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\nBy Zi-Ann Lum<\/a> \nMetro Vancouver diners, grab your Wet-Naps. Voting has begun for the \nFounded in 2008, the Chinese Restaurant Awards hand out two sets of honours: Critics’ Choice Awards<\/a> and Diner’s Choice Awards<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n \nFirst place unofficially comes with Chinese-style, in-your-face bragging rights. Expiration date: never.\n<\/p>\n \nSeven judges are tasked this year to select winners of the the \nDiners can cast their ballots in 18 diverse (and delicious) categories. Categories include:\n<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n<\/ul>\n \nThis is your time to help recognize the best Chinese food in the Lower Mainland.\n<\/p>\n \nWas that xiaolong bao<\/i> you had six months ago still lingering in your mind? Were you moved to tears after tasting the perfect peking duck?\n<\/p>\n \nYou have until Jan. 4, 2013 to choose your favourites online<\/a>. Winners will be announced Jan. 7, 2013.\n<\/p>\n \n \n<\/p>\n
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\n5th Annual Chinese Restaurant Awards, and it’s your duty to help choose
\nthe best.\n<\/p>\n
\ncritics’ choice awards. According to the awards’ website, gold-winning
\nsignature dishes are marked for their "excellence of ingredients,
\ncooking skills, and taste."
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\n> Today, the awards, both critics’ and diners’, are valued as an
\ngo-to index of Chinese must-eats. Everything from Northern to Hakka to
\nSichuan cuisine is available to hungry diners, locals or tourists, who
\nseek it.\n<\/p>\n\n