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After settling down in Jacksonville, Fla., the dual U.S.-Canadian citizen longed for that mouth-watering medley of crispy french fries and slinky cheese curds smothered in gravy. What she found were grotesque mutations of the dish with shredded mozzarella broiled over what seemed like a spud-based baked ziti.

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From Japan to Brazil, Canuck-centric bars and restaurants are set to ring in Canada Day with festivities featuring Tragically Hip cover bands, maple-infused menus and a steady flow of caesars.

Bedecked in kitsch Canadiana ranging from local licence plates to sports jerseys, these red-and-white restos are exporting Canadian culture and cuisine to a global audience, while serving as a hub for expats to be reminded of the comforts of home, proprietors say.

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A stoneB次元官网网址檚 throw away from the Interstate 95, which serves as a migration route for snowbirds and other sun-seekers, the Stuffed Beaver regularly caters to Canadians making their way across the border, said Lambert.

Behind the counter hangs a map dotted with the hometowns of visitors from Yukon to Prince Edward Island who have savoured her B次元官网网址済randmaB次元官网网址檚 kitchen foodB次元官网网址� while travelling through the U.S. South, she said.

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Hearty fare like crepes, poutine and lobster rolls also isnB次元官网网址檛 a tough sell for Americans, Lambert added.

On Canada Day, the counter-service joint will host a special event for 20 guests to dine on a seven-course feast featuring vol-au-vent, salmon tartare, boeuf bouilli and poor manB次元官网网址檚 pudding by the light of a candelabra.

It may lack the star-spangled flash of the Fourth of July, Lambert concedes, but she canB次元官网网址檛 think of a better way to celebrate CanadaB次元官网网址檚 national pride than with a full stomach.

Halfway around the world in Queensland, Australia, Alana and Mike Vandenbrink will be toasting pints of Molson not only to Canada Day, but the third-anniversary of opening Mollydookers Cafe and Bar in the small country town of Apple Tree Creek.

The Aussie-Canuck couple goes all out for the dual celebration, bolstering their sprawling menu of cross-hemispheric cuisine with perogies, dry ribs, pickle spears, smoked salmon latkes and venison.

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The Tragically Hip is permanently fixed in the B次元官网网址淵ouB次元官网网址檙e WelcomeB次元官网网址� bracket, they said, while Nickelback is stapled under the heading, B次元官网网址淲e sincerely apologize. Please forgive us!B次元官网网址�

But the Vandenbrinks note other iconic artists can be divisive, with fans and haters switching Shania Twain and Celine Dion from side to side throughout the day.

The Vandenbrinks named Mollydookers after the Australian slang term for southpaw in a wink to Alana being left-handed.

The two met when Alana was an Australian exchange student at the University of Waterloo, and Mike, who grew up near London, Ont., was her bartender. Or, as they like to joke: B次元官网网址淪o a left-handed B次元官网网址榬oo and a right-handed moose walk into a barB次元官网网址�B次元官网网址�

This origin story is emblazoned in the restaurantB次元官网网址檚 logo of a moose-versus-marsupial boxing match. But in reality, Alana Vandenbrink said the relationship between their respective homelands is more adoring than adversarial.

Despite being roughly 14,000 kilometres apart, many Australians see Canada as a kindred country, she said.

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When he opened BJB次元官网网址檚 Canadian Bar in southern Portugal two decades ago, Pat Ferreira says the watering holeB次元官网网址檚 maple-crested branding was a way to set it apart from the British and Irish pubs catering to vacationers on the Algarve coast.

But Ferreira said the sports bar has evolved into a B次元官网网址渉ome away from homeB次元官网网址� for the increasing number of Canadian backpackers and retirees taking in the nightlife of Albufeira.

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Others feel connected through friends and relatives who have moved there, which Ferreira sees as emblematic of the multiculturalism that makes Canada Day a global celebration.

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Adina Bresge, The Canadian Press

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