Winners of Chinese Restaurant Awards’ Vancouver’s 20 Best announced

Winners of Chinese Restaurant Awards’ Vancouver’s 20 Best announced
Diverse Judging Panel of Chinese and Taiwanese Food Critics and Frequent Diners
Sheds New Light on Vancouver’s best

Today, Chinese Restaurant Awards announces the Vancouver’s 20 Best award results with a brand new format encompassing 17 winning restaurants and an expanded and diverse judging panel. Providing a gourmet roadmap for locals and visitors, Vancouver’s 20 Best award winners reflect the diversity of Chinese regional and Taiwanese cuisines in Metro Vancouver. Also announced today is the Rising Star Chef of the Year award, exemplifying the future of Chinese cuisine.

“Vancouver’s 20 Best offers an authentic and heartfelt dining guide that represents the palate and taste of Chinese and Taiwanese diners in Vancouver. A priority for Chinese Restaurant Awards, which has been running for fourteen years, is to keep evolving and reflecting diners’ needs,” said Craig Stowe, Founder and President of Chinese Restaurant Awards.

“Since its inception, Chinese Restaurant Awards’ signature dish concept has helped diners discover the best dishes. With Vancouver’s 20 Best new award format, we have invited a diverse group of judges to vote for their favourite establishments in the given categories and recommend Signature Dishes from there. This list of recommended dishes will provide diners with an easy-to-follow guide to explore the best from each winning restaurant,” said Lee Man, Judging Chair of Chinese Restaurant Awards’ judging panel.

Led by our Judging Chair Lee Man, Judges Brendon Mathews and Alexandra Gill, the Awards invited frequent diners from various industries to contribute their perspectives and insights to Vancouver’s 20 Best dining guide. As well as having expertise in Chinese and Taiwanese cuisines, these judges were required to provide their fair and unbiased opinions, as they cannot receive any favours, compensation, or special treatment from restaurants. Besides the 18 Best core categories, they also voted for Best Restaurant of the Year and those that are “Worth to Explore.” Full list of judges can be viewed at this link.

Among Vancouver’s 20 Best, a handful of restaurants have received unanimous votes from the judges, such as Mott 32 for Best Fine Dining, Dynasty Seafood Restaurant for Best Cantonese and Best Dim Sum, Landmark Hotpot for Best Hot Pot, and Geng Shi Ji for Best Hunan Cuisine; they are all winners with a high ratio of votes. As the winner of Restaurant of the Year and Best Sichuan Cuisine, Fish Man is the powerhouse that judges from diverse backgrounds and preferences all recognize and agree upon. With its culinary excellence and passion for seafood, it has become the busiest restaurant on Richmond’s “food street” (Alexandra Road). A list of Signature Dish Recommendations of some winners is available on our official website, highlighting which dishes diners should order at each establishment, according to the judges who voted for that restaurant, and serving as an easily navigable dining guide.

By bringing together 21 new judges, Vancouver’s 20 Best dining guide explores the vibrant Chinese and Taiwanese dining scenes in Metro Vancouver. There will also be a break from the awards ceremony this year, and the winners will receive their award plaques individually.

Canola Eat Well presents the Rising Star Chef of the Year special award to Chef Li Bo, a 38 year old industry veteran who started his cooking journey at 18. His restaurant Fish Man has won Restaurant of the Year and Best Sichuan Restaurant awards in Vancouver’s 20 Best. His impeccable culinary skills and in-depth knowledge of Canadian seafood also won him two Critics’ Choice Awards in 2018 and 2021. Through his dedication and passion for refining his culinary skills, he is able to combine different cuisine styles, such as Japanese and Cantonese, into his vision of Sichuan seafood dishes.

