this post is filed under Cuisine - Chinese, Location - Vancouver
Seems like it's been a while since I've posted about any Chinese food. One of my regular Vancouver stops is Fortune Garden. It's one of our go-to spots for a big family dinner, and apparently the family likes to go when I'm around because people know I love Peking duck. I must admit that this is true, and Fortune Garden does a pretty mean Peking duck. I only took a few pictures, but here you go. Sorry for the lack of description and prices - I never have any idea what stuff is called in English...
fresh prawns
Nothing like some big, Chinese-style prawns. There is a lot of effort involved with the shell removal, but the meat inside is sooo worth it. The sauce, drenched in prawn flavor, is delicious... I'd happily soak it up with baguette if I had some!
Peking duck
pancakes
The reason for our visit: crispy, tasty, duck skin. Fortune Garden's version is for the most part skin-only, which makes it oily and fatty to some, but delicious to me. The chewy, starchy pancakes help to balance it out. I love the pancakes here - they have a nice, almost doughy texture to them that pairs perfectly with the duck.
beef with sweet sauce
Another dish we've been getting a lot is this stir-fried beef with a slightly sweet sauce. The beef is tender, and the sauce is again very dippable.
Again I apologize for not photographing everything. I always feel bad taking pictures when we're out with the whole family... I have to make a hungry table of 12 wait for me. Anyway, I've got another 5 or so Vancouver posts, including a usual onslaught of Japanese. Stay tuned!
Hi,
what is VERY annoying that you did not enclose the adress AGAIN !! Very very unprofessional.This site SUCKS.
posted by cecilia on November 3, 2005 10:23 PM
Even though the person above was quite rude, she makes a good suggestion. An idea maybe is to have a link. If you google it, the restaurant's info is the first link that pops up.
It shouldn't be too difficult.
posted by John on November 4, 2005 12:31 AM
Yea Arthur...remember to include a link next time...oh wait...you did. hMMmmmm...
posted by Geoff on November 4, 2005 01:06 AM
Counter to what the first two postees said above, clearly Arthur provided a link (with address and tel #) to Fortune Garden.
Great write-up Arthur. Again I just had to read it before lunch and now I'm totally starving !
posted by SaabKen on November 4, 2005 02:32 PM
Cecilia, you really don't have to look at my site if you don't want to. Seriously, feel free to go elsewhere; I'm not going to stop you.
For the past year or so I've linked to address/phone information for every post I've made. Not that it's hard to Google it anyway...
posted by Arthur on November 8, 2005 07:15 AM