by gigi on November 19, 2009
Jenkins and I were in the Main Street area and were looking for a quick bite to eat. It was around 2 in the afternoon so we were hoping that Au Petit Cafe would not be too busy and we could lunch on some Vietnamese subs. Even though we considered it to be pretty late [...]
by gigi on December 6, 2007
Wow, I’ve really been on a Shanghainese food eating binge lately! Christina, Sashi, Mabel, and I hopped over to Shanghai Wonderful one evening for a nice dinner. We had all heard so much about this place in the days leading up and couldn’t wait to start ordering so the food would start coming! Shanghai Wonderful [...]
by gigi on December 3, 2007
My grandparents took all the cousins out for dinner at Shanghai River one day. I had not been here since they remodeled the space a while back so I was eager to see if the food was still as good as before too. It is located at 7831 Westminster Hwy in Richmond and there is [...]
by gigi on September 6, 2007
NTF and UJ were in town from Calgary this week so that always means lots of eating out. We were originally going to take her to a vegetarian place in Richmond…but that was closed for the day so we went to Top Shanghai Cuisine Restaurant instead. The name in English is pretty odd sounding…but in [...]
by gigi on August 13, 2007
Jenkins and I went to Empire Mandarin Restaurant the other day with our families. It is located in Richmond at 8251 Alexandra Rd, which is a street filled with mostly Asian restaurants. The building with the restaurant is split into two, one is the Empire Mandarin Restaurant, which features Shanghainese cuisine. The other restaurant, whose [...]