Dine out at Griffin's

Another dine-out entry!
I went to Griffin's at the Fairmont hotel with gorgeous ladies.

Unfortunately, picture quality sucks because my camera is freakin ghetto.

Here's one group pic of us girlies... looking like we are two groups of people who don't know each other lol!

And now, the low quality food pictures...

Complementary bread with sundried tomato dipping sauce.

This was sooo good!

Cauliflower soup with blue cheese.

I felt that the cheese was too strong for this soup.

I forgot the name of this, but it was good lol.

Halibut!

And... a dessert buffet XD

After dinner, everyone had to go home because of work and school, except Eva and I.

We decided to go to Kamei Royale to chill since we didn't feel like home time yet.

We ordered this Ume Japanese Plum Wine...

it was SO GOOD!

The best plum wine I have tasted ever.

I will abruptly end my post now because I'm hungry and I need to go cook something to eat =D

Sleeping in + food = Happy date

I failed to wake up for class today and slept in and finally got some rest after a whole week of not sleeping well.
I woke up, got dressed, and went out on a happy date X3.

Camwhoring while waiting for Jackie.

I like yellow. Lol.

Jackie said that he saw this ramen place from a magazine, so we went to check it out.

It's called Benkei and it's located on Broadway.

Really cute deco light-up painting thing:

Here come our ramen!

Miso Ramen

Sadly, looks can be deceiving.
The broth looks so thick and yummy but it really lacked the miso taste.

Curry Ramen

The broth was a bit too thick in this one. It was more like a curry paste than a curry soup.

And the chicken in the ramen was weird...

Both the ramens were average, and the amount of ingredients in the ramen was so limited.

I guess this place is worth a try if you feel like having a small portion of ramen.

Compared to Kintaro or Motomachi Shokudo, this place is far from close (speaking of ramen quality).

However, it has a comfortable place to sit at and it looks like a restaurant... so you're not sitting on a hard, wooden bench like at Kintaro or Motomachi. And you won't feel like you are rushed to eat and leave.

Another positive thing about Benkei is that they give you a stamp card...? Lol.

After our ramen lunch, we decided to stop by at my favorite super market.

LOL I know... I have a favorite super market. Don't judge =_=.

Hello, Whole Foods! I am back. Again.

Looking at their food makes me wanna eat again.

 

I immediately went to my favorite section of the super market...

The pastry and desserts =9

I love the cupcakes here!

Look at how beautiful they are *u*

Couldn't resist and bought cupcakes for ourselves.

(I end up buying something every time I come here >_<)

Me, standing retardedly and holding my yummy cupcake.

I have yet to try the gelato here.

Don't worry, gelato. I will come back for you. Very soon.

And then we walked to Yaletown to eat at the Keg for dinner.

By the time we got there, we were exhausted and hungry. Perfect timing.

Crab, Parmesan and Spinach Dip

Lol... I get this every time I come to the Keg. So boring of me... but it's so good.

Seafood & Sirloin

Don't freak out. I know, the portion looks horrendously small, but that's because we split this main course between two people ;)

The sirloin was good, but I found the seafood (the lobster, scallop and shrimp) to be a bit too salty.

And what better way to end the day than to come home with goodies? XD

I've been searching for sandals for summer, and I found these today at Brown's!

Pretty Michael Kors sandals.

They didn't have my size, so I tried on a size up. Surprisingly, they fit alright (a little loose)... so out comes the wallet D=

I heard that they've opened up a Michael Kors at Pacific Center, so I dragged Jackie there with me.

I saw the SUPER pretty bag!

It was my favorite color combination - ivory + tan/brown + gold.

Omg... I was drooling over the bag. (Ok, no I wasn't.) So I took this home too...
(Available online here)

Such a coincidence that both things I bought today are from Michael Kors, but from different stores.
However, thanks to my super random shopping spree, I am not allowed to buy anything for the next month - because my stupid job is giving me such shitty hours =_=.
At least I'll be working tomorrow to help cancel out some of the debt I've added onto my credit cards today.

Betty's fairwell at Chop

It was Betty's fairwell party at Chop restaurant yesterday.
To be totally honest, I have already lost all my confidence in the food quality of Chop, so I didn't order anything to eat. The last two times I've been here to dine, I found their food to be over-priced and mediocre at best.

One of the dishes that are okay is the Crab & Lobster dip, which I have tried last time but did not find it to be exceptional.

I think this was called Tuna salad?

I didn't try it but I wanted to take a picture of it because it was so colorful, haha.

I thought that I'd just order drinks while other ate.
My third time here ordering drinks. Good thing I didn't have high expectations.

Sparkling Bellini

Sounds special, but taste nothing close to special.

More like sparkling cranberry juice. I couldn't taste one hint of peach in there.

Sparkling Sangria

I don't know what to say about this...

Carbonated watered-down red wine? Yep, that basically sums it up.

Pink Lemonade

I remember this being tasty the last time I ordered it, but maybe because the other drinks weren't that sweet, I found this pink lemonade to be overly sweet.

It was like drinking carbonated syrup.

I wouldn't be this harsh on the food/drinks if the prices weren't so crazy. That stupid bellini was $10. I won't even pay five bucks for it...

SO... since it was Betty's party, how come no pictures of the star of the night? She hasn't uploaded the pictures yet =P

Stone Grill with my family

My family and I went to try Stone Grill in Vancouver.
The restaurant is a little different from other steak-houses because they serve your main courses on a hot stone and let you cook your meat to however well-done you want it to be.

I ordered the bacon potato soup.

It was really good =9

Ta-da! The main course.

A raw piece of steak on a super hot stone. I was surprised at how quickly the stone can cook the meat... Because I'm a pretty slow eater, I couldn't eat it fast enough, so most of my steak was too well-done by the time I put the next piece in my mouth =(

And of course, dessert!

We tried all three different desserts available.

Unfortunately, I don't remember their names X_X...

but this one was the best out of the three:

The cheesecake was mediocre. We ended up not even finishing a fifth of it...

Overall, this was an interesting experience. It's nice to try something different once in a while, but I wouldn't recommend this restaurant because I feel that their food is over-priced for the quality you receive. For the same amount of money, I could go to another restaurant and have a great chef cook my steak to the way I like it instead of doing it myself, haha.