[CRA 2010 Signature Dish] Icy Crystal Eggs ??? and Stir-fried Beef with Kimchi ???? from Delicious Cuisine, Richmond

Now I know why.

Last year, we had lunch at this place called Zephyr in the Sky in Richmond. We were sort of confused because the sign of the restaurant says it is Zephyr in the Sky and most of everything in the restaurant says it is called Delicious Cuisine. We thought that the words Delicious Cuisine are just a tag line for the Zephyr in the Sky restaurant until the waitress explained that they were in the midst of changing their image and undergoing a makeover.

Well, the makeover today is complete and what a bang it is making — by bagging not one but two awards from the Chinese Restaurant Awards.

It is now two separate restaurants standing side-by-side. One retained the Zephyr in the Sky name and the other more upscale but smaller one called Delicious Cuisine.

What does the “One-something-something-something” Chinese name translate into? Anyone?

It had been one year since our last visit. I was surprised with how popular this place is. It was extremely busy and we can see that they obviously could do with more staff. I could see the stressed look from every waitress tearing from table to table.

Suanne and I had to wait for a table even though we were quite early shortly before 6PM. While waiting, we saw the a board at the entrance of their lunch special. For lunch special, $10 is pricey compared to the many $7-$8 lunch specials around town. But this lunch special is a little bit more upscale — a three course lunch special consisting of an appetizer, a main and a dim sum. The picture above is clickable if you want to see a larger version of it.

I don’t know what makes me say this but it seems to me like Delicious Cuisine is a Taiwanese style restaurant. Don’t ask me why … am just saying.

Suanne and I felt like second class citizens here. We can’t read the specials on the board. Grrrr. There is no way we could get the waitress with the patience to read/translate each item for us seeing how busy they were. Moreover we were seated so far away form the board too. If only they have English translations for the specials on the board.

While waiting patiently for service, we were scanning our neighbors tables. A number of them had clams and most of them good looking dishes too.

So we stuck with the two award winning dishes and decided to ask about the clams.

Chinese Restaurant Award 2010 ? SILVER in the APPETIZER Category ? Icy Crystal Eggs ???

Tada … here it is … Icy Crystal Egg. This dish won silver in the Appetizer category.

In our visits to these restaurants looking for the winning dishes, we found out that the English names as described on the website is different from what the restaurant calls it. While the Chinese Restaurant Award folks calls this the Icy Crystal Eggs, the Delicious Cuisine restaurant uses another name for this dish. The restaurant calls this the … More after the jump. Click to read the rest of [CRA 2010 Signature Dish]
Icy Crystal Eggs ??? and
Stir-fried Beef with Kimchi ????
from Delicious Cuisine, Richmond (339 words)

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