After returning from Tofino, Cathy and F.Do only had a few days in Vancouver before leaving back to Toronto. So what better way to see the city than to eat our way through it(and see some sights along the way).
Vij's: For the last few years, it has been voted one of the top restaurants in Vancouver and they have the line-ups to prove it. It opens at 5:30pm but line-ups form way before 5pm. There are no reservations and wait times are usually 2 hours or more. Being the efficient Asians that we are, after laying on the beach all day, we went to the restuarant, put our name on the list, went home (fortunately for us, fi and jay's place is just right down the street) to get ready and came back 1.5 hr later. One of the benefits to waiting for a table at Vij's is that they serve appetizers as you wait!
Vij's: The reviews did not lie. The food here was awesome! It is an indian restaurant however, it serves it in a different style. The Lamb popsicles were to die for!! Here we are with Vikram Vij's: the gracious host. He has the brightest blue eyes I've ever seen on a brown man.
Granville Island: Just a few minutes from where Fi & Jay live. It's a public outdoor market which is right by the water.
Yama Something Japanese Restaurant (I don't exactly remember the name but it had some awesome sushi!). We met Fi for lunch that day... poor Fi had to work while we shopped the day away...
Chirashi: I usually get this whenever I'm at a japanese restaurant, but it never looks as good as this! Just look at the fresh fish!!! drool...
The Catepillar Roll. It actually looks like one too!
Girls' Dinner @ Sequoia Grill. Jay took some papparazzi pics of us.
Classic Hair Toss...
Sequoia Grill is rated the most romantic restaurant and rightfully so. It sits up on a hill and overlooks the water and mountains. The sunset is absolutely beautiful.
Dim Sum: Fi hasn't had Dim Sum in ages. So we made sure we went before the girls left.
Rose: "Hey girls let's do the classic asian fingers!"
Lien: disgusted look....
Everyone: whoo, asian pose!
Jay had to put up with 4 asian girls for a full week. We wanted to make him a tshirt that says on the front, "I was bossed around by 4 asian girls..." and then on the back have it say "and I loved every minute of it!"
The girls left later that afternoon. I have to say it was bittersweet since I was sad to see them leave but at the same time, them leaving marked the start of my life here on the west coast.
5,709kms on the RV and approx. 800km on the Es-Cap-e, we travelled 5 different provinces, dozens of cities, and experienced things that only few get to in their life. As predicted, we laughed, cried, felt scared, overcame fears, got annoyed, and learned. But all in all, we have memories (and more than 1500 pictures) to last us a lifetime. Sniff...
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Sigh, glad to have done that trip with you and Flora. Wouldn't have been the same without you two, and wouldn't have wanted to do it without you two either.
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