My regular places in richmond:
Nanchu for their monkfish liver and to drink in general.
Wo Fung (Aberdeen Food Court) for their chicken wings :P
Chop (great patio, awesome drinks, bad food)
Manzo (Alexandria) is good for small bites..robata.. their chicken skin is dope
Cao Van (Buswell and Saba) - best bun bo hue ever
Top Shanghai (good, but greasy shanghainese food.... be prepared to wait for a good 30 minutes on weekends though)
Shady Island (Steveston) - I only eat their seafood chowder... omg drool
Mui Garden - for their beef curry and flavoured rice
Pajo's (Steveston) - fish and chips
Jang Mo Jib (Alexandria) for their pork bone stew
BBQ place under superstore - for a quick lunch of bbq pork and rice
Well Tea - Taiwanese BBT place but I like their ketchup omelette fried rice