Day Two: Gin Shots?!?

Woodrow got into town today, which can only mean one thing: it's Grey Cup Wednesday. This, in turn, can only mean one additional, related thing: Grey Cup festivities got launched tonight with, what else, a round of gin shots. Yes, friends, shooters of gin.

The origins of this very honourable tradition go back many eons (or at least to the 96th Grey Cup) and involve a combination of poor liquor planning and bad, truly truly bad, judgement.

So the shots of gin were had at 6:18 PM local time and... we're off to the races! Bring on the hospitality suites, beer, team parties, beer, pancake breakfasts, Pil, cheerleaders, rye, pep bands, pepto, Box J Boys and a football game or two.

In the meantime, some food was consumed today.

I had dim sum at Jade, in Richmond, which was named in Vancouver Magazine's 2011 restaurant review issue the second best dim sum restaurant in Vancouver. I ordered some steamed mushroom dumplings; sticky rice; smoked salmon crispy wraps and pan fried lamb dumplings. Both types of dumplings were excellent and the sticky rice was above average. The smoked salmon dish (pictured) looked quite nice.
It turned out to be a slab of smoked salmon over a prawn cracker shell filled with a mixture of mayonnaise and corn.

I'll give them points for trying, but it seemed like too many flavours and textures to add to a generous portion of smoked salmon.

(More to follow...)