it's a delicacy here. the majority is farmed as stock is more or less depleted. i call it water snake so if you're squeamish over snakes in south east asia then eat the eel instead.

[i've got 3 different asparagus meals' mosaics to post tomorrow however i must warn you it's not diet friendly! haha... i will see to your other replies tomorrow. good night.]

german rye bread, marinated japanese daikon, shredded radish [yes, i used my cool simple japanese mandoline ]. it was a big lunch! plus a 6.8% dutch beer from the town of Haarlem.


PS Saara: also, i've got some Finn stuff to make you homesick just from seeing the pics! [probably tomorrow or the day after]

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Mmm ... smoked eel! I've not seen it around here, but I've had it in Vancouver about 20 years ago. Sometimes I believe I'd eat smoked boot though.

Look forward to the pics from home!

20 years ago? wonder if it's still available now, farmed or wild.

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Possibly, but not at the Seven Seas (Lonsdale) where I had it. The restaurant and the ship it was on is gone.

what???? it's gone?! what fills that missing spot now then? i used to live up the hill from the quay...on Lonsdale road...lol

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I don't know, I haven't seen any reason to go back. :P

ah the Seven Seas..

it was condemned, it the poor leaky old boat.
too expensive to fix, so they towed it away, a few years ago.

now there are just tugboats next to the Quay.

but a huge new condo development is going in just east of there.
they are tearing down the old (abandoned) shipyards.

a new pier has been built, 200m east. just empty, so far.

wowsa, more condos! i kind of like the abandoned shipyard area. i witnessed TV productions shooting on location there a few times. those were the days...

i miss the view of downtown from the seabus. dayum...there's a crane in the foreground. 3 cruise ships in town today. http://www.northvancouver.com/webcams/cruisecam/index.php

here's another favourite cam of mine http://www.jericho.bc.ca/webcam/webcam.html
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