Throughout the entire crossing from Europe back to the states (which was extremely rough seas and crazy guests), Cass and I decided to find things to look forward to which would keep us going through the cruise. We decided that we were going to look forward to poutine & ciders in Halifax, Nova Scotia. For those of you who don’t know what poutine is, it is a Canadian “delicacy” of French fries smothered in cheese curds and gravy baby!
Well, we finally reached Halifax! Our search started around 11AM and we could not find a decent place to sit, relax, escape the ship and enjoy poutine and cider. After an hour of searching (nobody had poutine on the menu!), we found a nice looking pub called the “Split Crow” that was far enough away from the ship for it to feel like an “escape”!
We sat down and ordered a big Strongbow cider, a bowl of soup and a plate of poutine. We also found another item that was new to us called “Deep Fried Pepperoni” which piqued our interest, so of course we ordered! Everything came as expected except the pepperoni because truly we had no expectations for it. It was literally thick slices of pepperoni that they dropped in oil to fry for a few seconds and then served it with a honey mustard sauce. It was all delicious – I just wish I had taken pictures to show you all!
To top off our delicious and low calorie lunch, we stopped by a sweets shop called “Sugah” along the waterfront which advertised hand-paddled ice cream. Cass and I went in and each ordered. I got the “Old Fashioned Vanilla” with cookie dough mixed in (kind of like a Marble Slab idea). The sun was shining as we licked our ice cream cones and walked back to the ship. I love Canada/New England cruises. They are so easy and the weather is (almost) always incredible!
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