Vancouver Special: Corner 29

Jumbo prawns cooked vermicelli in clay pot

Our newest restaurant discovery in Vancouver is called Corner 29, as in the Chinese restaurant is located on the corner of Main Street and 29th Avenue.

My parents' friend took them there last week and this time brought another round of friends including myself.

The restaurant has been open here for over a year, and it's definitely value for money for solid Cantonese cuisine. Here's the menu. 

Bits of red snapper in black bean sauce and tofu

The dinner started with egg white drop soup with crab meat, a bit on the bland side, but perked up with white pepper or vinegar. Across the room we could see another table had a whole winter melon soup.

Soy sauce chicken was very tender, the sauce not too salty. Even though there were eight of us, we couldn't finish the entire bird and packed up the rest of the pieces. 

We were told that the restaurant had red snapper and suggested it be cooked two ways -- filleted and stir-fried with kale, and another dish using the rest of the meat and bones with black bean sauce and tofu. Both were very good, though at least one piece of the filleted fish was not cooked! 

Another highlight was the prawns and vermicelli cooked in a clay pot. It arrived sizzling hot at the table, and there was a lot of vermicelli. We had to hunt around for the prawns (one per person) and they were jumbo sized, very meaty. I couldn't resist helping myself to more vermicelli.

Pork dumplings with noodles

We also had stir-fried Romaine lettuce with fermented bean curd, but this was quite salty and the more you chewed on the lettuce, the spicier it got. We returned it to the kitchen, thinking they would give us a less saltier version, but it didn't come back out again.

Instead we had pork dumplings with alkaline noodles in broth. We didn't really ned more carbohydrates, but someone at the table requested it, and even had another helping of the pork dumplings.

By now we were all pretty stuffed and requested the deep-fried egg twists or daan san. They were very light and fluffy, and came with the desiccated coconut and sesame seeds and the corn syrup separately to avoid them getting soggy.

In addition to that dessert, we also received the house dessert of sweet mixed bean soup. Needless so say I was so full and am still full hours later... 

One thing's for sure -- we will be back, probably trying the dim sum, which we hear is good...

Corner 29

4488 Main Street

Vancouver, BC

604 559 8660