Cheelin Restaurant 1496 Lower Water Street, 902-422-2252 Succulent, intertwined chicken fried noodles, glistening pan-fried dumplings and steaming hot and sour soup are only a few of the mouth-watering dishes at Cheelin Restaurant, one of Halifax’s best-known Chinese cuisines. This month, Cheelin celebrates 20 years in business at its Brewery Market location. “We are the best,” […]
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Best Stall At The Halifax Farmers’ Market (Prepared Foods)
Fanny Chen has been in Halifax for over 20 years, serving Chinese dishes at her restaurant and Saturday morning stall, much of which is made from the fresh ingredients purchased at the market. Is a happy symbiosis, as we shop for those same ingredients ourselves, we can enjoy their coming together for delicious assemblies in […]
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All you can eat buffet makeover
“So, do you want to go classy or dirty?” These were the words that started our buffet journey. (Actually, they were “We need a student related food story by Monday.”) The assignment: create food porn from the endless troughs of buffets and make the cheap and plain into something fancy—high dining for the sub-$20 crowd. […]
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Best Stall At The Halifax Farmers’ Market (Prepared Foods)
It’s an excellent arrangement: Cheelin Restaurant’s location at the Farmers’ Market building means that it can take advantage of the local produce and ingredients that come in with the region’s farmers every Saturday morning. Then, while the restaurant is closed Saturday morning the stall in the main room brings the Szechuan and Beijing specialties served […]
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Cheelin does it right
Cheelin demolishes the “Chinese food needs MSG to taste good” myth