Monthly Archives: March 2006

MEC Co-op

After dinner, we went to the Mountain Equipment Coop for a bit of last minute shopping. Great shop – like REI it’s a Coop and run for its members.

Tojo’s

We went to Tojo’s tonight with Andrzej, Carolyn and Stefan. Here’s a pic of me and Hidekazu Tojo. Andrzej’s been going there since he opened so is a very long term regular! Had some very cool dishes including crab, blue-fin toro, sable fish and shitake mushrooms…

Banana Leaf

Ate at Banana Leaf Broadway location at lunchtime. Tokyo Tom joined us – what a nice surprise. The crab and the black cod were the dishes of the day. Good value and delicious.

Espresso heaven

Went to Caffe Artgiano (Hastings store with the full kitchen) for breakfast and Cafe O for an afternoon espresso. After not having a decent coffee for past 8 weeks it was heaven. Matteo at Artigiano and Ira at Cafe O made some great shots.

Geoduck

Ate a local speciality called a Geoduck tonight at Sun Sui Wah… Thinly sliced and quickly pan fried with a spicy soy sauce. Similar to abalone, conch or squid.

Off to Vancouver

We’re off at 1pm. Staying at the Opus Hotel in Yaletown. Got a few tips on restaurants to try:
C Restaurant, Sun Sui Wah, Tojo’s and Banana Leaf.

Skiing with Tokyo Tom

Tom giving Kim some tips on top of Glacier Express.

Last dinner at Sachi

We had our last Whistler dinner at Sachi…

Food inspectors

Found this web site (Healthspace) that publishes the food inspection reports of Whistler restaurants. Our regular restaurants fared OK.

Our daily bread

This is the wheat-free bread we’ve been eating every day. Made in Vancouver, the supermarkets here get a few loaves a week. Hard to find, it’s excellent. Wish we had it in Melbourne.