Visiting Vancouver: What To Do There?

• Meia Gisborn

  29 Mar 06, 11:00

  Silly question: is there a Chinatown in Seattle, and if so, is it worth visiting?
• charlize

  29 Mar 06, 12:01

  You can take the ferry down to Vancouver Island.
  
  If you want to see flowers, flowers and more flowers, you can go down to Buchert Gardens.
  
  
• littlestream

  29 Mar 06, 22:47

  Originally posted by jetta:

  Wow wow wow. Just got an email from United. Fares from LA to SG only $355! I want to go home and makan!!!

  Wah.......you lucky devil!!!! HOW COME SO CHEAP!!!!
• littlestream

  29 Mar 06, 22:49

  Originally posted by charlize:

  You can take the ferry down to Vancouver Island.
  
  If you want to see flowers, flowers and more flowers, you can go down to Buchert Gardens.
  
  

  Wah, ditzy, oops I mean charlize.......you've been/stayed/lived in Vancouver ah? So familiar one? Do you like it there?
• littlestream

  30 Mar 06, 00:10

  Heyyyy...........MG............*waves madly*
  
  I FOUND this for you!!!!
  
  http://www.makantime.com/indexabroad.html
  
  Check it out!!!
• littlestream

  30 Mar 06, 00:13

  MG, you can check out Seattle as well. It also state that restaurant you mentioned in St Paul.
  
  Good luck and have fun!!!
• jetta

  30 Mar 06, 01:06

  Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:

  Silly question: is there a Chinatown in Seattle, and if so, is it worth visiting?

  It's a small Chinatown. Very small. Although you might want to check out Uwajimaya for their "curry rice". Big helpings and nyum nyum. If you're hankering for a good thosai, head for Bellevue Mall.
• Fatum

  30 Mar 06, 01:08

  
  japanese "curry" ? ....
  
  but japanese curry is not really "curry" leh ...
• jetta

  30 Mar 06, 01:08

  Originally posted by littlestream:

  Wah.......you lucky devil!!!! HOW COME SO CHEAP!!!!

  They always send me emails. I send to you want?
• jetta

  30 Mar 06, 02:24

  Originally posted by Fatum:

  japanese "curry" ? ....
  
  but japanese curry is not really "curry" leh ...

  Japanese curry is *ptui!*
• Fatum

  30 Mar 06, 03:38

  Originally posted by jetta:

  Japanese curry is *ptui!*

  But I rather like geico brand "curry" leh .... I just wouldn't call it curry ....
  
  
• jetta

  30 Mar 06, 04:10

  Originally posted by Fatum:

  But I rather like geico brand "curry" leh .... I just wouldn't call it curry ....
  
  

  Have you tried Prima curry? Quite shoik. If you want the link to order, I can give it to you.
• Fatum

  30 Mar 06, 04:16

  Originally posted by jetta:

  Have you tried Prima curry? Quite shoik. If you want the link to order, I can give it to you.

  throw it up here then ...
  
  though my two housemates are indians .... I can hardly get more authentic curries liao ...
• jetta

  30 Mar 06, 04:57

  Originally posted by Fatum:

  throw it up here then ...
  
  though my two housemates are indians .... I can hardly get more authentic curries liao ...

  Okay. Here goes:
  
  http://www.hcfoods.net/hcf/
• Meia Gisborn

  30 Mar 06, 05:46

  Originally posted by jetta:

  Wow wow wow. Just got an email from United. Fares from LA to SG only $355! I want to go home and makan!!!

  I'll bet if you read the fine print, that price is for one way.
• Meia Gisborn

  30 Mar 06, 05:50

  Originally posted by littlestream:

  Heyyyy...........MG............*waves madly*
  
  I FOUND this for you!!!!
  
  http://www.makantime.com/indexabroad.html
  
  Check it out!!!

  COOL!! That's a great resource. Thanks for finding and sharing it!
  
