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Chinois Restaurant Opening

November 10th, 2011 admin

Executive Sous Chef Christopher Chabot (L) & Executive Chef Ryan Mah (R)

On Wednesday, November 9th I attended the opening party of Chinois Restaurant in Yaletown.  Proprietor Peter Girges of Rocksglass Concepts was on hand to greet media and other invited guests as they opened Yaletown’s only Chinese restaurant.

X.O. Fried Rice

The menu is made up of traditional Chinese dishes that have been jazzed up or fused if you will, from BBQ to meat, Seafood, Poultry to rice, noodles and vegetables.

Jumbo Prawns with candied walnuts

Prawn Toast

Out of all the appetizers that I tried my favourite was the Jumbo Prawns with candied walnuts in a creamy spicy sauce followed by the Prawn Toast.

White and red wine was being poured along with champagne and some house cocktails.

Executive Chef Ryan Mah, formerly of Goldfish and Joe Fortes is working alongside Executive Sous Chef Christopher Chabot also formerly of Goldfish. General Manager is Gordon Fai.

The David Nichol designed room is dark with Gold shining lights taking their cue to the old Chinese Lanterns that you may find in Chinatown.

Chinois Restaurant is located at 1035 Mainland Street in Yaletown, the restaurant is open for dinner nightly.

Call 604-629-8808 or reservations. On the web at http://www.chinoisrestaurant.ca

By: Richard Wolak

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DELIZIA FUSION CUISINE

April 25th, 2011 admin

#2150 – 8391 Alexandra Road, Richmond, BC

Tel: 778-297-7381

Web: http://www.deliziafusion.com/

Twitter: @DeliziaFusion

Advice: Bring a friend or two and share some dishes. The take out menu is different than the dining in menu, if you are interested in a dish that is not on the menu, ask the chef.

Lobster with handmade noodles

Beef in Basil Sauce

Located in the heart of ‘food street’ is a modern stylish eatery all decked out in red that I had the pleasure to have dinner at recently with my friend Erica. This was my second visit and Erica’s first, previously I tasted some of their more traditional dishes, on this visit fusion took the stage. Erica joined me in sharing the delicious Lobster with handmade noodles (house special), followed by the Beef in Basil Sauce with a side of Jasmine rice. Their menu is vast, you will find a large selection of traditional Chinese dishes as well as Western dishes that have been infused in Asian culture most from China, Japan and Korea. Chef/co-owner Eddie Li is the master of the kitchen with a knack for creating.

Apple Pie ala Mode

I had my heart set to try one of their Asian desserts, however our server suggested that we order there popular Apple Pie ala Mode ($6.95), a thin almost tart topped with vanilla ice cream.

Review By: Richard Wolak

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SPICY STAGE CAFE

January 16th, 2011 admin

150-4731 Garden City Road, Richmond

Tel: 604-270-8873

Web: n/a

Advice: Try one of the noodle combo sets or take a long some friends so you can share and taste the dishes. Cash only.

Milk Peanut Butter Toast

Deep Fried Chicken Wings

Chili Spice Chicken

Tom Young Soup Noodle

Vegi Spring Rolls

Beef Pot

Fried Radish Cake

Garlic Tofu

This is a Hong Kong Style Cafe that I would have never discovered on my own and I thank Tourism Richmond for pointing me in the right direction. The signage is somewhat confusing, though once inside you will find modern décor and comfortable dining. If you aren’t familiar with the menu offerings I advise you to ask.

I tasted my way through many dishes on this tasting dinner and some of the dishes I liked more than others. Since many of the dishes were on the tasting menu, I didn’t get the prices for them, the pricing is very reasonable for each of the dishes. I started off with the condensed Milk Peanut Butter Toast ($2) which I thought was unique and I wanted to try it.

One of the main features here is the soups and noodles, you can choose from nine different soup bases, seven different types of noodles and then add two other ingredients from the list of 27 ingredients for only $7.25 which is a pretty good deal. One of the soups that I liked was the Tom Yum Soup Noodle. The other dishes that I liked included the garlic topped Deep Fried Chicken Wings, I am not usually a fan of wings but these were very tasty. The Chili Spice Chicken was a bit too spicy for me personally, the Vegi Spring Rolls were your basic spring rolls. I didn’t care to much for the Beef Rice Pot as the beef was too tough for my liking. I loved the Fried Radish Cake as well as the Garlic Tofu and both of these were my standouts from this dining experience.

Review by: Richard Wolak

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Lin Chinese Cuisine Celebrates 3 Years

November 15th, 2010 admin

Proprietors & Chefs

On Tuesday November 9th I attended the 3rd Anniversary Multi-Course Banquet dinner at Lin Chinese Cuisine in South Granville.

Dish after dish arrived to our table and this delicious meal featuring many of their new menu creations.

These were my favourite dishes served during the evening.

Appetizers –Szechuan Spicy Chicken, Sinew Salad (vegetarian), Cumin Lamb Skewer

Xiao Long Bao

Gold & Silver Rolls

Sauce for the Gold & Silver Rolls

Fried Chicken, braised blueberry & Hawthorne Compote

Grilled Tilapia Fish with Ginger & Scallion

Dessert: Eight Treasure Rice

Pastry Duo

Lin Chinese Cuisine is located at 1537 West Broadway (near Granville) and online at http://www.linchinese.ca/

By: Richard Wolak

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WILD RICE

May 12th, 2010 admin

Upstairs

117 West Pender Street, Vancouver

Phone: 604-642-2882

Web: http://www.wildricevancouver.com/

Twitter: @wildrice_pender

Advice: Check out the upstairs lounge for some bites and drinks.

