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Dot Com Dim Sum At Kirin Seafood Restaurant

written by John Chow on June 30, 2007

How one lazy bum made $176,697.50

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The last time we got together for a Dot Com Dim Sum was back in March. We were long overdue for another one so instead of doing Dot Com Pho today, we headed over to Kirin Seafood Restaurant for another Dim Sum get together. In attendance, from right to left, were Ed Lau, Stephen Fung, Michael Kwan, Wolfgang, Greg Morgan, Rainer (his son Matthew is hidden in the above pic), Gary Jones from BlueFur.com, Erin Berringer from Newport Business Media, my wife Sarah and myself.

The Kirin Restaurant Group opened Kirin Mandarin Restaurant on Alberni Street in downtown Vancouver in 1987. Just two years later, Kirin Seafood Restaurant began on Cambie Street by the City Hall. Kirin opened Kirin Seafood Restaurants in the Richmond Three West Centre in 1998 and another Kirin opened in Coquitlam in 2000. Kirin is a place to see and be seen. The client base has included heads of state, celebrities, movie stars and sport superstars (plus one dot com mogul).

Kirin is one of the more expensive Dim Sum restaurant but its food quality justify its higher pricing. The service is normally excellent but was off today due to the completely packed house – nearly all Dim Sum restaurants in Richmond are full on a Saturday. Luckily, our table was ready for us at our 12:00 reservation time.

Dot Com Dim Sum was sponsored by our friends at BlueFur Web Hosting. They were nice enough to pick up the $200+ lunch bill. If you need web hosting, give BlueFur a shout. Use coupon code JohnChowRock for 15% of any services.

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Kirin (Richmond) on Urbanspoon

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So what did the fortune cookie say? :D

Doesn't look very tasty actually. I prefer beef myself!

i'm not much of a seafood buff :(

mmm yummm looks delicious!

mmm, i love chicken feet!

I feel a bit hungry after seing those pics.

Hmmm What would you consider as a Canadian specialty?

Currently building a website for Canadian client. He is French and he has a restaurant. I like Canadian food :mrgreen:

I agree with Ed. I'm STILL full from yesterday.

The lunch was delicious, but the company was even better.

Yummy!! Now you have made me miss Singapore local food... =(

I love Singapore hawker food! I was in Singapore a couple of months ago, and I kept going to this place that looked almost like a market. They served all kinds of hawker food and tapioca drinks -- I must've gained like 10 pounds that week.

I know, right? I can't get enough dim sum.

John, you have shown us some good eating places in Vancouver. Personally, I like this HK style Dim Sum very much.

It is a norm,a long queue in front of famous Dim Sum Restaurant, everywhere in HK, Singapore and other palces.

Looks tastey!!!!and a little bit hungry now...

Maybe next time you give me a heads up and i'll fly up there from the midwest. :roll:

Looks like a fun "free" lunch. I need more of those.

same here.

but i need good food that doesn't put on weight, at least it won't show

15% off is great deal. If you sign up for 2 years you got 20% off wiht 2 years deal and then with Johnchowrocks code you got another 15% off. Thanks John~

I could definitely go for some potstickers. Yum!

Was that $200 for the entire bill or $200 just for you? Here in Los Angeles that would be good for 2 or 3 people at a decent restaurant! :grin:

Twenty bucks a head is a price of a very decent lunch here in Vancouver. This is the home of cheap yet good food.

Wow, if it was $200 per person, the bill would've been $2200. That's some expensive dim sum. :lol:

Anyone here have any experience with Bluefur web hosting? I'm thinking about switching my blog over to them.

Ed Lau (ededition.com) has his blog hosted through them and he has nothing but good things to say about the service. Survived a massive Digg with no trouble at all.

I chose BlueFur for a corporate client I have. They've been pleased with the performance. I highly recommend them. Don't forget to use the Evil Code for an extra discount on top of the discount that you get when you sign up for multiple years.

This blog is hosted on a BlueFur dedicated server plan.

John and I are both hosted on BlueFur. Customer service is fantastic and I've yet to experience any problems that weren't caused by me. Their support crew responds to my queries within minutes.

eat thy food, sing thy praise..

That dim sum table had quite a few satisfied BluFur customers, didn't it. Good customer support is a definite plus, regardless what product or service you use.

Thanks for the info guys. Ed, are you using a dedicated server from Bluefur? Or one of their shared hosting plans?

Ed is only the $4.95 shared Unix plan.

Blue Fur is great. I refer all my clients to them - Anytime I need something (and email them) I get a response within minutes.

The food is great,but the best part is that it's free!
Man,I'm starvin'. :shock:

Getting a lot of love from BluFur -- you should be an affiliate in no time, John.

Wow, it's great to have such a wonderful sponsored lunch with fellow bloggers like that. I wish i can do the same thing somewhere in the near future....

Remember what John said in his PDF...don't just wish (or dream), set a goal. A goal is just a dream with a deadline. You can do it!!

a free meal is always good

Can't go wrong with a free meal ;) ... unless you're getting paid to eat. :shock:

The first dish is marinated chicken feet.

Man, I'm still full...that was quite a bit of food.

Okay, thanks. I have never tried that. But I will put it on my to do list. :wink:

Chicken feet is awesome, but deep fried chicken knees are better... especially with preserved egg and minced pork congee.

I don't do feet, but I'll go through a plate of knees in minutes :D

I also love chicken feet, but I prefer the marinated kind, what we call "fong jjow"...:)

is it nice though?

and chicken knees?

where are you guys from?

Talking about all these is giving me a cholesterol rush LOL.