Picnic in Stanley Park

With the nice spring weather, Polly and I decided to go for a picnic at Stanley Park for our cake meet.  Spring is the cruise ship season and we saw one just cruise by the Burrard Inlet.  We would love to go on board one day.

We parked ourselves near the light house.  There were several picnic tables and we got one just under the shades.  During our stay there, we saw may tour buses passed by, every 2 or 3 minutes.  The visitors  must be from those cruise ships.

We got some snacks from Osaka Supermarket at the Yaohan Center for the picnic.  The above is Fish Ball with Rice Puff.  The rice puff gives the fish ball some crunchy texture.  Kids will certainly love this.  It is served with sweet chili sauce.  These were $2.50 for 6 at the time of promotion as a new item.

We also bought some Taro Cake and Radish Cake or Turnip Cake which were $2.50 for 4.  We had two pieces each and just right for Polly and I to share.

The Water Chessnut Cake is cool and crunchy.  It is a nice dessert item after a meal.  It is also $2.50 for 4.

For western style dessert, we had some Fruit Tart.  They are filled with custart and fresh fruit like kiwi, strawberry, grape, cantaloupe and peach.   These came in a box of 8 or 10 (cant recall) for $4.99.

We also bought some fruit for the picnic.  We found the king and queen of fruit of Malaysia which is durian and mangosteen.  We wont be able to crack open a durian in the park, so we bought some mangosteen instead.  It’s been so long since I have a mangosteen.  The flesh of the mangosteen is snowy white, tender and sweet and lightly tangy.

This is how we deal with the mangosteen.  I have to forewarn you not to get stain by the mangosteen and the stain is very difficult to remove. First, you remove the stem and cap.

Squeeze the fruit between your palms to crack open the fruit.

Once you split open the fruit, you will see the seeds with a thick layer of white pulp and the purplish thick fibrous shell wall, where the stain comes from.

It is the whitish pulp around the seed that you’ll enjoy.  Just suck the pulp and spit out the seed. The mangosteen is pretty expensive here.  It’s sold at $7.99 per pound.  The four mangosteen costs us $7.43.

We also bought some lychees for the picnic.  They are sweet and the flesh is quite thick.  The lychees are sold at $5.99 per pound.

For comparison, here is the seed from the lychee.  They are long instead of round like the longan and the lychee flesh is also thicker than the longan.

Of course, we also bought a drink for the picnic.  The Aloe Vera Drink is lightly sourish and has bits of aloe vera in it.

We enjoyed our picnic at the Stanley Park.  After we picnic, we walked around the seawall to enjoy the nice spring weather.

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