I have dined here numerous times over the years and always love the vibe of the room with its modernist look, tall and narrow with a great looking bar and comfort.

Won Ton

Spicy Kung Pao Chicken

Tea Cup Chocolate Pudding

I have dined here numerous times over the years and always love the vibe of the room with its modernist look, tall and narrow with a great looking bar and comfort. Last week some friends joined me and we all had the featured Prix Fixe 3 course menu for $18. My appetizer (1st course) was the Stuffed Won Ton for my entree (2nd course) was the Spicy Kung Pao Chicken (twice-cooked peanuts, Maple Hills free-range chicken, broccoli and rice noodles) that wasn’t too spicy and for dessert (3rd course) Tea Cup Chocolate Pudding. The menu is modern Chinese, with tasty dishes for sharing, soups and other dishes as well as an interesting line up of desserts. They often have Prixe Fixe menu specials as well they celebrate many of the Chinese holidays with festive fare.

Review by: Richard Wolak

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LEGENDARY NOODLE

May 6th, 2010 admin

4191 Main Street, Vancouver

Tel: 604-879-8758

Web: www.legendarynoodle.ca

Advice: Cash only.

Shredded Potato

Crispy Fried Pan Cake

Lamb Shanks Noodle Soup

Noodles

For over 13 years this family run business has been hand rolling their noodles that they have become known for. I was lucky to be joined by my friend Stephanie Yuen who is another food writer who knows her Chinese food oh so well. We began our meal with the cold Shredded Potato ($3) with garlic, sesame oil a vegetarian dish with a sour and salty taste. Next up was the tasty Crispy Fried Pan Cake ($3.50) with fresh green onion, sprinkled with sesame. We then ventured into the first of a couple of the noodle dishes that they are known for. First was the Lamb Shanks Noodle Soup ($8) sprinkled with garlic and cilantro; and the other dish was the Noodles ($7) Perfumed with lemon garlic, green onion sauce, red chili crunch, topped with spinach and beansprouts (spicy & hot). With a pot of their house tea we enjoyed all of the dishes and conversation.

The style of food cooked here is from Lanzo in the Ghanxu province in China, very different style of food than other Chinese restaurants.

Review by: Richard Wolak

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JADE DYNASTY

May 4th, 2010 admin

137 East Pender Street, Vancouver

Tel: 604-683-8816

Web: n/a

Advice: Dim Sum style is Cantonese

I was in for dim sum recently joined by my friend Stephanie, their menu lists a variety of different Cantonese items for dim sum, since my friend had dined their before she chose the items for me to try.

Scallop Dumplings

Prawn Dumplings

Eggs Tofu

Steamed Rice Crepe

Vegetable Tofu Roll

Daikon Rice Roll

Steamed Chicken Buns

I loved the Daikon Rice Roll which is the Chef’s creation, it was full of flavour and very unique. Every dish was great and the only one that I didn’t care for was the Eggs Tofu. The prices ranged from $2.75 – $5.50 each depending on the dish.

Nutty Taro Roll

To end our meal, we both enjoyed this dessert another of the Chef’s creations that are filled with sweetened mashed taro root, lightly breaded and deep fried, then coated with almond and coconut flakes. This Dim Sum experience was wonderful and I enjoyed trying all these dishes for Cantonese dim sum experience.

Review by: Richard Wolak

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KEN’S CHINESE RESTAURANT

April 27th, 2010 admin

1097 Kingsway, Vancouver

Tel: 604-873-6338

Web: www.kenschineserestaurant.com

Advice: Have a private room that holds 40, good idea to share some of the dishes.

Yin Yang

Lobster Hotpot

Stuffed Pink Scallop

Beef Tenderloin

This award winning restaurant has been on my list to check out for quite sometime, very happy that I finally trecked across town to visit. The server told me that I had to try the Yin Yang ($2.25) which I did, it was a hot beverage made of black tea and coffee and I suspect this popular HK style hot beverage is loaded with caffeine, with a little bit of sugar for sweetening it was a tasty hot drink. My friend and I began our meal here with award winning signature dish, the Lobster Hotpot ($18.80) in a very tasty sauce with ginger and green onion with taro noodles. The next award winning dish was the Stuffed Pink Scallop ($5) served on the half shell in a curry and cheese sauce. Since they serve both Cantonese style food along with Western Style I had to try one of the popular Western dishes and I enjoyed the huge Beef Tenderloin ($16.95) with black peppercorn sauce, broccoli and other vegetables.

Mung Bean & Sago Dessert Soup

They serve complementary dessert with all of their meals, these desserts change often, tonight we had a bowl of the hot Mung Bean & Sago Dessert Soup. The menu selection is vast, with 3 very different menus they offer a lot of different dishes and apparently all are popular with the varied mix of customers from lunch, thru late night. They were awarded Best Casual restaurant in the 2010 Chinese Restaurant Awards and I see why, come as you are and enjoy the homey atmosphere.

Review by: Richard Wolak

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