Trippin': Vancouver - The Templeton

1087 Granville Street
Vancouver, BC V6Z 1L4, Canada

The Templeton is the oldest Canadian diner in the area. Our concierge suggested this place to us on a super hungry morning. It's very cute and quite charming. The place still looks very fifty-ish with the juke box and swivel chairs at the counter. Menu wise, they offer the typical diner food of burgers and shakes but what makes this place different is that there are a lot of vegan and vegetarian offerings as well as the use of a lot of organic ingredients. I ordered an all American breakfast of eggs (sunny-side up of course!) and some sausage with a yummy croissant. I know. How healthy of me! Hah! Cousin ordered a tofu scramble, which is tofu scrambled up to look exactly like scrambled eggs. It fooled me! And I can't remember anything else that was ordered. There was a constant line of people waiting for a table, which was prolly fueled by having very few tables. Either way, this place is busy busy! The food is pretty good and I'm pretty sure I would be a frequent visitor if I was a Vancouveran. Not sure the correct term for the locals of Vancouver. Vancouverite?

Sriracha sauce is everywhere!

Why is it that tattoos look so cool on white girls, but on Asian girls, it just makes us look frackin' ghetto!

Daily Shots: Gas Station

I went to get some gas at this gas station up north on Beltway and 249, and whilst pumping thy gas, I noticed these LCD monitors/screens at all the pump stations. How weird?!? How NICE of this convenience store owner. My only thought was, why in the world would anyone do that in such a ghetto city such as Houston. I would and could only assume that the LCD's mounted time was limited, and it wouldn't be before long that some loser would feel compelled to help him or herself to something that does not belong to them. Ugh. I hate m-effers as such. But it's been a couple of months and those monitors are still there.

Trippin': Vancouver - Nor Boo

1536 Robson Street
Vancouver, BC V6G 1C2, Canada

Nor Boo was the second restaurant that I picked out for us to go try. It's a Korean restaurant and ooh wee do I love me some Korean food! How Korean is this place? Well, when I called to ask what time they closed, the lady who answered the phone answered in Korean. Everyone agreed that all the dishes were really good. There was spicy marinated pork, beef bulgogi, rice cakes in a spicy sauce, some soups and these super delish wings. Korean people really know how to make buffalo wings and fried chicken. Never a miss! Everything had some heat going on. Good thing my spicy tolerance has gone waaaay up. So much so that I can't eat certain things without it being spicy. Man. I'm getting really hungry now!

Trippin': Vancouver - Gyoza King

1508 Robson Street
Vancouver, BC V6G 1C2, Canada

I've become the notorious decision maker of where to go when it comes to traveling. I think me and my peeps are generally pretty whatevs about things but a big pet peeve of mine is being in limbo and wasting precious time trying to decide what to do and where to go when you're visiting another city. Remember folks! A hundred birds with one stone! So I pretty much researched and chose a few of the places that I thot would be interesting to try while in Vancouver. Of course, they were all hole-in-walls! I'm no tu-tu frou-frou fine dining gal. That was a Real Housewives of NY shout-out. Hah! One of the restaurants that I chose was Gyoza King. I chose this place for several reasons. I wanted something Asian, something fair priced and something that closed late! We would be going to eat there after a whole day on a mtn that closed at 10pm. We got there around 11pm or so and basically ate like zombies cos we were so darn tired. The place is teeny tiny and very busy, which resulted in us having to wait a bit before getting a chance to even sit down. Even then, we had to sit at the bar. The waitresses were all very Japanesey. Heavily accented English with a lot of Harajuku thrown into the mix. I can't remember everything that we ordered but mos def we ordered some gyoza, of course. I love gyoza! And mochi and I shared the shrimp with mayo. And that's about it. It was dark inside the restaurant and I didn't feel like using the flash so the fotos below are super dark. It's not so bad on my laptop but on work computer, the fotos are pretty much black. So hopefully you can see them!