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| Stanley Park
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| We hiked in Stanley Park in the morning.
| For breakfast, we had some bagels (fruit & nut, sun-dried tomato, banana & walnut, and rosemary & salt) we bought the day before.
| We also had leftover smoked salmon and prosciutto to go with the bagels.
| As a snack while hiking, we ate some salmon jerky.
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| Lions Gate Bridge. At the left end is the tip of Stanley Park; at the
right is North Vancouver.
| Statue of a girl on a rock.
| Greenery.
| Many plants grow on Beaver Lake.
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| We stopped for maple syrup ice cream (oh so Canadian) at a restaurant by
Prospect Point, which is at the tip of Stanley Park near the bridge.
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| Lunch at Connie's Cook House
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| Hot & sour soup.
| House special chicken. This chicken, which was fried, smelled burnt, or
maybe I just didn't like the oil it was fried in. Also, I didn't like
the batter. The sauce was a basic sweet and sour. Overall, it was a
bad enough dish that I didn't finish it.
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| Police Museum
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| The Police
Museum. I only noticed now as I caption the picture that it says
"Coroners Court" above the entrance.
| Police weapons.
| Confiscated weapons. Some of the balls-and-chains at right are especially
scary.
| Many toy police cars. I like the quirkiness of an organization that
decides to have a collection like this.
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| A display showing one common way cards can be marked.
| A display of both American and Canadian counterfeit currency.
I'm
amused by the creativity shown by some counterfeiters, such as the one
who used corners from monopoly money to alter real bills
| The "four general shapes of fingerprints: arches, loops, whorls and
twinned loops."
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One exhibit had pictures and description of real-life gruesome murders.
They were interesting to read about, but I decided not to photograph
anything because I didn't want to be reminded of them.
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| Vancouver Art Gallery
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| Cameras were not allowed in the Vancouver Art Gallery. All
my notes are posted in my travel blog.
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| Dinner at Guu (Gastown location)
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We had dinner at Guu in Gastown.
This
picture is of the plum mojito I drank ("plum wine, rum, lime, shiso, soda, and
maple syrup"). I liked it; the lime and plum combined well.
Refreshing.
Di Yin said it tasted "like sour plum soup, but
chilled."
Artificially brightened.
| Kimchi bibimbap ("spicy rice in a hot stone bowl with kimchi, ground
pork, vegetables, and egg"). The crispy rice was good.
Artificially brightened.
| A tomato-rice croquette "with cheese, basil, and garlic." This was
effectively a deep-fried ball of rice. The crust was great! The tomato
aspect came in because there was a thin slice of tomato between the
crust and the rice (although cool, it was easy to miss and didn't add
much to the taste) and the croquette was served with a tomato-based
sauce (also unnecessary). In short, this was basically a very good
quality croquette.
Artificially brightened.
| Takoyaki ("puffed deep-fried octopus ball" pancakes). We liked how the
seafood flavor infused the whole takoyaki. The batter center was chewy
like the texture of mashed potatoes.
Artificially brightened.
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| Sashimi salad ("tai snapper, scallops, and salmon a bed of greens
dressed in a ginger garlic dressing and wasabi mayo"). Although the fish was not great quality, the salad was great, possibly because we definitely liked the wasabi mayo.
| A snoopy pen with many small paper stars balanced on it. We made these
stars using chopstick wrappers.
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The restaurant used a wireless credit card reader to charge my card.
Neat!
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Along with the check, they gave us frozen grapes :) -- a nice departure
from fortune cookies, chocolates, and the like.
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