796]

This legend is loving your Toronto vlogs well done darlings

[@seandesmond5560]

Great vlog Joel and Lia!!!

[@transittown7891]

So cool to see you two in Toronto

[@Tu_Padre31]

Contact less pay has been around for years here. Companies just don't always spend the money to update their systems. Alot of the big chain restaurants and stores definitely have it though. And covid really pushed the hold outs to update their systems. Also we do call it contactless pay, some people have just always referred to it as "tap" as well

[@stephaniel3032]

Watching this at work and laughed out loud when Lia bit the danish and had custard. Literally lol.

[@neitan6891]

Williams-Sonoma is just really expensive in general

[@stephaniel3032]

Joel’s squirrel moment…. “Oooh Danish pastries.”

[@celletoronto]

Canadians actually have electric kettles all over. It’s Americans that don’t have them everywhere as much for some reason. Electric kettles are cheap in Walmart.

[@catherineavakian5833]

Looks like so much fun!

[@stephaniel3032]

Red was the right choice! Good job.

[@targetedplantsguy9481]

Loved it 😊

[@SchnuffiJames]

As a Canadian living abroad thanks for a little bit of home. Come back again.

[@wynn1111]

Can’t wait to see who is awarded a medal tonight! I say black coffee but many young people haven’t heard the term.

[@MsTrain69]

Most young people have very complicated coffee orders these days!

[@mayloo2137]

@@MsTrain69 that reminds me of the old Frasier series where Niles Crane would always order a complicated coffee drink in the cafe where he met his brother Frasier.

[@trevormalone7974]

Never really commented, and lost track of u guys for a few months good to watch some ur vids again

[@robertpearson8798]

Can I assume that now that you’ve been here you’ve heard for yourselves that we don’t actually say “aboot”, although our pronunciation is certainly different than our Southern neighbours. The “eh’s” are also few and far between for most as well.

[@elbow7991]

Joel looks so nice. Hair is getting longer. Love it! Great vlog!

[@flu4pdmt]

I wonder if they realize so many Americans have a Keurig and just pop one in for tea or coffee. I don’t know anyone that has a kettle; maybe the tea kettle on the stove where it whistles but not a separate appliance. Personally, it would be useless. I drink iced everything.

[@GoWestYoungMan]

Well having lived 14 years in London UK and more than that in Canada, the UK is behind when it comes to most things. Fin-tech is one of the few areas where the reverse is true. Btw, Canada is a French-English country so most Canadians know how to pronounce French words. England, on the other hand, gets it wrong quite often. Fillets?

[@bob_._.]

Black coffee is a term over here, but you hardly ever hear of anyone drinking it anymore. It's all the fancy stuff these days.

[@shakarussanders9911]

Reading this while drinking my Black coffee 😄

[@theawesomewithautismshow]

I love the format of this vlog. Well done, legends!

[@ThoseTwoBrits1]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@youmean4221]

Scatter-brains appeal to many. Sitcoms rely upon them.

[@rickfairfax9631]

I’ve been to that Danish pastry place several times. They have some really good stuff there.

[@adamlowe9093]

Love the comments about contactless payments. I still remember going to the US in 2015 and a lot of places didn’t have it yet. I remember thinking it was strange because we had already had it for years in Australia at that stage. (We call it tap as well)

[@HonkeyKong54]

Tap pay is everywhere in Canada. It's the stores choice to update or not.

[@waycoolscootaloo]

I can't speak for Canada as much. But here in the US contactless payments has been established at all major retailers for 5+ years now. The US and Canada are usually more advanced technologically than the UK. But contactless payments took longer because the banks and retailers couldn't all agree on pricing structures and such. Not to mention the general public in North America wasn't as keen on the idea as folks in the UK were.

[@waryaawariiri1812]

It is all touchless now. It is rare to see inserting and swiping machines now.

[@adrianewilliams5319]

Try being locked in the stall and you will know why there are gaps

[@creativeblunder]

who’s getting locked in bathroom stalls? how would that even happen, as the lock is on the inside?

[@suzyparker8303]

@@creativeblunder I once had a lock stick on me and not open so i had to crawl out underneath so it can happen. Rare though.

[@ritabroils6190]

It's okay to ask somebody if they know where restaurants are. That last kettle you picked up can be used for a pour over coffee grounds.

