The 20 CAD - $20
The 20 dollar bill is the one I have in mind when someone says Canadian dollar to me. Why? because of its colour. Of all bank notes I do not know why I always picture green to be the ideal colour for money. Perhaps it is because it was depicted as green in almost all cartoons I watched during my childhood.
First thing one would probably notice is the person representation. It is no one else but Queen Elizabeth II as if we have not seen her lately on all the coins. Nevertheless $20 is the minimum amount you can withdraw from an automatic banking machine which at times can be so troublesome. Thus because of that, the 20 dollar bill is widely considered to be the most common Canadian banknote.
In terms of purchasing power, $20 can get you almost everything you want to eat on campus. On rare occasions, one full meal would exceed $20 and that exception is at the Schulich Executive Dining which is probably the most expensive restaurant on campus. Other food places might not even exceed the $15 mark.
Outside campus premises, we are moving to the average-priced restaurants. Steaks can even be obtained but without the drinks and other add-on and these are at those okay-ish restaurants. The only food costing $20 or less that one could get at top notch restaurants would be pasta and I never understand why so much for something one could make at home. $20 is surely a decent amount, there are still some "unobtainable" in what you can get such as lobsters, giant shrimps.
Finally for $20 I would suggest two places that can be value for money: The first one being an All You Can Eat Barbecue Grill at the Korean Grill and the second is Frankie Tomatoes which is your stereotypical average Italian buffet. $20 would include the food, the taxes and the gratuities for both restaurants.
First thing one would probably notice is the person representation. It is no one else but Queen Elizabeth II as if we have not seen her lately on all the coins. Nevertheless $20 is the minimum amount you can withdraw from an automatic banking machine which at times can be so troublesome. Thus because of that, the 20 dollar bill is widely considered to be the most common Canadian banknote.
In terms of purchasing power, $20 can get you almost everything you want to eat on campus. On rare occasions, one full meal would exceed $20 and that exception is at the Schulich Executive Dining which is probably the most expensive restaurant on campus. Other food places might not even exceed the $15 mark.
Outside campus premises, we are moving to the average-priced restaurants. Steaks can even be obtained but without the drinks and other add-on and these are at those okay-ish restaurants. The only food costing $20 or less that one could get at top notch restaurants would be pasta and I never understand why so much for something one could make at home. $20 is surely a decent amount, there are still some "unobtainable" in what you can get such as lobsters, giant shrimps.
Finally for $20 I would suggest two places that can be value for money: The first one being an All You Can Eat Barbecue Grill at the Korean Grill and the second is Frankie Tomatoes which is your stereotypical average Italian buffet. $20 would include the food, the taxes and the gratuities for both restaurants.
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