Came here for happy hour; however, no special menu due to the holiday…read more The baked rice was ok, wished they provided more sauce - even though I requested for extra sauce. The rice was pretty dry and bland. The chicken wings were also bland. Wished they seasoned them with a bit more salt and white pepper. The milk tea was pretty good.

Vancouver location : 3312 Kingsway, Vancouver…read more https://happydaycafe.ca/ One of our favourite breakfast place if we get up early enough! This is a typical Hong Kong style breakfast. The breakfast menu is lots with Hong Kong style congee, noodles, and rice rolls. You can do a combo if you are planning to skip lunch. Or if you prefer, they offer Western breakfast with the usual or omelettes etc. I guarantee you will have to roll out of the restaurant when you are done. I love their HK tea with evaporated milk - So Yum! Always a good experience, cafe can get extremely busy on the weekends & it is first come first serve. They take CASH only. Their Richmond location is newer if you are nearer to Richmond.

Fat boy Kitchen! Gives you delicious food for a very reasonable price,Its very busy inside and also…read moreon pickups. My first time here I would love to go there again, for a dinner with my family. The food is authentic Hong Kong western style. It's very clean and service was great ,as well it was fast and delicious. It's a bit hard for Parking have to park on side streets Also the place is very small chances are that you must wait. Nothing fancy just an awesome food for little place.

Review Template ===…read more1. VERDICT/VALUE A small HK-style joint will serve you reasonable portions at a decent price - their combos are worth considering when look for good eats or takeout! === 2. FOOD Ham and Egg Bun Thick burger essentially provided with plenty of eggs scrambled with ham - worth the wait! Eggs with Two Meats I happened to choose two sunny side up eggs with two pieces of spam; it comes one piece of hash brown, fried beans, and a piece of toast with a little butter. Soup and Noodles The quantity noodles is pretty sizeable for $3.75 price; the soup reasonable too. The pork and preserved vegetable and fish ball soups worked well for breakfast. Drinks #1.25 for warm drinks and $1.75 for cold drinks - good deal and customizable! === 3. SERVICE It was good overall; it can seem slow because they place is always packed with guests waiting for tables, but the service is good in Cantonese or English. === 4. ENVIRONMENT It's not really large, but your groups of 2, 4, and maybe 6 can be seated. It's reasonably clean and can fit a stroller or wheelchair. Parking is limited to whatever you are lucky enough to find on the street!

I decided I should try to review some Crystal Mall eateries, I love coming here but never thought…read moreabout sharing my thoughts for my fellow yelpers! So you come to Crystal Mall, and you got to check out Crystal Cafe which is very centrally located near top of the escalators. It is a HK Cafe. They have a HUGE menu everything from HK style breakfast with instant noodles and egg, egg toast, etc to standard HK Cafe Chinese dishes. Today I came and saw a special menu and at the top of it an oil chicken special. For $16 you get full meal, soup plus drink (I got HK milk tea - 奶茶) which is a terrific deal. It comes with two marinated eggs - delish - and the chicken and rice both have great flavour. I also love the soup which is simple Cantonese style with a spare rib bone in it. Would definitely come here again. Next time I'm having the HK breakfast which I miss!

Had a really enjoyable lunch here…read more Got the stir fried beef rice noodle and an iced milk tea. It was perfection (amid being a tad too greasy). It was well portioned for the price ($17) and had that 'wok hay' that's missing in so many Cantonese restaurants. My milk tea was good but it's nowhere near as strong as Lido's milk tea flavour. My takeout was approximately 4 portions of noodles (for 1 person). I took this to go and ate it at home and it was still really good. Noodles were cooked to perfection as they weren't soggy for the following meals I had. Beware they only take cash or debit card (if over $15).

