The most cosmopolitan city in the world

...is it London, Miami, Tel Aviv, Shanghai, Mumbai, Bogota? I've made a small research and according to some sources (see this, this, this, this, this or this or search for more) and it seems to be Toronto!:) OK, I admit it's hard to measure, but let me at least use a part of the article I found:

"According to the influential business magazine Fortune, Toronto is "the best city in the world in which to live and do business". As well, the United Nations has designated Toronto as "the world's most cosmopolitan city". With over 4,000 restaurants, spectacular shopping, more art galleries than Chicago and Los Angeles combined, and one of the safest public transportation systems in the world, there are lots of things to see and do. As the third most active theatre centre in the world (after New York and London), Toronto hosts from 50 to 75 productions each month in over 70 venues."

The question is how much of these I will actually manage to see in upcoming 5 weeks:)


Although I've been here for only 3 days, I must honestly agree that Toronto is by far the most cosmopolitan city I have seen so far. I believe my impression is so strong after such short period thanks to the fact that my place (MC house) is situated in a Chinese town, which makes the whole experience much more intense.


Cuisine
I talked to some people about local cuisine. They described delicious meals of Japanese cuisine, Indian, Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Arabic, Mexican... I see it will be hard to find a local speciality:)
Anyway, I guess it's too early to draw conclusions now, let's wait what the first "get-to-know" weekend brings.

Czech corner:
Dneska to bude trochu delsi, ale zato kulturni, jak se na zazitky z cest slusi a patri.
Jak uz jsem predeslal, bydlim v cinske ctvrti. Jeste hned v den priletu jsme byli spolecne nakupovat, a jak jinak nez prave v cinskych obchodech. Reknu vam, docela prekvapeni. Ne ze bych videl poprve v zivote cinstinu, ale jeste se mi nestalo, abych nebyl schopen rozeznat cokoladovy krem od sojove omacky (a je docela mozne (skoro urcite), ze to bylo neco uplne jineho). Tak jsem alespon nakoupil nejake pecivo. Je sice takove bile, moucne, nekdy tvrde, nekdy vazke, s ruznymi naplnemi, ale zde jsem byl experimentu otevrenejsi:)

V pondeli jsem byl dopoledne sam doma a rozhodl jsem, ze si zajdu na obed. Jak jinak, nez stylove k Cinanovi. To ze jsem se stihl na 5 minutove ceste ztratit ted nebudu rozmazavat (k tomu bude jeste prostor pozdeji) ale co se spise hodi do tohoto kosmopolitniho postu je skutecnost, ze kdyz jsem se dostal do cinskeho epicentra, trochu mi spadnul hrebinek:) Ocekaval jsem neco na zpusob "Krupave a krehke kure" jako si davam v Harmonii nad ekonomkou na Zizkove anebo "Kure zvlastni chuti", specialita Cinana na Veletrzni u Roosveltky. Navic jsem byl pripraven blysknout se na vcerejsim sushi oprasenymi dovednostmi pouzivani drevenych hulek.

Misto toho se na me z obrazku smali ruzni neduveryhodne vypadajici (patrne morsti) zivocichove a restaurace bez "obrazku" byly neduveryhodne samy o sobe. Nezoufal jsem, thajska, vietnamska, japonska a jina kuchyne to jisti - staci zabocit 2x doprava (opet nebudu rozvadet jake melo toto nahodne odbocovani nasledky pro muj bezproblemovy navrat). Jenze to je tezke... bud je to moc drahe, nebo je to sice levne, ale bud je to zase restaurace kombinovana s pradelnou, nebo je interier prosycen vuni syroveho masa, anebo tam neni ani slovo anglicky :S

Tak jsem si koupil v Subweji Texasky kureci narez ve footlong verzi a s bagetou o prurezu stehna jsem se jal hledat cestu zpet domu... Trochu se jen bojim, ze 5 tydnu neni dostatecna doba, ktera by me prinutila vice experimentovat, nicmene v ramci priprav na Fatal trip se pokusim chodit do ryzi cinske ctvrti otuzovat casteji:)