Vancouver Magazine
Burdock and Co Is Celebrating a Decade in Business with a 10-Course Tasting Menu
The Frozen Pizza Chronicles Vol. 3: Big Grocery Gets in on the Game
The Best Thing I Ate All Week: Crab Cakes from Smitty’s Oyster House on Main Street
The Author of the Greatest Wine Book of the Last Decade Is Coming to Town
Wine Collab of the Week: A Cool-Kid Fizz on Main Street
The Grape Escape for Wine Enthusiasts
8 Indigenous-Owned Businesses to Support in Vancouver
5 Things to Do in Vancouver This Week (September 25- October 1)
If you get a 5-year fixed mortgage rate now, can you break early when rates fall?
Dark Skies in Utah: Chasing Cosmic Connection on the Road
Fall Wedges and Water in Kamloops
Glamping Utah: Adventure Has Never Felt So Good
Attention Designers: 5 Reasons to Enter the WL Design 25
On the Rise: Meet Vancouver Jewellery Designer Jamie Carlson
At Home With Photographer Evaan Kheraj and Fashion Stylist Luisa Rino
Our judges liked it hot, hot, hot! At Gold winner Alvin Garden you’ll experience whiplash heat in rustic Hunan dishes (like beef stir-fried with pickled pepper or filet of tilapia poached in a spicy broth)—keep a bowl of rice and icy beers on hand to douse the flames. Hoi Tong in Richmond (Silver), on the other hand, offers “layered, nuanced, and sophisticated” Hong Kong dishes (the prices are steep but the atmosphere is warm and convivial), while Big Chef (Bronze) stands out from its “Eat Street” contemporaries with dishes like golden crab with rice cakes. Honourable Mentions to Kingsway’s charmingly scruffy Nine Dishes, a perfect recreation of a casual Beijing hangout serving punchy and deeply spiced Northern Chinese cuisine, and Dinesty for Shanghai food (xiao long bao, fried rice with scallop and egg white) served in sleek and modern surrounds.
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