First thing's first before I dive into my adventures in food: Traveling with TOS. It's not easy in the least bit. With me I had a rolling backpack and a very small rolling suitcase, but that was more than enough for me. I cannot use a traditional backpack or anything heavier than a purse on my good shoulder, so instead of carrying that backpack and dragging the suitcase I was dragging both going through customs on the US/Canada border. Fortunately I had help at the beginning and end of the bus ride from family or my boyfriend, but next time I might try the train since customs is at the train stations instead of at the border, so no stops in the middle to drag heavy bags around.
Walking once there was no problem at all actually. I found that aside from being out of shape, I could walk for as long as needed without trouble. I'm glad that the old cross-country runner endurance is still in me. Now footwear may have been a slight concern, but that's another story!
So in short for next time for my physical health: Take the train and make an effort to walk more in the meantime!
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And now onto the best part: food! I'm always a bit nervous dining out since a lot of places use milk products liberally in their dishes. However I was very happy to find that there was an abundance of places in Richmond that were focused on Asian cuisine, which not only is my favourite kind of food, but hardly uses any milk products!
Now I am neither strict vegetarian nor vegan, so while these places don't have milk in their dishes, they do serve meat. All of the vegetarian/vegan places I Googled were quite a ways out from where I was staying and I didn't get a chance to dine there this trip, but next time I am definitely paying a visit to them. I want to dine out healthy, too!
First night my beau and I stopped by a place called Shanghai River. I'd heard rumors that the Chinese restaurants had to be very good to stay in business, and I'm happy to report the rumor is true! We ordered crispy rice with shrimp, a nutty kind of sweet shrimp (if only I can remember the name!), and a "crab ball" kind of an appetizer. That appetizer was iffy, but I think I just wasn't used to the taste or texture. The two other dishes were amazing, especially that shrimp dish! There are mixed reviews out there of this place, but I'd say definitely give this place a try if it's not a busy night.
Second place to note was Ninkazu, which was an all-you-can-eat type of Japanese restaurant. I've gone to a lot of sushi places here around Seattle, and this place definitely compares nicely with those! Now I wasn't blown off my feet but this was still quite good, and I'd go again if I was in the area and craving sushi. We went there at an incredibly busy time with a group of 8 folks, and we still had decent service especially considering how packed it was.
Last but very certainly not least was the Steveston Seafood House, as my silly cell phone photo is trying to illustrate. My dearest wanted to take me to a nice place on my last night there, and he chose well! I don't normally eat seafood but this place was absolutely wonderful. It's a cute little cozy place, great service, and most of all... amazing food! The waiter there (who actually turned out to be the owner of the place) was very accommodating to my dairy allergy, and the main salmon dish I ordered that was tweaked a bit for me tasted as though it was meant to be that way. Didn't taste like anything was missing! This is definitely a "special date" kind of restaurant price-wise, but it's definitely worth trying out. Heck I'm getting hungry just thinking about it. Yum!----------------------------------
I'm still winding back down here from the excitement of the whole trip, but already I'm plotting more new dishes for the week here. Yum!
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