Hey everyone! I had complimentary passes for the Steam Whistle Tour that I finally put to good use! I will let you know about my experience on the tour and show you a little bit around Chinatown in Toronto!
Our first stop was the Steam Whistle Tour and we only had to wait 20 minutes to go on the next available tour. They gave you a free sample while you waited and you could also purchase a pretzel at the booth inside. There is a variety of nice merchandise that you can purchase including: bottle openers, t-shirts, K-Ways (which are rain jackets,) and much more.
You are also able to purchase pints and cases of beer inside. The staff was very helpful and energetic!
Meet Bev. Bev is short for beverage and she is so big that they actually had to remove the door for her to fit inside. Now she stays here and houses bottles of Steam Whistle. They gave us each a bottle to enjoy at the beginning of the tour and we did an icebreaker telling everyone where we were from as well as our names. My friend and I, were the only two Canadians in the group. Everyone else was American from the east coast, west coast and even from the midwest.
Above are the only 4 ingredients that Steam Whistle uses in their beer which are: pure spring water (from Caledon,) malted barely, hops and yeast (not shown.)
They actually purchased this dispensing machine years ago and it only worked for about two of the products. It no longer works but it is kept there as display.
Here is a sneak peak inside and I highly recommend that you check it out in-person. The tour is $12 a person which is definitely affordable! We also went on the Canadian Thanksgiving long weekend and that means that production was not happening on the Sunday. It worked out well because it was much quieter and we did not have to wear the headphones to hear our tour guy, Michael (who was awesome by the way!)
Steam Whistle gets about 80%-85% of their empties back from The Beer Store and many times, they even get back Heineken bottles because they are green as well as bottles back from other brands.
I took this photo on my iPhone 7 as we were walking to Chinatown and I thought that I would share because there is no filter on it! It is a great shot and I normally don't take photos of the CN Tower because I see it all the time, but this one turned out great!
We were so hungry because the pretzel place inside Steam Whistle closed at 4:45 PM because we went on a Sunday so they close the kitchen 15 minutes before on the final hour that they remain open for. We just missed it by 2 or 3 minutes so we ate at Swatow Restaurant in Chinatown. I found it on Yelp and it got great reviews. It is located on Spadina and is easy to spot due to the large yellow sign. The portions are very large, the food came quickly, the spring rolls were larger than expected but we ordered udon noodles but these looked like chow mein noodles. Nonetheless, we were famished and just ate our food.
Above is a close-up of my food that had lots of beef pieces and vegetables. I am impressed with this place and would definitely come back! I had leftovers for lunch the next day and even though the inside is small, the turnover is fast. It is also opened late and many people come here was a late night meal.
Our meals gave us the energy we needed and we started walking around browsing the shops. You can find just about anything in Chinatown and they have great deals on all the time.
We were walking down Spadina and my friend mentioned that she had seen this particular store on Instagram before. We definitely had to make our way in and it was a lucky find! If you like unicorns then this is the place for you!
There are really cute cupcake toppers and you can even get one with the 6 God himself aka Drake!
Here is the social media plug for the shop and the cupcake is watermelon flavoured. It tasted very good and just like watermelon! My friend got the unicorn beverage and I got a mocha one which was very good!
OOTD Details:
Lace-Up Leggings - Forever 21
Sunglasses - Target
Gold Studded Backpack - Marshalls
Tan Velvet Choker - Forever 21 - Similar: Velvet Rhinestone Choker& Floral Faux Gem Choker
Until next time,
STAY CLASSY
Berrz
FTC: This blog post is not sponsored and all opinions are my own. All prices are in CAD unless stated otherwise. Some links are affiliate.
Poshmark Canda: Use code BERRZZ to get $15 off your first order!Fab Fit Fun: $10 off your first box using this linkAlo Yoga: Get 10% off your first purchaseSmile Brilliant: Use code beautybyberrz for 5% off your entire orderMagicLinks: I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product linksUber: Get your first ride FREE using promo code: amandab9033ue
