I knew when you tried Timmies doughnuts they wouldn’t blow you away. You’ve had some seriously amazing and luxe bakery doughnuts but if you’re on a road trip going 9 hours across Saskatchewan and you eat one of those doughnuts, it’s wonderful. ❤️
@@carrie-leehurzeler7413 I always eat them when going up north in Ontario it takes hours maybe even days but I love the pumpkin spice Tim it’s and sour cream ones
Ok! Is THAT why we've been unimpressed lately? We first started going to Tim Hortons in 2009 when we went up to Whistler, pre-Olympics. We were totally blown away. But our last couple trips (which haven't been since pre-Covid 😥) Tim's seems kind of meh. My son still insists on stopping on our way up to Vancouver, once we cross the border, but I think it's more a matter of tradition and my husband's need for coffee after driving for two hours. 🤣 My son's favorite is maple glazed.
Came here to say this. The quality is getting pretty bad. Seriously the donut market is wide open now imo because they’re just not nearly as good as they used to be.
I’m a Canadian living in London and HAD NO IDEA THERE WAS TIMS IN ENGLAND! Agree their food isn’t out of this world….but it’s a taste of home, and nostalgic for so many Canadians. I WILL be going now that I know I don’t need to fly all the way home for some timmies 🍁
I know other Canadians have probably already said this already but I think part of the draw of Timmy's isn't necessarily that it's THE best but there's a lot of nostalgia behind it. I remember when I was younger my parents would always buy it when we were heading to visit my grandparents and the smell of the coffee and Timbits/donuts always reminds me of that.
As a Canadian who has consistently been disappointed with the food quality of Tim’s for the last few years, they are the place that keeps us Canadians going! I mean pretty much every hospital that I know of, has at least one Tim’s somewhere in the building! They keep me going on my multi hour drive on the 401(major highway east west through Ontario)…Grace you need to go back, when “Roll up the Rim to win” is on!….
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I began watching your vlogs on Extra Grack during VLOGMAS and then discovered your main channel. What can I say? I‘m hooked ever since, you are now my comfort RU-vidr: the vibes, your encouraging energy and your authenticity is simply awesome and so rare on RU-vid! I can’t wait for many more videos to come ✌🏼
Papa Booth at the end, legendary as per. Love his opinions on food. Honest and direct. A man of few words but tells you all you need to really know 🤣✌️♥️
LMAO GRACE you just floored me as a long time watcher, me and my friends have been saying the "gorgeous gorgeous girls" quote, and you just saying it then SENT ME, glad to know you are one of us!!!!
Yes, Tim Hortons used to be ground breaking, you obviously have never had the original donuts. They used to be ground breaking at one time...absolutely...the donuts were amazing. Fresh and so delicious. It was a donut you'd never forget. But since US has bought Tim Hortons, the donuts are made in a factory, frozen, and taste gross.
you're 100% right about continuing to push yourself with things you're scared to do. currently doing the exact same thing with my therapist and she says it works by pushing the limits of your amygdala untill it learns that the situation you're in in isn't a danger. thought you'd enjoy the word medulla!
Hey Grace. So pleased you were finally able to try some treasured Canadian history. No one has mentioned where the name comes from and why we love it. Tim Horton was a Canadian hockey player and when he retired he opened the first restaurant in the 60's maybe 70's. Agreed the donuts are nothing special unless they bring out a limited special one and those are next level. They had a chocolate cream and it had whip cream piped throughout a chocolate iced donut with more whip cream on top. I love their coffee but we all know Grace that you don't so I would try one of their other drinks. Love from Canada
Ahh I’ve been waiting for this day you try Timmie’s! 😄Yeah, it’s not much of the hoopla as it gets all the time, but if you’re doing a road trip across Canada, or finish shovelling all your snow you just got (again), it definitely is better then 😅 This is some of the most snow I’ve seen in the last few years, which I love 🥰❄️ Thanks Grace for the lovely video! Good luck on that perfume hunt haha xoxo, love from Manitoba! 🍁 🇨🇦
Ahhh, so jealous of the lattice fries!! We don't have those at the Tim's here in Canada. We have wedges...I actually love the bagel belts, bagels are amazing and bacon and egg English muffins. Can't eat the donuts, can't lie...my Mom worked there for 4 years when I was in high school and STILL can't eat them 🤣
Yasss Timmies! one good thing about living in Canada is there's always Tim hortons close by no matter where you are in the city ! It's cool they're starting to branch out to other countries now
When Canada owned Tim Horton's the food was fresh, since the USA bought it out, they now freeze the pastries, and the food is not that great anymore. I am glad they now have dairy free options and the ice capp is still the bomb!