[@manmeshi]

The term “Toilet” is considered vulgar in North America, other than referring to the actual fixture. We say “washroom” or “restroom”.

[@djdissi]

Different people pronounce some things differently here bc people come from all over, and many come from Quebec or french speaking countries so many do say "croissant" without the T at the end

[@twiggledowntown3564]

Like France.

[@mayloo2137]

I'm out here in Calgary. I took French in school, and I always says croissant without the t.

[@vbvermont]

Fancy tea kettles are nice, but I find an electric kettle works just fine. An average one costs about $20.

[@williamcarr7347]

Actually, it's oot and aboot. When you get to Florida, it will be so much warmer for you Legends.

[@JoshGarciaJGG]

That happens to us too.. We show up and no one is there and then within minutes the place is jammed packed..

[@mayloo2137]

Thought about your Tim Horton's experience. Did you ever order a double-double? It's a standard Canadian coffee order any size with two milks and two sugars. I think the term is only used in Canada.

[@kitskivich]

The red cup was prettier. Good call. Chicago also has underground pedways, which are very helpful in inclement weather. William Sonoma is glorious. It's also very expensive. It's easy to find very reasonably priced tea kettles elsewhere. That's interesting about how one is offer4ed their coffee because I'm very used to being asked if I want it black or with cream and sugar.

[@Elise-qi9tm]

I'm Canadian and a few years ago, I went to the UK for the first time. I tried ordering coffee. They asked me if I wanted black or white. Ive never heard of white coffee before, thought it was something fancy. So I asked for a black coffee with milk and sugar 🤦‍♀️😅

[@Stacyr4567]

So true about technology in the U.S. and I guess Canada. Seems as though the US creates the technology but then retailers are slow to adopt it. Crazy!

[@zoradanyne9181]

FYI Lia, I also detest a black cearmic glazed mug

[@gordonwallin2368]

Very nice!

[@gordonwallin2368]

I've never heard anyone say, "oot and aboot", my whole life, except four people from Ontario on a hockey game once. Cheers from the West Coast of Canada.

[@brentwoodbay]

I have a sensitive accent here and I can nearly always tell someone from Ontario, but it's closer to 'oat' and 'a boat', compared to here in BC.

[@buildingamystery74]

I find west coasters tend to say oat and aboat. Ontarians (like myself) often say eout and abeout. Some regions of Ontario say oat. The only ones that sometimes say oot are from Newfoundland. Because Newfie is one of the strongest accents in Canada, I think foreigners think everyone here talks with a Newfie accent so it becomes a stereotype. That’s my thinking on it but I could be totally wrong.

[@brentwoodbay]

@@buildingamystery74 Accent perception is a very little studied field. We all seem to hear things differently . If I had more time to study linguistics more deeply, I'd love to write a book about it!

[@buildingamystery74]

@@brentwoodbay that’s totally true, it’s all very subjective.

[@sachapihowich6955]

And when you were out and aboot did you actually hear someone say aboot? No. No you didn’t! Hahha

[@robertpearson8798]

If you ever get back to Toronto I’d suggest a visit to St. Lawrence Market and a Peameal Bacon on a bun sandwich. It’s Toronto’s official signature food.

[@biliegh_itiswhatitis]

awww I wish I could do a dollar a month for you guys. can't afford it though. we say black coffee all the time for a plain. :)

[@deborahhardy4445]

Yummy food!

[@timriehl1500]

I'm an American and I agree completely about those bathroom gaps. But who's responsible? I think the architect or bathroom fixture designer or whatever their title is. Just design a proper one and I'll nominate whoever for a Nobel Prize!

[@tejida815]

The rain didn’t seem to dampen your spirits. I would bet there are hipster coffee places in one or two of the outer neighborhoods.

[@miawinter8142]

Hello guys

[@flamingpieherman9822]

Here in Florida you can order your coffee black. But if you're going through I drive through there probably going to ask you if you want cream and sugar automatically

[@buildingamystery74]

I’m definitely getting that bruschetta the next time I go to HotHouse. I’ve been living in the St Lawrence Market for 20 years and I’ve never had that bruschetta or the miso salmon. I always get the calamari and Caesar. Canadians do tend to be pretty compliant with the masks. Every time I pull my mask down to smell something, I feel like I’ve just robbed a bank. Canadian guilt is a real thing🇨🇦🤷‍♀️. Really hope you had a wonderful time in Toronto and that everyone was really kind to you.

