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\n<\/p>\n(Vancouver, B.C.) – Opportunities to sample exclusive menus at the city’s finest dining spots have been fascinating to food enthusiasts and culinary travelers alike. With goals to solidify Vancouver and Richmond’s top position for Chinese dining destinations outside of China, Chinese Restaurant Awards celebrates the excellence of local Chinese culinary scene with the Signature Dish Dining Festival, an much-anticipated extravaganza where the public is invited to sample award-winning Chinese signature dishes in a “dine-out” festival setting.<\/p>\n
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\nDownload press release in PDF<\/a> \/\/ For High Resolution Photos, Contact: rae@ChineseRestaurantAwards.com<\/a>\n<\/p>\n \nCreated and organized by Chinese Restaurant Awards (CRA), the Signature \n“With aims to strengthen Vancouver and Richmond’s Chinese culinary \nSignature Dish Dining Festival breaks ground by establishing a \nBuilding on CRA’s three consecutive years of success with Diner’s Choice \nThe Chinese Restaurant Awards wishes to thank the following sponsors who \n \n1.\tAlvin Garden \n2.\tBamboo Grove \n3.\tEmpire Chinese Cuisine \n4.\tFortune House Seafood Restaurant \n5.\tFraser Court Seafood Restaurant \n6.\tGingeri Chinese Cuisine \n7.\tGolden Swan Seafood Restaurant \n8.\tGrand Dynasty Seafood Restaurant \n9.\tThe Jade Seafood Restaurant \n10.\tNeptune Seafood Restaurant \n11.\tNorthern Delicacy \n12.\tPrince Chinese Seafood Restaurant \n13.\tRainflower Seafood Restaurant \n14.\tRed Star Seafood Restaurant (Richmond branch) \n15.\tShi-Art Chinese Cuisine \n16.\tShiang Garden Seafood Restaurant \n17.\tVictory Seafood Restaurant \n18.\tVivacity Restaurant \nFor more information on the Chinese Restaurant Awards: www.chineserestaurantawards.com<\/a> \n \n<\/p>\n \nWritten by Wai Lam Cheung\n<\/p>\n
\nDish Dining Festival is the first of its kind in North America. It
\nwill take place between November 1st – 18th, 2011, with 18 restaurants
\nin Vancouver, Richmond and Burnaby participating, each offering
\ndifferent exclusive menus designed and prepared by top local Chinese
\nchefs. Diners may choose from menus for 4 people at $100, menus for 6
\npeople at $150, or menus for 10 at $300, and find out about these
\nexciting menus online at the Festival’s official website:
\nwww.ChineseDiningGuide.com<\/a> To participate, diners may simply call or
\nmake reservations at the participating restaurants and make note of
\ntheir desire to try the Signature Dish Dining Festival’s menu.\n<\/p>\n
\nscene, Chinese Restaurant Awards has been a forerunner in encouraging
\nthe use of fresh Canadian ingredients in Chinese Signature Dishes. We
\nare very excited to invite local diners and international culinary
\ntravelers to experience their best of Greater Vancouver’s Chinese
\ncuisine, with this one-of-a-kind Signature Dishes Dining Festival,”
\nstates Mr. Craig Stowe, Founding Director of the Chinese Restaurant
\nAwards. “Dine-out events have been successful in capturing an
\ninternational spotlight on a city’s culinary excellence, while CRA also
\ninspired Chinese travel journalists’ stories in highlighting the
\nrepresentation of Chinese food in overseas. CRA looks forward to
\nattract more tourists, especially from other regions in North America
\nand Mainland China, to stay and dine in Vancouver and Richmond, while
\nexperiencing our very own Signature Dish Dining Festival.”\n<\/p>\n
\ncreative platform that encourages local Chinese chefs to create
