Restaurant Review #2

This restaurant review is going to be on...

Blueberry Ale

The Pump house is a pub style restaurant. Every year for the Hub Cap comedy festival we plant ourselves at the pump house for the whole weekend. 

The food at the pump house is AMAZING!

The pump house is a micro brewery, originally opened at 5 Orange Lane, downtown Moncton in 1999 by Shawn and his wife Lilia. Their first beer of the micro brewery being served on New Years eve 1999, as the first beer of the millennium. They later opened a second restaurant called The Barn Yard BBQ. Both being micro breweries in Moncton they are both pretty busy. 


Hob Cap comedy festival : takes place the first full weekend of February, so we have gone every year for the last 3. We also enjoy amateur night. The comedians apply online, they pick the best 10. Some were pretty funny but others were not funny at all.

Last night ( the 5th of February ) our waiter was supper friendly, his name was Brad, he greeted us with a smile. We're regulars so he ordered our drinks when he seen us walking in the door. We just sat down and our drinks came almost as soon as we sat down. We ordered 'Tap'etizers' , I ordered a cup of ' Fire Hazard Chilli (a delicious chilli loaded with lean beef, beans, vegetables and a touch of habanero to stake the fire all simmered with fire Cheif's red ale and served with quenching beer bread.) My mom ordered 'salt & peppa ribs' (crispy pork ribblets sprinkles with coarse  pepper and salt) As my step dad just got plain onion rings. All served with beer of course (: !

Our main dishes were, meat lovers pizza (home made pizza dough topped with lots of pepperoni, bacon and hamburger). I ordered a Southwest Chicken Wrap (grilled chicken breast in a flour tortilla with assorted greens, tomatoes, mixed cheeses and chipotle dressing) Also ordered a Chicken Quesadilla (a flour tortilla filled with a mixture of colored vegetable, and a mixture of cheese, folded in a half moon shaped).

The pump house is home to the fire wood oven , by far the best pizza in town! 

 All in all this restaurant visit was awesome (: ! The staff is amazing the food is great.

The trip I've never taken....

Somewhere I've always wanted to go... RUSSIA

 There are so many places that I would like to go , it's just so hard to narrow it down... But I would have to Russia would be my main place I would want to go. Not only because I'm a huge sports person and that's where the Olympics are but because pictures are absolutely beautiful!

 I just want to experience the culture, the food, the atmosphere, the language and most of all the beer. I am so fascinated with the country it self. There are just so many thing I could do if I was in Russia right now.If money wasn't an option I would have a pass or tickets to every single Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics event possible, especially all of the hockey games (Canada only obviously). I would also want to have tickets to the snowboarding and skiing events

 Russian food would be a HUGE factor in making up my decision. Especially the pickles. ♥

Pickles

Preserving vegetables and fruits is an ancient Russian cooking tradition and still very popular. Nothing can compare with home-made pickled mushrooms and cucumbers. And who never tried grandmother's gooseberry preserve has lost a truly delicious joy of life!

 

 

 

Mount Elbrus

 

 

Mount Elbrus is located in the Caucasus Mountain Range in Southern Russia. At 5,642 meters , or 18,510 ft, Elbrus is included as one of the Seven Summits, the highest summits on each of the planet’s seven continents, attracting both experienced and novice mountain climbers. The mountain is an extinct volcano, and is considered dormant, scientist say it has been recorded to have never erupted. You get to the peak of the mountain by a cable car system it takes visitors as high as 3,800 meters, or , 12,500 ft, facilitating ascents to the summit.

 

 

Getting into RUSSIA :  

A - Russian visa application form. Upon order completion, please download, print and sign Russia visa application, prepared by our system under your account.

B - Original, signed United States passport with at least 6 months of remaining validity.

C - Passport-type photograph: 1

D - Tourist Voucher (Invitation). Copy of tourist voucher (invitation) issued by tourist company or hotel in Russia approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

I would most definitely be going to the Moscow Zoo

the zoo opened to the public in 1864, the Moscow Zoo is one of the oldest zoos in Europe. Today, the Moscow Zoo has over 6000 animals representing 927 species and covers an area of about 53 acres  making it Russia’s largest zoo.

White tiger cubs, ♥ , LOVE THEM!

The Moscow Zoo is 53-acre of zoo it was founded in 1864 by biologists, professors of the Moscow State University, in 1919, the zoo was nationalized. In 1922, the ownership was transferred to the city of Moscow and has remained under Moscow's control ever since.
The zoo had 25 acres when it first opened and 286 animals. In 1926, the zoo expanded to land across from each other putting the area up to 44 acres. The zoo's original buildings were wooden, built in the old Russian style with fancy wood trims.
In 1990 the zoo was renovated. They turned the main entrance into a large rock shaped castle, and a footbridge that connected the old and new sections of the zoo. Before the construction of the bridge, the zoo operated as two separate zoos because there was a street dividing the two properties.
The zoo was expanded again. There were some new exhibits opened such as a sea aquarium, a large cage, a creatures of the night exhibit, a sea lion exhibit and a section aimed just at children. Waterfalls and streams were added throughout to give the zoo a more natural feeling. (: !

Moscow Zoo Plan

 

Saint Basil's Cathedral

Original building was known as "Trinity Church" and later named the "Trinity Cathedral", the building was made up of eight side churches built around the ninth, the tenth church was built in 1588 over the grave of venerated local saint Vasily. In the 16th and 17th centuries the church, perceived as the earthly symbol of the heavenly city. The building is shaped as a flame going into the sky, a design that has no analogues in Russian architecture. According to an architect it is the nicest building in the world. 





  Before i die , I'm going to Russia! 

No words could describe this better!