Thursday 7 November 2013

Brooklyn Deli - Restaurant Review.

Restaurant review...

My restaurant review is going to be about the new restaurant in down town Moncton, it's called the Brooklyn-Deli . It took the place of the old City Grill for the location, click the following link Brooklyn Deli.

You walk into this restaurant and the first thing you see is a display case of cakes, cheesecakes and a carrot cheesecake. The carrot cheesecake, is a layer of carrot cake a layer of cheesecake another layer of carrot cake and then cream cheese frosting.

We walked into this restaurant I felt like I was walking into home, they made us feel like we was part of the family. The owner cam right over and said hello and welcomed us to the restaurant. 

You walk in and seat yourself. They hand you a peice of paper and a marker and you check off what you want on the menu, the waitress takes it and send it to the kitchen. On the boards all around the restaurant they have suggestions on what would be good if it is your first time into the restaurant.
 
 At the Brooklyn Deli I had beef sandwich with aujus, a ceaser salad, a our table shared tater tots and onion rings as an appetizer, my mom had the same thing I did. My step dad had a steak sandwich with extra cheese and we had 5 beer between the three of us and out bill was only 88 dollars and change. So its an amazing price for the amount of food you get.
 
 < Steak Sandwich

                              Tater Tots >






Prior to eating here I was creeping on kijiji and seen that they were hiring waitresses so I asked the owner (Brett) about it, and he told me to go in during the week and talk to Louise and they she would set up an interview for me. So needless to say they set up a job interview just like that. 



                                 IF YOU HAVE NEVER EATEN HERE, GO!! (:

Trip of my life! - Toronto

My favorite trip thus far in my traveling career would have to have been my trip to Toronto!

It was a family trip, so my mother and step dad went to Toronto the summer that just passed. (:
It was my first time on a plane, my first time going to a Toronto Blue Jays game, and i loved every minute of it (: !

Toronto is a beautiful place to be.  While in Toronto we went to Niagara Falls, the Toronto Zoo, the Eaton Center, the ROM (Royal Ontario Museum). A Toronto Blue Jays game at the Rogers Center. We also went to the CN Tower.



Niagara Falls is absolutely BEAUTIFUL. There is a boat you can take that will take you right into the Falls the boat is called maid of the mist and it is 250.00$ per person. You can also take a walk in behind the falls that is another 200.00$, and they give you a puncho and wet suit because they know you are going to get wet.  Across the water on the other side of Niagara Falls is Buffalo New York. You can also walk under the "little falls" that are on the Buffalo side.


In Toronto we stayed at the Marriott hotel in downtown Toronto, there was a Starbucks in our hotel. We were one block away from the TTC . On the way down to the TTC you walk through a little mall like building, where you will find a Winners, a Tim Hortons , some restaurants and a little grocery store. While in Toronto we ate at a little dinner called Frans Dinner, it was a little homemade restaurant they had AMAZING breakfast and it was supper cheap. So good we ate there 3 morning in a row. The Toronto zoo was beyond what i could have ever imagined. The zoo is huge and takes a good 12 hours to do the whole zoo and see every animal. ♥ ! They even have a moose from Atlantic Canada. (: .






 Formally known as the SkyDome








 We ate at the cutest little diner called Katz' deli. The most amazing smoked meat sandwich I've ever had! I had black cherry soda and dill pickles♥. It is right by the Yorkdale mall . If you ever have the chance GO!

Monday 21 October 2013

What's good , where to eat and what to do in Moncton?



Well like some of you I'm sure are from Moncton , so for some of us we think Moncton is just boring plain and there is nothing to do...

I personally LOVE Moncton (: ! Not so much the drama and everything going on just outside of it lately... 



 

There is not necessarily a lot of stuff to do but there is enough.. Saturday mornings there is the "Moncton Market" in downtown just off of Main Street, and also the "Marché Dieppe." There are some awesome restaurants around my favorite restaurant in downtown Moncton would have to be " the Old Triangle " great irish pub food. Amazing live entertainment every night. If you are looking for pub food there is also the "Pump House". If you are in town on the right weekends there may even be festivities. 




Moncton is not always the place to be... but for some people it is there summer vacations spot ... 


