Outskirts of Vancouver

• OG Pipe Mountain Coaster

  • 6.5 hours drive from Vancouver
• Vancouver Canucks game https://curiocity.com/day-trips-from-vancouver/
• Kelowna - Kangaroo Creek Farm

Places we like

• Spanish Banks at low tide - you can walk pretty far into the ocean
• Cambie Climbing Tree - secret climbing spot near King Edward Station
• SeaBus
• Wreck Beach nude beach near UBC, good hike down stairs. Geocache hidden way out on the breakwater
• Grouse Mountain - nearby gondola. Ski mountain in the winter
• Science World museum

Next time in the Vancouver

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• Burnaby Central railway
• Lynn Canyon bridge + pool
• A house with lots of bushes cut our W 26th Ave and Cambie
• JQ clothing
• Adult playground at McDonald's
• Disco inferno - world’s only interactive fisco show 5 dates in April https://www.dustyflowerpotcabaret.com/
• Shipyard night market
• Soba

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Birthday Cake

cadeauxbakery - LONDON FOG - 6 inch $45

• Was plenty for 7 people, can eat more

cadeauxbakery - Carrot cake - 8 inch $55

Purebread - Coconut buttermilk - 6 inch $51

Purebread - Carrot cake - 9 inch $67

The Federal store - 7 inch - Honey Cardamom Cake $57.50

The Federal store - 7 inch - Carrot Cake $57.50

Food

I highlighted the ones that are my favorites. Hope you enjoy these restaurants!

Chinese

• Dim sum (Western Lake) - their dim sums are humongous!

  • tripe + tendon, eggplant + shrimp, chicken feet, chives dumpling, sticky rice with sausage, siu mai, shrimp dumpling
  • Order through their online website to pick up in store. Free shiu mei when you spend $40

• Chinese BBQ (HK BBQ master)

  • BBQ Pork and roasted pork
• Dim sum in Richmond (Empire Seafood Restaurant)

• Chinese baked goods (New Town Bakery & Restaurant)

  • apple tart (get this!) steamed bbq pork buns, prawn turnover, steamed bola bola (ask for dipping sauce), century egg pastry
  • Go in the morning when things are available and fresh out the oven

Japanese

• Spicy tuna + salmon sashimi + hamachi gama + aburi (Sushi California - fresh sashimi, unique rolls for fair price)
• Aburi (seared) sushi (Miku $$$ or Yui Japanese Bistro $$)
• Negi-goma (sesame) Ramen (Ramen Danbo - I'm not usually a ramen person but I like a bowl of noodle covered with sesame seeds)

Thai

• Boat noodle soup + pad see ew (Unchai Restaurant)

Cambodian

• Butter beef, fried chicken wings, beef luc luc (Phnom Penh Restaurant - popular restaurant, can call ahead for pickup)

Indian

• Lamb Kothu parotta + any dosa (Dosa Factory)

Vietnamese

• #24 Fish cake dill pho (Bun Cha Ca Hoang Yen - you got to try this!)
• Banh mi with mixed ham (Pho Japolo)
• Hu tieu Cambodian noodle (Green Lemongrass)
• Fried sticky rice, Bun Cha Ha Noi (sausage and meat on vermicelli) (DD Mau Chinatown$$)

Filipino

• Crispy binagoona, beef kare-kare with tripe, chicken adobo (Kulinarya Filipino Eatery)

Indonesian

• Beef rendang, balinese chicken, eggplant with coconut rice (Bali Thai - it's on the second floor in the mall up the escalator)

Korean

• Squid corn dog (Chung Chun Rice Hot Dog)

Brunch

• Cinnamon bun pancake (Jam Cafe - the Kitsilano store has a shorter line compared to the Chinatown location. Go early and you can park at the Safeway and walk over)
• Almond croissant, cardamom kouign amann (Beaucoup Bakery - go early in the morning)
• Hazelnut croissant, mango passion fruit tart, pistachio croissants (L'atelier Patisserie - order ahead of time using their website)
• Coffee bun (PappaRoti - they’ll ask you if you want to warm it up, say yes!)
• Earl grey cream puff, chocolate babka, apple fritter, mango sufganiyah (Breka Bakery & Cafe)
• KFC Dutch baby pancake (Catch 122 Cafe Bistro)

Desserts

• London Fog flavor (Earnest Ice Cream - they open after 12pm)
• Bubble tea croissant, vitasoy creme puff (Little Fox bakehouse)
• Pistachio and roasted hazelnut flavor (Dolce Amore)
• Any cream puffs - lychee rose, key lime, raspberry earl grey (BETA5 - need to order ahead)
• Pandan waffle (Bambu Desserts & Drinks)
• Avocado cheesecake milkshake (Milk & Sugar Cafe or Hot Cha Cafe - pretty sure theyare the same bubble tea store)
• Carrot cake, matcha cake (Tafiq - order ahead)

Others

• Borsch, cabbage rolls, latkes, pierogies, baked goods (Kozak Ukrainian Restaurant)
• Butter chicken vegan poutine, mushroom kalamari (MeeT on Main)
• Porchetta Sandwich (Meat & Bread)
• Pork chop, lamb shank (Osteria Savio Volpe $$$)
• Poutine with Montreal smoked meat + garlic lover dip (Fritz European Fry House)
• Rigatoni alla bolognese, campanelle & wild boar ragu (Ask for Luigi Restaurant $$)
• Fiume pizza (Steveston Pizza Company, very far South. Fun fact - they have a $850 pizza)
• Church’s fried chicken
• Jamaican oxtail (Riddim & Spice)