I recommend a great website ‘ The 15 Most Popular Chinese Dishes, Tasty Chinese Food ‘, “https://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/chinese-food/eight-chinese-dishes.htm”, which is a website about the top 15 must-eat food recommendations in China. This blog post is from the China Highlight website, China Highlight is a very high-quality travel agency and the blog is written by Mike Ho. this website is a very professional website and I approve of their opinion that these foods are very representative of Chinese food. People can learn about real Chinese food on this site.

I will give you some recommendations of quality Chinese restaurants in Kamloops and the representative dishes of these restaurants in these top 15 must-eat dishes.

Rice Bowl Rose Garden（1180 Columbia St W, Kamloops, BC V2C 6R6）：

  • Kung Pao Chicken
  • Ma Po Tofu
  • Fried Rice
  • Zhajiangmian（Meat sauce in black bean noodle）

Shanghai Mandarin Restaurant（14 – 1315 Summit Dr, Kamloops, BC V2C 5R9）：

  • Sweet and Sour Pork（Tell them to do Chinese style）
  • Chow Mein
  • Wonton Soup

YX Restaurant（755 McGill Rd #106, Kamloops, BC V2C 0B6）：

  • Sichuan Pork
  • Twice-Cooked Pork Slices（Pork in Hot Oil）

Victoria Oriental Restaurant（1138 Victoria St, Kamloops, BC V2C 2C5）； Gary’s House of Kwan（500 Notre Dame Dr #440, Kamloops, BC V2C 6T6）：

  • Dim Sum（They come in many varieties）
  • Xiaolongbao（You can also get them frozen at Costco，“Little bun”）

Moon Wok Chinese Restaurant（There are three branches）：

  • Wonton Soup
  • Char Siu（BBQ Pork）

For Hotpot, you can find all the seasonings and food ingredients you need at Eastuff Grocery Wholesale Ltd (1023A McGill Rd, Kamloops, BC V2C 6H4), and Cheng Kwong Grocery (864 8th St, Kamloops, BC V2B 2X3).

Dumplings and Gyoza are not really that different, except that Dumplings are not fried, so you can buy Dumplings at any supermarket in Kamloops.