As a Canadian, the Tim’s adventure made me so happy! 🍁🇨🇦 I would agree that no one really gets the hot food from Tim’s, and honestly agreed with your reviews. Most donuts and baked goods from Tim’s are not exceptional but they’re decent/good, consistent, and a slice of home. I highly recommend another trip to try their muffins (which are fluffy and tasty), bagels, hash brown, an iced capp (icy sweet coffee beverage- ik you don’t like coffee but something to try, it’s definitely their most popular drink besides coffee), frozen lemonade, and a double double (coffee with two milk two sugar- classic Canadian introduction to coffee).
Funny about the tea in this video. I ordered the Countess Grey tea for my mum for Xmas and had it shipped here to New Zealand. Hands down it is now my mum & sisters favourite tea! Thanks for the recommendation Grace xxx
Grace i fully agree with the pushing yourself thing I used to get panic attacks and would cry any time i went to my local Asda, i now go through the local town centre completely fine. I couldn't even meet friends in a pub a few years ago, deathly afraid of public transport, i never leave my home, let alone my area. A few weeks ago i travelled 2 hours on a train, by myself, stayed at a hotel, by myself, went to a pub to celebrate a friends birthday knowing only my friend, then the next day i met up with a guy i didn't even know as he was joining my friend and i for the day but the friend was late. I used to get panic attacks any time my phone rang and could not make phone calls at all, i call people/companies all the time now, one morning i called 6 companies before it was 11 am! I won't lie, a lot of this started due to incredibly bad things, and you need to be in a better place to push yourself sometimes, you gotta be comfortable to make yourself willingly uncomfortable after all. But in a way, i am grateful for the bad things because it eventually led to these great things. I have struggled with confidence/myself all my life, yet i can sit here and say i am proud of myself. These things may be nothing to some people, but to me they were things that were physically, mentally and psychologically impossible so much as 3 years ago, yet I've been doing these things like nobody's business this past year!
I think it is because you might have picked the cake doughnuts instead of the yeast version. The yeast version is more chewy and softer and is superior imo.
Canadian here…..this vid made my day btw lol. So you definitely have to try Timmy’s in Canada. I’ve been told by a friend who loves in the UK that everything doesn’t take the same as in Canada. Next time try their sausage breakfast sandwich and their chicken noodle soup….so yummy! I’m very jealous you have lattice fries, we only have seasoned wedges in Canada, and no dips! But Timmy’s coffee is the best in the world!!! Yes I said it lol. Great vid!!!
For some reason I would think it would be better in the Uk because in Canada it's so mass produced and lacking a lot of love in the food. That chicken sandwich looked amazing, whereas all the sandwiches I saw from there in Canada were absolutely dismal.
As a Canadian I can say that Ever since Tim’s was bought out by a US company, the quality has gone down hill. Most of the stuff is package baking, not made fresh that day from scratch which is how it was done. You were bang on in your evaluation. The only thing Canadian about it is the name.
I’ll go against the grain of the comments and say I LOVE Timmies! I know there’s bougier donuts, but nothing ever hits like a black coffee and Boston Cream from Timmies for me. Also, I’m in love with the birthday cake timbits. I’m not originally from Canada, so when I visit back home I really miss Timmies! It’s an institution that has wormed its way into my heart 🥰
I'm from Newfoundland, Canada and I always get a Cafe Mocha with whipped topping. The birthday cake timbits and the boston cream donut are my favourite. Yhe farmers wrap is also so good. Also, we have cake donuts and yeast donuts so that would explain the different textures.
as a Canadian, I can agree that Timmies isn't mindblowing tbh. But it's the comfort, nostalgia, the taste of home. It's good but not incredible, but it's kind of amazing in it's own way haha. Love from BC ❤️
So funny to see you so excited for Tim Hortons. I have one 5 minute walk from my house and it’s been open for at least 5 years. I go all the time. To drink it’s got to be a French Vanilla and an old fashioned glazed doughnut to dip in it and eat.
Grace you need to try the meat free chicken wrap is AMAZING!! The best meat free wrap i have had at ANY fast food place ! Also the all day breakfast wrap is 😋 I'm surprised there's one near me in Scotland but wow its amazing!
