107098 Wed Jan 01 23:19:18 -0800 2003 15 24 Canada 0 579542 We're coming up from Portland for a long weekend. I've done a post search and have some ideas but I'll throw this out: where are the places that we just should not miss? No limitations regarding cuisine and, if it makes a difference, we're staying in the west end. Blue Water and Tojos are on my short list but where must we go? Any recommendations are appreciated. Wed Jan 01 23:19:18 -0800 2003 0 Hunter 1 579543 Lumiere. End of story. The best food in Vancouver, and the Globe & Mail called it the best restaurant in Canada. Expensive but worth every penny. Thu Jan 02 01:14:35 -0800 2003 579542 0 steve 2 579544 Ok, I never do this but, I am going to recomend a place I have not been to but read these postings on egullet: http://forums.egullet.com/index.php?act=ST&f=74&t=6229&s=6adfa8cfd069b66e50cb3b5349204396 If people get this excited I have to go. I will be there on January 17 and may report back. I don't think anyone reads these postings anymore. Hello Thu Jan 02 13:14:48 -0800 2003 579543 0 coop 3 579547 Yes, some of us do read the postings! Fri Jan 03 01:22:21 -0800 2003 579544 0 Chow reader 2 579569 Lumiere is no longer the best meal to be had in Vancouver. Since they added more tables the lack of precision and innovation has been quite noticeable. They've become much more snobby as well. I would bet on Ouest. Wed Jan 08 03:35:26 -0800 2003 579543 0 Jason S. 1 579545 Take a leisurely drive through Stanley Park. Watch for the exit to the Lions Gate Bridge. Head over bridge to West Vancouver and stay on Marine Drive. At Marine and 22nd, look for the classic VW bug (two-tone, cream and red) parked outside La Regalade French bistro. Enter restaurant. Order Gallic comfort food. Enjoy. PS: Zen, the Japanese place next door, is pretty good too. We love the tuna sashimi and robata items. Redhead. Link: http://www.evevancouver.ca/food/menus/regalade.htm Thu Jan 02 16:47:14 -0800 2003 579542 0 Redhead 2 579550 Redhead: I don't see La Regalade as a unique Vancouver experience. I love French Food but the food served there could be the same as in 1000 other french bistros. How would you know if you were in Vancouver, France or New Jersey. I believe there are Restaurants in the city that serve the true Vancouver experience. Like Bin 941 and 942, Lucy Mae Brown, Ouest?, Lumiere, Marine Drive, The Pear Tree, etc. Fri Jan 03 12:18:40 -0800 2003 579545 0 Coop 3 579552 Point well made. The Bin's are a good choice. Sat Jan 04 02:54:10 -0800 2003 579550 0 steve 4 579557 Although I find the ambience garrish and the water glasses tacky the food at the Bin 941 and 942 is hard to beat. Expect to wait. sadly returned from Vancouver 24hrs ago, Frank Sun Jan 05 02:27:10 -0800 2003 579552 0 Iron Frank 3 580663 Sorry - but you are going for show rather than excellent cuisine. Lumiere is show - well cooked - but a terrible price for what you get. The thing about good places in Vancouver is diversity with excellence. "La regalade" is a genuine french bistro with painstainking cuisine. Vancouver would not be Vancouver if you didn't have places like that. Wed Jun 25 20:17:33 -0700 2003 579550 0 Murray 3 580664 Sorry - but you are going for show rather than excellent cuisine. Lumiere is show - well cooked - but a terrible price for what you get. The thing about good places in Vancouver is diversity with excellence. "La regalade" is a genuine french bistro with painstainking cuisine. Vancouver would not be Vancouver if you didn't have places like that. Wed Jun 25 20:17:34 -0700 2003 579550 0 Murray 1 579553 For Chinese generally: Kirin Seafood (it is one of several branches); and San Sui Wah, especially the branch in Richmond (an area which is south of the airport, but well worth the twenty minute trip for all sorts of Chinese restaurants, grocery stores, etc.). For dim sum: San Sui Wah and Fortune (Cambie near 41st Ave.). For French Continental: Ouest. For Indian: VJs (very creative). For Italian: Piccolo Mondo. Sat Jan 04 11:05:13 -0800 2003 579542 0 Peter R. 2 579554 I agree with Peter R on the Chinese recommendations. Fortune Restaurant (650 West 41st) has been voted #1 in the Chinese language newspapers several times. Kirin's in Richmond (200-7900 Westminister Hwy) is excellant. Both have menus, not carts, so everyting is cooked when ordered. I'm not sure about Sun Sui Wah (102-4940 No 3 Road, Richmond); they had carts three years ago but recently remodeled so may have menus. I will be going with my group on Jan 17-20; if that is the weekend you're going to be up there and you would like to join us for more variety, e-mail me. I'm in Portland also. For non-Hong Kong style dim sum, try Chiu Chow Garden Restaurant (8511 Alexandra Rd, Richmond) for some very interesting and good dim sum. President Chinese at the Radisson (2200-8181 Cambie St, Richmond) has excellant Hong Kong style and offer 20% off from 8:30-10:30AM. Sat Jan 04 18:17:50 -0800 2003 579553 0 Iona 3 579562 San Sui Wah in Richmond, which we just visited, uses carts, but the size of the restaurant and the turnover is sufficiently large that the dim sum stay hot. It also has great variety. The President is gone, at least in name. It is now called the Richmond Mandarin Restaurant. Didn't eat there, but the menu looked quite similar to the President. The restaurant of the moment, but not one that we were able to try, is the Shiang Garden in Richmond. I'd be curious if anyone's been. Mon Jan 06 17:39:25 -0800 2003 579554 0 Peter R. 3 579892 I don't know about the Richmond location, but the one on Main St. in Vancouver still has carts. Tue Mar 18 18:36:30 -0800 2003 579554 0 viola da gamba 1 579574 Have to agree Tojo's reigns for Japanese but if you're downtown and want an authentic izakaya try Gyu on Thurlow, just south of Robson. My vote for best sushi value is Samurai on Davie especially the spicy tuna cone roll. If you have time for a dim sum breakfast King Seafood on Broadway gets my highest recommendation. Aso check out this guide by some natives: Link: http://www.evevancouver.ca/food/index.htm Thu Jan 09 16:57:40 -0800 2003 579542 0 Brad Ford