Large Portions - Vancouver Restaurants

 

Hon’s Wun-Tun House Robson (Downtown)

Hon’s Wun-Tun House (1339 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada, phone: 604-685-0871) is a large cafeteria-style Chinese restaurant downtown that is very popular with families and casual diners because of the low prices and generous portions.

Hon’s has other locations in Chinatown (288 East Pender Street, Vancouver, 604-681-8842), New Westminister (408 6th St, New Westminster, 604-520-6661), Coquitlam (310 – 3025 Lougheed Hwy, Coquitlam, 604-468-0871), and Richmond (101 – 4600 No. 3 Road, Richmond, 604-273-0871).

Hon’s on Robson has an open kitchen concept, with a totally separate kitchen for Vegetarian dishes as well as a special area where they prepare the potstickers. On Saturday during the day Hon’s serves Chinese Dim Sum, which is always a special treat. We ordered the many Vegetarian Dim Sum items pictured below, and our total bill for two people came to just under $20.

Chinese Vegetarian Potstickers
Vegetarian Potstickers ($3.25)

Vegetarian Siu Mai dim sum (Chinese food)
Chinese Vegetarian Siu Mai dim sum ($3.00)

Chinese Vegetarian Sticky Rice ($3.00)
Chinese Vegetarian Sticky Rice ($3.00)

Chinese Vegetarian Bean Curd Roll ($2.75)
Chinese Vegetarian Bean Curd Roll ($2.75)

Steamed Vegetarian Pork Dumpling
Steamed Vegetarian Pork Dumpling ($3.00)

Mango Pudding Cake ($2.50)
Mango Pudding Cake ($2.50)

Chinese Take Out Food
Be sure to get your leftovers to go! Hons Chinese food is good for take-out too.

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Ebi Ten Japanese Fast Food (Robson)

Ebi Ten Japanese Fast Food (388 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada, phone: 604-689-9938) is a really popular place for Japanese food prepared in a flash. It’s located across the street from the Vancouver Main Library branch downtown, close to the Westin Grand Hotel as well as BC Place Stadium and GM Place Stadium.

For more photos and info view: Part 1.

Fast food sushi, tempura, and teriyaki
Fast food Japanese California roll, tempura, and teriyaki (around $8.00)

11,316 views - Posted Thursday, February 14th, 2008

 

Prima Taste Restaurant (Robson)

Prima Taste Restaurant (570 Robson St. Vancouver, BC, Canada, phone: 604-685-7881) serves authentic Singaporean cuisine in a modern, stylish Robson street location, just east of the Future Shop on Granville and Robson. I enjoyed the Seafood Platter ($17.95, pictured below) which included a wonderful selection of seafood including prawns and squid, as well as spring rolls, rice, a tasty Singaporean condiment served cold (that I think was made of chilis), and a garnish of carrot.

A reviewer on Dinehere.ca writes (click here for review link):

I had lived in Singapore for 30 years before transplanting myself to Vancouver. For years I craved the savoury and south-east Asian flavors that uniquely belonged to Singapore, because of its modernity and ability to fuse cosmopolitan flavors. Anyway, I got really excited when I heard that this new restaurant opened. I had been disappointed many times by establishments flaunting the “Singapore” brand of food […] TEARS ROLLED DOWN MY CHEEKS and dripped into my soup as the first spoonful of Hainanese Chicken Rice entered my mouth…My only complaint is that the condiments of chilli, dark soy and ginger were too little.

Singaporean Seafood Platter
Singaporean Seafood Platter ($17.95)

Prima Taste interior
Prima Taste interior – the decor is sleek and modern

Seafood Platter
Another closeup of the Seafood Platter ($17.95)

12,439 views - Posted Thursday, February 7th, 2008