Exploring Van - need Richmond Chinese rec, coffee rec, Comm Dr rec!

[JojoSF]

We come frequently to Vancouver from SF, but we're tired of just doing downtown/Yaletown. This trip, we want to go to Richmond for Chinese (unless you LOVE another spot), Commercial Dr, maybe a new indie coffee spot. I would like sushi, if I can convince the SO to go. We have a car. Sorry about the wide range, but that's what we like! We don't want 'fancy' food. We can get that in SF. We're more interested in authentic and ethnic. (BTW, I would move here just to be near the Meat Master at Oyama. Genius with a cleaver!)

[fmed]

Sushi in Richmond: Sushi Hachi (8888 Odlin Cres)
My favourite coffee joint on Commercial : Bump n' Grind

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Bump N Grind Specialty Coffee
916 Commercial Dr, Vancouver, BC V5L, CA

[grayelf]

If you want to cover off Commercial Drive and sushi at once, what about Lime? I don't get there nearly as often as I'd like with so many options closer to home for me, but it might be just the ticket for you: http://www.limerestaurant.ca/Rawbar/i... Be sure to ask for seats at the bar (and I'd reserve if you are going on Friday or Saturday

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I love Bump'n'Grind too but Prado at the southern end of the Drive is also worth a look, unless things there have changed recently.

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Lime - Japanese Cuisine
1130 Commercial Dr, Vancouver, BC V5L, CA

Prado Cafe
1938 Commercial Dr, Vancouver, BC V5N4A7, CA

[JojoSF]

Fantastic! We just got to the hotel (Shangri La) after stopping at Prado Cafe. Excellent mid-afternoon stop with a smattering of hipsters. We have breakfast included at Market. I'll let you know how it is. Any sushi recs? Thanks for your very thorough recs on Richmond, etc!

[fmed]

Sushi - go to Lime also on Commercial, Blue Water (pricey but good) in Yaletown. Are you interested in izakaya? There are quite a number of them downtown along the West end of Robson St towards Denman. Guu with Garlic, Hapa, Kingyo to name a few.

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Blue Water Cafe + Raw Bar
1095 Hamilton Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 5T4, CA

Guu
838 Thurlow St, Vancouver, BC V6E1W2, CA

Kingyo
871 Denman St, Vancouver, BC V6G2L9, CA

Hapa Izakaya
1479 Robson St, Vancouver, BC V6G1C1, CA

Lime - Japanese Cuisine
1130 Commercial Dr, Vancouver, BC V5L, CA

[el_lobo_solo]

The newish Guu Garden at Nelson and Hornby looks nice too.
http://guu-izakaya.com/garden/index.html

[fmed]

The Guu empire keeps on expanding.

[JojoSF]

Based on a friend's recommendation, we went to the Eatery in Kits. The scene was the star of the show, and was quite fun. House DJ! The food was weak, so we ate just a small meal and promptly went to Lime! Fantastic! Perfect toro nigiri and excellent scallop roll. We even had a California roll after we saw the fresh crabmeat - also excellent. Sitting at the sushi bar was the way to go. Moral of the story: don't listen to friends, just listen to The Chow.

[fmed]

Thanks for the quick report.

We've talked about the Eatery here before. It is all about the scene. A little like a frat-house sushi bar. I'm not a fan of the food there either.

Glad you had a good time at Lime. That's my neighbourhood sushi joint (within walking distance).

[JojoSF]

I just saw the lists under 'Olympics' which covers coffee very well. The Richmond Chinese list is too long. We're interested in a restaurant, not dim sum.

[fmed]

Here's a concise list broken down into categories:

Cantonese food: Sea Harbour
High-end Shanghai: Shanghai River
Low-end Shanghai: Chen's Shanghai Kitchen (it will be closed during the Olympics FYI)
Noodle House; Mak's or Tsim Chai
Sichuan: Golden Spring or S & W Pepper House (6820 No. 3 Rd)
Hunan: Gordon Park/Aroma Garden/Bushuair (it has many names) 121-4600 No 3 Road
Street Food: Richmond Public Market Food Court (8260 Westminster Highway)

I've provided address whenever I couldn't add Chowhound links above.

If you need more info please post again.

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Chen's Shanghai Kitchen
8095 Park Rd, Richmond, BC V6Y, CA

Shanghai River Restaurant
7831 Westminster Hwy, Richmond, BC V6X1A4, CA

Tsim Chai Noodle Restaurant
8251 Westminster Hwy, Richmond, BC V6X, CA

Golden Spring (Szechuan) Restaurant
4200 NO. 3 Rd, Richmond, BC V6X, CA

Mak's Noodle Restaurant
8580 Alexandra Rd, Richmond, BC V6X4B3, CA

[fmed]

Adding Sea Harbour

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Sea Harbour Seafood Restaurant Ltd
3711 No 3 Rd, Richmond, BC V6X2B8, CA

[grayelf]

fmed -- thanks for the heads up on the Chen's shutdown during the Owelympics. I'm not planning on dining out much but that is one place I might have gone to...

[fmed]

Adding S&W

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S & W Pepper House
6820 NO. 3 Rd, Richmond, BC V6Y, CA