VANCOUVER — Under a brilliant canopy of cherry blossoms, on interlocking petal mats that say, “There is no stranger under the cherry tree,” we tuck into pretty, pink bento boxes and gamely ignore the dreary skies and drizzle of rain. It’s picnic time at the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival and Cocktails and Canapés is catering. The Blossom Bliss box has Ocean Wise sockeye salmon sushi plus furikake-seasoned chicken baguettes with miso-marinated slaw, pickled cucumbers and Sriracha-Japanese mayo. The vegetarian/gluten-free Sakura V box has avocado sushi plus colourful tofu-and-veg rice paper rolls. city with cherry trees in the 1930s and there are now 43,000 of them.

Source: thestar June 06, 2017 10:41 UTC