Homestyle dim sum restaurant12/6/2023 It’s served on a separate plate if people want to eat, or gnaw on any of them. These are the ingredients that are used in the soup. It has some Shiitakes and it’s a very nutty soup because they brew Chinese almonds into it. Compared to a Western mushroom consomme it would taste watered down, but also more complex in flavour.It’s savoury and not as sweet as one may expect, but it wasn’t watered down and still full of flavour.It’s clear and brown, and I forgot to take a picture. The soup wasn’t bad, but it tastes like an herbal mushroom consomme with a slight tea flavour.The daily soups are usually something light and something similar to what Asian people would make at home. This was a Chinese mushroom and tea soup.So don’t eat them if you don’t want a baby. Peanuts also symbolize the birth of children and I think health and long life as well.They offer these freshly roasted and salted peanuts and they also offer boiled in soy sauce soft peanuts, which I don’t really like.You wouldn’t believe how uncommon peanut allergies are in China. Instead of bread and butter, Chinese people offer peanuts.On the other hand, Asian food never looks all that appetizing so it’s not a cuisine where you want to judge a book by its cover. Nonetheless I hope it inspires you to try new things or tell you what to avoid… oh and they have a couple menus with crappy photos of all the food, so that might help in your decision making. I’m not too familiar with everything served, but at least I’ve explained what perspective I’m coming from. Therefore this post won’t really be about how good the food was, but more of a deconstruction of what it actually was. Sure, I appreciate all types of Asian food, but I reach a level when the dishes are “too traditional” and “too Chinesey” even for me. I have no idea what the readership looks like for Follow Me Foodie, but I’m assuming that 50% of you will be turned off by this post and 50% will love it… ? I don’t think I actually realize how “Westernized” my taste buds are or have gotten. This one was a casual meal with “homestyle” and traditional dishes not significant to the New Year. They are much different from yesterday’s post on Jade Seafood Restaurant, but both are still fine dining Chinese Cantonese restaurants. I wasn’t in charge of ordering and the items on the table were very catered to Chinese tastes. I still have 3 more to go… and one of them is at Rainflower… again! So you’ll eventually see the Rainflower Chinese New Year banquet dinner menu anyways. Every restaurant does vary, but it is more or less the same menu with symbolic foods special to the New Year. On this occasion it was for Chinese New Year’s Eve, but we didn’t order from the Chinese New Year banquet menu because a few of us were just getting too much of this menu in such a short time frame. Asian food is just hard to eat with few people so I rarely go for casual dining. I’ve probably had more Chinese banquet style dinners than I’ve had regular Chinese dinners at restaurants. I think I could say I’m pretty “spoiled” by Chinese banquet style dinners. I warn you, the parking is free, but limited and pretty horrendous, however the restaurant is very spacious so getting seated is not an issue. It is a fine dining Chinese restaurant specializing in seafood, and it is a popular choice to Chinese locals in Richmond, BC. I haven’t come for dinner too often, but it’s not a rare dinner spot for special occasions either. Rainflower is one of my go to places for dim sum, but things are starting to change as I see that the dishes are becoming inconsistent. Geez!! How many Chinese dinners can you have in a week? Try over TWO days! I still have 3 to go! It’s because of the Chinese New Year festivities that a lot of my posts have been about Chinese restaurants. I didn’t particularly enjoy the items ordered at this dinner, but check out my dim sum post for them here. The Durian Rolls are famous here, but I think they’re only offered during dim sum. **Recommendations: Pan Fried Prawn Basil at dim sum or dinner, as “typical” as it is they do a great job with fried noodles and chow mein. Some hit and miss dishes, most are hits.Traditional and creative dim sum dishes.Considered a higher end dim sum restaurant.Price Range: $10-20 dim sum, $20-30+, $50+ (dinner)ġ: Poor 2: OK 3: Good 4: Very good 5: Excellent 6: Tres Excellent!! Location: Richmond, BC (Richmond Central)
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