Did you know? A few months ago we got featured on the The New York Times! Their choice the first night: the Fish Café (fishcafe.ca), an utterly unpretentious spot in the Kerrisdale area where meals are served in frying pans lined with faux newspaper. I had blanched when I saw online that their menu did not list prices, and again when we got there and the most common number on the chalkboard menu was 16.95 Canadian dollars (about $15.70 at 1.07 Canadian dollars to the U.S. dollar). My parents, however, were delighted. “There are three kinds of restaurants,” my dad said. “Chain, tourist and neighborhood. And this is a neighborhood restaurant.” Salmon for my mom, shrimp for my dad, scallops for me, 16.95 dollars across the board. My mother said the salmon was among the best she’s ever had: crispy, salty exterior, meaty and moist inside. The total cost was an unnerving 85.43 dollars. “At home in Cambridge, we’d rarely go out, just the two of us, for under $100,” my mom said. Frugal, as anyone who reads the online responses to my columns will attest, is relative. you can read the full article on the link below! nytimes/2014/09/28/travel/in-the-northwest-3-trips-planned-by-others.html?src=me&_r=2
Posted on: Fri, 09 Jan 2015 02:04:12 +0000
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