Those interested in shopping for Chinese ethnic clothing can head down to the OCHI boutique along East Pender Street. They have a wide variety of Chinese ethnic clothing designed by a local designer. My mum bought a few tops that could be paired with jeans and also a pair of black pants with Chinese inspired buttons down the side. My sis bought a cute pink Chinese embroidered handbag and i bought a light purple convertible tube/halter/spaghetti top with tastefully embroidered Chinese flower patterns.
We asked the friendly shopkeeper where the best dim sum place is in Chinatown, and she directed us to the Jade Dynasty Restaurant just a few doors down...
The restaurant is small with not many tables, but it was not very crowded so we managed to get a table. We were asked to choose our type of tea, and we ordered a pot of chrysanthemum tea, which was absolutely refreshing - with bits of chrysanthemum petals floating in our cups of tea. We ordered a few dishes and the food came pretty quickly.
Prawn Rice Noodle Roll (also known as Chee Cheong Fun)
Shrimp Dumplings (also known as Har Gao)
Pork Dumplings (also known as Siew Mai)
Steamed Pork Dumplings with Soup (also known as Xiao Long Bao)
Egg Custard Tarts (also known as Dan Tart)
Honestly, just my personal opinion, but i found the food to be quite lacking in quality and flavour. However, if you are really hungry and stuck in Chinatown, you probably could go here because of the affordable pricing. Otherwise, I would recommend another dim sum restaurant in Vancouver (the bestest eva!), which would be coming up near the end of my food trail in Canada.
Jade Dynasty Restaurant - Chinese cuisine in Vancouver, Dim Sum in Vancouver
137 East Pender Street
Vancouver, BC V6A 1T6, Canada
