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buddy 01-20-2010 12:06 PM

^ that was just floor washing detergent powders


btw, I love their pork pot stickers ..

SlySi 01-22-2010 07:39 AM

Im actually happy Hon's is gone. Food was crap. And potstickers was crap.

fliptuner 01-22-2010 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by murd0c (Post 6776488)
all are closed? man I always go there for lunch (the one in poco)

Westwood? I just ate there on Tuesday.

Overseas Auto1 01-22-2010 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by ghetto fobolous (Post 6776079)
Does anyone know why it's closed? It seems like -- suddenly it's just gone *poof* Too much competition? The Robson location is still opened, AFAIK.

I phoned them. They say they are closed for remodel. I talked to Danny's in the Ironwood Mall. they think they are finished totally

stuff99 01-22-2010 04:39 PM

Hon's have been suffering from bad investments.

winson604 01-22-2010 04:42 PM

Imo who cares. Real chinese people don't go to Hons yo.

keifun 01-22-2010 11:23 PM

ahh really? I went to the one in New West couple weeks ago. It was ok, the waitress that served us was pretty cute.:thumbsup:

blee123 01-23-2010 12:54 AM

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Originally Posted by winson604 (Post 6783094)
Imo who cares. Real chinese people don't go to Hons yo.

yea so true, we call those "fake" chinese food to fool white ppl cause all they order is "fried rice" or "sweet and sour pork"

AVS_Racing 01-23-2010 01:44 AM

LOL i thought this thread was Hoe's in Richmond :haha: they went broke(bad investments from what i heard), and real chinese ppl dont go there lol.

bcrdukes 01-23-2010 03:27 AM

Some of you may not care which is fine, but there are some of us out there who feel that Hon's is a Vancouver institution which has been around for 35+ years. For those who lived and grew up in Chinatown would understand. I lived and grew up in Chinatown for 14 years. My parents and I came to Canada as immigrants with $25 and a suitcase full of clothes. Yes, I'm a FOB. I speak no English, lah~!!11oneone. The first restaurant my family and I went to when we earned enough money - you guessed it correctly - mother fucking Hon's, bitches.

To us, it was an experience and a part of cultural identity. All the immigrants back in the day went to Hon's. Why? Because the owners knew and understood how hard it was to earn a dollar back then. Also, they understood that as immigrants, our English wasn't all that great so nobody in reality could have been working white collar jobs to eat at nicer Chinese restaurants. Where else in town could you get a bowl of wonton noodles for $3.25 back then? As ghetto as some of you may think Hon's may be, it will always mean something to people out there. I'm sure that people like Turbo E and 89blackcivic would probably agree if he ever came over to the VLS side.

So ultimately, yes, the food at Hon's isn't top notch 5-star Chinese cuisine but you also have to accept that to a lot of people, Hon's is an institution and a part of the Chinese cultural identity in Vancouver.

fliptuner 01-23-2010 09:27 AM

Bingo

hotong 01-23-2010 12:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bcrdukes (Post 6783735)
Some of you may not care which is fine, but there are some of us out there who feel that Hon's is a Vancouver institution which has been around for 35+ years. For those who lived and grew up in Chinatown would understand. I lived and grew up in Chinatown for 14 years. My parents and I came to Canada as immigrants with $25 and a suitcase full of clothes. Yes, I'm a FOB. I speak no English, lah~!!11oneone. The first restaurant my family and I went to when we earned enough money - you guessed it correctly - mother fucking Hon's, bitches.

To us, it was an experience and a part of cultural identity. All the immigrants back in the day went to Hon's. Why? Because the owners knew and understood how hard it was to earn a dollar back then. Also, they understood that as immigrants, our English wasn't all that great so nobody in reality could have been working white collar jobs to eat at nicer Chinese restaurants. Where else in town could you get a bowl of wonton noodles for $3.25 back then? As ghetto as some of you may think Hon's may be, it will always mean something to people out there. I'm sure that people like Turbo E and 89blackcivic would probably agree if he ever came over to the VLS side.

