The Bon Vivant Blog

So – the old Rich Ocean Seafood Restaurant has re-opened. Apparently, the story was that Rich Ocean used to be Cantonese food (I had eaten here before), and then changed to be Pekingese/Northern Chinese food (my apologies if I have categorized this wrong, but it was a person from China who told me [...]

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Dinner on a Friday night to celebrate a special birthday – we went out to Dai Tung. Perhaps the subtleties of Chinese restaurants are somewhat lost on me, but they have a tendency to have similar food, a similar look inside, and similar service. I’m not saying by any stretch that they’re all [...]

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Who wants delicious Chinese noodles? If so, come here. For those of you who like those delicious, semi-chewy, semi-slippery, thick, hand-cut noodles, cooked and flavoured perfectly, Sha Lin has what you’re looking for.
Mid-week dinner with the in-laws – time for some good food. We’ve been to Sha Lin [...]

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Sunday am out for Dim Sum with family. Jade Dynasty was recommended because Dim Sum before 11am (at least on the weekends) is 20% off, and family members had been here many times before with good results.
We made a reservation (pretty much mandatory for weekends), and our table [...]

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Oops I forgot to take a picture of the actual noodles – trust me you aren’t missing anything with the picture – it is all about the food and the noodles, particularly my favorite the cutting noodles, are divine. Although they are nothing special to look at, this is a great place [...]

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Congee Noodle House is one of the few places in Vancouver where you can get decent inexpensive food after 10pm. In fact, it is open until 1 or 2 am most nights and it was reasonably full when we walked in the other day after 11pm.

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A long-standing chinese buddhist vegetarian restaurant that is very popular with vegetarians and non-vegetarians alike due to the tasty, large and cheap chinese vegetarian dishes. Warning – it is very basic décor – you come here for the food and the food only. The best dishes are the mock [...]

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