Target 6: Shanghai River
Address: 110-7831 Westminster Highway, Richmond
Phone: (604) 233-8885
Menu photos: Page 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11
Price: $6.50 for eight baos

Visit date: May 30th, 2008
Visit time: 2 PM

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The World’s First Double-Down

Target 2.4: Au Petit Café
Address: 4851 Main Street
Phone: (604) 873-3328
Menu: Page 1; Page 2;

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Target 4: Lin’s Chinese Cuisine and Teahouse
Broadway @ Granville
Page 1; Page 2
Price: $4.99 for 6 baos
Visit date: April 5th, 2008
Visit time: 8:00 PM
–ratings–
Jason’s ratings
Soup: 5.5/10
Pastry: 8/10
Meat: 8/10
Other items & condiments: 3.25/5
Service & atmosphere: 4/5
Jason’s total: 7.1875/10
Des’ ratings -
Soup: 6/10
Pastry: 7.5/10
Meat: 7/10
Other items & condiments: 3.5/5
Service & atmosphere: 4/5
Des’ total: 7/10
Total Score (averaged across both raters, [...]

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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
–ratings–
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
–ratings–
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 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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