Chicken Souvlaki @ LA Grill

quick snap of the chicken souvlaki at LA Grill

LA Grill and Bistro

8100 No 2 Rd

Richmond, BC V7E1J5

(604) 277-8355

-after 8:30pm all appetizer and entrées 50% off, there was a long linup when coming out at 8:45pm but don't know when this deal will last till
-it's the place to go if you want cheap and filling dinner

Style: West Coast, Grill Food, American

Visited on: May 24, 2012

Lunch @ Parklane Chinese Restaurant 百樂潮州酒家

Update Apr 2014: Now one of the regular places i go for dim sum

short summary is whole table of 3 got minor food poisoning (stomach ache) after eating there. likely the deep fried fish was not fresh. the fried noodle was good but likely may not visit for a period of time even though they just opened

the suspicious fried fish which might have caused the food poisoning

 

fried noodle

Parklane Chinese Restaurant 百樂潮州酒家

200 London Plaza, 7997 Westminster Hwy

Richmond, BC

(604) 273-0888

Style: chiu chow (潮州菜), seafood (海鮮)

Visited on: May 23, 2012

NEW - Le Riz Asian Fusion Cafe 米芝樂

malaysian style fried rice noodles 馬拉盞炒米

strong spice sauce taste

wasn't thoroughly fried, lumps of sauce

has bbq pork, shrimp, egg, carrots, bean sprouts

noodles a bit thicker than usual rice noodles

quite tasty

pork belly with rice

pork seems to their signature dish as its also offered for own combo noodles

sauce wasn't too bad but pork belly is too fattening for me

quite plain for a $8.95 dish

Le Riz Asian Fusion Cafe 米芝樂

1031-8338 Capstan Way

Richmond, BC V6X 2H6

(604) 370-1336

-meals came with hot drinks, but milk tea portion was small and not that great
-needs improvements in drinks, the waitress and the lady owner took turns making

-about 10 different choices of $6.99 meals

-only a few tables filled for a lunch weekend
-menu has some snacks like malayasian pancakes, carrot cake, quite a range of varieties, fusion as in the name

Style: chinese (中式), noodles

Visited on: Nov 3, 2012

CLOSED - Dinner @ Golden Bauhinia Restaurant 金紫荊小館

APR 2013 UPDATE - Reopened as Hing Fung Restaurant 慶豐餐廳

came when it first opened for lunch and it was not that great. family has been here a few times for dinner and said its not bad. when relatives came to visit, we went together

steamed garlic baby lobster with peral rice

best dish of the night

also comes with scallops and shrimps

strong garlic taste and scent seeped into the rice

as good as the ho yuen kee one

chicken simmered in lo-sui sauce 

tung choi with fermented bean curd

fried garlic chives

love the crunchy stuff

sweet and sour pork

Golden Bauhinia Restaurant 金紫荊小館 

1226-8338 Capstan Way 

Richmond, BC V6X 2H6 

(604) 278-8898 

-there's a limited amount of quail, good to order when booking, we missed it

-dinner food is much better than lunch

-they have glass bottle coke and sprite if interested, rare to see in chinese restaurants

-average pricing, better than being stuck to set menus or a limited of choices

Style: chinese (中式) 

Visited on: August 24, 2012

 

Top Shanghai Cuisine 上海一只鼎

Top Shanghai Cuisine 上海一只鼎

5880 No 3 Rd

Richmond, BC

(604) 278-8790

-one of the more authentic shanghai cuisine in richmond, so most food are saltier and stronger flavour

-always packed, reservation recommended

-food served quickly, table filled with food fast

-lunch and dinner menu the same

Style: shanghai (上海菜)

Visited on: Aug 20, 2012

Congee @ Double Double Restaurant 老油條大牌檔

this place has been packed since opening. old location was on kingsway but it seems like all the staff is new since they did posting for all positions before opening.

Lai Wan Style Congee 艇仔粥

came steaming hot but too watery

flavours too light

chinese doughnut 油炸鬼

not as good as expected

still crispy outside although it came cold

deep-fried wonton

big fresh shrimp inside

outside nice and crispy

8 pieces in total

sweet chinese doughnut 牛脷酥

very small portion

centre not soft enough

soy sauce fried noodles

Double Double Restaurant 老油條大牌檔 

128-4600 No. 3 Road Empire Centre 

Richmond, BC V6X 4E8 

(604) 370-3345

-2nd time visiting, and service and seating took a long time.1st time going was at night and everything was much faster, but some food may sell out
-don't like the congee but certain fried stuff are good
-yet to try rice rolls, take way too long
-orders get mess up, you get the fried chinese doughnut from the person you order from but they tend to forget, things are not computerized, ordered before the person beside but they got "our" food instead
-pricing is fair
-a huge variety of food, more than before
-a good place to eat but took too long for the food to come considering they're easy to make, lacking staff
-not open on tuesdays

Style: congee (粥), street food (大牌檔) 

Visited on: Sept 29, 2012 

 

Lunch @ Bubble Waffle Cafe (Aberdeen Centre)

its been a while since the old restaurant location closed. location was good but there was no parking and they did not have enough air conditioning for the summer. a while ago i already saw the ads in the newspaper that they reopened at aberdeen and the red pocket coupon for buy one get one free. my friend told me the food was indeed cheap for food court but quality was soso. she told me she had to wait for an hour and it was not worth it considering it was just food court and was just noodles. but since i love bubble waffles, i gave it a go

noodles

had satay soup but was very light

moderate amounts of MSG in soup

2-3 pieces of each item

waffle

with condensed milk and peanut butter

fresh and quite chewy

condiments

Bubble Waffle Cafe (Aberdeen Centre)

Unit 3000, 4151 Hazelbridge Way 

Richmond, BC V6X 0A4 

(604) 370-2211

-went at 11:30am then the line started to get huge at noon with around 20+ people in line
-$1 extra with noddles for bubble waffle/waffle, depends what they offer on the day
-$1.50 extra with noddles for hot/cold drink
-max of 3 additional sides
-yet to try to bubble waffle at they only had waffles for the additional $1, but mostly likely the same as before
-most better location than before
-quality of the noodles seemed to have dropped
-ordered cold lemon tea and had 4 thick slices of lemons, much better than other places
-don't like where the condiments are location, no space to put your tray to get the things
-would only go back for the snacks and not noodles

Style: noodles (百搭麵), street food (街邊小食) 

Visited on: Oct 6, 2012

 

Dinner @ Charcoal Sushi & BBQ Restaurant

salmon + hamachi sashimi

better than average

chopped scallop roll

wanted a cone but they don't have it on menu

wasn't too exciting

classic roll

like the combination of eel and yam

tokyo roll

prawn freshly fried

Charcoal Sushi & BBQ Restaurant 

(besides London Drugs)

250-7997 Westminster Highway

Richmond, BC V6X

(778) 297-7255

-went early on a weekday and eventually tables got filled

-prompt and good service
-lots of special rolls

Style: japanese (日式), sushi (壽司)

Visited on: July 2, 2012