Vancouver for a day doing the "Secret Foodie Tour"

 I booked the "Secret Foodie Tour" with TripAdvisor which is a 3 hour walking tour. The tour takes us through Gastown and we visit 5 eateries. 

It's a rainy day but we've brought our umbrellas. It's just me and Johnny with 2 guides. One is still in training we get a 2fer. Alia is from Eastern Europe and I certainly couldn't tell he was new. Andrew is our second guide who is very knowledgeable so we get a lot of personalized attention.

1. Our first stop is Pure Bread which is like a bakery. I supposed it is usually at the end but we start out there  because it's close to our starting point. We have the "crack bar" which is a butter, brown sugar, heavy cream, corn flour delicacy. We chat with our guides as we learn about their city and their backgrounds.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
2.  Next stop is Meat & Bread and the funny thing about this is we are vegetarians. But not to fear, we get the Grilled Cheese sandwich and my husband says it's the best Grilled Cheese he has ever had. It's still early in the day so no crowds yet as we started at 10:30 am and it's now around 11:00 am or so. 
   
   
   
   
   
   
3. Our third stop is MeeT which we were worried when we hear the restaurant name, but to our surprise, it is Vegan. Yay!! We have Butter Chicken Poutine which is Indian inspired, vegan twist on the national dish topped w/creamy tomato gravy and Mozza. We also have the Sweet Chili Cauliflower. Knowing that we have 2 more places after that I slow down my eating. We start splitting our food with the guides because I don't want to be too full for the next two.
   

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
4. Our fourth stop is Tacofina where we have 2 Fish tacos that are full size that we split. At this stop we order a margarita. I love Mexican food and really like these fish tacos. I didn't get a pic of the fish tacos but here is what the place looks like before the crowds come in. 
   
   
   
   
   
   
5. Our last stop is Miku which is a Sushi restaurant right across from the pier at Canada Place. Now it's close to lunch time and the place is packed. We have the Signature Aburi Oshi sushi and Salmon Oshi Sushi featuring pressed BC wild sockey salmon, jalapeno,  and Miku sauce. The interesting thing about this is they flame it with a torch so it definitely has a unique taste. We like it so much we go back here for dinner! 
   
   
   
   

   

   
   
   
   

All in all we had a great time and learned about the history of Gastown as well as our guides.  This is the Famous steam clock and it's one of Vancouver's most iconic landmarks. If you want to know more about this iconic landmark check it out here. Steam Clock

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