Vancouver Restaurant Recommendations

Vancouver restaurant recommendations - they all sound so appetizing. DINING & WINE | February 03, 2010 Critic: If Meals Won Medals By SAM SIFTON Where to eat in Vancouver, British Columbia, which is among the best food towns in the history of the Winter Games Richmond's Chen's Shanghai "charmless-looking little soup-dumpling shop in the middle of a mini-mall. But it serves terrific cold seaweed, thin, soft strips of kelp dressed in soy and black vinegar, with smashed garlic, and addictive cold steamed shrimp, spicy and sweet in their bright pink flesh." Richmond's Shanghai River "black vinegar spare ribs with pine nuts are reason to swoon: addictive jet-black nuggets of fried sweet and sour porkiness that can float a fellow into the city on a cloud of happiness." Kitsilano's Refuel (burgers, chicken) "A dish of crisp ling cod with Swiss chard, pearl onions and bacon nods with real affection to the restaurant’s past." Kitsilano's Maenam (Thai) "excellent house-made Thai sausage and a dreamy-good green papaya salad." Downtown's Sun Sui Wah restaurant (seafood and dim sum - crowded) Vij eccentric, no reservations,"graceful, deeply efficient service" CHEN’S SHANGHAI RESTAURANT 8095 Park Road (No. 3 Road), Richmond; (604) 304-8288. GUU WITH GARLIC 1698 Robson Street (Bidwell Street), Vancouver; (604) 685-8678. MAENAM 1938 West Fourth Avenue (Cypress Street), Vancouver; (604) 730-5579. MARKET BY JEAN-GEORGES at the Shangri-La Hotel, 1128 West Georgia Street (Thurlow Street), Vancouver; (604) 689 1120. THE POURHOUSE 162 Water Street (Cambie Street), Vancouver; (604) 568-7022. REFUEL NEIGHBOURHOOD RESTAURANT & BAR 1944 West Fourth Avenue (Cypress Street), Vancouver; (604) 288-7905. SHANGHAI RIVER 110-7831 Westminster Highway (No. 3 Road), Richmond; (604) 233-8885. SUN SUI WAH SEAFOOD RESTAURANT 3888 Main Street (23rd Avenue), Vancouver; (604) 872-8822. TOJO’S 1133 West Broadway (Willow Street), Vancouver; (604) 872-8050. VIJ’S 1480 West 11th Avenue (Granville Street), Vancouver; (604) 736-6664.