ChineseBites signature dishes tour dinner #7 at Nong Chinese Restaurant (formerly The One Restaurant) on Granville Street in Shaughnessy on October 3, 2012.
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We hit up another part of Vancouver for a full Chinese course dinner with the crew, this time on the westside.
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We started off with some appetizers including chicken in chili sauce, jelly pork, marinated beef, all of which were satisfactory and fairly standard to our expectations.
![Nong Chinese Restaurant | Shaughnessy, Vancouver](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8453/8052955443_d6a8542845_z.jpg)
I dug the lobster with bitter melon and shredded pork despite an over abundance of bitter melon. It had a nice flavour and a lot of seasoning.
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We were surprised with some xiaolongbao soup pork dumplings near the end of the meal. They were pretty good with a nice skin and soup inside. I was unenthused by the vegetable salty pork rice. I found it overly salty and not for my taste.
![Nong Chinese Restaurant | Shaughnessy, Vancouver](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8041/8052957974_0bcb1f162c_z.jpg)
Dishes came a rapid fire pace. The lamb with spicy cumin was okay but underwhelming. The standard assorted seafood stir fry with vegetables was solid. I was intrigued but disappointed by the dark braised pork belly.
![Nong Chinese Restaurant | Shaughnessy, Vancouver](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8316/8052958758_8c86ef857e_z.jpg)
Their specialty tea smoked duck was decent. I didn't really taste any hint of particular smokiness yet the meat was tender and good.
![Nong Chinese Restaurant | Shaughnessy, Vancouver](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8035/8052960486_856dc3a37f_z.jpg)
The giant dong po pork hock was ridiculously big. It was meaty and quite good. Some of these Chinese dinners are starting to run together. However, I did enjoy most of the dishes from Nong. The food was well prepared and everything was fairly satisfactory despite some lackluster feelings on my part.
More | Good Eat / Sherman Chan
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![Nong Chinese Restaurant | Shaughnessy, Vancouver](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8038/8052952759_16b32353b2_z.jpg)
We hit up another part of Vancouver for a full Chinese course dinner with the crew, this time on the westside.
![Nong Chinese Restaurant | Shaughnessy, Vancouver](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8322/8052963258_392229566f_z.jpg)
We started off with some appetizers including chicken in chili sauce, jelly pork, marinated beef, all of which were satisfactory and fairly standard to our expectations.
![Nong Chinese Restaurant | Shaughnessy, Vancouver](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8453/8052955443_d6a8542845_z.jpg)
I dug the lobster with bitter melon and shredded pork despite an over abundance of bitter melon. It had a nice flavour and a lot of seasoning.
![Nong Chinese Restaurant | Shaughnessy, Vancouver](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8036/8052949405_1550046d06_n.jpg)
![Nong Chinese Restaurant | Shaughnessy, Vancouver](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8322/8052957136_ee4fcdd58d_n.jpg)
We were surprised with some xiaolongbao soup pork dumplings near the end of the meal. They were pretty good with a nice skin and soup inside. I was unenthused by the vegetable salty pork rice. I found it overly salty and not for my taste.
![Nong Chinese Restaurant | Shaughnessy, Vancouver](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8041/8052957974_0bcb1f162c_z.jpg)
Dishes came a rapid fire pace. The lamb with spicy cumin was okay but underwhelming. The standard assorted seafood stir fry with vegetables was solid. I was intrigued but disappointed by the dark braised pork belly.
![Nong Chinese Restaurant | Shaughnessy, Vancouver](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8316/8052958758_8c86ef857e_z.jpg)
Their specialty tea smoked duck was decent. I didn't really taste any hint of particular smokiness yet the meat was tender and good.
![Nong Chinese Restaurant | Shaughnessy, Vancouver](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8035/8052960486_856dc3a37f_z.jpg)
The giant dong po pork hock was ridiculously big. It was meaty and quite good. Some of these Chinese dinners are starting to run together. However, I did enjoy most of the dishes from Nong. The food was well prepared and everything was fairly satisfactory despite some lackluster feelings on my part.
More | Good Eat / Sherman Chan
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