Asian Avenue in Vernon

Sweet and Sour Pork

Travelled to Vernon to visit one of my kids in summer camp and dined at one of the three Chinese restaurant in the city. We looked up the reviews for each of the restaurants that were listed before deciding which to dine in. The best was not open until like four o'clock so we drove to the next in the list. When we got there, the place looks really old and rustic. Like nobody would come here to dine, so we cross over the road to the other Chinese restaurant that appeared to be new and was not mentioned in the list of the Chinese restaurants reviews.

Kongpo Chicken

The Asian Avenue, offered Chinese buffet and there were a good crowd in the restaurant. We do not expect much from this Chinese restaurant, just a decent meal because my kid who was attending summer camp wanted Chinese food. He has been eating Western type cuisines for the past three weeks and craved for some Chinese food already. Furthermore, Vernon is not a big city and Kelowna is about forty plus kilometre away. So, there were limited choices when Chinese food is concern.

Honey Garlic Chicken

Instead of just going for the buffet, we decided to order the special cuisines from the menu. So, we left the selections to the kids. And they ordered the honey garlic pork ribs, sweet and sour pork, ma po tofu, and kongpo chicken. In general, the serving portions was good but on the hand the Cantonese cuisines lacked authenticity, taste and flavour. In my opinion, they will not do well with diners that were familiar with Cantonese cuisines. But we have already expected that we will not be satisfied and they should not be compared to the many restaurants serving Cantonese cuisine in Vancouver.