Best Poutine from Edible Canada

I'm celebrating my birthday with the family today. I invited my parents and siblings for lunch at one of the best places in Granville Island, Edible Canada.

I love their Duck Poutine, but today I decided to try Seafood Chowder and Buttermilk Fried Chicken. My recommendation skip the chowder but definitely get the poutine and fried chicken. I actually think the Buttermilk Fried Chicken will go well with waffles on their brunch menu. Just a thought.

If you're a tourist in Granville Island and have decided to eat at Edible Canada, definitely go for the Duck Poutine.

Duck Poutine

Seafood Chowder

Buttermilk Fried Chicken

Birthday Lunch Date at Suika

I am celebrating my birthday this long weekend. For today, we had lunch at Suika. My birthday weekend won't be complete without a taste of my favourite, Katsu Curry.

Stewed Beef Tendon Katsu Curry

Menti Katsu Set

Birthday Breakfast at Starbucks

It's my birthday! One of my requests to hubby is to let me not cook anything just for this one day. He agreed, so for breakfast, instead of me cooking something, we ended up at Starbucks (yay for free drinks).

Breakfast Sandwich + Drink

8" Sacher cake from Blue Hat Bakery

I am celebrating my special day with colleagues by buying an 8" Sacher cake from Blue Hat Bakery. This cake is delicious as expected with all the pastries and cake from Blue Hat Bakery.

Birthday dinner at Carlos O'Bryan's

My new food "discovery" is the existence of a Yorkshire pudding, I tried it first at The Wicklow, then at a Dublin Crossing Irish Pub so for my birthday dinner, I told hubby that we should go to the nearby Carlos O'Bryan's, in search for the dish.

I found the dish under Appetizers.

Prime Rib Yorkies

Honestly, the only good thing about this is the prime rib. The gravy is way too sweet, and I love my delicious savoury dishes, but this was unexpectedly sweet.

Meanwhile, the Chicken Lips 'N' is excellent. But it's hard to get chicken fingers wrong.

Chicken Lips 'N' ... and Pachos

I'll probably come back for those Pachos and Long Island Iced Tea.

Dinner at Döner Kebab

Döner Kebab has the best falafel I have tried so far.

Mix Plate with chicken and falafel

Best Xiao Long Bao in Vancouver

My family loves dumplings (I mean, who doesn't?), and I'll say the best Xiao Long Bao we've tried are from Lin Chinese Cuisine and Tea House along West Broadway (between Granville and Fir).

Moreover, they have such a great lunch deal. You get to choose a dish, and its served with a cup of rice and your choice of soup only for $10.99! The dish serving is good for sharing too.

Xiao Long Bao, Szechuan Chicken, and Sesame Chicken (both chicken dish is part of the lunch combo deal)

Beef with green bean in black bean sauce

House special chow mein

From Hemlock to Fir along West Broadway, there are three Chinese restaurants: Broadway Restaurant (along Hemlock), Fortune Garden Restaurant, and Lin Chinese Cuisine. The cheapest is the Broadway Restaurant, but the quality of food is not close to the other two. I think Fortune serves good food, but too expensive. It's geared towards big family events. Then, Lin provides excellent food at a great price.

Trying new items at Tim Hortons

We went to Tim Hortons and tried two new items from the menu, which are Montreal Smoked Meat Sandwich and Grilled Country Wrap.

Short review: I won't order them again. The sandwich bun was burnt while in the wrap, they didn't have potato wedges in stock to complete the country wrap.

Country Wrap and Montreal Meat Sandwich

Pizza by the Slice for Lunch from Uncle Fatih's

We had a long 2.5 hours of walking because of Pokemon Go. For late lunch, we dropped by my fave pizza by the slice spot in Vancouver, Uncle Fatih's!

Leave a note of kindness at Starbucks

Dinner tonight is a Starbucks breakfast sandwich and a frappuccino. While waiting for my drink, I saw this:

Positivity to start the weekend!

