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Neighbourhood restaurants thrive in Vancouver

The good ones survive, and the better ones thrive. But the mark of a really successful restaurant is longevity.

Late-night cravings satisfied here

Thankfully, for those of us with habitual late-night cravings, Vancouver and environs now harbour abundant possibilities.

Bring on the Chinese New Year banquets

Following a lean year-end, many Chinese restaurants are eager to wow you with their banquets of portentous creations designed not only to nourish the body but to lift the spirit.

Entertaining's easy with dim sum at the ready

The key is to think of dim sum items not as just traditional Chinese food, but as healthy, affordable, convenient, ready-made components of a meal

Many mooncakes make one sweet ritual of fall

Sunday's Moon Festival may be steeped in tradition, but chefs like Daryle Nagata are making mooncakes for more modern tastes.

Anything goes with Hong Kong cafe fusion

These eateries have come a long way from their humble beginnings to a unique restaurant genre in their own right, but in Vancouver they remain true to their common-folk roots and...

Delicious dim sum transports you to Shanghai

Thanks to the recent surge in the number of high-quality Shanghainese restaurants in the Lower Mainland, patrons can get a little promiscuous with their dalliances.

Chow down on Chinese best

The takeout menu at Kwong Chow Congee & Noodle House on Main Street-numbered for your convenience-tops out at 288 dishes. They could probably have gone on, but 288 is an...

China Syndrome

Now that everyone's settling into the autumnal back-to-business mode with work, school, and extracurricular schedules ratcheting up, it's time to roll out another list of our...

Cooling Asian salads just the thing on summer's hottest days

Finally, we are getting what we've all been pining for: long, hot, sunny, invigorating summer days that seem to go on and on.