Restaurants
Best Formal Chinese 2010
published Jun 1, 2010
In a city rich with excellent Chinese restaurants, the competition in this category was particularly fierce
Gold: Kirin
Silver: Sun Sui Wah
Bronze: Jade Seafood
Honourable Mention: Sea Harbour
Honourable Mention: Shanghai River
The formal kitchen at Kirin (Gold) makes everything—from roasted suckling pig to complete wedding banquets—in-house. Extra points for its spotlight on the local. The King crab dinners are legendary at Sun Sui Wah (Silver), which knows no bounds in ingredients and service, particularly at the gracious Richmond location. Jade Seafood (Bronze) puts the emphasis squarely on fresh, clean flavours. “Sharply executed dim sum brings tremendous lift to classics: truffle oil in delicate mushroom dumplings; Japanese pickled ginger in a deep-fried shrimp roll.” Honourable Mentions: innovative Sea Harbour balances “Cantonese spice, savour, sharpness, and sweet;” Shanghai River charms with its double-boiled duck soup, sea-sweet stir-fried shrimp, and braised tung po pork belly.
