Recently I went on a week trip to the east coast of Canada, mainly to attend my brother’s convocation in Ottawa, Ontario, but the family and I managed to squeeze a last minute Montreal day trip LOL. Ottawa is super nice, I remembered going there once a month with my parents when I was younger when I was still living in Montreal, Quebec.
Flying over the rockies at 8:30 pm as sun was setting down
Not much happened on the first day. We went around to look for places for breakfast since we arrived SUPER early, like at 7 am. After breakfast at Cora, we “slowly” drove back to the hotel and napped in the parking lot waiting to be checked in and dropped off our luggage. Then we went around to explore the campus where my brother studied. I asked my Montreal friends how was the weather in the east coast adn every is like “oh it’s super hot, up to 30 C with humidity!” I packed all summer clothes. The day started out nice, then it was pouring like crazy and got super cold. WTF. Left Vancouver because of the rain, came to Ontario to greet by the rain. WTF.
I really wanted to go to the Canadian Museum of Nature. I remember when I was younger when I still lived in Montreal, I begged my parents to take me there for my birthday because they started a dinosaur exhibition. The place still brings me happiness even though it had been renovated a lot from 15 years ago. It still have the charms but I wish they have the “garden” again.
My “happiest” place in Canada 🙂
The big air-filled Jellyfish
The famous staircase
Some dinosaur displays
Aquatic animals exhibit
“Night” shot sort-off. I really want to take a pic of the building with the pretty lit up jellyfish but it started POURING from nowhere so I had to quickly snapped a picture, hence why picture is not centered properly /cries.
Montreal was really fun. I get to revisit some of my favorite places such as Vieux Port and where I grew up. We spent most of our time in Chinatown and Downtown, mainly Vieux Port.
Where the European feels start….~
Notre-Dame
Cutest gift shop building ever!
We also went to my old apartment and my old elementary school.. Then we visit my mom’s relative before driving back to Ottawa.
Can’t wait to go back again!
We both ordered the Chicket Noodle Soup instead of the Red Bean Jelly
Bottom Tier: Savoury
Bottom Tier: Savory (Angle #2)
Middle Tier: Sweets (+ savory)
Top Tier: Mini Cakes
Bonus Tier!
Mickey’s fountain. Looks way better at night with the lighting~
Entrance~ Same old, same old, with the pumpkin and Halloween color Mickey
There is a trolley that is going through the platform at the entrance~
As you enter the cafe, there is Harry’s trolley – Hedwig on a half entered trolley 🙂
The seats are decorated with images of Patronus~
More Patronus chairs, they also provide a clean basket where you can put your stuff! If you have been to Hong Kong, you’ll know how people carry their purse/bag + another bag for water bottle, umbrella, shopping goodies, etc XD
Mounted on the wall is a replica prop of the Nimbus 2000
Beside the Nimbus 2000, we have the Nimbus 2001
On the other side of the cafe, we have a shelf with all the magical books and a large crystal ball~ Divination class anyone?
The other shelf beside has books, magical knick knacks, wand boxes, scrolls – I wonder if those are students’ essays?
Our table with fake candle and glasses of water. THOSE GLASSES ARE MAGICAL! They can rock back and forth/ tilt but will never spill! Definitely a great magical touch! I google the glasses and you can find those on amazon 
The Drink List – To be honest, this is only the first page! These basic drinks represent the 4 houses and of course we have the Butterbeer – which a nice take on the actual Butterbeer from Wizarding World of Harry Potter. The butterbeer was butterscotch soda topped with whipped cream. The other 4 drinks are soda with Aloe jelly at the bottom. Ravenclaw was blueberry flavored. The Gryffindor one was Mango flavored according to the lady beside our tale. Not sure about Slytherin and Hufflepuff. The waitresses are super busy so I couldn’t ask them.
Wands display! Seraphina Pickery wand is the prettiest (5th from the left) (Although I was told that it belong to Professor Trelawny’s by one of the waitress – cough cough hmm ). They also have wands from characters of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them! So with the help of the internet 
The other wand display!
One of the wall has portraits LOL
9 3/4 Cafe’s version of Butterbeer
Of course I have to order the Ravenclaw drink because I’m a Ravenclaw! Blueberry soda and grass jelly. Slight disappointed that it’s a murky purple instead of the BRIGHT BLUE colored from the menu…
Onion rings (I couldn’t read/ understand the chinese after being translated by Uncle (who isn’t a HP fan) so not sure what reference this dish is from the book)
Cheese on fries with roasted ham – again don’t know what the dish is reference is to the book
Aragog’s salad – if I understand the Chinese that my uncle said correctly LOL.
Cheesy Broccoli – Forbidden Forest???? I’m not sure if I caught the translation right hahaha….
Wand props that guests can take to pose with!!! Of course Harry Potter’s glasses props!
As I was leaving, I saw this private party room! I jsut had to go in to take pictures! The panel is the image of the Great Hall which chairs representing each of the 4 houses!
THERE ARE EVEN FLOATING CANDLES AS LIGHT DECORATION! Another shelf of magic books and of course, the Sorting Hat!
The inside packaging. The tube seemed heavy in pictures but it’s actually really light weight compared to other lipstick packaging. There is a mirror in the back.
The LIP JELLY LIPSTICK! It’s so pretty!!! The gold flecks and the purple flower! (Although the flower is off centered… OTL). The lip jelly do have a fragrance to it, and to me, it smell slightly of grapes. It also have this weird plastick-y smell to it which masked a bit of the grape fruity smell.
