34,100 people voted on Metro Vancouver’s best Chinese food: Here are the results

Metro Vancouver is known for having some of the most authentic Chinese food this side of Beijing. But with literally hundreds of restaurants serving countless variation on regional cuisine, how do you know where to start?

Well, this list is a good place. The results of the 2016 Chinese Restaurant Diners’ Choice Awards are in. More than 34,100 people cast their votes as part of the annual awards competition. They voted on 21 different restaurant categories, everything from best Cantonese restaurant and best food court stall to best barbecue shop and bakery.

In addition, this year a special “Iconic Dishes” division was added to the awards. Diners were tasked with identifying the top spots to order five regional dishes considered iconic to particular parts of China: braised pork rice from Taiwan, roast duck from Hong Kong, drunken chicken from Shanghai, mango sago from South China and water-boiled fish from Sichuan.

In one popular category – best barbecue shop – the results were pretty much a forgone conclusion. Richmond’s H.K. BBQ Master again took home top honours, as it has done every year in recent memory.

Here’s the full list of winners of the 2016 Chinese Restaurant Diners’ Choice Awards:

Best Sichuan Water-Boiled Fish
New Spicy Chili Restaurant
#160-4200 No.3 Road, Richmond
604-273-3388

Best Taiwanese Braised Pork Rice
Memory Corner
6900 No.3 Road, Richmond
604-284-5434

Best Hong Kong-Style Roast Duck
Parker Fresh Meat
#1020-4380 No.3 Road, Richmond
604-233-1138

Best Shanghai-Style Drunken Chicken
Shanghai Morning Restaurant
#125-8291 Alexandra Road, Richmond
778-297-6098

Best Mango Sago with Pomelo/Grapefruit
Mango Yummy
6564 No.3 Road, Richmond
604-276-9966

Best Services Restaurant
The Jade Seafood Restaurant
8511 Alexandra Road, Richmond
604-249-0082

Best Fine Dining Restaurant
Peninsula Seafood Restaurant
Oakridge Centre, 650 West 41st Avenue, Vancouver
604-428-9999

Best Dim Sum Restaurant
Sea Harbour Seafood Restaurant
#150-8888 River Road, Richmond
604-232-0816

Best Vegetarian Restaurant
Spicy Vegetarian Cuisine
#132-4200 No.3 Road, Richmond
604-304-3538

Best Cantonese Restaurant
Bamboo Grove Restaurant
6920 No.3 Road, Richmond
604-278-9585

Best Northern Chinese Restaurant
Legendary Noodles
1074 Denman Street, Vancouver
604-669-8851

Best Shanghainese Restaurant
Shanghai River Restaurant
7831 Westminster Highway, Richmond
604-233-8885

Best Sichuan Restaurant
Golden Szechuan Restaurant
#170-3631 No.3 Road, Richmond
604-288-9058

Best Hunan Restaurant
Alvin Garden
4850 Imperial Street, Burnaby
604-437-0828

Best Taiwanese Restaurant/Bubble Tea Café
Bubble World Restaurant
7980 Granville St Vancouver
604-263-6031
#2-3377 Kingsway Burnaby
604-451-7658
1325 Robson St Vancouver
604-689-8987
555 North Rd Coquitlam
604-931-8788
1136 – 8328 Capstan Way Richmond
604-232-5222

Best Hong Kong-Style Café
Copa Café
4030 Cambie Street, Vancouver, 604-873-8974
6200 River Road, Richmond, 604-276-8972
#300-1175 Johnson Street, Coquitlam, 604-944-8973

Best Hot Pot Restaurant
Landmark Hotpot House
4023 Cambie Street, Vancouver
604-872-2868

Best Congee and Noodle Restaurant
Kongee Dinesty
#165-9020 Capstan Way, Richmond
604-278-0077

Best BBQ Shop
HK B.B.Q. Master
#145-4651 No. 3 Road, Richmond 604-272-6568

Best Bakery Shop
Saint Germain Bakery
Oakridge Centre, #137-650 West 41st Avenue, Vancouver, 604-267-0807
Aberdeen Centre, #1428-4151 Hazelbridge Way, Richmond, 604-276-8378
Metropolis at Metrotown, #1144-4720 Kingsway, Burnaby, 604-438-8182

Best Food Court Stall
Bubble Waffle Café
Aberdeen Centre, #3000-4151 Hazelbridge Way Richmond, 604-370-2211
Lansdowne Centre, #1025-5300 No. 3 Road, Richmond, 604-284-2444
Crystal Mall, 4500 Kingsway, Burnaby, 604-428-2838