Squamish BC is a strange little town. It's small and unwilling to promote itself, unfettered with the trappings of materialism. Downtown is outdated and plain, boasting a few quality shops that greet the street with tired and worn facades. The main drag, Highway 99, is blossoming with strip-malls and fast-food, probably to accommodate the waves of workers tackling the highway to meet the 2010 Winter Olympics deadline.
In a strip-mall, hidden behind the discount grocery store, you just wouldn't expect to find a sushi joint. If, on the off-chance you did find sushi, any health-inspector would firmly advise you to avoid it like the plague.
After a long day of climbing, we were starving and after being appropriately frightened and discouraged in the discount grocery store, we decided the wise choice was to skip cooking and go out. Jokingly, we saw the sushi sign in back, and without a second thought, decided to check out the Mexican food next door, because everyone agrees that cooked Mexican food beats raw fish in the sanitation department, right?
But then, to our astonishment, we saw the crowd of people bursting out the seams of Sushi Sen, spilling into the parking lot. Now, that gave us pause. Still not convinced, we checked out the Mexican restaurant, to find it nearly empty. In this equation, jam-packed with raw fish, tops empty booths in my book.
So, we took the risk and put our name on the list.
Yes, Yes, and Yes.
- Yes, the food rocked.
- Yes, we would go back. (Nothing makes my day like finding excellent sushi in unexpected places)
- and YES, it was cheap! For four hungry people, with edamame, agedashi tofu, tofu potstickers, miso soup, and enough excellent sushi and sashimi to leave us stuffed, our tab came to a mere $80 CANADIAN. Granted, it's not like the old days when the exchange rate made everything in Canada practically free, but still a hell of a deal.
1 comment:
Highway 99, is blossoming with strip-malls and fast-food, probably to accommodate the waves of workers tackling the highway to meet the 2010 Winter Olympics deadline.
Are you kidding me?
Squamish is full of rockclimbers like yourself that spend all day in the forest and pack a lunch. They dont buy clothes-they just wear their MEC standard outfits.They dont go out for lunch-they dont have any money. Sadly the downfall of Squamish in the last 10 years has been the loss of industry and the gain of hippy-new wave granola types that dont spend any money in the town.
You are not as smart as you think you are
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