Target 4: Floata Seafood Restaurant
Address: 618 Quebec Street #202 (map)
Phone: 604-630-1022
Homepage
Visit date: February 24th, 2008
Visit time: 11:00 AM
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Jason’s ratings -
Steamed dumplings: 60% or 21 of 35 possible points
Steamed other: 75% or 11.25/15
Fried & deep fried: 70% or 10.5/15
Baked & sweet: 75% or 11.25/15
Rice-noodle-veg: 65% or 6.5/10
Other factors (service, atmosphere, etc): 80% or 8/10
Jason’s total: [...]

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Target 3: Come Along Seafood Restaurant
Address: 2550 Kingsway (map)
Phone: 604-439-1318
Dim Sum Menu: Page 1; Page 2
Prices:
Small - $2.95
Medium - $3.50
Large - $3.95
Kitchen – $4.95-5.95
Visit date: February 16th, 2008
Visit time: 11:00 AM
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Jason’s ratings -
Steamed dumplings: 80% or 28 of 35 possible points
Steamed other: 90% or 13.5/15
Fried & deep fried: 70% or 10.5/15
Baked & sweet: N/A
Rice-noodle-veg: [...]

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Target 3: Peaceful Restaurant
Address: 532 West Broadway (map)
Phone: 604-879-9878
Menu: Available at their homepage
Price: $5.95 for 8 small baos
Visit date: February 15th, 2008
Visit time: 8:00 PM
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Jason’s ratings
Soup: 6.5/10
Pastry: 6.5/10
Meat: 8/10
Other items & condiments: 4/5
Service & atmosphere: 4.5/5
Jason’s total: 7.375/10
Des’ ratings -
Soup: 6.5/10
Pastry: 7/10
Meat: 8.5/10
Other items & condiments: 4.25/5
Service & atmosphere: 4.25/5
Des’ total: 7.625/10
Total Score (averaged [...]

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Target 2: The Place
Address: 8028 Granville St (map)
Phone: 604-261-3948
Menu: Page 1
Price: $4.55 for 6 baos
Visit date: February 1st, 2008
Visit time: 7:30 PM
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Jason’s ratings
Soup: 7.5/10
Pastry: 7/10
Meat: 8.5/10
Other items & condiments: 3.25/5
Service & atmosphere: 3.5/5
Jason’s total: 7.46/10
Des’ ratings -
Soup: 8/10
Pastry: 8/10
Meat: 8.5/10
Other items & condiments: 4/5
Service & atmosphere: 3.5/5
Des’ total: 8/10
Total Score (averaged across both raters, [...]

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Target 2: Golden Ocean
Address: 2008 W 41st Ave (map)
Phone: 604-263-8886
Prices:
Small - $3.10
Medium - $4.35
Large - $4.95
Kitchen – $6.70
Visit date: February 2nd, 2008
Visit time: 11:00 AM
–ratings–
Jason’s ratings -
Steamed dumplings: 85% or 29.75 of 35 possible points
Steamed other: 80% or 12/15
Fried & deep fried: 70% or 10.5/15
Baked & sweet: 80% or 12/15
Rice-noodle-veg: 80% or 8/10
Other factors [...]

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Target 1: Sun Sui Wah (Main St.)
Address: 3388 Main ST (map)
Phone: 866-872-8822 (toll free)
Homepage
Specials menu: Page 1; Page 2
Small - $3.20
Medium - $3.75
Large - $4.20
Deluxe – $5.95
Kitchen – $6.80
Tea - 80 cents per head we ordered two kinds: Shou Mei and Chrysanthemum. Fairly good quality and well worth the charge)
Visit date: January 27th, 2008
Visit [...]

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The Great Dim Sum Smackdown
a new ‘down
Saturday February 2nd, 2008
By Jason Chin
Eat Vancouver Writer
I know what you are thinking: Another ‘down, has this guy lost it?
But let’s not forget the immortal words of Daniel Plainview from There Will Be Blood:
I assure you, whatever the others promise to do, when it comes to the showdown, they [...]

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Target 1: Chen’s Shanghai Restaurant (Bai yu lan canguan)
Address: 8095 Park Rd (map)
Phone: 604-304-8288
Menu: Page 1; Page 2; Page 3
Price: $4.20 for 6 baos
Hours of operation
Visit date: January 29th, 2008
Visit time: 8:00 PM
–ratings–
Jason’s ratings
Soup: 7.5/10
Pastry: 6/10
Meat: 8/10
Other items & condiments: 4/5
Service & atmosphere: 4.5/5
Jason’s total: 7.5/10
Des’ ratings -
Soup: 8/10
Pastry: 7/10
Meat: 7.5/10
Other items & condiments: [...]

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Introducing: The Xiaolongbao-down
an introduction
Saturday, January 19th 2008
by Jason Chin
Eat Vancouver editor
Xiaolongbao are steamed Chinese dumplings filled with soup. It’s really as simple as that, but for some difficult-to-explain reason I’m obsessed with them. If I had to guess at the source of my affection for these little pillows of soup, I’d say it [...]

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Kirin Seafood Restaurant
(604) 303-8833 – Richmond
(604) 879-8038 – Cambie Street
(604) 944-8833 – Coquitlam
(604) 682-8833 – Downtown Vancouver
Address: See Maps
Homepage
Back to Basics: Upscale Cantonese
a Quick Bite
By Y. Zhang
a special to Eat Vancouver
As is common knowledge, Vancouver has tons of Chinese restaurants representing several regional Chinese cuisines. So with all of the focus on Shanghai, Sichuan and [...]

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