Crunky

Huh? Can this be considered Engrish? Anyway, thanks Kazuyo for this one! Yes, it became breakfast and (sometimes) lunch during my trip. And yes I brought the empty box all the way home just for this picture. The idea is like Nestle Crunch, with embedded rice puffs in milk chocolate. The difference is the size of the puffs. Japaneses style seems to call for more details and favors smaller puffs. I'd say for crunchiness, Nestle Crunch wins. However, Crunky is not bad at all. There was a third kind from eastern Europe that has way larger rice puffs, which is even less crunchy. Have I done a review...? Probably not...

BBQ

Was going to have a sakura picnic with my anime friends, but got a late notice that an ex-colleague came back from HK for a visit, and he was hosting a huge BBQ. This is a rare chance to see a bunch of ex-colleagues. So the day was spited between the two groups. Too bad I didn't get to eat any of the BBQ. Forgot the name of the vegetarian restaurant where we had dinner, but it was a pretty niffy place. Sakura? Too bad they were almost all gone and we didn't have a real picnic.

Sablefish

The sablefish dish at Cactus Club by Rob Feenie was the best fish dish I've ever had!

Beef noodles

Since mom asked, I drove them to dad's eye appointment. (And lost one day of work as a result, though.) Just like last time, we ate lunch at the beef noodle place downstairs from the clinic.

Oreo white chocolate

Thanks Miki for this one! Japanese winter limited edition. The chocolate cookie crumbs are inside this bite size portion. We had this for breakfast and snack on the go during our trip. Taste... not bad, despite my dislike of white chocolate. The cookie crumbs must have offset the sweetness. Or, I might simply be hungry.

Sakura

Full bloom. Kitsilano, Main and Broadway, South Hill.
Argh! Not a single one has a Pinky! Actually these are from the past few days.

Dollar store

Found a bunch of relatively rare craft supply at the dollar store across from Michael's in North Van. Or has my timing been bad so the good stuff are sold out in my neighborhood branch?
Sakura at Main and 16th.