
Vancouver and BC Generally
#16
Posted 28 June 2004 - 11:57 PM
Bis Moreno is a great new Italian restaurant serving kickass food. I would equate it to NYC's Babbo. Upscale Italian done extremely well.
Diva at the Met is also a top table to consider in Vancouver.
#17
Posted 29 June 2004 - 12:52 AM
On Diva, here's what Jamie Maw, restaurant critic of Vancouver Magazine, advised:
http://www.chowhound...sages/8184.html
I've not eaten at Diva under any chef.
Yes, L'Emotion might be the venue with the former Michelin-starred chef.
Obviously Chef Hawksworth was also the head of a Michelin-starred restaurant (L'Escargot, London), and was sous-chef at other starred facilities (e.g., Manoir aux Quat' Saisons).
#18
Posted 29 June 2004 - 01:04 AM
As far as places to go in Vancover, my favorites are:
- the Stanley Park Aquarium
- the anthropology museum at UBC (excellent Native American art collection)
- Granville Island market
- Yaletown
But on the Che Guevara highway filling up with gasoline
Fidel Castro's brother spies a rich lady who's crying
Over luxury's dissapointment
So he walks over and he's trying
To sympathize with her, but thinks that he should warn her
That the Thirld World is just around the corner
#19
Posted 29 June 2004 - 05:30 AM
Hmmm, never heard of that one! I think you mean Grouse Mountain? That's the one with the gondola ride, and you do get a magnificent view of the city and surroundings from up there on a clear day/night. There are impressive views from the look-out on Cypress Bowl, too, but you'll need a car to drive up there.An obvious thing to do in the city, if you're there for a spell, is to go up Bear Mountain for the views.
#20
Posted 29 June 2004 - 05:35 AM
Bear, grouse, it's all game to Wilfrid you know :lol:Hmmm, never heard of that one! I think you mean Grouse Mountain? That's the one with the gondola ride, and you do get a magnificent view of the city and surroundings from up there on a clear day/night. There are impressive views from the look-out on Cypress Bowl, too, but you'll need a car to drive up there.An obvious thing to do in the city, if you're there for a spell, is to go up Bear Mountain for the views.
Is it customary in North America that gondolas go up mountains rather than along canals :blink:
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#21
Posted 29 June 2004 - 08:34 AM
Sooke Harbour House
This is a place unlike no other. Rooms all face the sound, and are junior suites with fireplace, sitting areas, and private hot tub. They are themed and each is different. Could be kitschy if it was done more broadly, but it wasn't, it was great.About 11 miles outside Victoria, it's like a world away. They have bicycles and kayaks.
And they have food. Boy do they have food. The produce up there is just tops, and they make the best of it. Check out the menus at the site and you see they mean business.
It's the type of place you get there, and you don't really leave for a couple of days. You just groove, dine, tub, nap, do a little activity, and groove some more.
Make a reservation NOW, they are very, very hard to get. You could then continue on to Torino (I haven't been, but I heard it's great).
Wilf is right, the ferry from Vancouver Island to Vancouver is amazing. I took ferries from Seattle to the Olympic penisula, across to Victoria, and was thinking, ok, one more ferry. Boy was I wrong. So many islands, the boat has to make a hard right at one point to go through them.
PS They have nice touches like port, cookies and fruit in each room. OK the port is something like Warre's ruby, but hey, in front of the fire when you first arrive, why not.
#22
Posted 29 June 2004 - 10:25 AM
In terms of non-food aspects, I'd recommend a drive around Stanley Park. There's only one route, and it takes less than 1 hour. That's where the acquarium is too, by the way, although I have mixed assessments of the acquarium.
#23
Posted 29 June 2004 - 01:24 PM
Told you I was a bit vague about all this.Bear, grouse, it's all game to Wilfrid you know :lol:
Hmmm, never heard of that one! I think you mean Grouse Mountain? That's the one with the gondola ride, and you do get a magnificent view of the city and surroundings from up there on a clear day/night. There are impressive views from the look-out on Cypress Bowl, too, but you'll need a car to drive up there.An obvious thing to do in the city, if you're there for a spell, is to go up Bear Mountain for the views.
Is it customary in North America that gondolas go up mountains rather than along canals :blink:
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#24
Posted 29 June 2004 - 04:30 PM
1) The Butchart Gardens just north of Victoria on Vancouver Island
2) The illumination of the government buildings around the harbor in Victoria during the early evening. It seems like Disney staged the setting.
3) The train ride from Victoria north to Nanaimo, through rugged wilderness. There was a bus which met the train and tooks you back to Vancouver City via the ferry.
4) The "islands ferry" which makes multiple stops among the small islands on its way to Swartz Bay / Victoria
5) Walking the peripheral at Stanley Park. Something is always in bloom.
6) The Granville Market, which was well on its way from a farmers market to a destination (T shirt sellers, etc). Don't know if it's still worth a visit
BC Ferry System
Edited by Rail Paul, 29 June 2004 - 07:17 PM.
#25
Posted 29 June 2004 - 06:06 PM
Never mind. We'll sort you out when you get here.Told you I was a bit vague about all this.
Let's see, you leave the airport and take a left at "Bear" Mountain, then look for the canal with the gondola on your right, beside the stork-and-elephant preserve.... :lol:
#26
Posted 29 June 2004 - 11:28 PM
Uhhh, I think driving around Stanley Park takes about 10 minutes...walking around it (which is indeed nice) may take an hour.In terms of non-food aspects, I'd recommend a drive around Stanley Park. There's only one route, and it takes less than 1 hour. That's where the acquarium is too, by the way, although I have mixed assessments of the acquarium.
But on the Che Guevara highway filling up with gasoline
Fidel Castro's brother spies a rich lady who's crying
Over luxury's dissapointment
So he walks over and he's trying
To sympathize with her, but thinks that he should warn her
That the Thirld World is just around the corner
#27
Posted 30 June 2004 - 12:11 AM
#28
Posted 30 June 2004 - 04:56 PM
#29
Posted 30 June 2004 - 04:59 PM
An interesting area nobody has yet discussed is Richmond, replete with various Asian restaurants. It's very close to the airport, and therefore may offer a meal opportunity right before a departing flight.
#30
Posted 30 June 2004 - 05:44 PM
***Every Monday***At the Sign of the Pink Pig.
If the author could go around the place hitting random readers with a rubber hammer, the Pink Pig would still be worth a visit.