A noon at Steveston – Fisherman’s Wharf

My company had their golf tournament last Friday. I was not interested in playing golf so, instead, I “snuck” out and went to watch The Dark Knight instead. Now, call me snob if you want but I wanted to watch it in the IMAX; in this case, the SilverCity Riverport. So, I went there hoping to catch the 12:30 p.m. showing but, alas, it was sold out. In fact, except for the 3:30 p.m. showing, which had only few tickets left, the rest was sold out. Wow! I guess that’s how they managed to make $155 million in the opening weekend. Anyway, I purchased my ticket and went for lunch. Now, it was just 11:45 a.m. so I had almost four hours (actually three and a little bit, as I wanted to be certain I could get a good seat. Long story but it has to do with almost-throwing-up-motion-sickness situations). What to do then? It was a bit cloudy but I took my chances and drove to Steveston Village.

When I arrived, it reminded me a pizza place there I wanted to visit, Steveston Pizza Co. Unfortunately, I found out – the hard way – they were not open until 4:00 p.m. Ouch… What to do then? I was aware of restaurants in Fisherman’s Wharf but, at the same time, I did not want to be in a sit-down restaurant. That’s why I went to one of the many fish & chips stands in the area. I ended up in Dave’s Fish & Chips. Now, there is no real reason why I ended up here rather than any of the other locations. I was hungry and it was the closest to where I parked my car…

I ordered two pieces of salmon with large fries, tartar sauce and a can of pop. The picture to the left are the pieces of fish with the tartar sauce. Now, instead of two pieces (as ordered), I got three. This is the second place that has happened to me. I was once in another fish & chip place in White Rock and the same happened. Is this a customary? On the right, the fries (not sure why they are called chips in this case, they are not “thick” enough). Now, I tried to “place” the packets of malt vinegar and ketchup. Yeah, call it placement, hehehe. Overall, the pieces were tasty, though the batter was a little bit too thick. However, it did not “separate” from the fish (i.e., it was bound to the fish), which is a good thing. Now, probably the fact it was salmon rather than cod or halibut (the other options) it was a bit tastier than what I though (probably with the combination of tartar sauce), as I have found the other two, specially cod, to be a bit too bland.

After my lunch, I walked around Fisherman’s Wharf. Below are the pictures I took.

I think the next two pictures best describe Steveston: a quaint small village that combines both, the old and the new. In fact, as shown in the second picture below, not even the mighty McDonald’s changed the building, yet new constructions do not take that into consideration…

Finally, I took this picture out of whim. When I downloaded it to my computer, it reminded me of a wallpaper. Do you agree? Click on the image below to open the full size version (~2.0MBs!)

I hope you enjoyed the pictures. Any comments are appreciated!