[@glendawest5256]

I miss the buffet. Hopefully it will be back soon!

[@buildingamystery74]

@@glendawest5256Oh right I haven’t had the Sunday buffet in years. I guess they stopped it due to the pandemic. I’ll have to look out for it.

[@godsavethequeen2798]

Hey Joel and Lia Hot House used to have a legendary all you can eat Brunch but they stopped due to the coronavirus :(

[@introvertsrock9843]

buying the starbucks also could be doing your part for the enviroment

[@stephaniel3032]

The payment situation…. 🤣😂

[@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072]

5:52 there are restos with a much tighter gap. But it’s still a case by case basis within them too. Like Shoeless Joe’s I believe? But The gaps are for American and Canadian safety regulations. In case someone has a heartattack and slumps to the ground you know?

[@RicoTravels]

love it! We have kettles in our homes haha im triggered 🤣 also we say black coffee but never white coffee I have no idea why

[@questionmark9819]

I have been told by someone who visited Canada that it has the best of everything about the UK and the best of the USA, which makes sense but I wonder if it is true? The kettles are ridiculously expensive, like 10x the price of one in the UK, wow.

[@mileitman]

That shop is an overpriced American housewares shop. Think Harrods pricing.

[@mileitman]

I'd say Canada is like the USA with a slight British accent (not vocal, but style). So, we look and sound like Americans and drive the same cars as them (but often smaller ones, to be more fuel efficient - I'm filling up at $1.44 a litre at the moment), but know how to make a cup of tea, have proper Cadbury and Nestle (ex-Rowntree) chocolates, have the Queen on our money and a prime minister instead of a President.

[@questionmark9819]

@@mileitman that's what it looks like, a mishmash of American and British bits and bobs

[@djdissi]

Good god what happened to Queen street! Sorry you had to experience it with all that dreadful construction, i haven't been there since the pandemic. But the whole vid was fun tho

[@nataliedavis1718]

I don't know why people think we say 'about' like 'aboot' lol...I literally have never heard a single Canadian say it that way lol

[@ChattieCathie]

THANK YOOUUUU! 👏👏👏👏

[@AnonYmous-qq2vo]

I'm sure not every single Canadian does but enough do for you guys to be known for pronouncing it your way, when I watched Degrassi I thought they were American until I heard them say "sorey" instead if "saw-ree" like alot of Americans do lol

[@ChattieCathie]

@@AnonYmous-qq2vo The sorry is true but not the aboot. We literally say it like everyone else ah-bowt

[@annaburch3200]

I hear our BC friends to the north say it more like a-boat, not a-boot. It's definitely different, but not as exaggerated as some people claim. My husband says even I say it more with a long O sound than he's used to and I'm just from Seattle. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@sheteg1]

Black coffee is big in Canada. We say croissants 🥐 properly many of us speak French That underground mall thing is touristy Tea is awesome if you go to the right place.

[@Lorijenken]

goes to Starbucks.. every Timmies drinker: TRAITOR!

[@theresaanzur9980]

In Pennsylvania we say black coffee

[@tobi-leeaoki8632]

I’m think I’d like to request a quick visit from you both for my business in Jamaica…I can do with some of the L&J customers magic 😂💕

[@thegreatest3371]

You can buy an electric kettle on ebay for $20 or less.

[@TheGinnygoose18]

Ha ha, my life is... -Hi, can I get a hamburger please? -Do you want cheese on that? -Well, no, that would be a cheeseburger. -Hi, can I get a medium coffee with extra almond milk please? - Do you want sugar? -Well, no, that would be a medium coffee with sugar and extra almond milk. It Happens so much, I don't even notice it half the time anymore.

[@lexxieburton6182]

joel i kno ur headed to the disney parks this trip, did u kno each park has a starbucks (often operating with a different name) that sells location mugs for each park

[@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072]

17:00 black coffee is a thing lol my mom loves it that’s so weird

[@mikei6605]

The funniest part of the video was when you were looking for a better place than Starbucks and ended up going to Second Cup!

