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Going to restaurants or hotels in foreign countries is one of the first things that a tourist experiences. The types of foods that are available in foreign places, such as Canada, can be very close to native food but different enough to be interesting to try. However, as a tourist, there are many things that one should know, lest they risk feeling awkward.

Before you can even enter the country, you have to convert your money to the Canadian dollar. Since the US dollar is worth more, the conversion tends to yield more money. However, because Canada's currency is weaker, their prices are higher to compensate for having more of their money. To a foreigner, the prices can seem steep, when in fact they're relatively the same, but the conversion is different.

Another thing that confuses foreigners is the included tip. When paying your bill, you might notice that it has the tip already calculated and added into what you have to pay. It may not be what you usually pay for a tip, but usually goes by a universal rate that most people are okay with. It also helps eliminate the inquiry of whether to leave the tip on the table or to put it on your card. Regardless of what method you chose, you'll know that you're leaving a tip and that your server is getting it.

Part of the experience of going to a foreign restaurant is eating foreign food that you won't get in your native country. Canada has it's own share of unique foods, but it also (conveniently enough) shares some of the same foods you'll see in both France and the UK because of the history they have with those countries. Therefore, when going to a Canadian restaurant, you can get several cultures at once.

Fast-food is very different in Canada than it is in America as well. Their menus may be relatively the same, but they are likely to have added things onto it, like beer, for example. Others may be just as surprising, and are likely to produce mixed feelings from one tourist to another, but all are both unique and interesting.

Another of those differences is how they prepare or list some of the same foods. When you go to a restaurant that you'd see in a America, they're likely to have some of the same items on the menu, but in a different way. In Canada, for example, they use the metric system, so a steak won't go by the American size scale of ounces, making it hard for a foreigner to know what they're ordering.

Regardless of where you go in Canada, they (like any country) have foods that they are well known for having or serving and are likely to have them. Some of those foods include beer and cheese among a few others. This doesn't just affect their food places, but franchised ones as well. They're menus are likely to change to include these foods, being a national specialty.

The kind of food you see in Canadian restaurants or hotels is different for many reasons, but one of the biggest is that food, itself, is seen differently. In the US, we see food as a necessity that we don't want to spend too long waiting for. That's why there are so many fast-food places, or so many pre-cooked meals available. In Canada, food has more a significance, and to the typical foreigner, that's something that takes some getting used to.

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