Richmond/Vancouver BC Dim Sum

Regional Dining Discussions Pacific NW, BC
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Hello: I crave Chinese food a lot. I visited Hong Kong a few times and the food was amazing. Where I live, there is nothing like it. I will visit Vancouver in August and I look forward to devouring the best of what the cuisine offers. Specifically, I am looking for:

  1. Dim sum: even better if there are early bird discounts
  2. Seafood: lobsters, crabs, shellfish…Chinese style
  3. Spot prawns: will go to the docks to the south of Richmond (does not have to be Chinese)
  4. Geoduck: I tried it once at a Japanese restaurant in San Francisco and was immediately impressed. See it offered by a local Japanese market, but it’s super expensive
  5. Fried milk: I had it twice in Hong Kong, but have not seen it in the US
  6. Noodle dishes: I prefer noodles to rice
  7. Any other Chinese food specialty dishes, such as BBQ

I will travel with one companion and we plan to eat dim sum on multiple days for breakfast. We will check out the city and its vicinity during the day and return to Richmond for dinner. My companion also likes Chinese food a lot and he has not had any for over one year.

I did read Charles’ recent travelogue in this forum, but it seems that most places he patronized are on the higher end. I am looking for middle of the road options.

All suggestions welcome!!! Thank you very much in advance. Have a great day!

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I have not been in the area in many many years (2016-2018), but I can highly recommend the various “Peaceful Restaurant” or “Peaceful Noodle”. There are several locations. VERY good dan-dan noodles. XLB, and beef rolls.

The absolute best dumplings (IMHO) are the sheng jian bao (pan-fried soup dumplings) at Shanghai Dimsum House, a stall at the top (and very back) of the Crystal Mall in Burnaby.

for seafood chinese style, I seem to remember that the Granville Island Public Market had a big ol’ case of fresh sea critters, which you could select and have prepped for you a number of different ways. “Stir fried with XO sauce” was one of them. I had crabs and they were delicious.

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