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[Social Studies] The couple is, in fact, from Transylvania and came to Vancouver a few years back, opening Transylvania Traditions bakery and sweet shop in February 2008. But unless you're from their home country, you won't recognize many of the goodies they make and sell every day, like savarin, which is essentially a pile of whipping cream and strawberries stuffed into a bread crumb cake that's been dipped in syrup.

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