Full Kee Restaurant Richmond

This is hands down the best Chinese Restaurant for the price, in the city of Richmond. Not "Chinese takeout". Chinese food. Show of hands. A Chinese restaurant offers General Tso Chicken for 12 dollars. How many times have you gone to that place and seen even one person in the store eating? I went for lunch and every 4 top table in the dining room here was in use. This place. Is the real deal. Walking into the vestibule, there is a shrine to the left with cups of tea, sweet cakes and money. As you come into the store, you are greeted with a plaque in pride of place "Top 25 restaurants in Richmond" on the left, and too the right a hot holding case for the meat you will soon be eating. Which I saw being taken out of the oven and hung up. Entire roasted ducks and chickens. while walking into the dining room the crabs on the menu eye you warily from their aquarium. If all that was not the giveaway I was in for something special, the fact that once seated I was presented with a tea cup, plate, reusable chopsticks and a fork was the final straw. You are not given a spoon, or a knife here. The tea was given as I sat down, Jasmine, and you could see the loose leaf still floating in the first pour. This was not from a bag. I ordered my go too General Tso, being an insufferable Meiguoren, but I also ordered the steamed pork buns to go with it. To my surprise, without prompting the chicken was presented not with fried rice, or white rice, but with brown rice. Those of you who know, know. And it was very good. The rice was cooked perfectly, with the perfect creaminess you expect from good brown rice. It worked great with the spicy general tso as well. The Pork Buns were likewise amazing. Clearly steamed and cooked all the way through, with a bready, almost cake like texture and taste. And the filling was hardly an afterthought. Perfection. While looking around the room, I noticed traditional large tables with the rotating tops. This is a place to bring the entire crew, and create your own tasting menu. If you have an Asian food fanatic in the family, this is your spot. One table walked out with enough carry out to feed a small army. Upon walking up to the counter to pay, the lady of the house was interrupted by a carry out order. The person on the phone wanted to order duck. Not a duck dish. A duck. The whole duck. Roasted. With 4 side dishes. And my entire meal cost around 19 dollars. Mind boggling. An experience like this could easily cost 40 dollars. You have to try this local gem.