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I've been to Golden City for years. Yeeeears. I bounce back and forth between 4 & 5 stars. My last review was a solid 4-star. This time though? Golden City Restaurant, ya'll caught a 5-star. Hungry (or getting over sickness)? Let's! Do! Golden City Restaurant! $
It was a sunny and nearing 80s Saturday when me and my plus one ordered to go by phone after reviewing their menu on Yelp. Shout out to Yelpers who take menu photos, aaaand I forgot, d'oh. Full disclosure, I was getting over a gnarly 24hr stomach bug and felt like a freshmen morning after a dorm party when your RA is out. Woof. Well, like any good afterparty stomach logic, I needed fried rice. Yep. I needed to soak my aches and pains in a bowl of rice fried with egg, veg, and meats. But what I got saved my day.
The lady who answered the phone answered fast and with their usually cheerful tone. How are they always so happy? Likely the fried rice. We ordered the Combination Fried Rice (lunch size) and Beef With Broccoli. She said it would be ready in 15min. 15min?! I can't event get my pants on and find my keys in 15mins - plus one to the rescue! Food was ready as soon as she arrived (13mins) and she said there was no indoor seating (05/29/21). Approved by us. Thank you for keeping our community safe and for the freaking lava you serve! Seriously, no ones food in all of Vancouver is as piping hot as Golden City. Each your sauces with caution lol it's temperature HOT!
1) Combination Fried Rice: Lunch special sized and the perfect portion to sooth my sore stomach back to life. I nursed this box of perfection all day and it made me feel human again. Egg, peas, carrots, fresh fried onions, pork, chicken, shrimp rice all hang out in a salty and perfectly firm rice to ultra-tender meat combo. Write this down for when you feel raunchy: get the fried rice. You'll feel better. Or die trying.
2) Beef With Broccoli: Not something I normally get. I mean, I like beef and I like broccoli, but it's just never 'wowed' me as a restaurant dish. I WAS WRONG. My plus one wanted "beef and a vegetable." Beef and broccoli? "Sure." The reviews for the Sesame Beef are amazing and I really need to try that next time. Oh, there will be a next time. The broccoli was delightfully crunchy and obviously fresh. I love the florets are kept with a longer section of the tender stem, like how I cook broccoli at home. It's not a bag, it's fresh broccoli (heart eyes). The beef was magically soft and holy moley the sauce was so good we just mixed all the white rice in it! Surprised me how much I loved this dish and absolutely recommend it for the raunchy stomach.
I was on the edge, but a heaping of fried rice and some surprisingly amazing broccoli beef saw me through. Come here to earn some hearts back. Whatever's in that broccoli beef sauce is basically the elixir from that video game and you're about to get all your hearts back.