Chances are, half the people you know are ordering Chinese food for dinner this very night. Maybe the city’s No. 1 delivery cuisine, it’s comfort food that you most likely can’t create in your own kitchen. It’s also generally value priced and makes the next day’s leftovers a treat. These Chinese restaurants deliver in every sense of the word.
This Castleridge Drive Northeast restaurant’s takeout and delivery menu features a concise selection of regional Chinese standards including mix-and-match combo meals. Delivery is free with a minimum order. Of note, orders over the minimum are entitled to a substantial discount on one of three bestselling dishes: pork dumplings, sweet and sour pork or chicken chop suey.
The sister restaurant to its founding Spiller Road location, Kam Han’s Lake Fraser Drive Southeast establishment offers free delivery within the customary five-kilometre radius. From its no-nonsense selection of Chinese standards, choose dishes such as house-made pot sticker dumplings, ginger beef, hot-and-sour soup and salt-and-pepper squid.
Located in a strip mall on Acadia Drive Southeast, this modest establishment serves a loyal neighbourhood clientele. Its menu features a generous mix of Western and regional Chinese dishes including Cantonese chow mein, yang chow fried rice, Szechuan shredded chicken and mapo tofu. Also try its Thai menu, featuring the enigmatic James Bond Island Seafood Platter. Delivery is free in the immediate area.
Built like a section of the Great Wall and sporting a conspicuous red-and-yellow sign, Peking Dragon is a Mission landmark. As its name suggests, its menu features dishes such as Peking-style shredded chicken, but also other regional dishes that include Northern Chinese moo shu beef and various Shanghai noodle entrees. Enjoy free delivery in the immediate area on minimum orders.
Named for its northwest neighbourhood location, Hawkwood Palace offers free delivery on minimum orders within its immediate area. Its Peking- and Cantonese-style delivery menu features crowd pleasers such as ginger-fried squid and beef, sizzling rice dishes as well as Shanghai and chow mein noodle plates. Also order combo dinners for one to eight people.
Well patronized by Arbour Lake residents, new Dynasty serves an exceptional take on Chinese cuisine. Order comfort fare such as palace-style chicken, beef in black bean sauce and special fried rice, or step up your game with meat and seafood hot pots, steamed oyster and mussel dishes as well as masterful lobster, crab and abalone dishes. Free delivery on minimum orders within a five-kilometre radius.
Bestsellers at this Temple restaurant include multiple chow mein and salt-and-pepper dishes, barbecue egg foo yong and spicy General Tao’s chicken. Free delivery is offered on minimum orders within much of the northeast. Group dinners include varied combinations of Prairie Chinese favourites such as ginger beef, sweet and sour ribs, chicken chow mein and egg rolls.
Just north of Memorial Drive on 28th Street Southeast, China Rose serves a mix of Chinese dishes. Standards include various chop suey, chow mein, sizzling rice dishes and hot pots. Less typical, try meat, veg and seafood mu shu wraps and Peking duck served as one, two and three courses. With a minimum purchase, patrons receive free delivery within a three-kilometre radius as well as a choice of one free additional entree.
Located opposite Midnapore Mall, Gold Bistro offers free delivery service to communities in the city’s deep south with a minimum purchase. Whatever Chinese comfort foods you crave, this place likely serves them and more. There are salt-and-pepper seafood dishes, beef, chicken and shrimp in various styles and sauces, plus fried rice and Shanghai noodle dishes. Combo dinners are available for one to 12 people.
One of the city’s best-known late-night restaurants delivers, but in the downtown area only. Proprietors the Lau family serve Cantonese cuisine that’s simply unbeatable. Seafood is the specialty here, including fresh-from-the-tank crab and lobster, and the menu also features hot pots, steamy noodle soups, braised beef and duck dishes and much more.