Shoom Restaurant - Vancouver

On a summer weekend, we visited the punjabi market area to try Shoom restaurant on Fraser Street between east 49th and east 50th avenue. We had reservations and arrived a few minutes early.  It was a full house, and there a couple of groups waiting for a table outside the restaurant doors.

I have been to many Chinese restaurants in my lifetime so far. Most of them, I find mediocre/average. Shoom was slightly above average. I liked how clean it was compared to other Chinese restaurants my family has been to. The food quality was also better. They have a really good complimentary dessert usually the complementary desserts are meh but it was good here!

Located just south of 49th Avenue on Vancouver’s Fraser Street is the oddly named Shoom. This place is quite popular and was already starting to fill up by the time we arrived at 5pm (they were completely full by 6pm). The restaurant seems to be geared to large parties because they mostly have large tables set up. We were afraid that they weren’t going to seat us but then they ushered us past the kitchen in the back and into another dining area next door.

With a bunch of classic Cantonese seafood restaurants in the area, Shoom stands out for its food and “unique” service. Don’t plan to sit and mingle after the delicious dinner...there’s probably other people waiting for your table. The salted egg dish (shrimp/crab or lobster) is famous here. Indulge and get it. Our favourite dish turned out to be the spareribs with chef sauce. Everything was very well presented.

Voted as 'the place to be ' by the local chinese. We were brought here by our family friends. Aside from street parking there is not much else. Busy restaurant meant a line up for 15 minutes. Dishes made up for more than as they were polished within minutes. Absolutely amazing food. Came twice during our stay in Vancouver.