Finally got a chance to try this place after a few decades. Still remember when it was Dragon Inn…read more The place was packed late at night, which is always a good sign. Parking is available but limited in the lot in front. Better to look along Kingsway, or in the side streets behind the restaurant. I found it hilarious that the lot specifically prohibits parking for Tina Cake next door. Guess that must've been a problem over the years. The inside is plain and quite dated (old school). Looks like something out of the 1980s. Awesome. Staff are friendly and helpful. No complaints. Everything hit the spot in terms of authentic Cantonese. I had the stir fried beef with black pepper sauce, Hainan style chicken, and sweet and sour pork. Everything tasted great. Portion sizes are decent, and prices are quite reasonable. As the dishes are shared, it is best to come in groups (at least 3-4) so more dishes can be ordered. Looks like I've found my go-to for late night Cantonese food. Recommended.

Cuisine: 6 Service: 7…read moreDecor: 6 Value: 7 Overall: 6 Cantonese food is generally good in Vancouver. This place has been decent in the past and consistently put out large portions of food at reasonable prices. I don't believe anything is outstanding, but always an overall enjoyable meal. Service is relatively friendly too. On a recent night, the most memorable dish had to be the Bean Sprouts w/ Salted Fish, which was full of umami and went well with a bowl of white rice. The Steamed Oysters w/ Garlic Sauce, Beef Chow Fun, and Seafood Chow Mein were all solid. However, the Dry Scallop Fish Maw Soup was bland, and the Goose Casserole w/ Taro was a major disappointment. Reminder to self, I originally wanted to order Tofu Skin in Dry Scallop Sauce, but was convinced otherwise. The recommended dish had snow pea leaves that were a bit tough, though the supreme broth and tofu skin that came with it were yummy. Next time, I want to try my initial selection. Also, don't forget that cheap late night eats is something I should come back for.

BT Cafe 大拇指餐廳 is located at 920 Kingsway,Vancouver, BC…read more Food : Service : Ambiance

i have been dreaming of eating hong kong baked rice ever since i last had it (2 months ago) which…read morealso happens to be the first time i tried it. i think this restaurant did a traditional take on the dish and i loved every bite. the blend of different flavors and textures made me levitate out of my seat. i purposefully didn't try any of the other dishes until mine came out, because that's how excited i was for this. every dish was cooked with exceptional flavor. my family would not stop talking about how good the food was the entire meal. some of the dishes came with a complimentary drink and those were amazing as well. i tried the hong kong coffee as well as the hong kong milk tea and i liked them both. they were very light and fragrant. the price point was so worth the portion size. i definitely recommend coming here. they are cash only and the space is pretty small but they will pull up extra chairs and tables if you need. the food came out fairly quickly, especially considering how much we ordered.

have been seeing this claypot rice restaurant on social media and been wanting to try it…read more Not so much a fan of rice in general but i have to say their claypot rice are very well done. I travel to asia regularly and their claypot rice is comparable to the ones i had in asia and authentic We ordered 2 claypot rice, rice pot with minced pork cake salted fish and Rice Pot With Bonein Chicken Leg In Sand Ginger Sauce. Both of the pot rice were very well made, flavorful and the homemade soy sauce went very well with the rice. Both pots had the cripsy burnt rice at the bottom which is signature to claypot rice dish. We ordered one of the claypot rice as a combo which came with a chinese soup (with choices) and a homemade red bean tofu pudding We also ordered the bighead carp head and belly in ginger and onion.This was really well made with generous portion of the fish head and belly. There wasnt too much side ingredients such as tofu puff. The portions of the claypot rice were generous with the given price as well. There were 4 of us and we had some leftover to take home. Service definitely wasnt a fine dining type service. Typical of any authentic chinese restaurant. But all the staff were very attentive and efficient. The resturant was packed and there were customers waiting outside. So all the staff were very busy but there was no point in time we felt rushed to leave. For sure will return to try their other dishes

Lady 3 Kitchen is a hidden gem on Victoria Drive and an absolute must-try for claypot rice lovers…read more The claypot rice here is . It's perfectly cooked with that perfectly crispy bottom layer and beautifully layered flavours. What makes the experience extra special is how complete the meal feels. You get to choose your own personal pot of soup alongside your rice, and to top it all off, a silky tofu pudding dessert is included. All for like $26-$27. The place is clearly well-loved by the community since it gets super busy. I'd say don't bother coming if you didn't call ahead to make a reservation. You can call in same day just to ask when's their earliest availability so you don't have to wait there. Service is efficient even when they're packed. Will absolutely be back for another bowl.

