Vancouver_Magazine_May_2017

48 VANMAG.COM MAY 2017

MAENAM: CARLO RICCI

Best

Sushi

Zest

2775 W 16th Ave.

zestjapanese.com

Masayoshi

4376 Fraser St.

masayoshi.ca

Sushi Bar Maumi

1226 Bute St.

HONOUR ABLE MENTIONS

Kishimoto,

Minami, Miku

2

3

We have such a high con-

centration of exceptional,

multifaceted Japanese

restaurants, we thought

it was time to break the

genre down to its compo-

nent par ts. But it t urns

out, for the most part,

our judges think the Best

Japanese restaurants are

also the Best Sushi spots:

with the now-dominant

Zest ta king G old in both

categories for its elegantly

classical approach, and

Fraser Street’s small

and zoned-in Masayo-

shi nabbing both Silver

medals. The Bronze goes

to Davie’s tiny (10 seats)

sushi-only Bar Maumi.

Best

Chinese

Dynasty Seafood

777 W Broadway

dynasty-restaurant.com

Chef Tony Seafood

4600 No. 3 Rd., Richmond

cheftonycanada.com

The Jade Seafood

8511 Alexandra Rd., Richmond

jaderestaurant.ca

HONOUR ABLE MENTIONS

Landmark Hot Pot,

Yue Delicacy

2

3

Our Restaurant of the Year, Dynasty Seafood

(Gold) reached out to new diners and embraced

innovation while staying wonderfully true to the

clean, light, elegant ideals of upscale Cantonese

cooking. “A perfect match for wine geeks,” said one

judge. Others applauded “meaty” steamed egg-

plant that “turns a traditional dish on its head” and

the “many pleasure points” of spicy-garlic Dunge-

ness crab over sticky rice. Chef Tony Seafood (Sil-

ver) “toned down” its reputation for ostentatious

luxury (though we still love the black truffl e-gilded

roast chicken), off ering more sophisticated com-

fort foods like steamed pork belly with house-salt-

ed lemons and local ling-cod-tail hot pot. The Jade

Seafood’s (Bronze) “exceptionally suave service”

continues to impress, along with exemplary cook-

ing skill, evidenced in “smooth and wobbly, clean

and pure” steamed savoury custard with seafood.

Best Th ai

Maenam

1938 W 4th Ave.

maenam.ca

Longtail Kitchen

810 Quayside Dr., New

West m in st er

longtailkitchen.com

Thai Cuisine by Montri

2585 W Broadway

thaicuisinebymontri.com

HONOUR ABLE MENTIONS

Jitlada, Thai Pudpong

2

3

If you were the betting type, there was probably

no more sure a thing than Angus An’s Maenam

winning this category. Last year’s Restaurant

of the Year continues to impress the judges

w ith its seamless and modern ta ke on Thai

fare. And proof of An’s mastery is reinforced

with the Silver winner, Longtail Kitchen—his

more ca sua l out post in New Westminster’s

River Market. Bronze goes to the trailblazing

Montri, where Montri Rattanaraj pioneered

modern Thai in Vancouver in the 1980s and

is still ver y much on the top of his game.

Last year’s

Restaurant

of the Year

continues

to impress

the judges.

RESTAURANT AWARDS