Ho Yuen - Richmond Hill

Nowadays, Cantonese restaurants equipped with huge aquariums that are stocked with live seafood have become a common sight in the vibrant Richmond Hill/Markham Chinese culinary landscape. Nestled behind Richlane Mall, inside a secluded open air strip plaza, atop of a small knoll, houses another such establishment. Tonight’s dinner gathering, organized by another family member, is a follow up to last week’s going away party. This time, the quality and caliber of food has been substantially elevated! For tonight, the meal will feature a Big Kahuna.....Live Alaskan Red King Crab prepared multiple ways! As for the wines?! Since IMHO, Riesling and Crab together are part of the Creator’s plan, a fine bottle of German off dry masterpiece to pair with the star is a requisite. In addition to another bottle of elusive perfume and style 2014 Chateau Lafite, a reliable Zenato Amarone was also added to the mix for pairing with the meat dishes. Our party of eight went through the following courses with gusto and avidity: 9 pounds Alaskan King Crab prepared 3 ways. Steamed legs with caramelized minced garlic on a bed of rice vermicelli Wok fried body with Maggi Sauce Steamed egg custard Chawanmushi with crab brains Whole Cantonese Roasted Duck, ‘ Pei Pa Style ‘ Stirred fry Chinese Cauliflower with wind dried preserved meats Braised Tofu with mixed mushrooms and Chinese Greens Fried Pork Spare ribs with Preserved Olive Tapenade Glaze Stirred fry beef with Chinese Kale Gai Lan Complimentary desserts of Red bean dessert soup, Cherry flavored jello and Almond Cookies. Overall, the lovingly prepared food coupled with the superb friendly service created a highly satisfactory dinner experience. Standard of the cooking IMO ranked amongst some of GTA’s best. During the past week, I had the good fortune to savor some extremely well executed Cantonese fare, first from StarChiva and now at Oriental Bistro. Indeed, I am grateful and blessed to live within such close proximity to some of GTA finest Chinese cuisine establishments.

This is our go to dim sum place. What we like is being able to get a table without wait on weekends before 10am. Dim sum quality is good and pretty speedy. Service is attentive, they have staff actively monitoring and serving a section, so you don't have to flag someone down for tea or mustard, etc. You can also ask for a 10% off discount paying with cash.We have also come here twice this month for dinner. Tried the combo for 8 as well as their lamb combo (good for 6 people-ish). Pretty impressed with the food quality overall. For dinner, I recommend the green bass soup. It's a soup with whole fish deboned, tofu, and rich tasty white broth.

An excellent, upscale dim sum restaurant. Beef tripe, curry octopus (juicy and tender), and beef meatballs (wonderfully seasoned) were standouts and extremely well done. Har gow and siu mai were decent but closer to average. Service prompt and attentive.

Good Chinese food with good service. Came for a birthday dinner with ten people and the dishes are served Chinese banquet style the dish is brought to your table and then served by the waiters/ waitresses per individual. The food here is good. Favourites were definitely the fried oysters in a sweet and peppery sauce. It's super peppery though, so they could use a bit less pepper. The dinner combo our table had also came with half a lobster per person baked in a garlic onion sauce and was also great! Dinner overall was so delicious and would come back for more! The interior of the restaurant is a mix between wanting to be casual but also wanting to be a bit high end? It's nothing too fancy but has potential! Overall, good authentic Chinese food and great for large parties.

Good food, good service, and good ambiance. Went for dim sum today for Canada Day. The Steamed Spare Ribs and Sausage on Rice and the Chicken and Mushroom with Fish Maw were good. Please avoid the Crispy Meat Dumpling (they were burnt! and the Beef Tripe