Vancouver is just a 2-hour flight from Sacramento, so this year’s ASRS meeting gave me an excuse to take my wife and son for our first family trip abroad. Our Airbnb was centrally-located downtown, so we made good use of local transit upon arrival. Inspired by a recent NY Times article, we headed to Richmond for a self-guided food tour that began with a fluffy pineapple bun and silky tofu-fa, and ended with excellent spicy wontons and lamb noodles from Xi’an Cuisine, although we disappointingly missed out on the sold-out cold noodles. Next morning, we changed our plans from the UBC campus to Queen Elizabeth Park. Though we just missed the transient bloom of the corpse flower at Bloedel Conservatory, we enjoyed Westley’s interactions with the tropical birds. Lunch at Long’s Noodle House was an amazing find for soup dumplings and both sweet & salty soy milk, but the Hainanese chicken and laksa at Hawker’s Delight was unimpressive. The afternoon concluded with Frommer’s walking-tour through Gastown and Chinatown, with a brief stop at Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden en route to Kissa Tanto, where we enjoyed some amazing Italian-Japanese fusion. On Friday, with newly-purchased jackets and creamy coffee buns from Lonsdale Quay, we rode train, ferry, and bus to Capilano Suspension Bridge. The shaky, narrow bridge was no obstacle for our toddler, who navigated the treetops with aplomb. Further north at Grouse Mountain, the Skyride ascent provided a panoramic view of Vancouver city. The death-defying daredevil at the Lumberjack Show was unnerving to watch, as were the swooping owls and falcons that led to Westley whipping his snooze-shade closed, but the grizzly bears enjoyed his attention before we departed. After a late nap, we headed to the Richmond Night Market. A $25 splurge for a 6-pack entry helped us skip the 45-min line before we immersed ourselves in meat skewers, senbei crackers, roti mac-n-cheese, rainbow mixed dumplings, Korean-style pork belly, dragon beard candy, stuffed crab claws, matcha mochis, stinky tofu, grilled squid, egglet with ice-cream, and golden milk tea. I spent Saturday at the conference while Melody and Westley wandered around Vancouver Aquarium in Stanley Park. We met for lunch at Marutama Ramen, then parted again for my ad board and case presentation until dinner at the Royal Dinette. On Sunday, we returned to Richmond to visit the International Buddhist Temple, followed by another go at Xi’an Cuisine for their spicy wontons and cold noodles, Peanuts taro coconut boba tea, Top Shanghai’s soy milk and XLB, HK BBQ Master’s roast/BBQ pork, and Dynasty’s steamy dim sum. After awaking from our ensuing food coma, I presented at a Zeiss symposium while my family chilled at a nearby playground. We spent our last full day on Granville Island. After landing early via aquabus and browing stores and galleries, we embarked on a Foodie Tour where the highlights were duck prosciutto and a fresh honey-dipped donut. We supplemented with bison poutin and free masala chai, then ate more at dinner with my cousin Steven at Kirin, including fresh spot prawns, Peking duck, and scallop fried rice. Despite the occasional struggles with our tempestuous 2-year-old, we look forward to returning again to sample Vancouver’s amazing Asian cuisine in the near future.