Kirin Seafood Restaurant
(604) 303-8833 – Richmond
(604) 879-8038 – Cambie Street
(604) 944-8833 – Coquitlam
(604) 682-8833 – Downtown Vancouver
Address: See Maps
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Back to Basics: Upscale Cantonese
a Quick Bite

By Y. Zhang
a special to Eat Vancouver

As is common knowledge, Vancouver has tons of Chinese restaurants representing several regional Chinese cuisines. So with all of the focus on Shanghai, Sichuan and Hunan these days, where does one go for that old stalwart of Chinese cuisine, or in other words, some excellent Cantonese food? Well, that is where I can step in and help. Of course there are lots of great restaurants out there, but the one that I would personally recommend is Kirin. After trying practically all of the big Chinese restaurants in the Lower Mainland, Kirin is still constantly on my mind (since there are four of them, I’ll mainly focus on the Richmond one). Kirin is loveable for many reason, including, great service, atmosphere and of course, the consistently great food.

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The Fish House in Stanley Park

Address: 8901 Stanley Park Drive (map)
Tel: 1-877-681-7275 or 604-681-7275
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Hours:
Lunch - Monday to Saturday from 11:30am
Dinner - Seven days a week from 5:00pm
Sunday Brunch - from 11:00am
Afternoon Tea - Seven days a week from 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Fresh Catch from the Forest

By Desmond Cheung
Eat Vancouver Columnist Emeritus
Sunday February, 18th 2007

*** 1/2 (of four stars)

An English friend from college days was visiting Vancouver for the first time ever. Recently relocated to New York from Beijing, he asked to go somewhere ‘quintessentially Vancouver’ for dinner. There is, of course, no such singularity here; many places could offer fine flavours that make up our city’s distinguished and varied palate. Considering his expatriate and cosmopolitan experiences, plus the fact that I hadn’t seen him for a few years, I decided to treat us both to one of Vancouver’s most noted restaurants that had long been recommended to me but I had not yet had the opportunity to try out: The Fish House in Stanley Park.

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Nu
Address: 1661 Granville St (map)
Phone: 604-646-4668
homepage

Quick Bite: Nu’s Worthy Jazz Brunch

By Jason Chin and Desmond Cheung
Food Writers

I love brunch as an opportunity to try a restaurant that might be slightly out of my price range. It’s also a great meal, situated such that one can wake up late, enjoy a big meal, and still have a good portion of the day afterwards to get some work done.

Unfortunately, it seems the supply of good brunches in Vancouver is dwindling. Aurora Bistro served a good one, but apparently, no more. A lot of the familiar institutions truly do not deliver as their lineups might suggest, in particular the large-scale breakfasts at Sophie’s Cosmic Café and heavy offerings at the Sunshine Diner. With this in mind, I was pleased to find that the versatile Nu happens to serve a brunch, a jazz brunch at that (perpend: Jazz is Sunday’s only), and even more pleased to find out that it does so quite aptly.

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Go Fish
Address: 1505 West 1st Avenue
Tel: 604-730-5039

Hours:
vary by season

Bigger Fish to Fry

By Jason
Eat Vancouver Editor
Friday, November 11th, 2005

** (of four stars)

I expected a town like Vancouver to contain more destinations for decent fish and chips. I’m not exactly certain why I thought that, maybe it’s because the city is overrun with sushi restaurants and, hey, sushi is just one step removed from fish and chips, isn’t it? Maybe not, but the lack of places to get fish and chips is nonetheless troubling.

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