It took me a while to get to the Richmond Summer Night Market this year. They almost didn’t secure the space for the market, then the food section started off a bit stunted due to water problems and then well, then my weekends just seemed suddenly full. But I finally made it there this weekend for one of my favorite kinds of moveable feasts; the kind where you are the one wandering through the crowds and stands, searching out new delicacies and old favorites until you’re quite full.
We started off with the basics, Har gow and Siu Mai ($3) with a Quail Egg wrapped in bacon for good measure. Then some Sticky Rice wraps with Chicken ($3):
Mixed up the palate a little with some Nutella, Custard and Red Bean Car wheel cakes, apparently from Taiwan ($1 each):
Personally I thought the red bean paste was by far the best (the others were too sweet), but predictably, they were the ones that no one seemed to want. Nutella was in high demand:
Then some deliciously juicy Beef and Spicy Lamb skewers (6 for $10):
The BBQ Squid (below) is defiinitely a favorite of mine, but this time we tried the flattened whole squid instead. It was tasty, but rather on the chewy side, almost like squid jerky.
Then finished it off with some Dragon’s Beard Candy and bubble tea before rolling ourselves back to the car.
The dragon’s beard candy is pulled sugar dusted with glutinous flour and wrapped around chopped peanuts. The texture is not unlike cotton candy. They had quite the assembly line going here, with the old man pulling sugar, the middle woman wrapping the nuts and the last woman boxing it all up, but it was very popular and we ended up waiting quite a while. By the time we got the candy I was done my (disgusting) bubble tea and were definitely ready to leave.
I didn’t have room for takoyaki (the non-octo variety), the fish-shaped waffles filled with red bean paste (top), spicy curry fish balls or custard. And I need to go back to the better bubble tea place that was out of pearls this time around.
Good thing that I can probably make it happen since it doesn’t shut down until October 5th. Yay!
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3 responses so far ↓
shokutsu // August 5, 2008 at 4:38 PM |
Looks like we both chose the same fabulously hot long weekend to finally check out this year’s edition of this event.
I tried the red bean one, very tasty. Had lamb too, but I think from a different vendor, judging from your images. Will try to write about it soon.
degan // August 5, 2008 at 11:12 PM |
yeah I think a few of the stalls had lamb. it’s a staple, seems like.
shokutsu // August 18, 2008 at 2:38 AM |
Finally got around to posting about my visit to this place. Please have a look if you have free time.
http://foodosophy.wordpress.com/2008/08/17/summer-night-market-richmond-bc/