The Golden Inn Restaurant is a Calgary Chinatown landmark, having been owned by the Lau family for nearly 40 years. The flood of 2013 could have ended it, but the family’s history and pride were too great to let it fade away. A fully flooded basement shut the restaurant down for 10 weeks, and without electricity, all the food stocked up for that summer’s Stampede-time clientele spoiled. The restaurant’s future looked bleak. All this happened as founders John and Kam Lau were considering selling the business and retiring.
“It’s been a true family restaurant,” says their son Raymond Lau. “My dad has been cooking in the kitchen since he opened it in 1977. All of our family members worked here at one time.” Raymond, a successful Internet marketer, along with his brothers Kelvin, the head chef for the National Beer Hall, and Vincent, a graphic designer, decided to invest in the family business. They re-opened with the idea that they could eventually pass it on to their own children.
1. Spring Roll
2. Deep Fried Breaded Spareribs
3. Deep Fried Wonton
4. Deep Fried Chicken Wings
5. Beef Shish Kebab on Skewer
6. Shrimp Shish Kebab on Skewer
7. Grilled Guo Tie (Pork Dumplings)
8. BBQ Pork
9. Hot & Sour Soup
Mandarin Style.
10. Minced Beef with Spinach Soup
11. Minced Beef with Tomato Soup
12. Special Beef Soup
13. Fried Fish-Maw in Minced Chicken Soup
14. Fried Fish-Maw in Minced Corn Soup
15. Sweet Corn Soup with Minced Chicken
16. Eight Joe Bean Cake Soup
17. Wonton Soup
18. Wor Wonton Soup
19. Eight Joe Winter Melon Soup
20. 3 Kinds of Seafood & Bean Cake Soup
21. Salted Egg with Mustard Green Soup
22. Bean Cake Soup
23. BBQ Duck with Mustard Green Soup
24. Green Pea & Egg Yolk Soup
25. Salted Egg with Melon Soup
28. Fried Fish Maw in Sliced Duck Soup
31. Eight Joe Bean Cake
32. Roasted Sliced Beef with Ginger & Green Onion
33. 'Singing' Chicken
34. Sliced Chicken
35. Chinese Mushroom with Shrimp Ball
36. Chinese Mushroom with Bean Cake
37. Oyster & Mushroom with Green Onion
38. Stewed Beef
41. Fried Oyster with Ginger & Green Onion
42. Deep Fried Fresh Oyster
43. Braised Eight Joe Oyster
44. Pan Fried Fresh Prawns with Onion
45. Pan Fried Fresh Prawns with Tomato Sauce
46. Roasted Rock of Salt Medium Prawns
47. Sauteed Shrimps with Plum Sauce & Chilli
48. Chinese Broccoli with Prawn Balls
49. Pan Fried Jumbo Prawn Balls
50. Prawn Balls with Mushroom & Bamboo
51. Deep Fried Fresh Prawn in Batter
52. Fried Shrimp with Season Vegetable
53. Fried Fresh Prawn with Sweet Peas
54. Prawns with Two Kinds of Mushrooms
55. Prawn with Baby Corn & Sweet Peas
56. Scrambled Egg with Shrimp
57. Pan Fried Squid with Ginger & Green Onion
58. Pan Fried Squid with Black Bean Sauce
59. Creamy Crab Meat Sauce with Season Vegetables
60. Creamy Crab Meat Sauce with Fresh Mushrooms
61. Creamy Crab Meat Sauce with Bean Cake
62. Pan Fried Squid with Prawns & Scallops
63. Chinese Broccoli with Squid
64. Chinese Broccoli with Oyster Sauce
65. Braised 8 Kinds of Meat
66. Braised Season Vegetables
1 kind.
