Chef Yang House — Restaurant in Richmond

If there was a zero star rating, I would give that rating. It is so funny to see all these google review comments speaking so highly of this Cook Yang (not a chef, a cook only), but it is because the public doesn't know the actual person that wears this cook hat. He is no celebrity chef no matter what people have said or what he has told people. According to people that know him which I know those people as well, they claim he is a fake, but this is up to the public to decide. The people I know will never go eat at his restaurant. He started in Vancouver as a baker in Pine House Bakery and then worked at various Shanghai restaurants after that. The last place he worked at before this was Shanghai Elan at Crystal Mall but that has since closed. So I do not know why he could claim he is a celebrity chef, but i guess people will believe anything, even fake news. His tactic is to find a wealthy idiot chinese investor to convince them to buy and set up a restaurant and he will be the cook for the restaurant (he would tell the investor that he is a well known chef, but probably all lies). Mr. Yang does not front any of his own money into these restaurant businesses as he tells the investor that he is the "chef" and will make sure it is profitable. All Shanghai restaurants he has entered into a business venture with a chinese investor have all failed and went bankrupt in the past. Not one has been successful. Each time a restaurant closes shop, he just leaves and leaves the investor to handle the mess since he has no financial stake in the restaurant since he did not put any money into it. The restaurants only last typically for a year to 1.5 years before it shuts down due to lack of profitability. I heard thru the grapevine that a previous investor was trying to sue him as well due to a bad business investment decision, but it is up to the investor to do all the research first before setting up any restaurant and find out who you are getting into bed with. If I were to take a guess, this restaurant won't last either, but only time will tell. For those of you that do not want to believe this, that is up to you. I just do not like frauds to claim they are someone when they are not. Have fun eating at Cook Yang House if you go. If the restaurant closes, I am sure you will find him pop up somewhere else in a restaurant...

First visit to private kitchen in Richmond There’s no menu and each dish come by surprise We ordered based on 17 people each at @$75 per person and all the dishes to be decided by the chef They served us about 20 different dishes and most of them are quite salty The most disappointing part is the portion is so small some of the dishes we don’t have enough for everyone We have 17 people and they give us 16 dumplings , 13 pieces of angus beef …. For the rest most of them is only 1 piece per person It’s not filling at all Quality of dumpling and XLB honestly is much worse than what we can get at local food court The steam egg is silk smooth but too salty Fish and pork knuckle are very really tasty They have big round table for 17 people and karaoke and mahjong table which is good for party gathering Server is super attentive and professional Plenty of parking outside...

The service was amazing! Our server was outgoing and spoke English, Cantonese, and mandarin. She was informative and knew how to joke! The food was really good for the most part. The lotus root was mushy and sweet, it just wasn’t for me. There was also a dish that was mainly made of Szechuan peppers and a bit of meat, there was barely meat. The chicken was super good! The truffle egg was very delicious. Shanghai juicy buns were amazing. The restaurant looked upscale. The bathrooms were clean! Only reason I made it 5 stars and not 4 was they also had a karaoke room upstairs too, food was still pretty good except the dishes mentioned above, and the bathrooms were clean! Would...