Top Cantonese Cuisine Restaurant

My family came from Toronto for a 2 week visit and they like Chinese food, so I asked my friend for recommendations. This was one of the restaurants that he suggested. The restaurant is located in a strip mall and parking is limited. We went…early, so no problem. The place is not big but can hold 12 to 16 tables big and small. They even have a room for private events. Ten of us ordered nine dishes, the portion size is good as is the taste. We had a fulfilling enjoyable supper and even had leftovers to take home.Will go again. Happy Travelling!More

We weren’t familiar with the area and decided to take a chance on this restaurant. What a pleasant surprise. The service wasn’t too speedy so don’t plan for a quick lunch. However, the food was unexpectedly delicious. The choices were a mix of dim sum…and other authentic Chinese food dinner dishes. You can’t beat the prices.

Awful customer service for large parties and busy times. Meal for 7 people took over 2 hours for the first dish to even appear. Explanation? They were busy and since we didn’t order a set dinner it’ll take longer. We also had a baby and…were walking him around to settle him. Mom was physically pushed out of the way! Families do yourself a favor and avoid.

We had a family reunion at this restaurant on Kingsway in Vancouver. It was not too crowded as we went early. The service was all right despite what others have written about it. The food was good, too. The melon soup was very good as…was the steamed fish. The squab was also very, very good. The vegetables were OK..The parking area in front of the restaurant is a bit limited, but you can park on the nearby streets easily enough. The restaurant is a little bit expensive compared to similar restaurants in the general area.

Snowy night around 9:00. No customers but me. Order a few items one of which was Chicken Chow Mein with Crispy Noodles. Got home to a dried uncooked pile of old looking crunchy crisp noodles with not a sliver of chicken or vegetable or sauce…of any kind. Just of a dry highly unappetizing container of (deleted). The other two items were fair at best.

Top Cantonese Cuisine Restaurant is located in a cramped little mini mall on the corner of Kingsway and Earles in Vancouver. When we arrived for dinner on a weekend, we were surprised that it wasn’t overly busy (usually not a good sign for a Chinese…restaurant). Almost upon arrival, our waiter was encouraging us to get their special Winter Melon Soup. If you’re Chinese, you’ve probably had winter melon soup before prepared at home. If not, just imagine a giant watermelon with white flesh on the inside that is fairly bland and tasteless. Usually, the flesh is diced into manageable chunks and the resulting soup is light and mild. The winter melon soup here is prepared and presented in the way you might see at a Chinese banquet or special dinner. In this case, the soup is simmered with duck, scallop, shrimp, and crab inside the hollowed out melon itself and presented at the table in an elaborate golden-hued metal container. Presentation was on point and the tender winter melon flesh absorbed the flavours of the broth. The waiter will serve this soup for you and will carefully mix up the filling along with scrapings of the inner winter melon flesh before doling it out into your bowl. We ordered a bit much for 4 people – that winter melon soup dish is rather large and could count as a vegetable dish by itself. Next up was the Peking Duck. The meaty slices of duck and skin were presented on a layer of crisp shrimp chips. Did you ever notice that there’s always more duck slices than there are wrappers? The 2-course Peking Duck included Duck Lettuce Wrap where the meaty diced cubes of duck meat were accompanied by lap cheong (a type of fatty Chinese sausage). And, of course, no Chinese dinner would be complete without some type of seafood.. in this case, Lobster with Yee Mein Noodles. The lobster was well prepared and stir-fried in a green onion and ginger sauce and there was plenty of yee mein noodles under the 2lb lobster to soak up that sauce. In hindsight, we probably didn’t need to order 2 veggie dishes given the size of the winter melon (our waiter actually tried to talk us out of ordering 2 veggie dishes). The pea tips and choy sum were simply pan-fried with garlic. We came back at the end of June for dim sum and the restaurant was decidedly busier. The Deep Fried Taro Dumplings ($5.25) were the first to arrive at the table and had the characteristic fluffy/crispy exterior with a pork filling. The Steamed Spareribs ($5.95) and the Minced Beef Rice Rolls ($5.95) arrived shortly thereafter. Actually, we were pleasantly surprised that most of our dishes came out rather quickly. I felt like the Eggplant with Fish/Shrimp Paste ($6.25) was overly fried as the exterior was a bit too crispy and hard. On the other hand, the Prawn and Scallop Dumplings ($5.95) was pretty well executed with a soft and slippery wrapper encasing plump shrimp and topped off with scallop and roe. Another miss for me was the Steamed Tripe in Ginger and Green Onion Sauce ($6.25) as I thought it was just a bit too chewy – even for tripe. The final dish to arrive at our table was the best of the bunch… the Egg Tarts ($4.50) were freshly made and served hot with the jiggly egg custard encased by a flaky pastry shell. Overall, the food was pretty good here but some of the dim sum items could have been better. Service was also a bit of a miss when it got busier in the restaurant as it was difficult to catch the attention of the waiters.

The food that we ordered was good; but that apply to many restaurants that I had dined at during the past three (3) weeks just before the Coronavirus changed everything for all restaurateur . My first impression when I saw the exterior of the Top…Cantonese Cuisine Restaurant is that this restaurant need a upgrade and renovation. Parking was a premium and it was difficult to find free parking. There are just too many store with many customers, all wanting the few parking spaces! However we received good service, the food was good, creatively presented and the décor was how I picture what a Chinese restaurant should look like. Our waiter ensured that we had a full pot of Chinese tea and if we require anything. I am sure that this restaurant have been filled with many appreciative patrons in better days before COVID-19 crisis. Still a fine place to have a decent breakfast, lunch, supper or late meal!More

This restaurant in the neighborhood well over 20 years , it is OLD Style Dim Sum house , lot of local hang out , special the senior , before the pandemic almost a year now , their quality is okay , dinner is excellent ,…I love and support the local business any way I can ,we have a very interesting lunch at the restaurant , my partner had a craving for Dim Sum almost a year ,and she hear about the restaurant have dine out Dim Sum , I was surprised or shock to see the tents in the parking lot , by the restaurant entrance , I guest bill and rent have to pay , just very interesting and creative way to do it , like Camping ! social distance is questionable ? and so closed to the busy Kingsway traffic atmosphere feel funny ,, may be just me ,they all enjoyed every second of it ,they keep remind me it is Hong Kong style , truth ! I was in Hong Kong twice last year ,they do eat on the street ! any way the dim Sum quality still okay , few dishes is frozen , little too much in MSG , also they have a small place for pick up , over all ,all I can say is very interesting concept ,I prefer take out any time , price very affordable ,the lady owner very friendly and want my feel back on the new concept .so if you looking for soiled Dim Sum ,this not a bad place for it ! best for Pick up !More