The Country of Maple Leaves 2 ~ Granville Island

In the afternoon, we went for lunch in Granville Island with Joyce. Granville Island is an island in the middle of Vancouver, physically connected to the city by a causeway. The whole island includes several theaters, a huge market place, numerous galleries and shops. Public transport in Vancouver is really convenient. We can basically take bus to go to most attractions in the city. We took the bus to go to Granville Island, walked pass the causeway, and the first sight we saw was a very beautiful lake and garden. The weather was perfect, thus there were many people hanging around the garden. We too enjoyed the warm sun with slightly cold breeze, hanging around the garden and watching Vancouver people spent their spring time. Wild geese were everywhere and they were not afraid of human.




































This little Korean girl was feeding the little geese with bread, so cute! The baby boy also wanted to play with the little goose.

















Cats Social House, no dog allowed. This poor dog had to wait outside.






















A nicely decorated pet shops ~~ Woofles & Meowz.






















A street performer, he asked 2 audiences to tied him up with big chain, and then covered with black clothes. We didn’t finish watching the entire show...

















We hopped into the Kids Market, which is a kid-friendly zone with unique shops geared towards the younger, before we continue our journey to the Public Market. Food sold there was really fresh and looks attractive and colorful. Wandered through the counters and stalls set up by farmers, bakers, butchers and fishmongers, we bought some fresh fruits, meats and other ingredients for our home cook meal tomorrow.






















We were very lucky that it was Spot Prawn Festival that week, and the market invited a Canadian Iron Chef ~ Rob Feenie for a cook show. We watched him demonstrated the Prawn Fettuccine recipe, and had chance to sample it too. I like the little taste of lemon flavor in the pasta. Look at the mirror on top of the chef; they placed it in the right angel so that everyone could see clearly how he cooked.






















Done with our shopping, we had our lunch in The Keg Steakhouse, one of the finest local-based steak house in Vancouver. These are the food we shared among 3 of us:

The spinach salad: It could possibly be the nicest salad I have ever tasted. Baby spinach with mandarin oranges, mixed with slices of red onion, dried cranberries and sour cheese, I just love the combinations and it tasted incredible! Besides, I enjoyed the bread served (no photo).
















The appetizer, can’t remember the name, it’s something like a fried potato shrimp cake. It was too salty for me.
















And here comes the main course: The steak was done a perfect medium-rare and it was very juicy and tasted great with its sauce. This is one of the best meals I had this trip. I like the garlic mashed potatoes too.
















After we left the restaurant with happy full stomach, Joyce went back home with our fresh food from market, while Vic and I continue with our next visit to Gastown.