Waxing in Canada is not that bad
Pizza in Canada is not that bad
(curious, eh? after a healthy-praising post, I’m talking “aboot” pizza?)
Yesterday I tried two things brazilian tend to hate in Canada: waxing and pizza.
After a month without entering a beauty salon I was turning into The Ape Woman, and decided it was time to face CANADIAN WAX. Let me put this straight: brazilian salons, specially those from Rio, are famous for their waxing techniques, quick and almost painless. It’s almost fast-food waxing, and since you become a teen you start going there every single month or your schoolfriends you make fun of you at the beach (and you know teen girls can be very mean). Some people prefer razors, but I’ve always preferred the traditional honey-based waxing system, and waxing your eyebrows is the worst pain you can imagine.
If I had this opininion after almost 18 years of experience in Brazilian salons, I could expect the worse of a CANADIAN SALON. So I made the appointment (only by appointment, obvioulsy) and I thought it was very funny when the lady tried to explain me about wax and how it worked. Actually, she did it quite fast and pretty well, but it’s a bit different from what we’re used in Brazil. Anyway, I was SATISFIED WITH CANADIAN WAXING. This is SURPRISING. I was expecting the worst and had a good experience. Hooray for canadian salons!
The second experience was the Canadian Pizza. Well, everybody told me “YOU CAN’T FIND GOOD CANADIAN PIZZA”. So, yesterday I was at home and it was terribly windy and cold. I decided to order something, and the only options at midnight were thai and pizza. I chose pizza, a default mozzarella and tomato pizza.
You see, it’s a mozzarella-and-tomato pizza like any other pizza you have to order at friday midnight. I even got a very nice caeasar salad with it. I think most paulistas are used to order Speranza or 1900 pizzas, so they think all pizzas have to be like these, and they forget you also have Domino’s or Pizza Hut and that’s what you order at friday midnight in Brazil, when you’re hungry and it’s raining and there’s nothing else opened. These guys can save you!
I found absolutely nothing wrong with the canadian pizza and ate two slices of its cheesiful greasiness. It’s obviously not a Speranza margherita (one of the best São Paulo pizzas), but it’s something I’d have again with no regrets.
So, if you’re a canadian, you can be somewhat satisfied with your pizzas and kind of proud of your salons. There’s no problem with them. Now you smile :)
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As a paulistano with a lot of experience about pizza I think it’s a matter of how high you set your bar.
When we arrived in Canada, almost 3 years ago, I had my bar set really high. I tried and tried to find a decent one, even asking for the natives help, but no luck.
However, after eating bad pizzas for so long I kinda got used to it and now I even enjoy going to Boston Pizza, for instance.
(Flame)But if you are from Rio your bar was probably very low anyway(/Flame)
Oh c’mon. Meu padrão de pizza paulista é qualquer pizzaria da esquina, mais notavelmente a pizzaria do seu João no Paraíso. Domino’s e Pizza Hut não são pizza. Eu pedi uma Domino’s aqui em Londres e os pedacinhos de carne pareciam comida de cachorro. But good for you like it :)
In Kitchener, I have been at Pizza Pizza (which is more in the likes of Domino’s/Pizza Hut), and must I say I really enjoyed it!