h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Not to be outdone by dagesh, here's a quick report on what we had for dinner last night. We went shopping at the market on Granville Island - fantastic selection of fresh fish, meat, fruit & veg, and deli items (multicoloured pasta appears to be a local thing - I've never seen red and yellow striped ravioli before!).

So - dinner: nibbles with aperitif (British Columbian Gewurztraminer, very nice too) - selection of olives, smoked salmon candy. This is salmon which has been painted with chili maple syrup and smoke-dried, so the texture is a bit like jerky; tastes delicious, slightly sweet, but with a chili 'bite'. Followed by tiger prawns and spotted shrimp, grilled with garlic. Followed by black smoked cod, poached in milk, with samphire and fiddlehead ferns.

Then we had a pause (and a look into Mustardland), before tarte aux abricots from the French patisserie.

Not bad at all!

Gosh, Annie! I was drinking an Alsatian Gewurztraminer yesterday; pity we can't have a virtual tasting!

I'm outta here in an hour or so.

Cheers

Dagesh xx

Mmmmm

Not bad for a beginning Annie! They take food seriously in Canada.

annie,

EXCELLENT ! Sounds like you are having a great time already.

Keep us informed of the highlights as you go along so I can imagine I'm there with you.

Polly

Went out for sushi last night.

Tonight it's home-made (by my Vancouver friend) crab cakes and salad. And she's just called upstairs to ask me if I'd like a Pimm's before we eat - as an ex-Cambridge resident, she knows how these things should be done!

Will start another thread for the sight-seeing.