Shanghai Elan Restaurant

Hello everyone!

Sorry for the lack of blogposts lately. February is always the busiest time for me & Phil because it consists both of our birthdays, Valentines day, and soon to come, Chinese New Year.

So for Phil's Birthday dinner with his family, we ended up going to Shanghai Elan Restaurant which is located in Crystal Mall in Burnaby. Usually for his birthday we always choose to go to a western restaurant, but this year his uncle, auntie & grandma from Edmonton is visiting, so we decided to go for Shanghai cuisine. 

I've been here with Phil's family before and I always thought the food was decent. This time around is no differ. Some of the dishes we ordered this time is not what we usually order, so I was excited to try some new dishes!

First off, we got soup. This is called the Song Sao Fish Soup $12.50. It has heavy vinegar flavoring, so if you don't like vinegar, I don't recommend ordering this soup. Overall, I thought it was okay, the vinegar taste did overlap the majority of the soup so you can barely taste anything else in it.

Next up, Special Crab Meat Sauce with Tofu $18.95. At first glance I assumed this was a spicy dish, but nope, it's just the Crab meat coloring. The crab meat sauce soaked up the tofu and it was just absolutely delicious. Pairing this with white rice was just the perfect combination.

Dinesty-Aberdeen

Hey Everyone,

Jess and I were in Richmond looking to eat some dinner, and I thought of going here, which I was referring to as "Northern Delicacy", which was what was here before, but when we arrived, turns out it is now "Dinesty"! 

I had always wanted to try Dinesty but never ended up going, so this was perfect! It was a week night so the restaurant was not busy at all. We were seated fairly quickly by the "windows" of the restaurant that look out to the hallway with large windows that overlook the Browngate Rd. entrance. 

After we ordered, we were given tea and our dipping sauce for the Xiao Long Bao's.

First came the "Pork"

These were served with small buns so you can make a "slider" of sorts as the bun is split in the middle like a burger bun.

Destination: Seattle- Din Tai Fung

I've heard many things about this place. Mainly all positive feedback about the food, so this time around in Seattle, I REALLY wanted to try this place out. We got there around 5:30pm and thank god there was no wait for a table. We were nicely greeted and was brought to our table by this super friendly waitress. She explained the whole entire menu to us and helped us pour the soy sauce and vinegar sauce. Throughout the meal she would come by to check how we were doing. I was extremely pleased with her superb service.

Shanghai Wonderful Restaurant

This is one of the better places I've tried for Shanghai food. They make the little dragon dumplings from scratch and they make it where its visible for the customers to see. I really like how they show us how they make it; at least I can see whether the area is clean or not.This place is near Lansdowne Mall and the parking lot is not that big. Especially during busy hours it gets really full and some spots are reserved for other stores. It takes a while till you can find parking there. If you're not patient at all, you can always park across the street at Lansdowne. (BUT just to give you a warning, there is a possibility of getting a ticket if you take a risk for parking at Lansdowne!

Little Dragon Dumplings. (aka. Xiao Long Bao)