Tornado Potato at Thank Granville It's Food Trucks (TGIF)

Happy Potato Friday! 

The South Granville Business Improvement Association (SGBIA) organized Thank Granville It's Food Trucks (TGIF). Every Friday and Saturday from 11 in the morning until 8 in the evening from June through Labour Day, there will be a rotating lineup of food trucks located along West 10th Avenue at Fir Street in front of the Vancouver School Board building.

Tornado Potato

Tornado Potato

Here's my tip to you when you're at an event with a lot of food trucks. 

Order from a food truck that will have a wait time just because of the number of people ordering and cook time, then go to Tornado Potato and order a stick of fried potatoes that looks like a tornado. Enjoy it while you wait for your order from the other food truck.

Parmesan and Garlic Tornado Potato

It's the perfect "waiting for other order" snack. Be sure to enjoy it while it's still hot. It rained today, so our fried potatoes got soggy real quick. When we arrived home, I put it in the air fryer for a couple minutes just to heat it up, and it was awesome!

Tornado Potato Food Truck at Thank Granville It's Food trucks (TGIF) event

Do you want to know the schedule and list of food trucks that are part of TGIF? Read here.

Super Thai at Thank Granville It's Food trucks (TGIF)

สุขสันต์วันศุกร์ Happy Friday!

The South Granville Business Improvement Association (SGBIA) organized Thank Granville It's Food Trucks (TGIF). Every Friday and Saturday from 11 in the morning until 8 in the evening from June through Labour Day, there will be a rotating lineup of food trucks located along West 10th Avenue at Fir Street in front of the Vancouver School Board building.

Super Thai food truck

I highly recommend the green curry with jasmine rice. It's a bit spicy but not too hot, great coconut flavour, and lots of fresh veggies and chicken. It's a great meal.

Thai Iced Tea, Thai Chicken Omelette, Chicken Pad Thai, and Green Curry

A fair bit of warning, though, there will be a 10-15 minute wait because they cook it to order, and since we went there for dinner, there's a lot of people ordering.

Chicken Pad Thai from Super Thai

Thai Chicken Omelette

Green Chicken Curry

Super Thai at Thank Granville It's Food Trucks (TGIF)

If you need the weekly schedule of food trucks at South Granville, check this post.

Matcha Cheesecake from Trees Cheesecake + Organic Coffee

Happy Sunday! It's been cloudy with random rain showers all day. However, we have to play Pokemon GO outside because it's Community Day. After an hour of standing near VSB Park, we decided to hang out at nearby Trees Cheesecake + Organic Coffee.

Matcha Cheesecake and Matcha Latte

Best Matcha Cheesecake in Vancouver

In general, I am not a fan of cheesecake. However, the Matcha Cheesecake from Trees is changing my opinion of cheesecakes. It's so creamy and not overly sweet. We paired it with Matcha Latte which was bitter. I love matcha so much.

Matcha Cheesecake from Trees Cheesecake + Organic Coffee

Matcha Latte from Trees Cheesecake + Organic Coffee

Matcha Cheesecake from Trees Cheesecake + Organic Coffee

It's so fun to hang out at Trees. We were seated outside and were just car watching while playing Pokemon GO. The sound of rain is such a relaxing background sound. Thank God for moments like this.

Lunch from Bombay Kitchen and Bar

शुभ बुधवार Happy Wednesday!

Because my arm was still sore from getting the COVID-19 vaccine, we ordered enough food to last for the week from nearby Bombay Kitchen and Bar at 11th Avenue and Granville Street.

Food from Bombay Kitchen and Bar

This is our first time ordering from them, even though they are located a block away from our apartment. It's crazy! We didn't even go to Vij's when it occupied this space.

We ordered seven dishes, and I'll share my review of each one.

Bombay Mix Platter

I love appetizers, and when any restaurant has a platter of sorts, I almost always get it because it allows me to try many different things.

Bombay Mix Platter
Veggie Samosa, Veggie Pakora, Chicken Pakora, and Fish Pakora.

Based on the menu description, I couldn't find my favourite. However, I enjoyed what I think is fried tofu with spinach in the middle. It's so creamy and good.

Tandoor Chicken

I don't eat Indian cuisine as often as I can, so I have only tried Tandoori Chicken once from Tandoori Kona Restaurant in Richmond.

The chicken was moist, but I missed the seasonings or was just overwhelmed by the heat from the Vindaloo and Biryani, so I couldn't appreciate this dish. I can't wait to reheat it tomorrow and try it again to see if it'll improve.

Tandoori Chicken
Chicken marinated with authentic Indian spices and grilled to perfection in the tandoor.

Chicken Vindaloo

I have loved vindaloo ever since trying it on Granville Island. It's hot and delicious. Now, whenever we go to an Indian restaurant, I get the Chicken Vindaloo. I like the Chicken Vindaloo, and the menu description perfectly described it as "A symphony of fire."

Chicken Vindaloo
Zesty curry cooked in a tangy sauce with vinegar, coconut, and potatoes

Palak Paneer

I only have one regret about our Palak Paneer. I picked "Not Spicy" - now, compared to the other dishes, it tasted bland. It's my fault. I should have gone with Mild. Hopefully, with plain rice tomorrow, I can taste the Palak Paneer goodness I love.

Palak Paneer
Homemade cheese cooked with spinach and garlic.

