Pepper Lunch opened its first Canada location in Richmond earlier this year. When it first opened, there was usually a line-up, so it took us awhile before we finally avoided the line-up and checked out the restaurant just a few weeks ago.
Uncle Lu – The pork hock was legit!
During our search for the best Chinese restaurants in town, we made a stop at Uncle Lu in Richmond. It's the sister restaurant to Corner 23 on Cambie Street.
Seto Japanese Restaurant
Sushi date night in Richmond and we decided that we needed to keep discovering new restaurants. So this brought us to the door of Seto Japanese Restaurant on the busy street of Alexandra Road.
Zhao’s Soup House – New restaurant makes soup with no MSG
In Richmond, you will never run out of ideas for Chinese food: seafood restaurant, Hong Kong cafe, noodle house, Shanghainese, etc. There are many long-standing restaurants, but new ones also pop up all over the city. Recently, a soup house was opened on Alexandra Road, specialized in hearty soups without the use of MSG. I took the soup expert, aka Mama Lam, along with Papa Lam and Mr., to give them a try.
Dinesty Chinese Restaurant – Pay Up Before You’re Done?
Surprisingly I've never been to Dinesty even though it's one of the popular Shanghainese restaurants in Lower Mainland. Now that I'm in Richmond, of course I took the opportunity to visit one of the locations -- the one on Ackroyd Road.