Chinatown

Sai Woo, Vancouver: Chinatown Rising

Sai Woo pea agnolotti with Chinese Jinhua ham broth

One of the challenges of this gig is finding the time to return to those places that impress the first time around. It takes no shortage of smarts to open a restaurant right, to hit the ground running and not miss a step. I’m convinced that Sai Woo (160 East Pender St., 604-586-1117) more than belongs in […]

Read more April 21, 2015 Dining

Bao Bei, Vancouver: Small Plates as ‘Petits Plats Chinois’

Steak tartar like never before Vancouver’s Chinatown has fallen on rough times these last few years, its once unique shopping eclipsed by Richmond’s glitzy malls. Even our foraging finds us more often at T&T’s live seafood bar than the eminently more interesting fishmongers on Gore and Pender. Until now, with the exception perhaps of oversized […]

Read more April 15, 2010 Dining