City Cruiser

Wednesday, November 30th, 2011 :: 12:35 am

Streets of Barcelona.

Barcelona Bike

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Barcelona Scooter

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Swan Feeder

Monday, November 28th, 2011 :: 10:43 pm

Barcelona Swan Feeder

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Barcelona Swan Feeder

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Sweet Obsession

Thursday, November 24th, 2011 :: 11:32 pm

My first time at the dessert place, Sweet Obsession on 16th and Trafalgar. On first look, the decoration was not all that elaborate, and the cakes look quite like the other cafe/cake shops.

Once I had a bite of their cakes, I knew why that place still had so many people late at night. The Chocolate Obsession was very very rich, and I don’t think I’ve had a quite a “hazelnuty-flavoured” cake (not even sure if that’s a word) with so much big chunks of the nut as the Chocolate Hazelnut Zuccotto. Quite a treat!

Sweet Obsession Menu

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Sweet Obsession

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Sweet Obsession

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Sweet Obsession

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Tiramisu

Sweet Obsession Tiramisu

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Passion Fruit Flan

Sweet Obsession Passion Fruit Flan

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Chocolate Obsession

Sweet Obsession Chocolate Obsession

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Chocolate Hazelnut Zuccotto

Sweet Obsession Chocolate Hazelnut Zuccotto

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Suika

Thursday, November 24th, 2011 :: 2:56 pm

Another food outing. I promise this photoblog isn’t turning into a food blog anytime soon :-)

Suika is another Japanese izakaya restaurant (much like Guu) located on Broadway and Fir in Vancouver. ‘Suika’ actually means watermelon in Japanese – interesting. They replaced a Thai restaurant that was at that location. They’ve got a 88% rating on Urbanspoon and is one of the top Japanese restaurants in town. It was no surprise that they were still quite packed on a Wednesday night.

We ordered a variety of food from salads to fresh seafood to pressed sushi, an overall good mix. Their seafood is fresh, salad is well flavoured. The ma-po rice cake and Ebi-mayo could use a bit more work. Dish size wise they are about what you would expect from an izakaya place, and expect to spend roughly $20 per person to satisfy your stomach.

Suika

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Doraemon menus!

Suika Menus

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Suika

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Asari Yaki Udon

Suika Asari Yaki Udon

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Ebi mayo

Suika Ebi Mayo

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Grilled Sable Fish

Suika Grilled Sable Fish

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Sashimi Shake Salad

Suika Sashimi Shake Salad

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Aburi “Shime-Saba” Sushi – awesome pressed sushi!

Suika Aburi Shime-Saba Sushi

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Ma-Po Rice Cake

Suika Ma-Po Rice Cake

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Negitoro Battera – another delicious pressed sushi

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Torotoro Cha-Shu

Suika Torotoro Cha-Shu

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Pied-à-Terre

Friday, November 11th, 2011 :: 10:53 pm

Tonight a my friends and I checked out a French restaurant on Cambie called Pied-à-Terre. The friend who recommended it had already been two previous times, and liked the food and atmosphere. It’s a quaint little restaurant, reminded me of La Quercia – seats about 30 people with simple decoration.

Their prices were pretty reasonable at about $10 for an appetizer (which can almost double as an entree), $25-$30 for an entree, and ~$8 for dessert. We started with some bread, which this one I found to be one of the better ones! (I’m picky about my bread, heh). I got some awesome BC mussels with chirozo and tomato (big, fat juicy mussels – delicious by the way) as appetizer, duck three-ways as main, and an apple and calvados parfait to finish off. Great food!

With the exception of this wall, the outside looks very subdued

Pied-a-Terre Restaurant

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Pied-a-Terre

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Pied-a-Terre

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Soft bread (and soft butter – even better)

Pied-a-Terre

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Pan seared Foie Gras on bread

Pied-a-Terre Foie Gras

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BC mussels baked with chorizo, tomato and garlic butter

Pied-a-Terre Mussels

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Filet of milk fed veal loin, veal cheek tortellini, port wine sauce, crispy sweetbread

Pied-a-Terre Veal Loin

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Berkshire pork tenderloin, bacon wrapped prunes, armagnac and mustard sauce

Pied-a-Terre Pork Tenderloin

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Lac Brome duck: roast breast, house made sausage, pithivier of leg

Pied-a-Terre Duck

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Duck confit

Pied-a-Terre Duck confit

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Vanilla Bean Creme Brulee

Pied-a-Terre Vanilla Bean Creme Brulee

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Apple and Calvados parfait

Pied-a-Terre Apple and Calvados parfait

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