Food

A list of my favorite restaurants from my 8 years of living in Vancouver. Hope you enjoy them!

Chinese

Western Lake - humongous dimsums!
- tripe + tendon, eggplant + shrimp, chicken feet, chives dumpling, sticky rice with sausage, siu mai, shrimp dumpling
- Tips: If you want to eat in the store, go line up early. Otherwise, order through their online website to pick up in store. Free shiu mei when you spend $40.
HK BBQ master - Chinese BBQ
- BBQ Pork and roasted pork
Empire Seafood Restaurant - Dim sum in Richmond
New Town Bakery & Restaurant - Chinese baked goods in Chinatown
- apple tart (get this!) steamed bbq pork buns, prawn turnover, steamed bola bola (ask for dipping sauce), century egg pastry
- Go in the morning when baked goods are available and fresh out the oven
- If you want more than New Town, “The Boss” and “Sun Fresh Bakery” are also great

Sushi California - fresh sashimi, unique rolls for fair price, multiple locations
- Spicy tuna, salmon sashimi, hamachi gama, aburi
Miku $$$ or Yui Japanese Bistro $$ - Aburi (seared) sushi
Ramen Danbo - Negi-goma (sesame) Ramen - I'm not usually a ramen person but I like a bowl of noodle covered with sesame seeds
Tatchan Noodle - a soba food truck. Never been but saw it on IG

Phnom Penh Restaurant - popular restaurant, can call ahead for pickup
- Butter beef, fried chicken wings, beef luc luc