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Consider this the ultimate must-eat list for Chinese food fanatics.
The winning vegetarian dish: Sautéed Buddha’s Feast from Dynasty Seafood Restaurant
Above: The winning vegetarian dish, sautéed Buddha’s feast, from Vancouver’s Dynasty Seafood Restaurant at Broadway and Willow.
The Chinese Restaurant Awards come at the perfect time for those looking for delectable Chinese food to usher in the year of the Rabbit. (Chinese New Year’s eve falls on February 2 this year.) The awards break down into three general categories: Diners’ Choice, Critics’ Choice and Chef of the Year.
The Diners’ Choice Awards recognizes the best restaurants in each respective category, as voted by the public. Rather than ending up with a punter versus pundit result, the judges (a.k.a. the Critics) award gold for the best interpretation of a signature dish (e.g., Cantonese-style dim sum or geoduck). The critics also present gold, silver and bronze to honour the Chinese Chefs of the Year.
Once again, Vancouver and Richmond slugged it out for supremacy, with 19 Diners’ Awards each. But Richmond claimed the title with one more of the coveted Critics’ Choice Awards (12 to Vancouver’s 11). Burnaby came in a distant third with two Critics’ Choice Awards.
If you haven’t time to read through all of this because you have to get to a Chinese restaurant right now, winners in multiple categories were: Jade Seafood Restaurant, HK BBQ Master, Kirin Restaurants, Landmark Hotpot House, Rainflower Seafood Restaurant, Alvin Garden, Sea Harbour Seafood Restaurant, Good Choice Restaurant and Shiang Garden Seafood Restaurant.
The winning northern and Shanghai dim sum: peaceful beef roll from Peaceful Restaurant on Broadway near Cambie in Vancouver.
Click on the award category below for the winning restaurant, as well as its location and phone number.
1.
BBQ Shop
9.
Hong Kong–Style Milk Tea (new category)
2.
Cantonese Dim Sum Restaurant
10.
Hotpot Restaurant
3.
Casual Restaurant
11.
Modern Chinese Restaurant
4.
Chinese Bakery
12
Northern / Shanghainese Restaurant
5.
Congee/Noodle house Restaurant
13.
Service
6.
Dining Environment
14.
Taiwanese Restaurant/ BBT Café
7.
Fine Dining Restaurant
15.
Vegetarian Restaurant
8.
Hong Kong-Style Café
Alaska King Crab
Food Court Dish
Appetizer
Geoduck
Beef
16.
Lamb
Chicken
17.
Lobster
Chinese Barbecue
18.
Most Innovative
Clams, Oysters & Scallops
19.
Noodles
Congee
20.
Pork
Dessert/Pastry
21.
Prawns
Dim Sum: Cantonese-style
22.
Rice
Dim Sum: Northern/ Shanghai-style
23.
Soupv
Duck
24.
Squab
Dungeness Crab
25.
Vegetarian Dish
Fish
Gold winning geoduck hotpot from Landmark Hotpot House at Cambie and King Ed in Vancouver.
HK BBQ Master
145-4651 No. 3 Rd, Richmond (604-272-6568)
Jade Seafood Restaurant
8511 Alexandra Road, Richmond (604-249-0082)
Ho Yuen Kee Restaurant
6236 Fraser St, Vancouver (604-324-8855)
La Patisserie
8278 Granville St, Vancouver (604-269-0002)
2- 6360 No.3 Road, Richmond (604-270-3092)
Congee/Noodle House Restaurant
Congee Noodle House
141-143 East Broadway, Vancouver (604-879-8221)
Kirin Restaurants
102-1166 Alberni Street, Vancouver (604-303-8833)
1163 Pinetree Way, 2/F, Coquitlam (604-944-8833)
2/F 555 W. 12th Ave., Vancouver (604-879-8038)
350 Gifford St, New Westminster (604-528-8833)
200 Three West Centre, 7900 Westminster Hwy, Richmond (604-303-8833)
Deer Garden Signatures
2015-8580 Alexandra Road, Richmond (604-278-9229)
Lido Restaurant
150-4231 Hazelbridge Way, Richmond (604-231-0055)
Landmark Hotpot House
4023 Cambie St, Vancouver (604-872-2868)
Bao Bei Chinese Brasserie
163 Keefer St, Vancouver (604-688-0876)
Northern/Shanghainese Restaurant
Dinesty Chinese Restaurant
160-8111 Ackroyd Road, Richmond (604-303-7772)
Hakkasan Contemporary Chinese Cuisine
110-2188 no.5 Road, Richmond (604-273-9191)
Taiwanese Restaurant/BBT Café
Pearl Castle
1128-3779 Sexsmith Rd, Richmond (604-270-3939)
1380-4380 No. 3 Rd, Richmond (604-270-1870)
Bodhi Choi Heung Vegetarian Restaurant
3932 Fraser St, Vancouver (604-873-3848)
Gold with distinction for Sun Sui Wah’s Alaska King Crab threeways. The restaurant has locations in Vancouver and Richmond.
