This is where we stayed at in Vancouver, the St. Clair Hotel, a backpackers' lodging in a heritage building a few hundred years old. Fortunately, no few hundreds years old ghosts haunting it.
St. Clair really changed my impression of lodging for backpackers, which I somehow imagined as hole-in-the-walls, dirty with rodents scurrying around and grime in a dormitory-style toilet (euuuugh!). The location was excellent - near Granville station - and thankfully it was very clean.The shower also had nice hot water with a very strong spray. The main difference from that of a real hotel was that the shower and toilet bowl was shared, and that the room was very small with bunk beds and no TV. However, the other places I read about had lots of complaints about dirt and pests, so perhaps my family was lucky.
Although my first time doing it backpackers' style was rather decent - perhaps due to my extremely low expectations - I highly doubt that I'd stay in at such a lodging again (:
Just around the corner was a small unauthentic japanese cafe and a few other cheap eats, prolly due to it being a location where students eat.
The cafe had a set that came with an appetiser, "main" and dessert or drink of your choice. I can't remember the price now, but it was affordable.
Sunomono (prawn / kani)
Sunomono is a type of "salad", vermicelli in rice vinegar with some vegetables and meat. Sounds really strange, but interestingly flavoured - imagine noodles in cold sour sauce. An acquired taste (:
Mains were basically a side of sushi served with rice. Not value for money unless you choose the right combination.
The best was probably mine, as pictured right above. It came with sashimi in spicy marinade and tuna something which I can't recall.
We all chose drinks except Mom, who had "puffs" which turned out to be icecream puffs (:
I'm sleepy so I'll continue in the next post.
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