So ultimately, yes, the food at Hon's isn't top notch 5-star Chinese cuisine but you also have to accept that to a lot of people, Hon's is an institution and a part of the Chinese cultural identity in Vancouver.


+1 !!

bcrdukes 01-23-2010 02:16 PM

I drove by the Hon's in Richmond today. Their location has a "For Lease" sign up so I don't think they're renovating.

hal0g0dv2 01-23-2010 02:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bcrdukes (Post 6783735)
Some of you may not care which is fine, but there are some of us out there who feel that Hon's is a Vancouver institution which has been around for 35+ years. For those who lived and grew up in Chinatown would understand. I lived and grew up in Chinatown for 14 years. My parents and I came to Canada as immigrants with $25 and a suitcase full of clothes. Yes, I'm a FOB. I speak no English, lah~!!11oneone. The first restaurant my family and I went to when we earned enough money - you guessed it correctly - mother fucking Hon's, bitches.

To us, it was an experience and a part of cultural identity. All the immigrants back in the day went to Hon's. Why? Because the owners knew and understood how hard it was to earn a dollar back then. Also, they understood that as immigrants, our English wasn't all that great so nobody in reality could have been working white collar jobs to eat at nicer Chinese restaurants. Where else in town could you get a bowl of wonton noodles for $3.25 back then? As ghetto as some of you may think Hon's may be, it will always mean something to people out there. I'm sure that people like Turbo E and 89blackcivic would probably agree if he ever came over to the VLS side.

So ultimately, yes, the food at Hon's isn't top notch 5-star Chinese cuisine but you also have to accept that to a lot of people, Hon's is an institution and a part of the Chinese cultural identity in Vancouver.

:cry:

SkinnyPupp 01-23-2010 09:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bcrdukes (Post 6783735)
Some of you may not care which is fine, but there are some of us out there who feel that Hon's is a Vancouver institution which has been around for 35+ years. For those who lived and grew up in Chinatown would understand. I lived and grew up in Chinatown for 14 years. My parents and I came to Canada as immigrants with $25 and a suitcase full of clothes. Yes, I'm a FOB. I speak no English, lah~!!11oneone. The first restaurant my family and I went to when we earned enough money - you guessed it correctly - mother fucking Hon's, bitches.

To us, it was an experience and a part of cultural identity. All the immigrants back in the day went to Hon's. Why? Because the owners knew and understood how hard it was to earn a dollar back then. Also, they understood that as immigrants, our English wasn't all that great so nobody in reality could have been working white collar jobs to eat at nicer Chinese restaurants. Where else in town could you get a bowl of wonton noodles for $3.25 back then? As ghetto as some of you may think Hon's may be, it will always mean something to people out there. I'm sure that people like Turbo E and 89blackcivic would probably agree if he ever came over to the VLS side.

So ultimately, yes, the food at Hon's isn't top notch 5-star Chinese cuisine but you also have to accept that to a lot of people, Hon's is an institution and a part of the Chinese cultural identity in Vancouver.

Good post. I used to go there for wonton noodle soup. It was pretty good, and authentic. I wouldn't call them ghetto though, a bowl of wontons costs over $7 IIRC!

I don't know why the people above started talking about western chinese food, Hon's has nothing to do with that.

Ikkaku 01-23-2010 11:04 PM

It's not like Hon's is the only place that serves sweet and sour pork and lemon/orange chicken.

Are you going to criticize all the restaraunts that have those items on their menu?

My family would go there for a quick dinner every now and then. Actually, we were there about 2-3 months ago. I noticed the business decreasing pretty quickly after the implementation of the floor managers :lol

murd0c 01-23-2010 11:09 PM

I go there every couple weeks to get 12 potstickers panfried and a bowl or wonton soup damm it's the best around.

I normally pick up a bag of potstickers to cook at home, the trick it to put water on them to steam them, damm they are good and that vinegar dip is awesome.

Mugen EvOlutioN 01-25-2010 07:55 AM

hons is overated

Overseas Auto1 01-25-2010 08:55 AM

I just talked to Hons management. All the stores except Richmond continue to be open and operate.


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