 

A little outside of Moncton , in Magnetic Hill , there is Magnetic Hill, where you drive to the bottom of the hill a light will come on and tell you to put your car in neutral and the "magnetic force" will pull you up the hill backwards. Also in the same little area there is the Zoo or Magic Mountain Water park. If you are in Moncton in the summer, just across the street is the boardwalk,  ♪ "there's go-carts, butterfly world, outdoor driving race, test your skills at mini golf then hit the batting cage." ♪. Magic Mountain Water park, where there are beaver tails (: ♥ (YUMM) Water slides, the wave pool, and also known for the really expensive food.

When it rains there are some things to do inside, like Crystal PalaceCineplex and even Champlain Place. Crystal palace is an amusement park, there is mini-golf, roller coaster, swings, a mary-go-round, lazer tag and some other rides. 

On your way to Magnetic Hill there is the new Casino New Brunswick. Although you do have to be 19 or older. They have awesome breakfast lunch and supper buffets. They're all at discounted prices if you have a Casino card. 

The Hopewell Rocks located in Hopewell cape NB outside of Moncton near Fundy. There is a beautiful view of the rocks. You can go down when the tide is out you can walk on the floor of the Bay of Fundy. There is a hiking trail, beautiful little hikes off of the trail for places to picnicking. 

The Moncton coliseum, home of the Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL) and also the Moncton Miracles (basketball) coliseum. It is also where some of the big events are held, for example, The Wine festival, the woodworking Christmas at the coliseum.


Hotels in Moncton are located everywhere. You'll find one if you look. 



No matter where you are there is a Starbucks. (: 

Monday 30 September 2013

It's kind of about me... ;)

Hey! I'm Allyson, I graduated from Riverview High School in July of 2012. I took a year off school to work and save some money. I haven't been any wheres fancy... But I have been some places that I absolutely love! 

My most recent trip was to Toronto Ontario for a family vacation, we did A LOT of interesting things, we did the Toronto zoo, to see the GIANT pandas, Niagra Falls, the ROM (Royal Ontario Museum)  and the CN tower. We also went to a Toronto Blue Jays baseball game (for any of you who know me that was my favorite thing of the whole trip!)
 







I have been quite a few places in the USA, my mom and i do A LOT of shopping trips, whether it be alone on a bus trip , alone in the car or with friends. On these adventures , I have been to North Conway, New Hampshire (home of the white mountains), Bar Harbour, Bangor, Portland, Kittery, Augusta and Freeport, Maine. (Every time we do a shopping trip we are always over the duty free ); ... ) I love to travel!
I have been to Boston Massachusetts, to the green monster, ( I was just little but it still counts) I'm far from fussy when it comes to traveling! If there is place for adventure I'm there!

THE BIG APPLE - New York City, I was in New York December 2011, It was the most memorable experience in my life (no there was no baseball game but still my favorite trip by far) It was my Christmas present from my mom. There is not alot of shopping or anything to be done its all full priced stores. However there were the street vendors under the Brooklyn bridge where you would buy all the "knock offs." However there is a 9 floor Macy's Department store (: ! 


A little closer to home, I have been to all 3 Maritimes, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick (obviously). Halifax is my summer home away from home. I could live there all summer and never run out of things to do. My family and I go camping for my birthday every year in P.E.I. ( my birthday is in September, so BRR). I love camping doesn't matter what the temperature is.But all in all I absolutely love staying close to home, but if I had the choice I'd be gone! If I had the choice I would move to St. Andrews in a heart beat! A quiet little town on the coast of the Atlantic ocean. A beautiful place to go whale watching kayaking. There are little boutique shops, a pizza place a few little restaurants and even a TIM HORTONS!

 I'm taking this course because i would like to make my dream come true by being a bartender on a cruise ship for a five or six years, I will give in five or six years just to see if its for me , and if not i will come home go back to school to be a massage therapist, then head back out on a ship. I eventually hope to become a manager of a bar/ restaurant and/or hotel. There is SO much you can do in the travel and hospitality field , there are too many to narrow it down to one or two.

I'm doing this blog so one day in the future I can look back on the "little" steps in travel I have done on my life and hope to compare the "major" ones. Hopefully one day I will be able to expand my horizons on the travel and hospitality industry! :)

"The traveler sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see." - G.K Chesterton