snow in the summer

The weather is finally getting friendlier. I had the cloudy and showery weekend I had been wishing for. And started the week with light temperatures between 15 and 22. Pleasant.

Felt like making a really oriental, simple dinner tonight.

The egg fried rice I learned from Jamie Oliver’s podcast recipe, except I added some dark soya sauce (personal preference). The stir-fry snow peas was my own creation, LOL. I know, shame on me, what’s there to “create” for such a simple, innocent dish? :p

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These are some pics that I took last Sunday when having dimsum brunch at Kirin Restaurant.

When we got to Kirin, it was packed and we were told that a table would only be available in 30 minutes. While waiting, we went to the tea house next door.

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Realizing on a Sunday evening that it is gonna be holiday on the Monday to come is always nice.

Chillaxing way to spend the day…

1. Start the day right.

So… we got up early at around 7.20 AM. I got online and got to my work until at about close to 9 AM, and I was like, “Let’s head out for brekky.” It is rare that I wake up early enough on weekends here to just go for brekky. On weekdays I’m usually up around 7, but coffee is all I have for the morning. On weekends, it usually gets late enough by the time we head out for it to be a brunch more so than a brekky.

I said I wanted to have HK style of brekky. Definitely doable. A place that is like a second HK is just down the road. Richmond. LOL.

2. Head to somewhere to soak in the mild sunshine with some cool breeze.

We headed to Steveston. Always nice to take a stroll around Steveston on a relaxing day.

“Come on in and taste the bread like you’ve never tasted before!”

And the man was right, the bread was awesome

Grabbed a coconut bubble drink and an iced tea to rehydrate, and then continued to take an easy stroll towards the water, where the fishermen set up fish markets in their boats on the water. Incidentally they were having this big sale of prawns that day. I overheard it was 4 lbs for $10.

3. Go check out “The Oval” that’s being built for the 2010 Winter Olympics.

4. Grab fresh summer fruits from the farmer’s market.

Honey suckle pulouts and black plums

Golden plums and apricots

"Red Arly Heaven" peaches

Lapin cherries

The lapin cherries were huge. I think that basket was about 2 lbs and I finished them in 2 servings.

The fruits from Two EE’s market were great. We only spent about $11 for all of these.

5. Chillax for the rest of the day. Pick up a Cosmo. Pop in a movie. Have dinner. Have coffee after dinner. Whatever makes you happy and relaxed. We watched The Notebook that evening. Mushy mushy, and quite fairy-taley. But overall quite emotional and a nice story.

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Saturday, July 25th 2009

Went for Chinese congee for brekky at Richmond.

Yummy seafood congee with fresh prawns, squids, fish, and scallop.

Wednesday, July 29th 2009.

Went out for dinner with Kenneth. There were 5 of us and we ordered 5 dishes. In my opinion, the amount of food was good for three times as many people.

Picked up a flat of raspberries (4 baskets) from Surrey farm after my meeting with Investors Group on Thursday.

Sunday, August 1st 2009.

Stopped by downtown for Korean food, Dol-sot bee bim bap, for lunch after Ken and Amy’s wedding ceremony at Planetarium. We both split a portion and the amount was just nice.

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