Category Archives: Chinese

Chef Ron

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Chef Ron is a most unusual restaurant. At first it seems it is going to be Middle Eastern, with lots of kebabs and such. But there are also hamburgers, hot dogs, Philly cheesesteak sandwiches, pastas, Greek, Chinese, and even tempura! Oh, and American breakfast. So I guess the theme is “There is no theme”.

We started with the hummus appetizer. It was served with tortilla chips, so I guess that’s a Mexican element, too. It was quite good.

I had the Loghmeh, a minced spice lamb dish, cooked on skewers. It was a very generous serving, and was delicious.

My companion had the shrimp tempura, which was also very good. It was served with nicely crisped shoestring french fries.

The house white wine is a delicious Pinot Grigio.

Service was friendly and efficient.

Dinesty Dumpling House

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This place doesn’t look that big from the street, but it’s got to be one of the largest restaurants on Robson. Both the prep area where they are making dumplings, visible through large glass windows, and the restaurant are quite large. The menu is vast, and includes many Chinese favorites plus items we hadn’t tried before.

The pan, fried shrimp and pork potstickers or a dish unlike any I’ve had before. It looked like they started with traditional potstickers, but then fried them all together on a semi sweet, thin crêpe, forming a single crispy item. It was pretty interesting and quite tasty.

We were less enthusiastic about the pan, fried Chinese, green onion, pancake, which was pretty tough and had a rather lead consistency.

My favorite item was Gongbao Chicken. It was the traditional preparation with peanuts, and just enough spicy peppers to make it interesting.

Service was pleasant, and pricing is reasonable.

Was quiet on the Friday lunch when we were there, but it was good Friday, and I hear the place gets quite crowded during busy times.

The bento boxes look like a good deal, and I think I would try one of those next time.

https://www.yelp.com/biz/dinesty-dumpling-house-vancouver

Jingle Bao

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This charming and bright (yellow) place serves bao and other Chinese dishes. We had the Combo Platter, which included Taiwanese Salt and Pepper Chicken, Siu Mai, Har Gow, Crystal Mushroom and Veggie Dumplings, Edamame, Seaweed Salad, and Shrimp Crackers, Their 7 signature types of soup dumplings (Classic, Spinach/Cheese, Spicy, Curry, Truffle, Shrimp, Garlic), plus chocolate dessert dumplings.

My favorites were the spicy and curry soup dumplings, but chocolate lovers will go for those dessert dumplings.

We couldn’t finish everything, but the Salt and Pepper Chicken heated up great the next day.

Service was very friendly. Such a large platter took a while to fix, of course, because it was all made to order. That’s why it was great.

https://www.yelp.com/biz/jingle-bao-vancouver