Follow Me Foodie to ChineseBites! Enter to win a $250 Eating Spree!
I introduce ChineseBites.com! It’s a new website dedicated to Chinese dining in Metro Vancouver. Vancouver is a huge hub for Chinese food and it’s known to have the best Chinese food outside of Asia. However going into a Chinese restaurant can be intimidating if you don’t speak, read or understand the language or menu.
The menus are massive and often very vague and it can be challenging even for me. Sometimes the good stuff is in Chinese too, so it can be tough to explore beyond what you know. I’m quite familiar with the food, but I can’t read the menus, and “deep fried pastry” or “noodles with garlic sauce and beef” or “spicy chicken and vegetables” still leaves me guessing what the dish really is. I know many of my non-Chinese foodie friends often fear being recommended the sweet and sour pork, so even asking for recommendations can deliver unsatisfying results.
I’m sure many of you have tried Chinese food (hopefully beyond PF Chang’s), but even I can admit that I sometimes go back to ordering the same dishes. You always want “the good stuff”, but you don’t know what that is. And then when you ask, the servers say “everything” or just name the popular dishes. Or maybe you do know what to order, but you’re curious what other Chinese restaurants are offering it, and that’s where ChineseBites.com comes in! My blog might help you here and there, but I haven’t gone to every single Chinese restaurant and tried every single dish… yet.
Chinese restaurants tend to be notorious for not having websites too, and even if they do, they’re never really updated. Most of them only advertise promotions in Chinese newspapers and a lot are busy enough as is, but that doesn’t help food lovers like us who want the latest specials and features.
ChineseBites.com already has 80+ restaurants listed and it’ll also include their signature dishes, banquet menus, new and upcoming restaurants, current promos, latest menus in both English and Chinese and diner experiences. So start planning your group because one thing will never really change – it’s almost always family style dining.
The ChineseBites Facebook Contest!
Enter to win FREE DINNER FOR A MONTH.
“LIKE ChineseBites on Facebook here and fill out their entry form for your chance to win FREE DINNER FOR A MONTH or a next generation iPhone. If you successfully invite another friend, you will gain 2 additional entries.
There are $3888 worth of gift certificates and prizes to be claimed for 26 lucky winners. The grand prize will be the free dinner for a month. For a complete list of prizes and contest details see here. The Facebook contest is July 20 to August 19.
The Follow Me Foodie & ChineseBites Contest!
Prize: A $250.00 eating spree at the Summer Night Market for you and five friends.
How to enter:
1) Comment on this post with a signature dish listed on ChineseBites.
or
2) Tweet: RT to enter! I want to win a $250 eating spree to the Summer Night Market from @ChineseBites & @followmefoodie –-> http://bit.ly/PeixAh
Vancouver just get’s better and better! Great bloggers like Mijune, Great websites like chinesebites and so forth! It was a pleasure meeting you Mijune and this is my first comment!
Chef’s Special Recipe Jumbo Crab @ Fraser court is a must try if you love crab!
Roasted Lamb Rack 法式香焗羊架 at The One Cafe 聚客亭餐廳 looks delicious.
Baked tapioca pudding with pastry! Sounds like a neat contest!
I’d love to try Deep Fried Tofu with Salted Egg Yolk..because the sauce is so hard to make at home! =P
Roasted Lamb Rack !!!!! YUMMY
Deep Fried Bittermelon & Black Sesame Rice Flour Balls 脆炸涼瓜芝麻湯丸
simple, but soo good!
Chef’s Special Deep Fried Squab 馳名紅燒乳鴿
I can’t get enough of this! 🙂
Chef’s Special Recipe Jumbo Crab from Fraser Court Seafood Restaurant
pan fried radish cake! Thanks Mijune, $250 at the market adds up to a whole lot of Gnom Gnom Gnom!
Baked Taro Pudding @ Western Lake! Mmm.!
The Korean style ribs from The One Cafe look massive!
baked tapioca pudding <3 my favourite!
mmm steamed pork buns <3
Wow Mijune! Thank you for the awesome contest.
One of the signature dishs listed on ChineseBites = Roasted Lamb Rack 法式香焗羊架
Roasted lambbbb
Deep Fried Durian Rolls <3
what’s better than durian? deep fried durian rolls!
Lobster Tail 龍蝦尾
Mmmm…deep fried bitter melon and black sesame rice flour balls..yum and deep fried durian rolls. Thank you for this delicious contest.
Always love the Deep fried crab claws at Gingeri!
I tried and loved the deep fried chicken w/ salted egg yolk when I was in Melbourne. I would love to try the deep fried crab w/ salted egg yolk from Golden Harvest Seafood restaurant.
the Chef’s Special Recipe Jumbo Crab 招牌秘制大蟹 at Fraser Court sounds sooo yummy!
roi canai (:
I like to eat Baked Seafood on Rice at The Mambo Cafe.
Roasted squab @ Koon Bo Seafood Rest. So delicious everytime!
Let all go to eat in the market……..go …go….
Chef’s Special Deep Fried Squab from Fraser Court Seafood Restaurant. Yummmm
MMmMmMmMmMmm! The Korean Style Beef Ribs with BBQ Sauce at The One Cafe looks/sounds/ MUST BE so appetizing!
The Baked Chicken Hangzhou Style 杭州富貴雞 from Su Hang Restaurant 蘇杭人家海派料理 tasted exactly like the beggar’s chicken I had in Hangzhou.
Sauteed Shredded Eel Fish Hot Pot 響油爆鱔糊1
My fave is the Whole Winter Melon with Seafood Soup!!
Japanese Cheese Cake 日式芝士蛋糕
Korean Style Beef Ribs with BBQ Sauce
Sauteed Prawn with Eggplant and Minced Pork 肉醬茄子蝦
Great now I’m Starving….. Steam Prawn Dumplings are my fave
Chef’s Special Recipe Jumbo Crab 招牌秘制大蟹
Sounds delicious!! I love seafood….
Baked tapioca pudding with pastry sounds awesome, i love Pastry
Korean Style Beef Ribs with BBQ Sauce at The One Cafe.
Chef’s Special Recipe Jumbo Crab at Fraser Court Seafood Restaurant
Roti canai always tops my list!
Lobster tail!
Roasted Lamb Rack sounds awesome
Peking Duck two courses! :>
Lobster tail at the One looks yummy!
Mmmmm…roasted lamb rack…Nom Nom Nom
The Cod Fish Fillet with House Spicy Sauce looks good.
Egg tarts at Anna’s cake house :p childhood memories!
The Prawn Salad with Fresh Fruits 鮮水果大蝦沙律 sounds tasty! From Koon Lock Seafood Restaurant 冠樂美食之家.
Japanese Cheese Cake at St Germain Bakery
Black Sago Pudding 香芋蓮蓉西米焗布甸 looks healthy and good for one’s skin. Thanks.