Evan Carmichael and his family hit Toronto's Canadian National Exhibition to try wild carnival foods: spaghetti-donut balls with tomato sauce, Canadian bacon-pickle balls, black charcoal ice cream, and cheese-chicken-beef bowls. They ride rides, navigate a corn maze, and wrap up at sunset.
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Happy weekend everybody! Today I'm taking you to the Canadian National Exhibition with Nina. She just wanted to get in. So the Canadian National Exhibition, otherwise known as the CNE, is an annual kind of street carnival here Fair in Toronto, one of our biggest events of the end of summer to kind of close out the summer. They have rides, they have shows, and why we're really going is they have all sorts of crazy special food. And so Hayden's going to want to go on the rides, Nina's going to want to try all the crazy food, and I'm just, uh, tagging along for the ride. And you guys are too. First stop is the bathroom because Hayden needs to go.
Mostly Daddy, he was freaking out the whole car ride.
Hayden really needs to go to the bathroom, so that's where we're gonna go first.
Daddy was freaking out the whole car ride saying, "I need to go to the bathroom.
I'm gonna relax in the car." All right, well, that's kind of true.
Who did we find?
It's the cousins.
Jeffrey and Stephanie, how was the ride?
Good.
How was it?
Good! Very loud.
Dab dab dab!
Hungry and want to try the new food, so Nina's going to take the kids on the rides with her sister-in-law, and I'm going to get something to eat. So I'm going to try some of these spaghetti donut balls. Tomato sauce and parmesan. It was talked about on various blogs here in Toronto, so we're going to give it a shot, see how it tastes. Not bad, actually. Pretty filling. I think I'm going to eat one, save one for Nina because she loves trying new food. I didn't really get much because I wanted to enjoy the food with you because there's lots of options. You want to try something?
Yes.
So I got a spaghetti ball donut. It's a fried spaghetti ball. They also have cinnamon and sugar and whipped cream version, but I got the tomato sauce. Yeah, you're not hungry anymore?
I'm not that hungry. Well, I'm hungry, but not as much.
It's pretty filling actually, but there's lots of unique stuff in there that we're gonna have to go in and you're gonna want to go nuts and try.
Yeah.
All right, let's keep going. Hayden, how was it? Good.
Was it good? Yeah.
Okay, get some food, guys.
So, Disney Town.
It's time to eat!
I'm so scared for when Hayden actually starts to drive because I kind of feel like that's how he's gonna drive all the time. It's very scary. I also learned that Nina is a crazy driver.
I'm not a crazy driver.
That is also how she drives in real life.
That's not true, I'm a safety driver. Drive better than you.
So if you see Nina on the road behind you, go the other way. I'm gonna try the Canadian bacon pickleball. You only live once, right? Let's see how it is. Here they are, the bacon pickleballs. They say the I don't know. Let's go with some ketchup. Bacon pickle. Where's the pickle? Oh, there's the pickle. How is it? You like it? Really? It's actually really good. Surprisingly, it's really good. I like it.
Yeah.
Canadian bacon pickleball. Yeah. Why are you walking so funny? I see a root beer stand. I love root beer. Gotta get me some root beer. There it is.
Yummy. I haven't had pop for a long time.
My gosh, it's so good.
Yeah, root beer. Someone got wet. How was it?
Oh my God, when I got out, I pulled my back.
You pulled your what? You pulled your muscle? Nina's wet. How was it, Hayden? Hayden's dancing.
Yeah.
Yeah!
Oh my god, I got scared!
You got scared? Mina was scared!
I wasn't scared!
Were you scared?
No!
Only Mina?
Yeah.
Tayden's having the purple ice cream. How is it, mister? Yeah. Nina's having— oh, it hasn't come out yet. There it is.
Charcoal.
How does that taste?
Always patient.
How is it?
Yummy?
Yeah.
Oh, the cone is hot. Here.
Time to give it a try.
Mmm.
This black charcoal ice cream has been the craze of Toronto. It's in all the vlogs. Everybody's talking about it. Pretty good. It just kind of tastes like vanilla. It's just vanilla.
Yeah, I know. Just vanilla.
It's just black vanilla. People freak out over minor things, but it's still very yummy vanilla.
What?
Uh-huh.
Uh-huh?
Mhm.
The farm. The farm.
Let's go to the farm.
Kids are getting ready for the corn maze.
And we're going to solve it.
Don't get lost. Don't die in there.
We'll solve it in 2 seconds.
Don't get lost. We'll see. We're going in the corn maze. We have to get into the corn maze. Hayden's going to lead us with Jeffrey. Here we go, All right, let's not get lost. Hey, slow down. You know, you guys only solved it so quickly because I was with you.
No!
Nina's in line for the Japanese street food. All right, so we got the kids pizza. Hello! Hayden's really excited about his pizza, and Nina got us some Japanese street food. First, gotta feed the kids, right? Look at that energy.
Ready, ready, kids?
Ready for your pizza?
Oh, look at that!
Okay, go take it. Grab a slice, grab a plate. Here comes Nina. He's very excited.
Yes, very excited.
Where's Jeffrey? Jeffrey, grab some pizza, let's go! Okay, Nina, let's see what you ordered.
Last Samurai.
I have one of those too, right?
Yeah, same thing. Okay, cheese, chicken, uh, it's beef actually.
Cheese, chicken, and beef. Japanese street food.
Looks good.
Last time Rani barely eat it. And worth the wait? Kind of different. Different is good. N likes trying different food. All right, I'm going to eat mine. I'm excited. What did Jeffy— Hayden's trying to bite Oh my gosh, Hayden! Big chicken!
Holy cow!
And how is it?
Mmm!
Jammy?
It's good!
The bread is like potato. You have a message? No message? Just a big smile?
Enjoy the sunrise. Alright.
Alright, the sun is setting. We gotta take this guy home. Thank you guys for joining us on our day trip.
Is this gonna be a regular thing, a trip to the CME?
Uh-huh. An annual trip to the CNE?
Yeah.
Maybe. Hayden has a message?
Yeah.
What's your message?
Believe!
Believe! That's a good one. I like that message. I feel like it was stolen from somebody.
You can stand up, Katherine.
So thank you guys for joining us. Nina has a message?
