withabix

Are there 'Specials' on in that Restaurant perchance?

There are some 'interesting' people down the Black Sheep on '29c wing night' and '$6.99 steak night'...

Stinkypup

Oops - I meant Coal harbour

Oink

I was having a lovely time enjoying a Canadian "happy hour" when it was brutally interrupted and we had to have some very posh sushi. I'd of been happy with a pie, a pint and a brass.

Shard

Whadya go for then, steak or wings?

MillieF

I had to Google that...you are good for my vocabulary Oink...I always enjoy your Friday evening musings

Oink

I'm sorry if I comes across as some sort of precious and affected cad but naff me the restaurants in Vancouver are awful banal places, with equally awful and banal food.

Stinkypup

You think?
I know that I sell the Okanagan at times but culinary desert springs to mind.
At least there is an ethnic variety and good seafood restaurants n Vancouver. I thought Chambar restuarant was pretty good. I know that you don't fancy the poncy Belgian beers but they do nice non flavoured beer which is pretty potent- food is good too IMO

Oink

I like Belgium beers, well the ones from Belgium anyway but the restaurants here, and I hate to use the term, are so inauthentic, they have no history or narrative other than that some investors thought they could make some easy money on the supidity of the public. They're like those despicable Rice and Lloyd Webber musicals, just awuful consumerist fodder.

Stinkypup

The Phaaaaantom of the opera is heeeeeere!!
As I said, count yourself luckyand pity us instead. You can avoid the dives.Plus the fact you have an amazing self supply of marvellous fresh fish and seafood- I bloody don't
Try Chambar if you haven't yet, it really is quite good.

Oink

I'll give it a bash and report back. I can understand why people take Heroin or other opiates, it must just be to get some sort of relief from the inexorable throbbing blandness of humanity.

Stinkypup

Rumour has it hallucinogens would probably make things more interesting. Really something to definitely be avoided. Space rabbits with neon eyes chasing buildings might seem a tad scared to say the least. Maybe just steer clear of Earls, Wet spot, Cactus club and other such chains

Atlantic Xpat

I've said it before and I'll say it again... I think you'd enjoy a visit to St. John's . Just to it before the oil decline means that all the interesting and excellent restaurants close down!

Pizzawheel

We went to see a band, that turned out to be one of those awful Canadian diddly-irish bands without the IRA edge. We moved on and turned it into a mini pub crawl, ending with some of the best nachos I've ever had.

JamesM

Sounds like a top night!

I was at Real Sports last night. $20 pitchers of Coors Light so I wasn't buggered up the arse too much on the bill even though I was torturing my taste buds some what.

bats

I'm working this weekend as I've worked every long weekend do far this year and I'm pretty pissed off about it.