Uncle Lu - Richmond

The waitress were pretty alright I can't complain, it was pretty busy. I liked the food, each dish came with little appetizers on the side. The bubble tea was very tasty but I was a little disappointed with the pearls. I had honey lemon black tea and stirred fried beef with oyster sauce

To be honest, based on what it looks like from the outside, I really thought this was a fancy tea shop for the longest time. Which is why I never bothered to try it. Until recently.<br/ <br/ Uncle Lu aka sister store of Corner 23 is always packed with people. At times you really have to seat yourself, and the food takes a while to come out, so I would not suggest coming here if you are in a rush.<br/ <br/ They tend to alternate their teas (sometimes within the hour which bugs me as I do not appreciate drinking a mixture of red and green tea, I am a food purist in that sense) but I absolutely love the aroma of their red tea.<br/ <br/ Below is a compilation of the foods we have eaten as I have been here too many times.

Had the three spice pork hock; really good and great portions! I feel like the interior design could be done better so that it’s more comfortable; the menu design could do with a bit more hierarchy. <br/ <br/ Other than that the food is good.

Uncle Lu is sister restaurant to Corner 23 on King Edward/ Cambie. Just like Corner 23, Uncle Lu serves typical Taiwanese-style food with an extensive menu of appetizers, noodles, rice combos, and bubble tea. On the weekend, the place can get quite packed as it’s located right in the Continental Plaza alongside other well known eateries like Dolpan Seoul BBQ, Gyo-o, and Le Tea.

Came here to try their famous pork hock. It was OK. Was expecting slices of meat but got random sized chunks..with quite a bit of fat actually. Garlic sauce was tasty. Noodle in soup was good. Broth was hot just the way I like it and was light. Noodles were perfectly chewy. <br/ <br/ My husband had the XO chili sauce BBQ pork fried rice. Was a hefty size. Tasted OK with a little kick. <br/ <br/ Marinated tofu was a generous portion. Five spice beef roll was soft, light and tasty. <br/ <br/ Service was a bit off though. Servers seemed to be confused where they were supposed to deliver the food..