  The single entry for Minnesota lists a restaurant called Singapore Chinese Cuisine, located in the suburb of Maplewood. I've eaten there once, several years ago, and recall that the food was pretty fake and not much to write home about.
  
• jetta

  30 Mar 06, 09:52

  LS,
  
  Mr. Jetta here with some of the best places I would recommend (in no particular order)...
  
  A baseball game. no visit to America would be complete without catching a baseball game (it's completely different than watching it on tv). The games usually last about 3 hrs or so and are usually in the early evening (except on sunday). Here is a link to Seattle's team (www.seattlemariners.com)
  
  Ivar's restaurant. It's down on the waterfront (near the ferry's). It's a classic seafood restaurant (check out the bucket of clams! mmmmmm!). Here's the link www.ivars.net
  
  Speaking of ferry's... They'll take you from on side to the other (duh), but the ride itself is the best part. However it can get expensive (a few dollars per person and I cannot remember how much for the car).
  
  The Boeing Airplane Museum isn't in Everett. It's just south of the baseball stadium on Alaskan Way. Or least it used to be. I was just checking my facts, and nowhere on the web page does it mention the "red barn" museum which was home to the first boeing plant (and later turned into a museum).
  
  As mentioned earlier, the Pike Place Market.
  
  If you still have time, ya gotta visit the Space Needle (and either the Science Center, or the Amusement park, both at the foot of the Needle).
  
  One thing I forgot to ask. What month are you planning to visit? If you ask me, the best time is either the beginning of August or the end of August. The beginning has Seafair. A week long festival, with US Navy ships (in town), parade on friday and the ever popular hydroplane races on sunday. But the end of August has the Puyallup Fair in (duh) Puyallup. It has a bigger draw of people than the State fair has. The Beach Boys have played there every year since I can remember (and still do). Other famous names also put in appearances, but the two main attractions are the scones (with the freshest raspberry jam (hmmmm, raspberry jam on hot scones!!!!), and the cheeseburgers topped with Walla Walla sweet onions (almost a whole grilled onion on each burger).
  
  Well, if this isn't enough, let me (or my wife) know, and I'll jot down some more.
  
  Mr. Jetta
• stellazio

  30 Mar 06, 09:54

  nightclubs!
• charlize

  30 Mar 06, 16:21

  Originally posted by littlestream:

  Wah, ditzy, oops I mean charlize.......you've been/stayed/lived in Vancouver ah? So familiar one? Do you like it there?

  How many times must I tell you?
  
  I am not ditzy.
  
  Haiz.
  
  Plus it is not hard to google "vancouver island attractions"
  
  
• littlestream

  30 Mar 06, 21:52

  Originally posted by charlize:

  How many times must I tell you?
  
  I am not ditzy.
  
  Haiz.
  
  Plus it is not hard to google "vancouver island attractions"
  
  

  
  
  Okay, okay............
  
  You ARE charlize.
• littlestream

  31 Mar 06, 04:49

  Hey, MG.........look what else I found..........
  
  http://www.foodvancouver.com/restaurants.php?category=27
• Meia Gisborn

  31 Mar 06, 05:06

  Originally posted by littlestream:

  Hey, MG.........look what else I found..........
  
  http://www.foodvancouver.com/restaurants.php?category=27

  Thanks again for the link! I'm compiling all of this information into a printed file that I'm bringing along with me on the trip.
  
  MG
• jetta

  31 Mar 06, 11:28

  Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:

  I'll bet if you read the fine print, that price is for one way.

  No, it's round trip. First thing I checked.
• littlestream

  5 Apr 06, 03:55

  MG: so far, this is the response I got.
  
  "Aki Restuarant. It's in the basement of a building in downtown near Thurlow and Georgia St.......................You can't get anymore authentic than a restaurant that has Japanese staff with Japanese clientele. One caveat though: it's PRICY!"
  
  I'll post some more when I get them in.
• littlestream

  6 Apr 06, 00:28

  MG: more replies have streamed in so I thought I'll post the link instead.
  
  Good luck
  
  http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=362651#post362651