Location: Rain Flower Restaurant   
3600 – No. 3 Road, Richmond, BC V6X 2C1
604-278-7288

Located in the heart of Richmond, Rain Flower is the latest Chinese restaurant that brings many new tastes to dim sum lovers. Besides the ordinary items such as shrimp dumplings, meat dumplings and spring rolls, Rain Flower offers many new and tasty dim sum dishes. Most new items are created by re-inventing the old. My favourite is the re-invention of the rice cannelloni:

Can you tell what the stuffing is in this rice cannelloni? BBQ pork? Shrimps? Beef? The answer is none of these. The stuffing is unique and a surprise to me: bean curd with minced fish. The combination might sound a little odd but the taste was delicious.

Other interesting items include mushroom and spinach dumplings, coconut and black sesame jelly and this dish just made it to my top Chinese desserts list:

The pastry was buttery and flaky. The filling is a smooth taro paste giving the just right amount of sweetness. I’m never sarcastic when I say that I’m don’t have a sweet tooth, therefore when I like a dessert then usually it must be pretty awesome.

Yes, you are looking at abalones indeed. My husband is a lucky guy. He has an aunt who spoils him and she treated us abalones for breakfast. I believe this is the first time I have abalones so early in the day.

I notice a sad trend about new Chinese restaurants in Richmond – the food quality is always very good when the restaurant is under a year old and then all of the sudden, the food stop tasting good. Give Rain Flower Restaurant a try before they stop re-inventing dim sums.