Food Porn!
Here it is … the list of all the award winning Chinese dishes for 2010 … also known as … the Best Chinese Dishes in Vancouver.
A few months ago, Suanne and I wanted to embark on trying every single dishes that won either a gold or silver in the 2010 Chinese Restaurant Award, Critic’s Choice. That is a LOT of dishes. You see, the CRA has 25 categories in all and with two awards given for each category that makes a total of 50 dishes.
Suanne and I thought we could cover it all. But on hindsight, it would have taken one full year to just to try every dish once a week. However, up to this point we only managed to taste 33 of the 50 dishes. So below is the list of all the 50 dishes.
If you see a picture of the dishes, those are the ones we have tried. YOU CAN CLICK ON THE PICTURE AND IT WILL BRING YOU TO THE BLOG POST OF THAT DISH.
There are 14 dishes we have not tried yet (note: 3 of the restaurants closed before we managed to try it). So if you have a blog post or pictures of the ones we had not covered, I would love to include your pictures below with a link to your site or review. Just send it my way and I will update the list below.
I hope this list will be useful for you when you plan to dine out. All the award winning dishes are excellent and you will hardly ever go wrong with them. The problem is there are just too many to choose from!
So without further ado … enjoy … the Best Chinese Dishes in Vancouver 2010.
| Cantonese Dim Sum | |
 Mushroom DumplingJade Seafood Restaurant, Richmond |
 Deep-Fried Seafood DumplingEmpire Chinese Cuisine, Richmond |
| Northern/Shanghai Dim Sum | |
 Chicken Fenpi SaladLin Chinese Cuisine, Vancouver |
 Daikon PastryShanghai Wonderful, Richmond |
| Soup | |
 Pork Stomach & Gingko Long-boiled SoupBamboo Grove Chinese Restaurant, Richmond |
 Tofu Skin & Bamboo Shoot SoupLong’s Noodle House, Vancouver |
| Appetizer | |
 Five Spice Pork HeartAlvin Garden, Burnaby |
 Icy Crystal EggsDelicious Cuisine, Richmond |
| Cantonese Noodles | |
 Wonton Noodle SoupTsim Chai Noodles, Richmond |
 Vermicelli in Fish Broth with Fish Balls & Squid BallsJubilant Restaurant, Richmond |
| Northern Noodles | |
 Lamb & Hand-pulled Noodles in SoupLegendary Noodles, Vancouver |
 Hand-sliced Noodles with Xingiang Spicy ChickenLucky Gate Chinese Restaurant, Coquitlam |
| Congee | |
 Pidan, Pork & Dried Oyster CongeeCongee Noodle House, Vancouver |
 Hong Kong Style Beef CongeeKwong Chow Congee & Noodle House, Vancouver |
| Chinese Barbeque | |
| Barbeque Pork BBQ Master, Richmond |
 Barbeque SpareribsDollar Meat Store, Vancouver |
| Chicken | |
 Steamed Chicken with Chili & FagaraGolden Sichuan Restaurant, Richmond |
Grandpa’s Smoked Chicken Jade Seafood Restaurant, Richmond |
| Duck | |
 Barbeque DuckRed Star Seafood Restaurant, Vancouver |
 Tea-smoked DuckAlvin Garden, Burnaby |
| Squab | |
 Roasted SquabKoon Bo Restaurant, Vancouver |
 Roasted SquabSea Harbour Seafood Restaurant, Richmond |
| Beef | |
 Ginger, Onion & Beef HotpotLulu Cafe, Coquitlam |
 Stir-fried Beef with KimchiDelicious Cuisine, Richmond |
| Pork | |
| Roast Suckling Pig Kirin Restaurant, various locations |
Shanghai Style Braised Pork Dragon Palace Chinese Restaurant, New Westminster |
| Lamb | |
| Stir-fried Spiced Lamb Grand Honour Restaurant, Vancouver |
Lamb Hotpot Excelsior Chinese Restaurant, Richmond |
| Crab | |
| House Special Crab Negative Space, Richmond |
 Rice Cake CrabNingtu Restaurant, Vancouver |
| Alaska King Crab & Lobster | |
| Alaska King Crab Three Ways Sun Sui Wah Seafood Restaurant, Vancouver & Richmond |
 Braised Lobster & Taro Noodle HotpotKen’s Chinese Restaurant, Vancouver |
| Prawns | |
 Pan-fried Prawns with SoySea Harbour Seafood Restaurant, Richmond |
 Sauteed Kung Pao PrawnsNorthern Dynasty, Richmond |
| Fish | |
 Fresh Tilapia with Peanuts, Cilantro & ChiliS&W Pepper House, Richmond |
Sliced Cod Steamed with Ham & Mushroom Empire Seafood Restaurant, Richmond |
| Clams, Oysters and Scallops | |
 Baked Live Pink ScallopsKen’s Chinese Restaurant, Vancouver |
BC Scallops Stuffed with Ham Jade Dynasty Chinese Restaurant, Vancouver |
| Geoduck | |
| Sauteed Geoduck with Mushroom Yan’s Garden Restaurant, Burnaby |
Gold and Silver Geoduck Shiang Garden Restaurant, Richmond |
| Food Court | |
 Claypot Ostrich RiceJames Snack Sandpot Rice, Empire Centre, Richmond |
 Xiao Long BaoWang’s Shanghai Cuisine, Burnaby |
| Hotpot | |
 Congee Hotpot with Yu Fu (Fish Tofu)Landmark Hotpot House, Vancouver |
Fish Meatballs Sun Tung Kee Hotpot Restaurant, Richmond |
| Vegetable | |
 Nanhua TofuNorthern Delicacy, Richmond |
Sauteed Vegetables Overman Chen Restaurant, Richmond |
| Dessert/Pastry | |
 Eight Treasure Sweet RiceLin Chinese Cuisine and Tea House, Vancouver |
Nutty Taro Roll Jade Dynasty Chinese Restaurant, Vancouver |
| Most Innovative | |
 Stir-fried Fish Noodle with Enoki MushroomShanghai Village, Vancouver |
 Sizhi Tofu DumplingNorthern Delicacy, Richmond |
Damn, it’s a race against time, eh, Ben? With all them restaurants closing and all!
“Food porn” LOL I love how well this describes those photos because I definitely get a few foodgasms from looking at them.
I am looking for dim sum south of the port mann bridge in Surrey – anyone?? I LOVE dim sum, heck Chinese food in general and am looking for a place where I can get the quality and flavours from a downtown Vancouver or Richmond restaurant….can anyone offer a recommendation?
Hey Ben – is there a way you can “sticky” this thread so that it’s always present on the homepage somewhere ? There are often times when I need to brainstorm a place to go with short notice, a place that is famous for a particular dish(es), but the irony of so many restaurants in Greater Vancouver can make it hard to think of one, let alone a shortlist of 2-3.
Hi LotusRapper: Yeah, I am working on yet another tool that will do more than what you suggest. At the meantime, I will perhaps stick it up on the slide deck but I’ll do that when I get home this weekend. Ben
I have a new nominee (LOL) — the seaweed fish at Ningtu. Ridiculously good and much better than any other rendition I have tried so far in Vancouver. The research continues and much fun it is.
Ooooh! I gotta bring Buddha Boy there to try! He loves the one at Long’s…but Ningtu is so much closer! Hehehe!
For me, deffo blows the Long’s version out of the water (ooh bad pun). Really large pieces of moist tasty but mild white fish with the seawood on the outside and the thinnest, lightest batter. And that it is served searingly hot and fresh out of the deep fryer with a nice bowl of black vinegar doesn’t hurt :-). So jealous you live nearby…
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