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I've grown up going to this place with my family. Though the owners and chefs have changed multiple times, I still enjoy it. The food is slowly declining but it's still good for me, being from northern china and all. As a kid, I loved watching the chef cut the noodles through the glass : View all feedback.
What Frank H doesn't like about Lucky Gate Chinese Restaurant:
Ordered take out. House special chow mein and fish dumplings. They asked if I wanted the thick or thin chow mein noodles, ordered thin, as the thick ones remind me of earth worms. When I got back home, they made me the thick ones. The chow mein was greasy, and the beef tendon was inedible. The fish dumplings were average. Will be trying another place next time View all feedback.
Authentic Chinese food with quick service (but just like all other chinese restaurants you do not go there for the atmosphere or services). Especially like the seafood shaved noodles!
Love the food, and the hand pulled noodle, and they have also a pork backbone soup that is not on the menu, i do recommen that dish because i love the blandness yet still aromatic soup broth. : the dumplings are okay and xiao long bao are good, loved the dishes over here, <br/ <br/ the taste of noodle soup or stirfried they are both good. <br/ <br/ overall i would recommend the food in here and the price is definitelyl worth the food in my opinion :
Lucky Gate 's noodles are all made fresh in house. Sometimes we even get to see the chef pulling the noodles through the window that peeks into the kitchen. Lucky Gate is definitely one of my favourite places for Chinese noodles, we always order a noodle dish when we 're here. We decided on the seafood and vegetable chow mein 三鮮炒麵 $10.99) since Mamallama likes seafood. For all noodle dishes, you get the choice between their hand stretched noodles or their thick shaved noodles. We got it with the hand stretched noodles, which has a dense, chewy texture that I love. The noodles were stir fried with shrimp, scallops and bokchoi in a soy based sauce.<br/ <br/ Chinese style pancake 手抓餅 is also one of our staples at Lucky Gate. While it 's called a 'pancake ' I think a ringed pastry would be a more accurate description. The compact pastry is slightly crunchy on the surface and soft yet dense on the inside. It has a pleasant subtle sweet flavour. We couldn 't finish the pastry, so we brought the leftovers home. Baby-Paca and I reheated it in the oven later that day and ate it with sweetened condense milk, which of course made it taste even better.<br/ <br/ We also love their shredded chicken with green bean starch sheets 雞絲粉皮 $5.99). I must say that a lot of Chinese dishes sound pretty strange and far from appetizing when translated into English, but this is a very typical dish that can be found in restaurants in Beijing, or in restaurants that offer northern Chinese cuisine. I have tried this dish in various Chinese restaurants in Vancouver, but a lot of the restaurants don 't do it quite right. Either the sauce is too thin or too vinegary, or the texture of the green bean starch sheets are off, but I quite like the one at Lucky Gate. I do think that this dish may be an acquired taste though. Some people may find the cold and slippery green bean starch sheets kind of strange. I think someone even compared it to snot. I can see why, but Baby-Paca and I still think it 's great, especially on hot days when we feel like eating something cool, light and refreshing. The green bean starch sheets themselves don 't taste like much, they take up the flavours of the slightly vinegary sesame sauce. The chicken wasn 't too dry, and the slices of cucumber paired well with dish
I never thought I'd gush about a place, but for a noodle and dumplings fanatic, this place is amazing! I would highly recommend the fish dumplings and the green bean and pork dumplings. These rare flavors blew me away the first time I tried them. I have not tried anything comparable since. Other specialty such as the ringed pancake and the shaved noodles are pretty good too. Too bad the place is just so darn far from Vancouver.
Really good food, mediocre service, bad quality control. I tend to go here a lot just for their deep fried spicy chicken and potatoes. If you're expecting western Chinese food this isn't it. This place is delicious but the flavours can be too adventurous for most western living folk. <br/ <br/ Give it a try.