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Last day of our 9 day Canadian Rockies trip, and we had our fill of endless breakfast buffets of smoked salmon, eggs benedict, and French toast. The Westin had their own $30+ breakfast buffet.
8:30am Friday, we walk across the street from our Westin Hotel in downtown Calgary, to Tim Hortons, one of more than a dozen Tim Hortons in the downtown area.
One of those fast food restaurants with menu on the overhanging billboard, together with pictures. Don't even have to speak English, which can come in handy if you're one of the countless mainland Chinese tourists. Just point to the menu and nod or shake your head when the employee names the item. Only don't point with your middle finger!
We see a pair of tourists from our tour group there, and ask for their recommendation. Short line at the counter.
I order the hot oatmeal with mixed berries. Wife was going to order that, but I got the last one. She ordered the plain Greek yogurt with granola. That together with a maple syrup coated donut for only $5+ USD.
We order tap water, and are probably the first people in a week not to order coffee!
Service is instantaneous, and we take our orders back to the table next to the window.
The hot oatmeal with mixed berries is heaven sent, delicious. Just what you need on a cold Canadian winter morning. A bit too sweet for the wife.
Wife likes her white Greek yogurt with granola. Cold breakfast in Canada? It was 88 degrees in Calgary yesterday September 7. We split the maple syrup coated donut, the first we have tried in Canada, and it is also very fresh and flavorful.
We are about to leave, with the line now stretching the entire length of the building.
There are about 70 Tim Hortons in Calgary alone and over 3588 Tim Horton fast food restaurants in Canada, or one for every 10,000 residents! Exact number is uncertain as Tim Horton will build up to 500 new restaurants in the coming years!
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