Lunch @ Red Star Seafood 鴻星海鮮酒家

for past year and a half, i refused to come here after experiencing poor service. since sunday afternoon is hard to find spaces everywhere (couldn't book richmond kirin), decided to give this place another chance

BBQ Duck with rice vermicelli 燒鴨瀨

ordered regular instead of special from previous experience

they give you parts with little meat for specials

definitely its signature dish

tender, juicy, and well marinated meat

not too salty and matches well with plum sauce

BBQ Pork (Cha Siu) with rice 叉燒飯

$4.99 lunch special

juicy and well made

sauce simmers well into meat

Chiu Chow Steam Dumpling 潮州粉果

dumpling skin is thin however falls apart when removing

not too many nuts and not too salty

Fried Spring Roll with Seaweed

crispy exterior

shrimps not too salty and matches well with the crispiness

desserts

Sweet crepe - not too much peanut butter used, overall not as sweet as expected

Fried egg dough (dan saan) 蛋散 - also not that sweet, well fried and comes loose once bitten into

Red Star Seafood 鴻星海鮮酒家

2200-8181 Cambie Road

Richmond BC V6X 3X9

(604) 270-3003

-service was still not that good, one of the managers seemed like he was sleeping on the spot, you really need to visit often and be close to the staff in order to get good service in these chinese restaurants

-we had 3 cars and couldn't find parking at all even when the restaurant was only 40% full for sunday lunch hours

-food overall is great but bad service and hard parking really turns customers away
-would only come again for BBQ duck

Style: dim sum (點心)

Visited on: Apr 15, 2012