Chinese restaurants in Vancouver
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Hon’s Wun-Tun House
Part of the city’s favorite Chinese-restaurant minichain, Hon’s flagship Chinatown branch is suffused with inviting cooking smells and clamorously noisy diners. The giant, 300-plus menu ranges from satisfying dim sum brunches to steaming wonton soups, bobbing with juicy dumplings. For something different, try the congee rice porridge, a fancy-free soul-food dish that takes three hours to prepare and comes in seafood, chicken and beef varieties.
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New Town Bakery & Restaurant
Arguably the area’s best Chinese bakery, this lively, old-school diner specializes in steam buns, Chinese pastries and dim sum, served from giant steamers on the counter. The warm, moist barbecue pork buns are the bakery’s signature snack and they make an ideal takeout – there’s not much of an ambience here, so there’s no real reason to stick around. The buns also come in several vegetarian varieties.
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Shanghai River Restaurant
Grab a seat overlooking the kitchen window at this cavernous contemporary northern Chinese eatery and you’ll be mesmerized by the intricate handiwork that goes into folding some of the best Vancouver-area dim-sum dumplings. Order plates to share here – one dish per person is the usual ratio – and be careful not to squirt everyone with the delicate but ultra-juicy pork or shrimp dumplings. The braised duck and ham soup is a great winter warmer, too. This place fills up at peak times, when it becomes animated with Chinese chatter. Note: the servers are often not fluent in English, so keep your orders simple.
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Hakkasan Contemporary Chinese Restaurant
Like it says on the sign, this is a contemporary take on Chinese eateries, which means an upscale wine-bar-like interior that belies its location among a string of light industrial businesses. The menu combines traditional Hakka soul food and modern Cantonese dishes, with highlights including braised pork hock and scallops in a garlic-based sauce. The specialty, though, is the clay-pot-roasted salty chicken that arrives at your table wrapped in parchment paper.
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