Chinese food in Burnaby
The One Restaurant has been on my wish list for a while for one main reason. Their skyscraper high bubble teas. They are little 3 times the height of the cup they serve it in. How does it not fall over when they bring it to the table?
After missing 4 ChineseBites dinners, I finally made it to my first, and week five’s ChineseBites dinner at Grand Dynasty Seafood Restaurant. At this dinner, we tasted 7 of the restaurant’s signature dishes.
Kingspark Good Food is a food stall in the Crystal Mall food court. They serve food similar to other HK Cafe’s, with fried rice, meats, and “Asianized” pasta dishes.
My first time visiting Chongqing Restaurant sort of reminded me of Richmond’s No.9. They have all sorts of chinese food at a fair price.
On the table and in our bellies were Spicy Wontons, House Crispy Chow Mien, Spicy chicken with spinach, and Deep fried bread with condensed milk.
I had a lunch with a friend at No.1 Beef Noodle House, a place I’ve always wanted to try. I’ve been here a couple times for bubble tea, but never had their food.
Alishan is another Taiwanese cafe in the Kingsway-Burnaby area similar to Bubble World, but this place strongly advertises that they don’t use MSG. The place gets busy during lunch time so we went at about 11:45 in the morning. By the end of our meal there was a line up outside waiting to get in.
I’ve never actually eaten at a Bubble World. I usually just go there for the taro slush bubble tea and get it to go. However this time, I went to their Burnaby location for lunch with my brother.
Traditional Chinese BBQ House was one of those places where you drive by all the time but never noticed and you’d never visit unless someone points it out and takes you there.
A couple months ago a friend introduced me to Favor Eat World‘s Taiwanese beef noodles and Wang’s Shanghai Cuisine‘s XLB (Xiao long bao) at the food court in Crystal Mall.
Like most people, I consciously avoid mall food, but these 2 places were way better than I expected.
Last week, Beipas came to visit me for lunch, and decided to skip out on Pittsburg Restaurant because of the low ratings on Urban Spoon. We had TBN, and XLB’s at the food court in Crystal Mall instead. This time though, I brought my brother and his wife to Pittsburg because we didn’t want to eat at the Crystal Mall food court.
My first visit to Cattle Cafe was pretty disappointing. The menu has a lot of dishes, most of them interesting for a Chinese restaurant. I was really considering making my own noodle combo where you can pick your base, the noodle, and two toppings. Unfortunately I was running late, so I had to call my friends to order for me, so I just order something that I could remember – the Pork in a Creamy Onion Bacon Demi-Glaze with Rice ($8.75) with a taro bubble tea (extra $2) and some French Toast. I think it’s a pretty good deal if you can add a bubble tea to your meal for only $2.
My friend brought me to Lao Shan Dong (aka LSD) last night. It was my first actual Taiwanese Beef Noodle experience, and I’d say I was pleasantly surprised. I’d normally be a pho guy, and have realized that I’m not much of a ramen lover. Anyways, we got there and there was some covered parking, though it was packed at 7PM when we got there. It’s quite tight in that parking lot.
