Sharkey's Seafood Bar & Grill (Ladner/ Delta)

After a day of travelling around town, my friend and I decided to stop by a restaurant known as Sharkey's in Ladner. From the outside the restaurant has a vintage feel to it. Looking from the front there's very little decorations, however from the back you can see a small creek while you sit on their patio.
  We started our adventure at Sharkey's with some taster of their beer that was on tap. I'm not too big of a beer fan, but I thought I might as well give a taster a try. The taster has a "fruity" taste, however I didn't like it too much because it reminded me of soy sauce for some reason. 
   After we were done with the taster beer, we ordered calamari. Their calamari is probably one of the best I've had. The squid inside were very juicy and tender. The best part, however was the fact that it didn't taste greasy. Sometimes when you go to a restaurant  they put their calamari in the fryer for too long that it becomes abit "loaded" with oil, but their calamari didn't have that feel to it. In addition, the home made tartar sauce really made the flavor come out. The only slight downside with the calamari was that the price was slighlty high, at $9 per order. But it's quality over quantity right?
   Besides their appetizers  I find that they have quite a wide selection of burgers and many sounded pretty good. They offered gluten free options for their buns too. After a few minutes of indecisive decision making, I decided to settle for a chicken teriyaki burger. The thought was cool because it sounded like an Asian and Western fusion.
   When the burger came, the portions were big. The chicken was teriyaki, but besides that everything else is what you would expect at an average restaurant (like how there are fries and the burger is open so the patty was with the bottom half of the burger and the lettuce, pickles and whatnot were with the top half. 
    What I find cool about the burger is that the fries, like their calamari tasted good. It was made from locally sourced potatoes and unlike many fries you find at fast food places, their fries are good and didn't have the greasy taste to them. In addition, the bun itself was warm and slightly crispy, which tasted good. For a price of $9.99, I would say the pricing is good.
    That said, most of their things are pretty fairly priced. The only major downside that I found with this restaurant is that it is near the creek so if you are sitting on their patio (which we did) be prepared to be stung by mosquito  Other than that, their service is pretty awesome and the atmosphere is really chill. I would recommend this restaurant to anyone in the area.

Troll's and HorseShoe Bay

 Oops this was from the summer, I pressed "save" but I forgot to publish it.

I've been in Vancouver for over 12 years and the funny thing is that I have never been to horseshoe bay. I always thought that it was somewhere you go only for taking the ferry, but it is actually a great place to hang. We went there on a sunny Saturday afternoon and the drive on highway 1 was gorgeous as you can see the mountains to one side and the water to another. Once we got there, Horseshoe bay first seem like a ferry terminal, but once you drive past the terminal, there is actually a small community located there by the water.

The community was really nice, it was on the water front so you can see the marina, at the same time, there are two mountains, one on each side.

Troll's

  By the time we got there, it was in the evening as the sun was setting, so we decided to find something to eat. We saw some sushi restaurants, a pizza shop, and a crap load of fish and chips place. It seems like some are busier than others, and from experience, when it comes to sea food it is usually better to pick a place that seem busy. As we were walking, we were ran into a few restaurants.
Troll's looked nice from the outside as it was windowed on the outside and the inside looked authentic. I'm not really sure why they called themselves "Troll's" because usually when I think of Troll's it reminds me of a creepy university professor pretending to be a student and posting fake answers on Facebook to troll you..., never-the-less it is a good restaurant.
   When we went, we ordered fish and chips and burgers. They are all priced around $11-15 dollars each. Starting with the fish and chips, it was very good because the portion that it came in was pretty big. The slice of fish was fresh and generous. Highly recommend this restaurant, for the quality and pricing, it is quite a good deal.
   Not only do they have these, there are also other things like salmon and chowder (I believe) that they had. Be sure to check them out when you are there!

Sunset at Horseshoe Bay