Alaska King Crab (with distinction)
Restaurant: Sun Sui Wah Seafood Restaurant
Winning dish: Alaska King Crab Three Ways
3888 Main Street, Vancouver (604-872-8822)
#102-4940 No. 3 Road, Richmond (604-273-8208)
Appetizer (with distinction)
Restaurant: Alvin Garden
Winning dish: Five-Spice Pork Heart
4850 Imperial Street, Burnaby (604-437-0828)
Winning dish: Beef with Pickled Green Chili
Restaurant: Jade Seafood Restaurant
Winning dish: The Jade Smoked Grandpa’s Chicken
Chinese Barbecue (with distinction)
Restaurant: HK BBQ Master
Winning dish: Barbeque Pork
#145-4651 No. 3 Rd, Richmond (604-272-6568)
Restaurant: Good Choice Restaurant
Winning dish: Stir-fried Scallops with Celery, Ginger and XO Sauce
6007 Fraser Street,Vancouver (604-325-9788)
Restaurant: Landmark Hotpot House
‘Winning dish: Cross Bridge-Style’ Seafood Congee
4023 Cambie Street, Vancouver (604-872-2868)
Restaurant: Rainflower Seafood Restaurant
Winning dish: Baked Durian Pastry
3600 No. 3 Rd, Richmond (604-278-7288)
Restaurant: Sea Harbour Seafood Restaurant
Winning dish: Steamed Bun Stuffed with Preserved Salty Egg Yolk
3711 No. 3 Road, Richmond (604-232-0816)
Dim Sum: Northern/Shanghai-style
Restaurant: Peaceful Restaurant
Winning dish: Peaceful Beef Rolls
532 West Broadway, Vancouver (604-879-9878)
Winning dish: Soy Duck (Chiu Chow style)
6007 Fraser Street, Vancouver (604-325-9788)
Winning dish: Golden Dungeness Crab
Restaurant: Bing Sheng Restaurant
Winning dish: Steamed Tilapia with Egg
1800 Renfrew Street, Vancouver (604-215-1800)
Restaurant: James Snack Sand Pot Rice, Empire Centre
Winning dish: Claypot Chicken & Sausage Rice
#1160-4600 No.3 Road, Richmond (604-716-1328)
Winning dish: Geoduck Hot Pot
Winning dish: Lamb Rack in Chinese Wine Sauce
Restaurant: Shiang Garden Seafood Restaurant
Winning dish: Lobster with Ginger & Green Onion in Premium Soy Sauce
#2200-4540 No.3 Road, Richmond (604-273-8858)
Restaurant: Red Star Seafood Restaurant
Winning dish: Dungess Crab with Wild Rice
8298 Granville Street, Vancouver (604-261-8389)
#2200 – 8181 Cambie Road, Richmond (604-270-3003)
Restaurant: Luda Southern Dishes
Winning dish: Beef Ball & Cuttlefish Ball with Noodle in Soup
2683 East Hastings St, Vancouver (604-255-3188)
Winning dish: Shiang’s Specialty Layer Pork
Prawns (with distinction)
Winning dish: Pan-fried Prawns with Soy
Winning dish: Stir-fried Glutinous Rice
Soup (with distinction)
Restaurant: Bamboo Grove
Winning dish: Pork Stomach & Gingko Long-boiled Soup
6920 No.3 Road, Richmond (604-278-9585)
Squab (with distinction)
Winning dish: Fried Squab
Restaurant: Dynasty Seafood Restaurant
Winning dish: Sautéed Buddha’s Feast
#108-777 West Broadway, Vancouver (604-876-8388)
N.B. Gold Awards with Distinction denote a restaurant which has won Gold in this category in the previous two years.
