2011-09-10 Eating @ Summer Night Market 夏日夜市

12631 Vulcan Way, Richmond, BC

604-278-8000

With only two weekends left, Buddha Boy and I wanted to visit the market one last time.  We got there right when they opened and it was an ease going up and down the two food aisles.

The first thing that attracted Buddha Boy was the Spring Rolls.  These rolls were piping hot but were extremely tasteless...we really needed that fish sauce.

We enjoyed the skewers from this stall previously (see post 2011-06-03 Munchies @ Summer Night Market 夏日夜市), however, not so much this time.  The Honey Garlic Prawn Skewers had no crunch and were not seasoned with enough flavors.  The Chicken Skewers, on the other hand, were tender and had a lot of cumin.

Yup, it's Stinky Tofu.  While these had the "fragrance" and were deep-fried nicely with crispy crusts, the massive load of sweet soy sauce ruined the overall taste and texture.  Moreover, not sure how these tofu were fermented, the inner "tofu" parts were still quite firm, not airy enough.  The pickled cabbage was refreshing.

The outside of the Custard Korean Waffle was crisp and the inside had Bavarian cream filling.  The filling was a bit too sweet for me.

 

The big boy picked up more skewers!!!  The Chicken Skewers were bland and dry.  The Pork Skewers were tender but were also quite flavorless.  Overall, meh.

The Taiwanese Salty Crispy Chicken tasted horrible.  Thick batter, bad oil and lots of "skin" pieces...just overall bad.  The Taiwanese Sausages weren't too impressive...not enough fat and flavor was kinda off...another disappointment.

"Real Japanese, real Japanese crepes"...yup, that's what the guy yelled to attract attention...well, he sure caught my attention!  Ok, the truth was...he was kind of cute...but shhhhh...hehehe!  Buddha Boy and I were surprised with how light the crepe was (or how light the batter was).  No, the crepe was not crisped, just simply cooked from batter than wrapped with banana, strawberries, nutella and whipped cream.

Buddha Boy went for another round while I waited patiently near the stage area.  I was immediately turned off when I saw the hoisin sauce overload.  The Peking Duck Wrap had very little meat and the pancake wrap was extremely tough to bite through.  The Shumai was nothing special...just meat on a stick...hahahaha!

I was looking forward to try the Butter Chicken Poutine, but due to some contract problems, the blue buses were shut down for business.