Xmas is here

Had dinner with family on Sat. We went to Fisherman Terrace as usual. They gave us the baked tapioca pudding with lotus paste for free. But, they browned the top a bit too much. It's totally burnt for a few places and the waiter acted like he didn't see it and just cut into it and dug all the charcoal right into the pudding. He didn't stop until I suggested that he should just take out the black pieces first. He also did a lousy job separating the meat from the bones for the steamed fish. They're not usually like that bad. Probably overworked for Xmas.

On Sun, went to church then to Aberdeen Center. Waited for 15mins for Papa Beard's to open and another 10mins before I got my cream puffs. They still have the "sold out" sign for the éclair. I actually went there for the éclair but thought that I might as well get the cream puffs too since I was there already. The cashier said they usually do it every morning but they didn't do it that morning... I doubt it. I think they'd only done it once.
Then, went to downtown to pick up some books and shopped around Granville. There r so many neat stores and cool galleries, Kurbatoff gallery especially.
We had a decent big breakfast in a place which was extremely crowded when we went in but once we sat down half the ppl were gone. It's like we scared them off.

They have real oil paintings inside the restaurant.

My toast with fruit and berry compote

John's hash with cheddar cheese, ham, poached eggs and mushrooms.(the eggs were hiding underneath the cheese)

My whipped cream finally arrived.

After breakfast we went to the "Dear" shop across the street. They have lots of cute stuffs.


Then we went to William Sonoma and a few furniture stores (EQ3, Industrial Revolution), Hardware Restoration, Pottery Barn, and Boboli (too nice for us...), and a few art galleries.

This is shot at a corner of a street. It's called "Emily Carr".



Then afterwards I went to Richmond Center and shopped for almost 3 hrs and then cleaned my fish tank for about 2 hrs..... a very exhausting day. So after 3 cream puffs in a row (240 calories each) and a big breakfast... I still managed to loose one pound....