Vancouver BC - September 2007 Trip - Day 2
Ok so I am a little late technically speaking here, but it isn't like you were waiting on pins and needles, right? Right?
Yesterday started off with the Pan Pacific's Breakfast Buffet which wasn't so bad except that there were some flies, ok a LOT of flies on the standing cheese platter, so we slightly avoided the cheese. After getting a good breakfast we headed straight over to Stanley Park to check out the Vancouver Aquarium! It had been a long time since either of us had been to the park or the aquarium so it was fun to see the fish, the sea otters were especially cute and stinky. I'm sure that Chris will be putting his pictures up soon for you to see. We took a walk from the aquarium over to the Totem Poles, viewed a pair of dare-devil black squirrels and hopped a free summer-time shuttle that took us around the park. During the shuttle it started to rain quite heavily so it was a good thing we took the shuttle versus walking around the park. By the time we get back to our car it is almost 300pm. We relaxed for a while in our room then took a cab over to Joe Fortes.
Joe Fortes by all accounts is a fine restaurant. However it seems that every time we have been (I think last count is at 4 including last night) we have a reservation and we arrive early or on time and we still have to wait at least 30 or 45 minutes for our table. Why is this? Why do we keep going? We figured that we will not go again because of their reservation and seating process. I wrote on a comment card that they need to review something about this process -- either they take too many reservations or they have a seating problem, or their service is SO slow that it delays all of the diners and makes them stay longer, who knows. The food was good, surprisingly the miso crusted black cod I had wasn't overcooked (the last time we ordered cooked fish from Joe Fortes it was overcooked). Chris had the porterhouse which was delicious as well. The star of the night was definitely the mussel appetizer we had -- it was like thai-styled mussels, with coconut milk and lemon grass and it wasn't too sweet or salty.
After such a meal you can imagine that we came back and just kind of drifted off to sleep. We are just about ready now to head out for Day 3 -- we are going to walk around Robson St. today and who knows what else. More to come later.
Yesterday started off with the Pan Pacific's Breakfast Buffet which wasn't so bad except that there were some flies, ok a LOT of flies on the standing cheese platter, so we slightly avoided the cheese. After getting a good breakfast we headed straight over to Stanley Park to check out the Vancouver Aquarium! It had been a long time since either of us had been to the park or the aquarium so it was fun to see the fish, the sea otters were especially cute and stinky. I'm sure that Chris will be putting his pictures up soon for you to see. We took a walk from the aquarium over to the Totem Poles, viewed a pair of dare-devil black squirrels and hopped a free summer-time shuttle that took us around the park. During the shuttle it started to rain quite heavily so it was a good thing we took the shuttle versus walking around the park. By the time we get back to our car it is almost 300pm. We relaxed for a while in our room then took a cab over to Joe Fortes.
Joe Fortes by all accounts is a fine restaurant. However it seems that every time we have been (I think last count is at 4 including last night) we have a reservation and we arrive early or on time and we still have to wait at least 30 or 45 minutes for our table. Why is this? Why do we keep going? We figured that we will not go again because of their reservation and seating process. I wrote on a comment card that they need to review something about this process -- either they take too many reservations or they have a seating problem, or their service is SO slow that it delays all of the diners and makes them stay longer, who knows. The food was good, surprisingly the miso crusted black cod I had wasn't overcooked (the last time we ordered cooked fish from Joe Fortes it was overcooked). Chris had the porterhouse which was delicious as well. The star of the night was definitely the mussel appetizer we had -- it was like thai-styled mussels, with coconut milk and lemon grass and it wasn't too sweet or salty.
After such a meal you can imagine that we came back and just kind of drifted off to sleep. We are just about ready now to head out for Day 3 -- we are going to walk around Robson St. today and who knows what else. More to come later.
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