Leave a note of kindness or take a note to brighten your day! Kindness it costs nothing, but means everything!

I left a short note while waiting for my sandwich and frappuccino.

Sausage and Egg Breakfast Sandwich and Salted Caramel Mocha Frappuccino

This kind gesture is at Starbucks Chapters branch (Granville Street at West Broadway) in Vancouver, BC. Happy Friday!

Pinoy Food for Halloween

We were in the neighbourhood of Mount Pleasant (for Pokemon GO), and I told hubby that I'm craving for Filipino BBQ (or mainly savoury meat). Since Josephine's Restaurant is nearby (Main and 11th), we decided to grab dinner there.

There were a lot of trick-and-treaters in the neighbourhood, which is a pleasant surprise. Restaurants and stores that want to participate have a sign on the door that they welcome trick-or-treaters.

Anyway, for dinner, I ordered beef sinigang (tamarind soup), laing (taro leaves in coconut milk), lumpiang shangai (spring roll), and rice. Hubby ordered pancit (noodles) and longganisa (cocktail sausages). We had turon (fried banana wrapped in spring roll wrapper) for dessert.

Pinoy Food at Josephine's

Happiness

Starting my 4th Year Anniversary in Canada with Tims breakfast

I moved to Canada four years ago today and called it home ever since. With that in mind, we decided to have breakfast at Tim Hortons. "One single-single please".

Tim Hortons Inc. is a fast food restaurant chain, specializing in coffee and doughnuts items. It is Canada's largest quick service restaurant chain; as of December 31, 2018, it had a total of 4,846 restaurants in 14 countries. - Wikipedia

Breakfast at Tim Hortons

Dinner at A&W

I thought A&W was a Canadian company, but it was from the US. We should have gone to Triple O to celebrate my fourth year in Canada.

Dinner Celebration at Top of Vancouver Revolving Restaurant

We celebrated a special occasion today. It's our wedding anniversary, and I thought splurging on Top of Vancouver Revolving Restaurant is a great way to celebrate.

Canada Place

The view was breathtaking, and the service was excellent. The food is alright.

Calamari

Fettuccini con Salmone Affumicato

Steamed Stuffed B.C. Salmon Fillet

Complimentary Chocolate Cake

Top of Vancouver Tiramisu

Will I come back? Absolutely!

Monthly Lunch at Suika

Pumpkin Tart

Katsu Curry

Dinner at Dublin Crossing Irish Pub

We went to see Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (go see it!) this evening. Before the movie, we decided to have dinner at Dublin Crossing Irish Pub because it's one of the only two places in the area that we haven't tried.

I believe it's my first time at an Irish Pub (or Irish restaurant), and of course, we chose food from the "Irish Fare" section, which has four choices: Bangers and Mash, St. Patrick's Irish Stew, Stuffed Yorkshires Pudding, and Cottage Pie.

Yorkshire Pudding

It's a no brainer for me, I got the Stuffed Yorkshire Pudding. I fell in love with this dish when I tried it from The Wicklow. This version served two large Yorkshires (bread) stuffed with roast beef, horseradish sour cream, and beef gravy. They serve it with garlic mashed potatoes and seasonal vegetables on the side. Meanwhile, the version from The Wicklow is the same set of ingredients, but the mashed potatoes are inside the Yorkshire.

Stuffed Yorkshire Pudding

Personally, the Yorkshire itself is better from Dublin Crossing, but the beef and gravy of The Wicklow are better. I'm glad to have found a second place that serves Yorkshire Pudding.

Bangers and Mash

Hubby picked the Bangers and Mash from the Irish Fare section of the menu. It came with two traditional style sausages with caramelized onions and beef gravy. It was served with mashed potatoes and seasonal vegetables. Honestly, it's hard to screw up sausages, so I kinda wished hubby picked either the stew or cottage pie. Well, two more reasons to come back!

Bangers and Mash