Day 62 24/5/06 - Canada

Richmond -> Vancouver -> Richmond

Highlight

• Slokky got his nostalgia trip today. We had to go to a Hong Kong tea house for bfast so he can relive his childhood. For those uninitiated, a HK tea house serves things like doll noodles, macaroni, spam, butter rolls, white bread sandwiches with no crust, "Western" style food like spaghetti for breakfast. I've never liked tea house food. Why pay so much money for food you can make yourself really easily? This breakfast was pretty similar, the food was pretty ordinary, so the nostalgic value was very high.
• We spent most of the day either driving or being stuck in traffic. Time really has slowed in Vancouver. I think I probably could've packed what we've been doing in 3 days into 1 day.
• We took Fay for his exam today. It turns out he had some fibre stuck in his ear that's why he's been shaking his head a lot and causing bleeding. The bleeding has now stopped, but now he seems to have diarrhea. He also has to change his diet completely (no more oranges!) because he's developing kidney stones. It's not easy being a pet owner.
• We toured Stanley Park, and spent 3 hours looking for a mermaid that Slokky's grandma mentioned was beautiful. We didn't find it in the end.
• We also toured Downtown, Canada Place, Science World, Gastown, and Queen Elizabeth Town. Nothing much worth mentioning, since it was raining plus it costs a lot of money to park, so we didn't walk around much. We did manage to have lunch at an IGA. The food was actually good!
• Our 2nd last dinner, went to a Vegetarian place. Half the fun of eating Chinese vegetarian is the way they make "meat" out of everything vegetarian, especially tofu!

Food

• Hong Kong tea house breakfast:
  • pineapple bun with a huge slab of butter
  • curry beef doll noodles
  • fried eggs and sausage
  • HK style tea
• Juicy lollies.
• Spinach strudel.
• Butter layered roll.
• Apple turnover.
• Raspberry croissant.
• Danish biscuits.
• Chinese vegetarian restaurant dinner:
  • mixed entree
  • "chicken" and "goose" cold cuts
  • spinach and egg soup
  • fried "fish"
  • vegetables with oyster mushrooms
  • fried rice with "beef"
  • red bean mochi