Learn more about the 2022 Chinese Restaurant Awards’ Vancouver’s 20 Best dining guide on our official website: www.ChineseRestaurantAwards.com/Vancouvers-Best

VANCOUVER’S 20 BEST
LIST OF AWARDS WINNERS

1. RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR
The Fish Man
8391 Alexandra Rd #1170, Richmond (604) 284-5393

2. BEST NEW RESTAURANT – open less than one year
Once More Restaurant
8231 Ackroyd Rd, Richmond (236) 285-8885

3. BEST FINE DINING RESTAURANT
Mott 32
1161 W Georgia St, Vancouver (604) 979-8886

4. BEST DIM SUM RESTAURANT
Dynasty Seafood Restaurant
108-777 W Broadway, Vancouver (604) 876-8388

5. BEST VEGETARIAN RESTAURANT
4 Stones Vegetarian Cuisine
7771 Westminster Hwy, Richmond (604) 278-0852

6. BEST CANTONESE RESTAURANT
Dynasty Seafood Restaurant
108-777 W Broadway, Vancouver (604) 876-8388

7. BEST NORTHERN CHINESE RESTAURANT
Chang’an
1661 Granville St, 1st Floor, Vancouver (604) 681-1313

8. BEST SHANGHAINESE RESTAURANT
Suhang Restaurant
8291 Ackroyd Rd Unit 100, Richmond (604) 278-7787

9. BEST SICHUAN RESTAURANT
The Fish Man
8391 Alexandra Rd #1170, Richmond (604) 284-5393

10. BEST HUNAN RESTAURANT
Geng Shi Ji
1211-8338 Capstan Way, Richmond (604) 370-6899

11. BEST TAIWANESE RESTAURANT
Memory Corner
1110-4651 Garden City Road, Richmond (604) 284-5434

12. BEST BUBBLE TEA SHOP
Exposure Drink + Socialhouse
131-4600 No. 3 Rd, Richmond (778) 680-6808

13. BEST HOT POT RESTAURANT
Landmark Hotpot House
4023 Cambie St, Vancouver (604) 872-2868

14. BEST CONGEE AND/OR NOODLE RESTAURANT
Max Noodle House
8291 Alexandra Rd, Richmond (604) 231-8141

15. BEST HONG KONG-STYLE CAFÉ
La Amigo Restaurant
8291 Alexandra Rd, Richmond (604) 231-6028

16. BEST B.B.Q. SHOP
HK B.B.Q. Master
#145-4651 No. 3 Road, Richmond (604) 272-6568

17. BEST DESSERT EATERY
The First Dessert
5857 Victoria Dr, Vancouver (778) 522-5857

18. BEST FOOD COURT STALL
Hei Hei Rice Roll
2430-8260 Westminster Hwy, Richmond Public Market (604) 370-9090

19. BEST BAKERY SHOP
Kam Do Bakery
6211 No. 3 Rd Unit 135, Richmond (604) 284-5611
4328 No. 3 Rd Unit 120, Richmond (604) 370-6663

20. WORTH TO EXPLORE ESTABLISHMENTS
Please see the list of recommendations www.ChineseRestaurantAwards.com/Vancouvers-Best

About Chinese Restaurant Awards Founded in 2008, Chinese Restaurant Awards is the longest running Chinese culinary awards event in the world. The Awards are rooted in two challenging yet humble goals; raise public awareness to quality Chinese cuisine throughout Vancouver’s lower mainland and create a platform for cross-cultural culinary exchange, with a deeper understanding of Chinese culinary influence. The team behind the Chinese Restaurant Awards consist of food, media and marketing professionals who are Chinese food enthusiasts, with a passion for promoting regional Chinese cuisine in North America. Over the years, the team has achieved many milestones through several culinary events and campaigns such as the Chinese Master Chefs Gold Medal Dinner in 2014, East Meets West: Paris x Vancouver 2016, DINING by the Awards 2019, Chinese Restaurant Awards Scholarship and the highly popular social influential culinary tourism campaign #Taste city series in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Suzhou and Taipei from 2017 to 2019.

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