VA2007 - Imperial Chinese Seafood Restaurant

Innovative Exotic Cuisine

Grandeur has its place and in Vancouver you can find it at the Imperial Chinese Seafood Restaurant, an elegant fine-dining establishment renowned for providing the ultimate Cantonese dining experience. Nestled between five-star hotels and central to the city's key attractions such as Stanley Park, Gastown and Robson Street, the ornate two-storey structure seats 300 and hosts banquets, weddings and personal dinner retreats, making it a favourite for visiting celebrities and dignitaries.

Located on the main floor of the Marine Building, a handsomely restored heritage site, the Imperial Chinese Seafood Restaurant is a study in opulence. The chandeliered dining room offers panoramic views of Burrard Inlet and the North Shore mountains. Meanwhile, a curved banister ascends to the mezzanine where an intimate dining area, including three vip rooms, awaits small parties and private groups.

In the kitchen, a team of first-rate chefs trained in Hong Kong prepare an enticing array of innovative, exotic dishes, including such delicacies as shark's fin soup, roast Peking duck and sautéed lobster and crab. Specializing in fresh-daily live seafood stored in built-in water tanks, guests may select from a menu that includes the best lobster, crab, geoduck, rock cod and prawns the oceans have to offer.

Imperial Chinese Restaurant is the recipient of numerous awards, having won the DiRoNA (Distinguished Restaurant of North America) Award for the past 15 years.

Whether you are looking for a light lunch of award-winning dim sum, quiet cocktails in the Lau Ling Bar, a relaxing dinner, or an elegant party, the Imperial's attentive staff will make your visit a memorable one. And while French service is featured in the palatial dining room, the establishment's professionally trained, multilingual staff are available to provide service in English, Japanese, Cantonese and Mandarin.

Regardless of the language you speak, you will utter the same conclusion: The Imperial Chinese Seafood Restaurant is a tribute to the tradition of one of the world’s great cuisines.

Menu Highlights

Appetizers

Steamed Scallops with Black Bean Sauce
Fresh scallops with crushed black bean & garlic sauce served in its own shell

Roasted Peking Duck (two course)
Crispy duck skin served with Chinese pancakes and special sauces; duck meat served with lettuce wrap

Main Courses

Sautéed Lobster & Crab with Superior Soup and Noodles
Live lobster and crab sautéed in a superior sauce and served on a bed of egg noodles

Fresh Deep Sea Abalone
Served with chicken sauce

Montréal Spareribs
Sautéed spareribs with honey & garlic sauce

Fried Boneless Chicken in Lemon Sauce

Desserts

Mango Pudding

Banana Fritter in Syrup

Seasonal Fruit Plate

Best of the Cellar

White Wines

Chablis Moreau, Sauvignon Blanc
Oyster Bay Chardonnay
Clos Du Val Le Clos, Chardonnay Sterling, Napa Valley

Red Wines

Villages Georges Duboeuf, Beaujolais
Tyrrell's Old Winery, Pinot Noir
Alluvium Beringer Knights Valley 1995/1996
Summer Castello Banfi 1993
Mission Hill Private Reserve, Merlot

Above: Roasted Peking Duck, Live Lobster and Crab sautéed in a superior sauce and served on a bed of egg noodles.

Imperial Chinese Seafood Restaurant
Main Floor, Marine Building,
355 Burrard Street, Vancouver, B.C., 604-688-8191
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