Day Four: It's All Coming Together

Today was Grey Cup Friday, which means the team parties are officially in full swing and, for the first time since the 95th Grey Cup in Toronto, the Vanier Cup championship game.
I started off the day with dim sum at Dynasty Seafood, named the second... Ah, screw it, let's skip to the chase:
VIJ'S HAS A COUNTER AT BC PLACE!!!
VIJ'S!!!
For $10 or so, you can get a chicken, beef or vegetarian curry, served (obviously) on a bed of rice. At Vanier Cup tonight, I had the beef garam masala. As I wrote earlier in the week about my lunch at Rangoli, the dish was flavourful, yet subtle. This is now by far uncontestedly the best stadium meal I've ever had (surpassing the hot dogs at old Yankee Stadium, I hate to admit). For those of you attending Grey Cup on Sunday, the counter is behind Section 216.
So, as the title says, it is all coming together.
Some other highlights from today:
1.- Despite Vij's, I was disappointed at the lack of concession variety at the revamped BC Place. We scouted out the 200 level concourse and the only two non-standard food stands were Vij's and a fancy hot dog joint, which sold brats and bacon-wrapped dogs. I noticed a local beer sold at only one concession stand and that is only because I asked the barmaid about the strange-looking can in her fridge. There is a trend in stadiums in the US to feature local food vendors and micro-breweries. With the food scene in Vancouver and the number of micro-breweries in the lower mainland, there's no excuse for BC Place to buck this trend. They should be featuring much more local colour.
2.- I hit Touchdown Manitoba and the Lions' Den today.
3.- In all seriousness, I did have dim sum at Dynasty Seafood, which was voted the third best dim sum restaurant in Vancouver Magazine's annual restaurant issue. Conveniently, it is also adjacent to my hotel. I ordered the steamed black truffle dumplings; pork shumai; pan fried eggplant stuffed with fish paste in black bean sauce; and pan fried shrimp and chive dumplings. The quality of dim sum is often dependent on what dishes one orders, but I enjoyed Dynasty much more than Jade earlier in the week.
(For those who are wondering, Kirin finished on top of the survey for dim sum places. It's a local chain. I've never been and do not intend to. I will not trust the wisdom of the crowd on this one.)
4.- The Vanier Cup championship game (an overtime affair) was one of the most exciting football games I have ever witnessed.
Some other really, really cool stuff probably also happened.

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