5 chinese restaurants worth the trip across Canada, editor-ranked. All cuisines in Canada.
Bao Bei ★ 4.7 · Vancouver
chinatown · 163 Keefer Street, Vancouver, BC V6A 1X3
Bao Bei on Keefer Street since 2010 is Tannis Ling's modern Chinese brasserie, Michelin Bib Gourmand 2022, the city's reference natural-wine Chinese.
Tip: No reservations; the bar walks in from 17:30. Sunday evening is the easier seat.
Mother's Dumplings ★ 4.5 · Toronto
chinatown · 421 Spadina Avenue, Toronto, ON M5T 2G6
Mother's Dumplings on Spadina has run northern Chinese comfort food in Chinatown since 2005, Shenyang-born Zhen Feng pressing dumplings by hand.
Tip: Walk-in only; frozen dumpling fridge by the door for takeaway. Cash and card accepted, but cash moves the line faster.
Mother's Dumplings ★ 4.5 · Toronto
chinatown · 421 Spadina Avenue, Toronto, ON M5T 2G6
Mother's Dumplings on Spadina has run northern Chinese comfort food in Chinatown since 2005, Shenyang-born Zhen Feng pressing dumplings by hand.
Tip: Walk-in only; frozen dumpling fridge by the door for takeaway. Cash and card accepted, but cash moves the line faster.
Nouilles de Lan Zhou ★ 4.3 · Montreal
downtown · 1006 Boulevard Saint-Laurent, Montreal, QC H2Z 1J5
Nouilles de Lan Zhou hand-pulls its noodles to order in Montreal's Chinatown, the dough stretched at the window over bowls of cumin-spiced beef broth.
Tip: Ask for your noodles thin or wide when you order; the beef soup is the one to get.
Qing Hua Dumpling ★ 4.1 · Montreal
downtown · 1019 Boulevard Saint-Laurent, Montreal, QC H2Z 1J4
Qing Hua fills its soup dumplings by hand in Montreal's Chinatown, a bustling counter where the pork-and-crab xiao long bao arrive by the steaming dozen.
Tip: Order fewer dumplings than you think; a dozen each is plenty and they come out fast.