More of our favourite haunts....

We took the little ferry over to Granville Island Friday for Mussel Mania....upped the price to $12 but still a great deal for a couple of pounds of mussels,  fries,  french bread, and a pint of Granville Island Honey lager.   We had our usuals...me the Thai and Jim the Provençale (loads of chorizo as usual).

We began with a walk around Granville Island first with stops to the hot chestnuts and nuts vender,  then tasted 3 sakis and a plum wine at the Artisian Sake maker.  After,  picked up some appy goodies at the market for our Saturday dinner party.  Among other things wonderful salmon jerky...evaporated in minutes on Saturday.  Probably best to leave Jim in a bookstore when I do the market stroll.  This time I had him pay as we went along and he needed a fortifying drink when we got home!

 Sake tasting

 Moules frites

 We got a mixture of chestnuts and various other nuts.

Taken from the little ferry on the way back.


We were surprised to see Maria's Taverna is no longer in business.  Had a great lunch Sunday at our good old stand by for Greek food,  the Olympia before seeing Skyfall (which we really enjoyed).  I really don't know how they can make money on the servings for lunch...$9.95...huge amount of lamb (Jim) and calamari for me along with rice, Greek potatoes,  pita bread, and Greek salad.

We almost felt like we were in sunny Greece with the colourful murals on the walls.