The variety, depth, quality and price were all overwhelming! The pastries and breads were made in their own bakery. We bought several pieces of dessert pastry and ate them back in the hotel. Yum!

The fish market was large and had a huge selection. The experience of the fish market was what I imagined being in an oriental Pike Street Market. The butcher shop was equally impressive.

I only wish that there was a store like this within 50 miles of where we live!

Beware of parking restrictions - We came to eat at the President Restaurant nearby and shopped at the market afterwards (summer 2001). Upon returning to the car we found a ticket for $50+ for parking over the half-hour time limit. They were technically correct as there was a small sign at the end of the row. Being from the US the concept of parking in a mall parking lot and getting a ticket was totally foreign. I wrote to the parking enforcement company AND the property owner explaining that we actually had spent several hundred dollars while eating and shopping there. They did not reply and eventually turned the ticket over to a collection firm in Spokane, WA. After another round of letter writing and a phone call to the Canadian parking enforcement company the fine was reduced to about US$20. Still, I was harassed by the collection company that prompted another round of letter writing and phone calls. IT WAS ONE BIG HASSLE. We have never shopped there since!