\ninnovative dishes with fresh, local ingredients, while the public take
\npart in enjoying them. The festival will feature award-winning
\nSignature Dishes previously honored by CRA, such as Jade Seafood
\nRestaurant’s smoked grandpa chicken, Alvin Garden’s tea smoked duck, and
\nRainflower Restaurant’s lamb rack in Chinese wine sauce. Besides
\nCanadian seafoods, the Festival will also shine a spotlight on Alberta
\nbeef and Alberta pork. There will be a good number of exciting new
\ndishes created especially for this Festival, which includes a new
\nvariation of the traditional Chinese Dongpo Pork dish, made with Alberta
\npork, Amoy cooking sauces and designed by Shiang Garden’s executive
\nchef P. Wing Leung.\n<\/p>\n
\nAwards, diners can vote online for the Best Restaurant, Best Service,
\nBest Dinning Environment and Most Innovative, all under the Signature
\nDish Dining Festival category in the upcoming Diner’s Choice Awards
\ncommencing this November. Eight critics from this year’s CRA judging
\npanel will also taste the dine-out dishes from all 18 participating
\nrestaurants and carefully select dishes that are best fit for the
\nfollowing award categories: Best Alberta Beef, Best Alberta Pork, and
\nBest dish made with Amoy Sauces. Results will constitute to CRA 2012‘s
\nCritics Choice Award and will be announced at CRA award ceremony on
\nJanuary 17, 2012.\n<\/p>\n
\nhelp to make these awards possible: Mercedes-Benz, Alberta Livestock
\nand Meat Agency, Hennessy Cognac, Heneiken, Cupcake Vineyards, Amoy Food
\nlimited, Anchor Foods International Limited, Richmond Review,
\nWestender, New Home Living, Atherethere.com, TheRedPocket.com, What’s In Magazine and Westca.com\n<\/p>\n
\nParticipating Restaurants
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\n4850 Imperial Street, Burnaby (604-437-0828)
\nExecutive chef: Ling Kang Zheng\n<\/p>\n
\n6920 No.3 Road, Richmond (604-278-9585)
\nExecutive chef: Ming Yeung\n<\/p>\n
\n8251 Alexandra Road, Richmond (604-303-9780)
\nExecutive chef: Nam Chui\n<\/p>\n
\n2199A-4700 Kingsway, Burnaby (604-438-8686)
\nExecutive chef: Wing Ho\n<\/p>\n
\n3489 Fraser Street, Vancouver (604-568-1288)
\nExecutive chef: Yiu Fung Lau\n<\/p>\n
\n#323-5300 No. 3 Road, Richmond (604-278-6006)
\nExecutive chefs: C. H. Lo & H. W. Li\n<\/p>\n
\n5380 Victoria Drive, Vancouver (604-321-6621)
\nExecutive chef: Chi Ling Tam\n<\/p>\n
\n4331 Dominion Street, Burnaby (604-432-6002)
\nExecutive chef: Anthony Leung\n<\/p>\n
\n8511 Alexandra Road, Richmond (604-249-0082)
\nExecutive chef: Tony Luk\n<\/p>\n
\n#100-8171 Ackroyd Road, Richmond (604-207-9888)
\nExecutive chef: Wing Tam\n<\/p>\n
\n#2788-4151 Hazelbridge Way, Richmond (604-233-7050)
\nExecutive chef: Henry Ng\n<\/p>\n
\n2881 Grandview Hwy, Vancouver (604-430-6808)
\nExecutive chef: Kin Man Ng\n<\/p>\n
\n3600 No. 3 Road, Richmond (604-278-7288)
\nExecutive chef: Wing Kuen Wu\n<\/p>\n
\n#2200-8181 Cambie Road, Richmond (604-270-3003)
\nExecutive chef: Yen Li\n<\/p>\n
\n#1302-6551 No.3 Road, Richmond (604-279-8998)
\nExecutive chef: Horace Ho\n<\/p>\n
\n#2200-4540 No.3 Road, Richmond (604-273-8858)
\nExecutive chef: P. Wing Leung\n<\/p>\n
\n#2216-4500 Kingsway, Burnaby (604-456-0383)
\nExecutive chef: Wei Guo Yao\n<\/p>\n
\n#110-8351 Alexandra Road, Richmond (604-279-1513)
\nExecutive chef: David Li\n<\/p>\n
\nOfficial Site of the Signature Dining Festival: www.ChineseDiningGuide.com <\/a>
\nTo nominate your favorite restaurants and cast your vote: www.votedinerschoice.com<\/a>
\nChinese Restaurant Awards’ Facebook<\/a> page & Twitter<\/a> @CRADiningGuide\n<\/p>\n