Weekend update!

Another weekend has come and gone and I have more goods to introduce to ya'll.

First of all, I'd like to say it was a nice weekend. It started off with a bang down at Holland Park in Surrey for the Mumford and Sons concert! It was my first time going to a concert there. I took the skytrain out to Surrey for it. It's strange that they would escort 20,000 fans into the city of Surrey for a show. It was so cramped in the park no blankets were allowed. I was worried they were going to confiscate my blanket but somehow they had let me through with it even though there were hundreds of blankets left outside the gates.







Unfortunately I didn't get very many good pictures out there. I hope you enjoy these though. Maybe it will give you a bit of my experience.

Before the concert we hit dinner in Vancouver on Main Street at East is East. It's a beautiful restuarant. The walls are made of pink Himilayan rock salt and the decor is romantic. Great place for a date. The food at East is East is very healthy and hearty tasting. It's not greasy. When you leave you get a feel good feeling. That's a plus for this restuarant.




This blue area is for performances such as belly dancing. See what I mean about romantic? All the tables were reserved for 7:30. We were there quite a bit earlier than that. 




See the rock salt walls. I love them. They also have beautiful table decor.




I loved our table setting.




For dinner a friend and I shared a roti roll platter. One roll has lamb and the other has beef. The platter comes with three dipping sauces, soup and salad.This is definately enough for two people if you are both light eaters. The portion size was comfortable.

We also ordered an appetizer. This is the hemp seed pâté. We got it with their house bread.







The pate is the essence of healthiness. If you are use to the moist taste of meat pate this version will not be what you are expecting. It's still good though if you want to try something a little different. 



After the concert, we met up with another friend for El Caminos! This is one of my favourite restuarants!!!! It's Latin food however, it seems more Latin fusion. Not the most authentic dishes here but they have their own twist that is appreciated.
If you show up for the dinner menu, they give you some free popcorn. This popcorn is dressed with lime and some chili powder. I like this and I'm glad it's free!


My friend ordered the Gambas Arepa which is a shrimp stuffed arepa. An arepa is a corn based bread that is cooked on a grill or pan. It can be eaten alone or made into a sandwich. This is a delicious version of an arepa. The shrimp is complemented with arugula and a garlicky and savoury dressing. I highly recommend this dish!



I always hope that when I come to this restuarant I am restrained enough to not order this drink. However, I am never successful. In fact, if I order this drink the likelihood is that I will order again at least one more time. This is a Pisco Sour. Yum Yum!


This is an appetizer at El Camino's we always order. It's the called Chick Pea Fries. It comes with a chipotle aoili. If you have had chickpea fries before and did not enjoy them you will probably still like these ones. At least that seems to be the general consensus when my friends are forced to try one. Like Pringles, once you pop you can't stop.


The next morning we went down to Aberdeen Center to have lunch at the food court. Why??? Well they have such a huge variety of venders at Aberdeen that it's fun to eat there. You can get Vera's burgers, Malaysian food, Korean, Japanese... and more.  I ordered from Teppan Kitchen because I noticed a lot of other people were too. The dish I ordered was a hot plate dish that had rice and pork in a lemon sauce. I think they put that paper around the dish so the sauce doesn't go flying every where as it was sizzling like crazy. My take on this dish was it was DELICIOUS! The only thing I would change about it would be the amount of salt they put in it. Maybe a little less salt and it would be perfect. I would definately order it again though. It was tart and creamy. The rice mixed in really well with the sauce. They used pork cheeks so the meat was extra tender. And once in a while you will get the sweetness from a corn kernal just to balance off the sour. Try it!





These chicken wings are famous at this mall. They are from a vendor called Wo Fung Dessserts. The chicken wings are the first ones on the picture menu. In chinese they sorta sound like this: "Gum Sa Giy Yik". We ordered 12 of these. Went a bit overboard...



After that, I went with my sister and my nieces out to West Van. It started to rain and I took a couple of pictures of some rain droplets on some leaves. Pretty!!!





Hope you all had a lovely weekend!!!