Jan-chan’s Tidbits

Just a recap before you see the pictures. The wedding turned out really well. It was among one of the more organized ones I’ve been to. Waking up at 5am to get ready turned out to be pretty funny as multiple alarms started to go off and I still remember Chu wiggling off the bed to unplug her charging cellphone. I think we should have more girls sleepovers!

Anyways, as you can see from the previous post, we had a fun time making the boys do some weird games before we let them pick up Ying. I was then part of the crew (with Jen, Ames, Michelle, & Shirley) responsible for the tea ceremony and the decorations. We were well ahead of schedule and had fun chatting and fooling around before everyone arrives. The best moment of the day, aside from Ying & LawLi exchanging vows at the church, was when Shirely and I took off our shoes to decorate the reception hall. The carpet never felt soooo good.

Chu and LawTam did a fantastic job MC’ing the whole day. We finished the night with about 1hr of dancing. Mike was trying to teach me how to salsa dance. It was such a huge challenge as my feet seemed to be disconnected from my brain that night. I also got to meet up with some friends I had lost contact with since I graduated from SFU. It was really nice to see that everyone is doing great.

Here are some of the pictures from the cute couple’s wedding! LawLi look so different without glasses. I’m hoping to get more pictures from Mike and LawTam later. Will upload once I get them.

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For more pictures, visit my album on Picasa.

Ok so it’s past 12:00am so I’d have to say, “yesterday” after the trip to the Apple store, Al and I went to check out EAT! Vancouver in BC Stadium. This is my first year attending this event so I was really excited.

We timed it so we’d arrive at about noon time. Just in time for lunch! After getting a goodie bag from the volunteers by the entrance, we entered the stadium where food surrounded us (yum!). It was still early so there wasn’t a lot of people around. We bought our food tickets and proceeded to check out the stands. There were about 15 stands selling a variety of food. I didn’t want to buy anything just yet so we both decided to check out the exhibitions and find the different stages where some shows were already taking place. As we move up and down the rows of exhibits, we got to try different stuff like rice, chicken, ice cream, pudding, sausages, smoked fish…etc. We got to try a lot of stuff that we never noticed at the supermarkets.

After about an hour of sampling, we were both pretty full. Having food in the stomach means I can finally drink! So we made our way to the wine pavilion where we each grabbed a glass and went around tasting different wines. There were more beer exhibits than wine I found. The most interesting one was the iced apple cider. It was really good and I’d definitely look for it at the BC Liquor stores. When we entered the wine pavilion, we were just in time to catch the Wine & Cheese Pairing seminar by Wine Diva. It cost 4 tickets ($2) per person and since we got so many tickets left over we decided to join the seminar. It was well worth the money. We got to taste 4 different types of cheese and wine and learned how to create a cheese platter for a party.

We didn’t spend too much time watching the celebrity chefs or cooking competition. We did managed to catch the show on Tojo and Bob Blumer. Overall it was a great exhibition and I’d definitely go back next year!

Here are some of the pictures I managed to take while stuffing my face with food. More photos are on my Picasa album.

I was pretty busy this past weekend, from meetings to movies to attending a wedding, this Victoria Day long weekend zoomed by much quicker than it should. Anyways, congratulations Ying & LawLi! I remember when I first me you guys in grade 10, when Ying to her big, gold rimmed glasses and LawLi looked like some grade schooler with his messy hair. I’m glad I could be part of your big day! I didn’t have time to get the photos ready for uploading but I did managed to merge all the clips I took during the open door games (when the groom comes to pick up the bride). Dave picked up a Flip for me when he was a the states last week. The quality is pretty good for something this size and cost. I did have to reduce the quality a bit when I make the movie since it’s 10 minutes long. The current file size is about 150MB. If you want the raw clips, I can zip them up and send it to you. Just fire me an email or post a comment here.

Enjoy! Oh and the hula part is a bit long but it’s pretty entertaining still.

Just want to say congratulations to Mike and Sylva on having their baby boy, Leon, on May 17th, 2008. I gotta mail that gift to you this weekend! Was going to post a pick but I wanted to give you guys a surprise! Hope you’ll like it.

PS: Leon looks like you Mike.

Since I celebrated Mother’s Day early with my mom, I had the chance to eat out with Al’s mom last Sunday (May 11, 2008). We went to Nu Restaurant, located right under Granville Street Bridge for Mother’s Day dinner.

This is my second time dining at Nu. The place is very trendy and I love the chairs there. Here’s a couple shots of the interior.

[the bar view]

[the kitchen view]

There were floor to ceiling windows surrounding the restaurant and since there were sunny breaks when we got there, I managed to take a photo of the beautiful view.

There was a tasting menu for spot prawns festival. A 5-course meal for $59. However everyone at the table must order the set menu together and since Al’s mom would like steak, we decided to order separately. Here’s what we got:

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I didn’t get pictures for every dish as we were really hunger and dug in before I managed to snap a shot. I ordered a Braised Beef Rib Burger for appetizer which was really yummy. The portions at Nu are bigger than other fine dining places I’ve been to and the prices are really reasonable. They also have a patio which you could enjoy the sunset in a hot summer day.

A few things I think they can improve on:

1. Some of the waiter/bus-person’s attire were dirty (you can see stains on them). We started at 6:30pm which is really early, so I doubt the stains were from serving food.
2. Someone was vacuuming the dining area when we arrived and continued to do so for about 15 minutes. Despite the fact that he wasn’t vacuuming under the tables where guests were sitting, I still don’t think it’s appropriate to vacuum while people are dining as the vacuum machine can draw dust from the carpet and into the air.
3. They should put a note next to the tasting menu to let guests know that everyone at the same table must have it or they can’t chose the tasting menu. We had to take another 10 minutes to pick what we want for dinner after the waitress told us about this.

Contact

NU
1661 Granville Street, Vancouver
T: 604-646-4668