Foo’s Ho Ho Restaurant

Great food although my second time trying as I stumbled upon this restaurant while strolling with my dog.
Service is awesome although both times it was take out they are so darn friendly. They have both times offered my dog a cookie, also brought him a bowl of water as I waited for my take out order.
I think food can always be great and those places can be found but it is the level of service which is typically not existent! This is why it brought me back for day 2 was the level of service genuinely from this restaurant that too many Chinese restaurants lack!
Will be back to try other dishes :)

The fried rice has that super tasty hot wok cooked flavor that I’ve been looking for since I left Danyang, China. The tofu was fresh and flavorful. There are so many restaurants in Chinatown that I wont be back here until I try the others, but it was worth it. :)

I came here on a whim after reading an article in the Vancouver Sun.
This restaurant has been around forever. I remember seeing it (with all its neon sign glory) even in the 1980s, but never dared to set food inside because of the ghetto building it was housed inside.
The restaurant really is styled (on the inside) like something you’d see from a 19^th century opium den. It’s got the wood paneling, vintage tables, and the lantern-​like fixtures up top. The vintage 70s tables really do remind one of a bygone era, one when Richmond was all farmland. There were a couple of CRT TVs showing a hockey game.
With that said, the place is so vintage Chinese, the staff don’t speak Chinese haha. I had to switch to English. The menu is very classic, with items like egg foo yung, and chow mein.
The food is classic Cantonese style, but done the old school way. We had 2 items.
Salty fish and chicken fried rice: actually not bad at all. Plenty of chunks of salty fish. Very nice balance.
Rice noodle with beef and green peppers: WAY too much sauce. I had to let the food settle and drain the sauce into a cup a couple of times. Maybe the cook measured something wrong this time. It was also too salty because of this.
Dessert was a couple of fortune cookies. Wow, haven’t received these in years!
One last thing: they DO accept credit cards here. There are no stickers on the door though. Instead, there are a couple of small plastic signs by the cash register.
I’ll be back to try some of their other dishes in the future, seeing as everyone else is giving 4 – 5 stars.

Go here when you are ready for Fried Food.
Get the crab and pork spring rolls. Yummy, yummy and fried
Get the chicken and sticky rice. Yummy, yummy and very fried.
I can only eat this kind of meal once a week, although, I cheat and do twice a week.
The server was so kind — she deserves a star and excitedly told us about the history of the area and food.