Golden Paramount Seafood Restaurant

My wife and I needed a quick dim sum breakfast on the way out of Vancouver on a Friday morning. Found some positive reviews and had the GPS guide us to the nondescript location of Paramount Seafood. Ordered the special crab/pork dumplings, shrimp dumplings, bbq...pork buns and fried sticky rice. Everything was superb, some of the best we have ever had (and that includes San Francisco, Hong Kong, and many other cities). The staff were friendly and efficient. The room is without interest, but who cares? I highly recommend this restaurant. We will be back!

Golden Paramount Seafood Restaurant I know, the name sounds just like all of the other Chinese restaurants recently moved from a small strip mall into a brick building next door. The layout and the building itself is a bit confusing as we had a bit...of trouble finding the place after parking in the attached parking structure. Things weren’t very busy when we visited on a Sunday morning in late October but that suits us fine because we don’t like lineups… especially when we’re hangry . We stuck with a bunch of dim sum items that we almost always order… Steamed Bean Curd Rolls $7 and Steamed Beef Tripe $7 . The Deep-Fried Chinese Doughnut Rice Roll $7.50 was quite good here. In some places, the Chinese doughnut is too hard and in other places, it’s too soft. This one had the right amount of crispness without being too crunchy. Next up was the Siu Mai $7 dumplings with a bouncy shrimp and pork filling and topped with fish roe. And last off was the Pork Spareribs in Garlic Sauce $7 . Most items were fairly standard in terms of dim sum fare but prices seemed a bit high. That being said, they did offer 10% discount early bird? but it’s cash only so make sure you bring some greenbacks.

We arrived for a a dim sum lunch on a Monday afternoon. You can park in the adjacent garage for free. We were offered a plate of 3 barbecued pork-filled bao as well as a plate of 4 egg tarts. Of course, we'd take them...to start things off as we studied the menu. The bao were the best we'd ever had anywhere. Unlike most bao, these were either not steamed at all or had been baked a bit after steaming. A small amount of sugar had been sprinkled on top. The result was a bao with a soft interior and an excellent BBQ pork filling and a slighly crisp and slighly sweet crust. Outstanding! The egg tarts were also excellent: the filling was a tad lighter than others we've had, but the crust was rich and crumbly. We also ordered steamed shrimp dumplings, shredded chicken, and pan-fried oysters. The steamed dumplings were really, really good with a think covering over impeccably fresh shrimp. The other two dishes were less successful in our mind. The shredded chicken was combined with shredded vegetables plus something that might have been jelly fish, we weren't sure. The oysters were quite firm, without being overcooked. Since we like ours almost raw, we would order something else the next time. We were almost to the US border when my husband realized he had left his camera at the restaurant. He called and was assured he could pick them up even though, by the time we'd get there, they would be closed. We were further delayed by awful traffic, so it took us nearly an hour to get there. The gentleman he's spoken with was still there, with his camera in hand. He refused the offer of a tip. So we were thrilled with about half of our lunch. We think it's because we simply ordered dishes that were not what we expected them to be. We look forward to returning and trying out more of the menu.

I was looking for the best lunch in vancouver and this restaurant went to lunch in an article of 38 best places. the amount here is so! I was terribly disappointed. there are so many dimme crowds to go in richmond, but this eat here is not so good! that was my first time and last time!

We were part of a private dinner party in one of the rooms. It was a feast of many courses. The food was fairly well done and good service considering many tables to be served basically at the same time.