Foodie Experiences
Graze the Stalls at Crystal Mall Food Court
Steps from Metrotown SkyTrain, a food court where the yellow-sign dumpling stall beats Din Tai Fung for half the money.
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Steps from Metrotown SkyTrain, a food court where the yellow-sign dumpling stall beats Din Tai Fung for half the money.
Metrotown
More infoCrystal Mall's upstairs food court is the most fun two people can have for under twenty bucks each, a loud, fluorescent hall of Chinese, Taiwanese, Korean and Hong Kong stalls steps from Metrotown SkyTrain. The move is to graze: split xiao long bao here, beef noodle there, roast pork and rice across the way. Regulars insist the yellow-sign dumpling stall outdoes Din Tai Fung for half the money.
Go genuinely hungry and treat it as a crawl, not a single meal, the whole point is splitting small things across stalls. Head upstairs and start with the xiao long bao from the yellow-sign stall (reviewers rank it above Din Tai Fung at half the price), then add a beef noodle soup, Hong Kong-style roast pork on rice, and something fried to share. Don't miss finishing with a bubble tea or a Mr. Yogurt to walk around with. Bring cash or debit, expect crowds and a hunt for a table at peak times, and note it's a five-minute walk from Metrotown SkyTrain with 950 parking stalls below if you drive, making this one of the easiest, cheapest, weather-proof dates in Burnaby.
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