[@jessicajanowiak4199]

You can totally order just a black coffee in the States, I'm not sure where you're ordering or what is wrong with the servers you are dealing with...?? I've ordered black hot and iced coffees, no problem.

[@bobbbxxx]

That was fun! By the way, at 8:49 I think you might be a tad confused. Are you talking about tapping your card on the little machine they bring to the table? They have been doing that in Toronto for 15 years or more. Or are you talking about tapping the mobile phone? That has been around awhile too, but not 15 years like tapping the phone. Not sure what you meant, but I think you might be reading too much into it just because the server gave you an option that tapping is new. It isn't. Our banking system is NOT like the American one. Many American restaurants still take the card to process in the back room. Many American credit cards don't even have chips. 14:07 I'm pretty sure in any English speaking country, you will be understood if you say "Croissant" with a "t", or a silent "t". Most people in the UK say the "t" at the end of the word and I'm sure they also would understand . Being an officially bilingual country we use a lot of French in Canada so I think you are safe to say it "the right way". We do not, however, say Croy-sant, that sounds like 1980 Coronation Street. The 13% tax (VAT) being added at the point of sale as opposed to 20% being included in Britain is simple when you get used to it. If you need to know the exact cost right down to the penny then get your mobile calculator out, but honestly most people with basic math skills can roughly figure out what the final price will be. And unless you are paying cash, does it matter if it is a little bit out? 😊

[@dobiebloke9311]

J&L - Not wave to a fireman? It's not required to, partularly when they're busy on the job, but otherwise, in the States (I suppose Canada as well), it's quite commonly done, just as a quick thanks for them being there.

[@LarryHatch]

Only pretencious coffee shops refuse to say "black coffee". We all grew up with the phrase. Starbucks ruined the coffee language.

[@SMichelle626]

I am 33 but I always I’m not an adult yet…I don’t drink coffee or like coffee flavored products. I am a sweets person all the way no way would I get a plain croissant unless it accompanied my eggs and sausage breakfast lol. We were just in Miami-fort Lauderdale area 10-27 through 11-03 ! Wish we could of see you guys if you we were there at the same time!!

[@iamthanos1423]

Ok, one more time for our foreign friends. We’ve had contactless or tap pay and pay with phone for years. But people aren’t required to adopt it. I had the same eighty three bucks I my wallet for about a month now. Checks aren’t really a thing anymore either. I’m on the West coast of the US. I assume it’s the same in Canada. We aren’t really to excited about how we pay…

[@chrisk5651]

We say black coffee but not white.

[@jacquelinemoore5386]

Why are people in the comments defending the gaps in stalls ? 😭😭😭

[@loboheeler]

Europeans find financial transactions in North America to be behind the times, even in "high tech" California. Many phones don't have the required NFC hardware, and many retail outlets don't have the readers to do financial transactions. In my town many pay retail with cash, pay bills with paper checks, and read paper newspapers.

[@mileitman]

Back before the pandemic, as a Canadian, I always felt nervous when a server in the US took away my credit card at the end of the meal. Do they still do that?

[@theOGofREDS]

Can yall please go to Golden corral in Nashville or florida???? It is the #1 buffet in america

[@robertewalt7789]

Some of us prefer Old Country Buffet.

[@theOGofREDS]

@@robertewalt7789 that is not a large chain as much as Golden corral iirc

[@joescavel]

You should go to timmies

[@thepotsiezebra]

Did you guys manage to try Poutine when in Canada?

[@mileitman]

...and if you did, how did it compare to what you had at that Canadian pub in London?

[@youmean4221]

We do have electric kettles in the states, we do say coffee, black in the states. Do you two ever listen or just blab on incessantly?

[@debbieamaral1315]

So Canada does sales tax like we do in the US?

[@waryaawariiri1812]

Yes, and it comes at the register, not the price shown on the shelves. Here in Ontario, it is 13 percent.

[@alisonallen8658]

contactless was trialed and establish in the uk first I worked for the fraud team that was part of the trial!

[@jenniedarling3710]

I'm British and say coffee without milk as it seems more polite.

[@AnonYmous-qq2vo]

I hate the bathroom stall gaps who wants a direct view of yourself during intimate bathroom moments lol