Farmers Market

The Kitsilano Farmers market is our weekly Sunday market during summer months until the end of october. I anxiously waited for it to start in June because I had heard only good about it and simply because I love food markets! To tell you the truth all the Vancouver farmers markets are nothing to write home about since we have plenty of great markets in Europe. In Vancouver we have at least the Public market on Granville Island which is unique in its own way. If you don't want to end up buying at Safeway you can buy good fruit and vegetables at your local Apple Farm Market, a usually chinese managed market of everything, they have seasonal fruit and vegetable but not necessarily organic. At Whole Foods Market you get great products for double the price then anywhere else, IGA isn't bad either but to me nothing beats an open air market in the summer. First I take a look at all the market stands and see whats in season and who is selling what. On the way back I try not to spend all my cash but still at the end can barely afford a coffee :-)








2009: a good year for blueberries and blackberries

Chinese Night Market

Finally we made it to the Richmond Nightmarket. A chinese or asian style Night Market in the industrial area of Richmond (close to Ikea and Home Depot). After having visited the Chinatown Nightmarket we were positively surprised how big and well visited the market is. Although there is nothing to buy (except food) that you even would want, you end up taking stuff home (little robot figure and gute tin). The food section is probably as close as an asian experience outside of Asia can get. We tried several things: Vietnamese summer rolls, bbq lamb, curry fish balls, Bubble Tea, Vietnamese Cocktail and Sweet and Sour Soup. Everything was really good and fresh and the prices were great to try a few little things.




Very artistic version of fries (chinese instead of french)


First time Bubble Tea: an unforgettable experience


Feeling like in downtown Hanoi or Hong Kong?


Happy market visitors

Tofino Beach Impressions

Sanddollar on Chestermann Beach


Sanddollars on driftwood


Sandpattern at low tide


Kelp


Tofino mudflats