This article will be a three part article dealing with Ottawa’s Italian Festival, Kiko Sushi Bar, and the under construction Chinese Arch. I went to the Italian Festival for the Ferrari’s only to cover other things not related to Ferrari. I originally did go for Ferrari but missed out as the Sunday schedule was different.
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(All images and video taken with a Lumix GF1 – Pancake lens.)
First up, a list of Ferrari related material as I didn’t catch the Ferrari’s during the 2010 Italian Festival.
Ferrari Festival 2007 – Image Gallery:
-> http://www.ghostlysubstance.swgbex.com/FerrariFestival2007/index.html
Ferrari Festival 2008 – Image Gallery:
-> http://www.ghostlysubstance.swgbex.com/FerrariFestival2008-1/index.html
Ferrari Car models and Hot Wheels – Blog article:
-> https://arcticukitsu.com/Blog/?p=814
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Italian Festival:
And onto the Italian Festival which was held on Preston Street – Little Italy. No Ferrari images as I missed them. Ya, I’m extremely annoyed that I missed out on something that I have been waiting for since January. Anyways, moving on…..
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Just went to take a quick peak at a mini-carnival. Never really did check it out on previous visits.
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Little Italy Bridge, looking nice :).
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And then a neat bike race that was being held on Preston.
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And onto the 70 cyclist/bike race. Can you keep track? A bike pile up.
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And a video short of the bike race. I tried getting all the neat angles and images while trying to card space for the uh..Ferrari’s heh. Â Enjoy the video.
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At least I seen a Viper……
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Kiko Sushi Bar:
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(613)695-3143
349B Preston St.
Ottawa, ON K1S 1V6
Open Hours:
Mon-St: 11:00 am to 2:30 pm and 5:00 pm till 11:00 pm
Sun: 4:30 pm to 10:30 pm
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Italian Festival and a Japanese restaurant? That probably seems similar to “1+2=2” to quite a few people.
Ya, I walked by it and quickly stopped as it clicked that the restaurant was Japanese in an Italian section. I quickly made a “U-Turn” and walked into the store to discover it was of high class, almost similar to the one I been into in Slovakia, Bratislava. This one also had a nice water fountain at the entrance and a nice uh…staff that greet you. You don’t see that often, or I don’t.
The exact word for the type of staff eludes me at the moment. After skimming the menu I had the a nice Salmon sushi and a very beautifully made  Yaki udon. The interior of the place was welcoming and perfectly decorated. The music? It also helped keep me in the restaurant haha. The type of chill out instrumental music (not traditional tunes) was pleasant to the ears. The staff were extremely polite and very helpful, I like that!
Salmon Sushi – $5 CAD
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Yaki Udon with Beef – $9 CAD
(I want more! This tasted so damn good that I think I shall be back for more ^^.)
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For the staff’s politeness I wished I would of remembered the art of tipping. I’m used to just going in and buying at exact change which made me forgot about the whole tipping deal. Can someone in Ottawa tip extra for me and reference them to this article? I feel so bad for not tipping the most polite of restaurant staff. I’ll tip more on the next visit at a later date…..
This is exactly why I have a Fox as a blog mascot…..
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Ottawa’s China Torn – Under Construction.
And lastly, since I didn’t want the trip to be a waste (no Ferrari) I went to China town to snap images of the arch. The arch is said to be completed in September for all to marvel at. I took various images of it under-construction because people appear to be highly interested by it’s WIP (work-in progress) appearance. I guess us Ottawaians are highly impatient when it comes to these things?
-> CBC Article – Chinese Arch
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Also sneaking in two images of worthwhile graffiti and Chinese art.
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Bonus images:
The Marina:
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And the O-Train.
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Thanks for viewing and hope this article didn’t bore anybody. I also hope that I caused a few stomach to rumble from the Japanese food heh. Again, thanks for your visit and reading this article.