Tim Hortons in Canada recently had a fundraiser where they sold #ChooseToInclude donuts 🍩 in support of Special Olympics! I do not love their donuts, but I still ate 3 in about 36 hours because it was such a great cause! I am a coach for Special O so it was really heartwarming to see this huge Canadian company do so much good for our society :)
I live in the UK and the best doughnut I have ever had was the snowman 'doughman' doughnut I had at Xmas from Krispy kreme. It was absolutely out of this world. Had it fresh straight out the box and omg words can't describe how good it was
Hi Grace, I’m very picky when it comes to perfume and smells, but I looooove the Jo Malone cologne in Myrrh & Tonka. Maybe you could ask for a sample for that one next time, just a suggestion. It’s a very warm smell, I believe it’s unisex. X
We would always stop at tims after a ski trip! but its def not the best donuts out there but when you need one it just hits. also you should try the icecaps (even tho you dont like coffee) those are almost more popular than the donuts
A Buffalonian here (a city in New York on the border of Ontario, Canada that is influenced a lot by Canadian culture) and Tim’s is such a nostalgic place! Yeah, their offerings aren’t mind blowing but they are solid and always good. My husband is from Virginia (in the southern US where they don’t have Tim’s) and he thinks it’s THE BEST PLACE IN THE WORLD. Lol. He loves Tim’s so, so much and when we visit Buffalo or Canada, he tries to eat there every morning. 😁 My go to is a hot chocolate and an Everything bagel extra toasted. Drool.
You should try French Earl Grey from T2, such a nice twist on Earl Grey. They also have standard Earl Grey and Royal Earl Grey. You can get it online or I think there’s stores in London 😊
can we talk about the fact that Grace mentioned overcoming a fear of frogs, and then immediately cut herself off to go to the next shot in the car. 💀 Grace, you’re such a classic comedic moment
glad you had a good experience at Tim hortons, the first UK store opened near where I live and I went there twice, and had horrible experiences both times. but that was a while ago and hopefully its improved
In Canada we don't have the lattice fries! And Tim's since it got bought out by burger king the food has gone a little down hill, however the drinks is what people go for it's a good cheep coffee but french vanilla, tea and iced Capps are usually the favs for people
I am currently at that stage where I'm very scared to drive by myself, especially the motorway, so it was nice to hear you talk about overcoming that fear! I would definitely much rather hold a frog atm tho 😂
As a fellow Canadian I must say, although Tim’s isn’t spectacular the donuts just feel so nostalgic and homey ❤️🍩 also, is the Gucci perfume you love the “guilty pour femme”? 🧐
I was going to say the grocery store bakery where I worked baked our doughnuts, but I don't really remember. It was back in the 90s. I suspect I loaded them in the proofers on night shift and they were baked in the early morning.
Maybe seeing those tiny baby frogs they sometimes have in schools to show the frog life cycle would help? I don’t know if they still do that but they always seemed a bit less “frog” than adult ones! 🐸 I always enjoy these little adventure/ day in the life videos :D thanks for sharing!
They actually looks good. I'm from canada and we don't even dipping sauces like that or lattice fries. And don't have the chicken sandwich with the hashbrown on it. I really wish we did
I’ve had multiple ‘real’ Tims in Canada and I’ve also tried it plenty times in the uk and I would say the main thing with the donuts is they’re not fresh here in the UK that’s what I think really makes them that bit better in Canada! The one thing that I think tastes exactly the same is the IceCapp my no1 favourite thing!
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So there I am, listening to you talk about your Boots points - when the Boots nudge appears on my screen offering 10% off!!!!!! (Not that they’re listening 🤣)
We used to have a Tim Hortons in the Arby's here in upstate ny. I like the Tim bits the best. But our Price Chopper grocery store in my opinion has the very best donuts. Fresh made at the store everyday. And Byrnes Dairy has a lovely assortment of donuts and cookies, brownies and muffins...all of which I can no longer have...all so I have to be gluten free.😢
I haven't had Tim Hortons since I figured out I had Celiacs but the chain was sold and I'm not sure what exactly changed or if it did. The doughnuts do have different consistencies but I can confirm the Apple Fritter and Boston Cream are basically the only two you should get. If I recall burger king bought them out and they added the hot food menu and i think they got sold again. They always had soups, bagels & sandwiches though and are open 24/7 typically even in remote towns. A beacon of civilization and warmth against the backdrop of any desperate blizzard. 6am out of province hockey game? Timmies is open. The coffee and food may even be mediocre but thats not where the love comes from.
I've literally never seen fries at any Tim Horton's in Canada. My go tos are a double double coffee or an ice capp, a boston cream donut, or an assorted box of timbits. Before I was a vegetarian I liked their chili with a crusty buttered bun. The allure of Timmies is just how nostalgic it is, and how cheap they are compared to every other coffee shop.
The best thing at Tim's in the winter is their chili. I don't know if you have it there, but with extra cheese and a white bun, it is superb. Also, there are different kinds of donuts at Tim's, some are "cakey" and some are more fluffy or light. The best cake one is the sour cream glazed. Of the fluffier ones, the apple fritters are so darn good. Timbits are often just bland unless you get specific ones like the apple spice ones. The US company Burger King now owns Tim's. Such a shame. Tim Horton was a hockey player who died in a car crash, age 44. Such a Canadian icon. Do go back sometime. Their coffee is pretty awful if you like strong coffee but their hot chocolate isn't bad.
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