Mix Biryani

This is actually my first time trying Biryani, and I am kicking myself in the butt for waiting this long to try it. However, this is the best dish from Bombay Kitchen and Bar today. I will gladly order this again and again and again. Now, I am excited to try other Indian restaurants and get their Biryani just to compare.

Mix Biryani
A rich combination of vegetables, chicken, lamb, prawn, spices, and basmati rice

Did I tell you that we eat Basmati Brown Rice at least three times a week? I can't wait to reheat the dishes we ordered today and enjoy them for the rest of the week!

Ice Cream from Rocky Mountain Chocolates

Ice cream! Ice cream! Ice cream!

As mentioned in my previous post, I am rewarding myself for getting vaccinated with dinner and desserts. It was a hot day in Vancouver (26 degrees Celsius) so getting ice cream is needed.

Dark Chocolate: Salted Caramel Ice Cream with Himalayan Salt

I love both ice cream so much, but they're so messy to eat. I guess it's part of the fun.

Dark Chocolate: Vanilla Ice Cream with Almonds

Funny prints! Now remove all evidence of how much you enjoyed that ice cream!

This is such a great way to start June 2021! Getting vaccinated and enjoying ice cream.

Dinner from La Taqueria

Feliz Martes! Happy Tuesday!

I got vaccinated today. As a reward for getting vaccinated (background: I hate the thought of needles poking/stabbing me), we decided to have dinner and desserts.

We have no idea where to have dinner, so we just kept walking from Canada Place going south. We end up near the Vancouver Art Gallery and saw the La Taqueria food truck. There's also a filming nearby.

La Taqueria Food Truck

We ordered a couple burritos. I got the Seafood Burrito while hubby ordered Cochinita Burrito. My burrito was sweet, but the prawns were amazing, while hubby's choice was spicy. Halfway through our burrito, we exchanged meals because hubby knows I love spicy food and would enjoy it. 🤣 We also wanted churros. However, they just ran out. The film crew ordered all of it.

Seafood Burrito
Battered white wild seasonal fish or prawns, chipotle and poblano mayo, ancho miel, salsa cruda, rice, and creamy coleslaw

Cochinita
Mayan slow-roasted pork, rice, refried beans, pico, caramelized onions, avocado salsa verde

It's such a happy, beautiful day! We enjoyed our order at the nearby picnic tables.

Filming in front of the Vancouver Art Gallery, more importantly, awesome picnic tables for outdoor dinner

Lunch from Siegel's Bagels

Happy Saturday! It's a beautiful sunny day in Vancouver, and hubby and I planned to go to Hadden Park. Before heading there, we decided to grab lunch from Siegel's Bagels. This place is popular! There's a long line of people placing their orders in person and more people waiting for orders at the pick-up window.  

They also have an option to place your order using an awesome app. That's what we did. Hubby got the Reuben while I ordered Lox and Cream Cheese.

For the Reuben, we picked Double Toasted Everything Bagel

Reuben
A layer of smoked meat, sauerkraut and melted swiss with mustard.

Lox & Cream Cheese
Wild Sockeye salmon and cream cheese with red onion + capers.

I enjoyed both bagel sandwiches. The bagel is freshly made and the toppings are great. Though, I tried their Montreal Smoked Meat Sandwich at Granville Island a couple years ago and thought that was still the best. 

Although, a week ago I tried Atlantic Salmon Lox Bagel sandwich from Mon Pitou and that's just better. The tomatoes and cucumber added freshness that the Lox & Cream Cheese sandwich from Siegel's didn't have.

I can't wait to come back and try their other sandwiches. More importantly, get their Montreal Smoked Meat Sandwich so that hubby can try it.

We enjoyed our meal at Hadden Park, specifically at Elsje Point. We spent two hours there. Then, on our walk home, we stayed for another hour at the VSB Park.

View from our picnic spot at Elsje Point

View from our bench at VSB Park

I love Vancouver! I still feel like a tourist in the city now I call home.

Croissants from Beaucoup Bakery

Bon Dimanche! Happy Sunday!

It's a cloudy day in Vancouver today, but we decided to take a walk around the neighbourhood. I enjoyed the croissants from Mon Pitou yesterday, and I thought of getting more, but I changed my mind and got a couple from Beaucoup Bakery instead.

Thankfully, they're still open, and the line wasn't long.

Butter Croissants and Almond Croissants

I ordered a couple butter croissants, two almond croissants, and hot chocolates. We thought about enjoying it at a nearby park, but there are no available tables. Instead, we end up walking home to enjoy our croissants there.

Butter Croissant

The butter croissant is saltier and not as flaky compared to the one from Mon Pitou. Or it's possible that because I ate Atlantic Salmon Lox Bagel with capers yesterday that I didn't taste the salt from the croissants from Mon Pitou. I don't know; it just tasted like Beaucoup used salted butter in their croissants.

That said, the almond croissant is so much better. It's sweet, flakey, but the middle part is chewy and dense because that portion has most of the almond on top. I love it!

Almond Croissant

Tower of Almond Croissants

Beaucoup Bakery

Beaucoup Bakery box, paper bag, and coffee cups

Beaucoup Bakery Paper Bug and Hot Chocolate Cup

Walking home with a cup of hot chocolates

Support local business in your neighbourhood, and happy long weekend!