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| - Okay so big news about Phoenix Kitchen..... as of a few months ago, it became a CHINESE restaurant!
I can honestly say that I'm blown away by Phoenix Kitchen - it holds a niche spot that is hard to find in Calgary - an upscale contemporary Chinese restaurant that serves authentic, traditional Chinese cuisine.
It's in Sliver Springs which I consider deep in the burbs, and the unassuming exterior hides a contemporary, clean, and well lit restaurant space. The ambiance is perfect - the ceramics are modern, clean, and of good quality, and the space is clean, open, with tasteful contemporary decor (though design gurus will disagree with me when they see the interesting choice of light fixtures).
I have tried Phoenix Kitchen for both the regular dinner menu and the brunch dim sum menu. I can say overall that I am impressed with it. It's usually difficult to find a Chinese Restaurant that balances traditional flavours with modern expectations for ambiance, but this place does it well.
The Dim Sum has all your traditional fare, and I can say that the overall quality is pretty good. Price wise you are looking at a bit above average, $6-ish a plate, but the flavours were good and the traditional authenticity was kept.
The dinner menu, while fairly extensive, had it's fair share of authentic items. However, this is going to be another one of those cases where they are gonna give you a different chinese menu if they see you are appropriately ethnic - and that menu is where the jewels are! The waiter will also share the specials - make sure to ask for the chinese items.
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