The diversity of Chinese cooking is reflected in the Szechuan saying: “One dish, one shape; hundreds of dishes, hundreds of tastes.” At Canmore’s Famous Chinese Restaurant, the many flavours of Szechuan and Peking cooking are presented. Patrons are treated to friendly service and generous portions of expertly seasoned and beautifully displayed cuisine including gluten-free dishes. Guests enjoy the ambiance of this charming converted log home with oak wainscotting, Chinese art, first floor fireplace and tree trunk table tops. Take-out, delivery and catering are available.
- Special lunch and deluxe group dinner combos
- Appetizers: vegetarian spring rolls with homemade plum sauce; mu hsu with pancake wrap and hoisin sauce; grilled pork dumplings (made fresh daily)
- Fried Rice: ‘special Famous’ curry; yang chow with shrimp, BBQ pork, chicken, green beans and egg
- Sizzling Rice: hot and sour; beef and vegetables
- Noodles: spicy Szechuan, San Shen (with Chinese greens), Singapore and Hong Kong styles
- Vegetarian Dishes: Buddha’s delight with stir fried market vegetables and choice of sauce; braised eggplant hot pot with black and straw mushrooms, bamboo shoots and peapods; panfried snow peas and broccoli in garlic sauce; bean curd hot pot
- Seafood: salt and pepper squid, shrimp or fish fillet; sizzling shrimp with mushrooms in spicy black bean sauce; homestyle fish fillet in yellow bean sauce
- Deluxe Egg Fu Yung: omelette with shrimp, chicken, BBQ pork, mushrooms and Chinese greens
- Salt and Pepper Ribs: tender, stir fried pork ribs with diced green onions, and green and red peppers
- Ginger Fried Beef: sweet, sour and spicy classic
- Spicy Mongolian Chicken: in a light curry sauce
With a name like Famous Chinese Restaurant, I imagine that people will have high expectations for this eatery. As they should. The cabin-like design of this restaurant is pure Rocky Mountain. The business is family run, and it shows: the servers are always happy and friendly, and give good-quality service. And despite what others may say, I personally find that the food tastes better than average Chinese dishes. If you’ve got a hankering for good Chinese food in Canmore, this is the place to go.
Upon first entering this quaint little restaurant, our group was fairly impressed with the cozy interior and décor. Unfortunately, the effect was lost on us when we tried the actual food. It pretty well seemed to be your average Chinese food, everything was fried. They got points though for having friendly and speedy service. All in all, it was okay.