LA FTCer looking for Vancouver recs

[catholiver]

Vancouver - Granville Island - Off the Tracks Bistro

Had breakfast here this morning and it was far, far better than we thought it would be. And I don’t really know why. They are very locavore, organic etc. We had the (from the menu) Granville Island Special 2 Free Ranged Eggs, our special Garlic Kale Hash, locally sourced Organic Multigrain Toast and a choice of Flame-grilled Meat of Fire Roasted Thyme Tomato\ We had the chorizo which was a link. The kale hash a very small cubes of fried potatoes with crispy pieces of fried kale. The eg…

Vancouver - "cheap" dim sum

Okay, right off, I’ll tell you that I don’t think dim sum SHOULD be expensive. I won’t go to Yank Sing or Koi Palace in SF cause I consider those prices obscene. Also I’ll let you know that we have dim sum for breakfast. You know, like, 9AM??? And the price should be about $20 for two. Should we head to Chinatown rather than Richmond? Any guidance would sure be appreciated. TIA.

Vancouver - Granville Island - The Stock Market

This is a cook’s delight and even non-cook’s. The selection is simply enormous. Really every imaginable meat, fish, fruit, vegetable, condiment, etc. Today we stumbled on The Stock Market which has all manner of stock. We bought two of their butters and because we have a super early dinner res, we had a piece of toast with one of them. Oh yeah It doesn’t appear that they do mail order but I didn’t ask. So delicious.

We had a wonderful dinner here but I guess I didn’t write it up.

www.chambar.com