67. Season Vegetables with Chinese Mushrooms
68. House Special Meat & Vegetable Dish
69. Mixed Vegetables
70. 3 Kinds of Mushrooms with Oyster Sauce
71. Special Wo Mein
72. Young Chow Wo Mein
73. Chicken Ball Wo Mein
74. Prawn Ball Wo Mein
75. BBQ Pork Egg Foo Young
76. Mushroom Egg Foo Young
77. Shrimp Egg Foo Young
78. Filet Mignon (Chinese Style)
79. Sliced Beef with Oyster Sauce
80. Sliced Beef with Chinese Green
81. Sliced Beef with Chinese Broccoli
82. Sliced Beef with Green Pepper & Black Bean Sauce
83. Sliced Beef with Tomatoes
84. Sliced Beef with Chinese Long Bean
85. Sliced Beef with Sweet Peas
86. Sliced Curried Beef (Spicy)
87. Sliced Beef with Satay Paste
88. Sliced Beef with Ginger & Pineapple
Sweet and Sour
89. Sliced Beef with Broccoli
90. Sliced Beef with Spinach
91. Sliced Beef with Mixed Vegetables
92. Beef Tripe with Green Pepper & Black Bean Sauce
93. Roasted Chicken
Chinese Style
94. Supreme Chicken Baked in Rock Salt
95. Steamed Chicken with Vegetables
96. Steamed Chicken with Shallots & Ginger
97. Chef's Special Shredded Chicken
98. Sauteed Shredded Chicken & Egg
99. Steamed Chicken with Chinese Mushrooms
100. Fried Chicken Filet with Celery
101. Diced Chicken with Cashew Nuts
102. Diced Chicken with Vegetables
103. Law Ding Black Bean Chicken
104. Almond Chicken
105. Pineapple Chicken Ball
106. Mo Goo Gai Pin
107. Pan Fried Chicken with Lemon Sauce
108. Sweet & Sour Spareribs
109. Sweet & Sour Boneless Pork
110. Fried Spareribs with Pepper & Black Bean Sauce
111. Steamed Spareribs with Black Bean Sauce
112. Dry Honey Garlic Spareribs
113. Roasted Rock of Salt Spareribs with Pepper (Spicy)
114. Steamed Minced Pork with Chinese Sausage
115. Braised Bean Curd with Minced Pork & Chili
116. Steamed Minced Pork & Salted Fish
117. Steamed Minced Pork with Salted Egg
118. BBQ Duck 1/4
119. Braised Eight Joe Duck 1/2
120. Braised Duck with Mixed Vegetables 1/2
121. Braised Duck with Season Vegetables 1/2
122. Pa Par Duck 1/2
123. BBQ Duck Over Rice
124. Two Kinds of Sauce Fried Rice
125. Eight Joe Over Rice
126. Special Fried Rice
127. Chicken Fried Rice
128. Fook Kin Fried Rice
129. Salted Fish & Chicken Fried Rice
130. Sauteed Noodle with Oyster Sauce
131. Special Chow Mein
132. Chicken Chow Mein
133. Shanghai Noodle
134. Pork Chow Mein
135. Sliced Beef with Green Pepper & Black Bean Chow Fun
136. Sliced Beef Chow Fun
137. Fried Rice Noodle with Shrimp & Red Ginger
138. Sliced Beef Chow Mein
139. Prawn Chow Mein
140. Fried Mein in Best Soup
141. Pork Noodle in Chicken Broth
142. Beef Noodle in Chicken Broth
143. Prawn Ball Noodle in Chicken Broth
144. Wonton Noodle in Chicken Broth
145. Chicken Noodle
146. BBQ Duck Noodle
151. Deep Fried Prawn Balls
152. Stuffed Mushrooms with Vegetables
153. Ginger Fried Beef
154. Golden Inn Special Sizzling Rice
155. Sizzling Rice with Shrimp & Tomato
156. Teppan Shrimp
157. Teppan Satay Beef
158. Chicken, Shrimp & Vegetables in Basket
159. Spicy Salt & Pepper Squid
160. Spicy Salt & Pepper Squid, Scallop & Shrimp
161. Pork Chop
Chinese Style
163. Clam in Black Bean Sauce
164. Teppan Special Chow Mein
164. Teppan Special Chow Mein
166. Boiled Shrimp with Ginger Soy Sauce
167. Jellyfish & Mixed Seafood
168. Jellyfish with BBQ
169. Stewed Beef
170. Ox Tail with Black Bean
171. Soy Sauce Jumbo Prawns
Group Dinners For Two
Wonton Soup or Hot & Sour Soup
2 Spring Rolls
Moo Goo Gai Pin
Sweet & Sour Pork
BBQ Pork Fried Rice
Group Dinners For Four
Wonton Soup or Hot & Sour Soup
4 Spring Rolls
Moo Goo Gai Pin
Ginger Fried Beef
Prawns w/ Baby Corn & Snow Peas
Golden Inn Fried Rice
Group Dinners For Six
Wonton Soup or Hot & Sour Soup
6 Spring Rolls
Moo Goo Gai Pin
Ginger Fried Beef
Deep Fried Prawns in Batter
Beef w/ Baby Corn & Snow Peas
Golden Inn Fried Rice
Group Dinners For Eight
Wonton Soup or Hot & Sour Soup 8 Spring Rolls Moo Goo Gai Pin Sweet & Sour Spareribs Ginger Fried Beef Deep Fried Prawns in Batter Beef w/ Baby Corn & Snow Peas Spicy Squid Golden Inn Fried Rice
Drinks
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A great dinner spot, especially if you’re on a late date, Golden Inn serves some of the city’s absolute best Cantonese food, and service is consistently speedy. Seafood is the specialty here, including fresh-from-the-tank crab and lobster. The menu also features hot pots, steamy noodle soups, braised beef and duck dishes and addictively delicious Westernized standards such as sweet-and-sour pork and ginger beef.
View this Smart ListOne of the city’s best-known late-night restaurants delivers, but in the downtown area only. Proprietors the Lau family serve Cantonese cuisine that’s simply unbeatable. Seafood is the specialty here, including fresh-from-the-tank crab and lobster, and the menu also features hot pots, steamy noodle soups, braised beef and duck dishes and much more.
View this Smart ListThis landmark Chinatown restaurant with the yellow-and-red awning keeps late hours that make it a favourite after-dark dining spot among night owls. The Golden Inn always seems to exude a warm, sociable glow, and the food at this family-run place is always spot on. Recently refurbished, its menu features a raft of Cantonese dishes from hot and sour soup and singing chicken to Shanghai noodles and steamed lobster. And, of course, the restaurant serves a killer classic ginger-fried beef. Arrive hungry.
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