Today was filled with ups and downs, but overall it was a good day. We started with breakfast at the hotel and then mulled over where we should spend our day. Since we didn’t want to move the car, and Mum didn’t want to walk too far, we decided on catching the bus to Granville Island Market.
We walked around for a while, looking at the local wares, and also the over-priced touristy items that were available. Mum was able to find her whole yellow peas and I found, not only green papaya, but dried Jolokia chili peppers.
We had originally planned to go to Go Fish but after walking half a mile to the restaurant, we saw the ginormous lineup of people waiting to get in and decided against it. Then Mum suggested we go to The Sandbar as Giada De Laurentiis had recommended it on one of her shows. We took a look at the menu and I decided to pass; partly because of the price and partly because the one thing that I thought I would be able to eat (fries) came with truffle butter. I realize that may sound divine to some but that is way too far outside of the box for me, and in my opinion, wrong on so many levels. We ended up going to The Keg as both Mum and I needed to eat, and there were very few choices left. The food was good and the Molson Canadian I had seemed to put me in a better mood.
After lunch we headed back to the bus and decided to go to the mall for a little shopping before we went back to the hotel. I had planned on going to Pacific Centre but just as we were getting off I saw an Old Navy with a giant SALE sign in the window – I was sold. I got some great deals on shirts and after we were done, we realized we didn’t really need to go to the mall after all. We stopped for a drink at the coffee shop just down the street and sat outside so we could people-watch. Then we headed back to the hotel for a rest before dinner.
Dinner was at American Cheesesteak which was featured on You Gotta Eat Here. Man the food was good! I had The Cowboy (shaved prime rib, crispy fried onions, spicy BBQ sauce, bacon mayo and cheddar) and Mum had The Arista (Italian style pork roast, sauteéd onions & peppers, provolone, arugula and dijon mayo). We also shared an order of poutine, although I’m pretty sure I had most of it. It was made with mushroom gravy which is way outside my comfort zone, but I thoroughly enjoyed it.
After dinner we walked back to the hotel along Granville Street. The street that was full of kids and tourists during the day was filling up with the bar crowds that pack the sidewalks on Saturday nights. I’m pretty sure that Mum was glad when we got back to the hotel.
So there it is…our last full day of our trip. We will be getting up fairly early tomorrow so we can fit in one more stop before we hit the ferry.
Thanks for reading and talk to you soon.
L