We are in town picking up a Pannetone from Antise. They specialize in making this Christmas treat, and Antise is invited to participate in the World Cup in Italy next year. Read my review here.

Yeesh this is not the best part of town though. Not sure why they settled on this area to put down roots. Have to watch your back around here.

Just up the street is Six Acres, a restaurant that I’ve wanted to try for some time now. If we can avoid the needles and other paraphanalia anyways.

I’m not really sure what genre Six Acres fits into.

It is not a cafe. Gastropub doesn’t fit the bill. Upscale casual isn’t quite right either, though I suppose that’s the closest I can think of.

It’s small. Around 10 tables in a small space plus a few seats at the bar. In the summer they have a nice patio. But it’s November. So after killing 15 minutes with a walk through Gastown a table cleared up for us.

It’s a cute place, proclaiming the best table in Vancouver. It’s a table at the front of the place on a bit of a raised platform. Considering your view is likely to be that of a drug addict taking a poop on the sidewalk I’m not so sure about that claim but we’ll just go with it.

But we aren’t here for a view of the crackheads are we?

I’m starting with a drink. A peanut butter cup.

It’s s just Kahlua, whiskey and Baileys on ice with a peanut butter cup thrown on top. But pretty tasty.

Merilynn had a gin drink. I cannot remember for the life of the crackhead outside what’s in it, but it was very refreshing.

Boy did it go down easily. Could easily get as hammered as the vagrants in no time.

Fish tacos are on order for Merilynn today.

A very generous portion of cod with coleslaw, avocado and a spicy sriracha mayo. Crispy and not too heavy, a really nice take on the fish taco.

Since there’s a lobster roll on the meno my choice was very easy.

And a good choice it was.

The brioche roll was very fresh and soft, clearly made very recently. Tons of lobster in there, in smaller pieces sure but there was no shortage.

I’m not a big sandwich fan generally. Two pieces of bread with something in between. But that’s pretty fantastic.

So if you find yourself in Gastown and need something good to eat, and can get in, try Six Acres. It’s a really great lunch spot.

9/10

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We are in The Olympic Village today visiting one of the better liquor stores I’ve shopped at. They must have 80 (or more) different gins in stock.

And while we are here we are going to grab a snack at one of the neater gastropubs in the city.

Not only for the great vibe, the food, but If I remember right they have 140 beers on tap. Too much selection if anything

This is a peach sour from somewhere I don’t remember.

But it was very good .

Crispy Salmon Sushi

Almost every restaurant of this class seems to have it variance of this type of dish on their menu these days. But Craft Beer Market has put an interesting twist on it.

No it’s not the mango sauce. Or the peppers.

It’s the crispy rice.

To be honest I wasn’t exactly sure what was coming. But mind blown.

Perfect little rectangles of crispy on the outside but moist on the inside.

I’m still trying to wrap my head around how they did this. It has to be deep fried but I don’t know how they kept it so perfectly rectangular.

At any rate it was phenomenal.

The two sauces compliment the salmon very well. Mango has always gone well with salmon, as has soy.

Add a little heat from the peppers and you’ve got a really tasty appetizer here.

When you do come be sure to pop downstairs and check out the display. This is a heritage building, it used to be a storage location for salt. They have windows into the basement that you can see the creosote coated timbers.

9/10

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