Won Kee Sea Food – Hawaii 2013

For our last day in Hawaii, we decided to visit Foster Botanical Garden (the oldest botanical garden in Hawaii dating back to the 1800′s) which is conveniently located near Chinatown.  After our usual problem with directions, we managed to find the place and enjoyed a few hours of wandering through the various flora.

Shiang Garden Seafood Restaurant

The one thing that always seems certain when going for dim sum in Richmond is that parking is always a concern.  Even when space is plentiful, you’re still at the mercy of bad drivers or people who insist on backing their minivans into parking stalls (I’m not against backing into a parking space per se but if it takes you more than 2 tries… maybe you shouldn’t bother).

Congee Noodle King

Sundays tend to be errand days for us and this rare non-rainy March day was no different.  Throw in a run to Costco and Sophie needing to visit the dog park; it wasn’t until almost 2:30pm before we managed to get something to eat (I’m not counting the quick hot dog at Costco).

Cindy’s Palace – Dim Sum

Cindy’s Palace is a small restaurant located at the corner of Nanaimo and 2nd Avenue in Vancouver.  There’s actually not a lot of large tables in the restaurant – there only seemed to be a few tables that could fit 8 or more people comfortably - most looked like medium-sized tables that could fit at most 6 people or smaller-sized tables for 4 people.

Shang Noodle House (Starlight)

Located right next to the Kirin at Starlight Casino is Shang Noodle House.  While they both belong to the Kirin Group of restaurants, they’re going after a different market.  Kirin is more of an upscale restaurant that’s well suited to large family meals whereas Shang Noodle House is more of an unpretentious place where you can grab a quick bite to eat… nothing overly complicated here.

Wah Lun Chinese Restaurant – Dim Sum

On a Sunday morning Costco outing in early January, we decided to grab some dim sum beforehand.  The main problem being that Burnaby has a definite lack of choices when it comes to dim sum.

Empire Seafood – Alaskan King Crab Fest 2013

The last time we visited Empire Seafood Restaurant was almost a year ago for dim sum prior to their move (they’re still in the same complex just a few steps away from their old location).  From what I recall, the dim sum was pretty good so we were looking forward to our Alaskan King Crab dinner here.

Sun Sui Wah – Alaskan King Crab Fest 2013

There’s a lot of Chinese seafood restaurants that serve Alaskan King Crab in the Lower Mainland but one of the first (or at least the one who perfected it) was Sun Sui Wah.  Of course, Sun Sui Wah is our usual go-to place when AKC season starts up (take a look at our previous posts here and here and here).

Golden Swan – Alaskan King Crab Fest 2013

Ahhh!  It’s Alaskan King Crab time again in Vancouver.  That ever so short time of the year when AKC is relatively inexpensive and you can find everyone heading to the nearest Chinese seafood restaurant to experience dining on king crab in the best manner possible.

Little Sheep Mongolian Hot Pot (Burnaby) – Good Food, Service… Not So Much.

When I saw the signs for the new Little Sheep Mongolian Hot Pot go up in the former Sammy J Peppers location across from Metrotown, I was quite anxious to try it out… but it seemed to take forever until it opened.  We finally managed to visit the place in early December (after waiting a month or two to allow them to work out any grand opening kinks).

Kirin Seafood Restaurant (New West)

We don’t make it down to Queensborough Landing anymore due to all the traffic congestion down there but we found ourselves doing some xmas shopping around the area in late November and wound up looking for some eats at Kirin Seafood Restaurant at the casino.

First Choice Chinese Food – Canadian Chinese Cuisine

Okay, I just want to put this out there… there’s nothing wrong with Westernized Chinese food.  Just because I’m Chinese doesn’t mean that I would shun a restaurant (think I’ve been watching a little too much of “Breaking Amish” on TLC) that serves Chinese food that caters to Western society’s tastes.  I figure if it tastes good… that’s all that should matter.