Dinner at Sushivan

It's raining and cold. Solution? Spicy Korean-style ramen.

Korean Style Ramen (chicken)

Spicy and warm ramen is perfect in this rainy Vancouver weather. For sharing, we decided on the Karage. It was delicious, and I like it better than the spicy chicken Karage. However, the Filipino in me thinks I'll enjoy it more with rice.

Soy Garlic Chicken Karage (this is the small-size)
Deep-fried chicken coated in sweet soy sauce

Hubby ordered the bento box!

Chicken Teriyaki & Sashimi Box
Chicken teriyaki appy sashimi, appy tempura, salad, 4pcs. California roll, and rice

Bento Box is served with miso soup

Afternoon at Starbucks

There are three Starbucks within five blocks of our house. We have a favourite branch. It has a lot of seats, huge windows, and two Pokestop can be reached from inside the coffee shop.

Breakfast Sandwich and Latte

DInner Date at West Restaurant

It's Friday night and we spent the whole day at our house doing nothing - best vacation day ever. At around 5 in the afternoon, we walked to RBC to get some laundry coins. We walked around South Granville before heading to West at 5:30 PM.

I know what I want, so looking at the menu didn't take that long. Service was great, just like last time.

The meal started with complimentary bread, sourdough and sesame buns. The sesame one is so delicious!

Complimentary Bread

We ordered cocktails. Hubby had the "Godfather of Vancouver" while I pick "Velvet Sunrise". Instead of appetizers, we had two servings of West Fries because that truffle aioli it came with is so amazing. Before the fries arrived, they gave us a complimentary Amuse-bouche.

Amuse-bouche

Godfather of Vancouver (Ardbeg 10yr, Glenmorangie 10yr sons of Vancouver Amaretto, lemon twist) and
Velvet Sunrise (Bombay gin, Aperol, housemade rhubarb syrup Angostura bitters, sparkling wine)

West Fries with the best homemade aioli in Vancouver and homemade ketchup.

For the main course, I had the BC Salmon while hubby had the Yarrow Meadows Duck Breast. I like the BC Salmon, but that duck breast is so much better.

BC Salmon 
(olive oil pomme puree, leek, broccolini, chorizo sofrito)

Yarrow Meadows Duck Breast
(swiss chard, smoked squash, preserved cherries, pistachio)

To finish an already wonderful dining experience, I ordered the souffle (i.e the reason I came back) and it was truly heavenly. Though, I thought, the varying texture of the chocolate mousse which hubby ordered is better.

Milk Chocolate Mousse
(candied pecans, cacao nib tuile, maple ice cream)

Guanaja Chocolate Souffle (vanilla creme anglais)

Thank you for the awesome dinner date experience, West!

Boxing Day Lunch at Bubble Waffle Cafe

After hours of shopping, we end up at Richmond Center for lunch. Of course, the Dining Terraces (aka what they call the food court) is full, we're glad to find a seat.

I'm so happy that there's now a Bubble Waffle here. We ordered from there. It was chaotic because of the line. Otherwise, the food was great!

Curry Beef Brisket with Rice

Chicken Nuggets with fried rice

I can't wait to order more of their chicken nuggets (it's more like chicken popcorn). Yay for great food after a day of shopping.

Boxing Day Breakfast at A&W

We're up early for some shopping. We only shop for clothes once a year, and that's on Boxing Day. We're starting the day with breakfast meals from A&W near the SkyTrain as we head to the factory outlet mall in Richmond.

Bacon & Egger with Hashbrowns and Apple Juice

Sausage & Egger

Noche Buena in Canada

My sister cooked a wonderful Christmas evening dinner for our family. I was assigned to buy and bring a cake which I did. It was all delicious. She did a fantastic job preparing the meal while mom set the table to make it picture worthy and more importantly, we had a great time gathered around the table.

Ratatouille, Classic French Gratin Dauphinois, Bouillabaisse, and Chicken Cordon Bleu

Hazelnut Yule Log Cake

Youngest sister prepared hot chocolates from scratch - it's perfect for dipping croissants!

I hope you guys had a wonderful Christmas dinner with your family.

Christmas Cakes from Blue Hat Bakery

For our family's potluck Christmas dinner, I'm tasked to bring cake. Of course, I go to my fave bakery, Blue Hat Bakery by the Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts (PICA).

Hazelnut Yule Log

Cakes from the bakery

We arrived home with the center of our amazing cake melted.

Lunch at Burger King

We arrived in Richmond and was in search of an air mattress. We end up grabbing one from Walmart in Richmond and decided to have late lunch at Burger King.

Spicy Chicken Parmesan Sandwich was delicious! I can't believe how great this sandwich was.