Toronto Day 1: Tour of Downtown Toronto @ Sunday Brunch, Yorkville, UofT and TNT Night Market

If you’ve read my food blog, my buddy from Zhao Kun came from New Zealand for a three-week visit to Canada and America. During his visit I will be taking him around Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and New York visiting as many sights and attractions that we can cover!

I must admit having lived in Toronto for the past 8 years I have not done anything touristy in TO except for Niagara Falls. It was quite a challenge for me as I had no clue where to take Zhao Kun in my own city!

Anyways with the help of some friends we planned a Toronto Itinerary that includes visiting some Tourist Spots while at the same time providing him a glimpse of what most of us do when we are not working.


Sunday Brunch @ Windsor Arms:


Being the only Sunday we are spending in Toronto our day began with a Sunday Brunch at Windsor Arms after our Church. The Brunch like my previous visit was excellent especially their Pancakes and French Toast.


Walking around Yonge and Bloor


Since Windsor Arms was on Yonge and Bloor we toured around the area which is Toronto's much smaller equivalent to Paris's Champs Elysee, Tokyo's Ginza or New York's Fifth Avenue. We wanted to visit the Royal Ontario Museum which is another Tourist attraction. But since Zhao Kun wasn't too into museums we just took some shots of the Museum's awkward/artistic design.

University of Toronto


University of Toronto was just a block away from Yonge and Bloor. Being Upper Canada's Oldest University and having studied there we toured around the campus showing Zhao Kun some of the University's Oldest Buildings.


Visiting TNT Supermarket and TNT Night Market




Chinese Groceries and Culture is something that is not missed when living in Toronto simply because of the large Chinese population living here. We took Zhao Kun to the TNT Supermarket which is an Asian Hyper-Market that sells everything Asian from Instant Noodles to Fresh Durian.

The Night Market Culture that is common in Taiwan, Hong Kong and other Asian countries can be found in Toronto as well. We visited TNT's three-day night market (August 7th-10th) which had all sorts of Asian and Western Street Snacks such as Skewered Meats, Curries, Fried Potato Chips, Bubble Tea and etc… Ironically Zhao Kun had his first Smelly Tofu here!


Badminton @ Agincourt Badminton

Being a Malaysian I play a lot of badminton and there are quite a few badminton clubs around Toronto. We decided to burn off some calories by heading to Agincourt Badminton to hit some shuttles since it is open to anyone for a fee of CAD $14 per hour for court bookings.