HK cafe and Cantonese restaurant on Kingsway and Nanaimo on the NW corner, next to the gas station…read more Parking is availalble in the sketchy underground lot, as well as above ground. Probably safest to park on the street. The inside is pretty bare bones. This place used to be a Pho Hoa (Vietnamese), and there's still the old logo stuck to one of the windows. Basically one doesn't come here for the decor. Staff are friendly and chatty. Food prices are a bit on the high side. They have HK lunch combos (stuff like curry beef brisket rice, or pork chop rice etc.). These combos are actually available for dinner too for a few dollars more. I would recommend going this route for the best value. The portions are decent sized. Special mention. This place also does fancier banquet style dishes such as live seafood, but it's not cheap. With that said, the food is pretty decent quality. My friends and I left happy. Wouldn't mind coming back at some point. Recommended.

Visited Starlight Kitchen, a HK style cafe, for a weekend lunch. Plenty of open booths/tables. It's…read morein the same plaza as Thanh Xuan Cafe. - Fried rice with diced chicken & salted fish ($18.98) - smell's distinct but adds extra flavour - Pan fried chicken steak with linguini in black pepper sauce ($17.98) - noodles were meh, tender chicken - Pan fried vermicelli with diced beef and mushroom in BBQ sauce ($20.98) - excellent beef. Vermicelli two ways (crispy on top, regular underneath) - Fried rice noodle with beef in soy sauce ($17.98) - decent wok hei, standard fare - Pea tips leaves with garlic ($27.98) - good - Sweet & sour boneless pork ($23.98) - standard - Curry lamb ($18.98) - good flavour to the curry. Lamb slices were solid Big portions but typical HK eats.

Food hits the spot and service is pretty good…read more Got the Mac and ham with toast and egg. Delicious!

Scramble eggs - Very silly and smooth…read more Chicken steak - nice and crispy. Although it can need more marinate like garlic powder or salt. The sandwich/bread was very soft. Wonder where they got it. Milk tea - legit. But a bit small in size for the breakfast set. Long wait. 30 minutes wait. I was there 30 minutes after it opened and not a lot of people but took a while.

Came here for dinner with my family since we love their Hainan chicken! This was my first time…read morevisiting this location, it's quite small inside. There are a few booths and a larger table. We decided to get the combo for 2 that was ~$43 which included the daily soup, half hainan chicken + 2 sides of rice, another dish which we chose the braised tofu and vegetables and the daily dessert. We also ordered the stir fried flat noodles with beef. For 3 people this was alot of food and we had tons of leftovers! The hainan chicken was so juicy and flavourful and the rice that they cook in the chicken stock is amazing. The braised tofu was so juicy and the bok choy paired with it had a nice crunch. The flat noodles with beef was so good too and not super greasy. I definitely want to return to try different items on the menu.

If you have a craving for some amazing beef curry. Super tender beef brisket in a beautifully…read moreseasoned curry with potatoes. My mouth is watering just thinking about it. The traditional Chinese fare is top shelf in our favs; calamari, spicy green beans, Singapore noodles, chow fun noodles with beef. Yummy... The restaurant is busy so go early or call ahead. Definitely a go to, wish there was ones closer to home.

Tried the durian dessert at the cafe this time. I'm sold. Just take my money already…read more Nothing compared to it. Service was prompt and the ambiance of this quaint place is perfect for chin wagging with friends. Only street parking available.

I stopped by around 7pm and half of tables were occupied…read more We got physical menu and QR code order system. I noticed the physical one and digital one are not matching for cold/warm service and I had to ask few times if they could make my food warm. They admitted they haven't updated the information. (That's why 4 starts) Food were great. We had Ghost's drool and Mochi with Taro paste. They are huge too. For me, 2/3 portion was perfect. I really loved tender sweetness and made my body warm. The store decoration was neat with dry ice.