CALGARY - Canadian Rockies: Including Banff and Jasper National Parks - page 485

Seafood
Yes, Calgary is a long way from the ocean, but it nonetheless has a few excellent seafood
restaurants. Across the railway tracks from downtown are two of the best: Cannery Row
(317 10th Ave. SW, 403/269-8889) and, directly upstairs, McQueens Upstairs (403/
269-4722). Cannery Row is a casual affair, with an open kitchen, an oyster bar, and the
ambience of a San Francisco seafood restaurant. Dishes such as grilled swordfish, jam-
balaya, and blackened snapper are mostly under $20. The menu at McQueens Upstairs is
more sophisticated and varied. Dinner entrées start at $24 and rise to over $40 for fresh
lobster. Both restaurants are open Monday-Friday for lunch and daily for dinner, and have
weekend evening entertainment (blues or jazz at McQueens).
Within the Hyatt Regency building, the sophisticated ambience of Catch (100 Stephen
Ave. Walk, 403/206-0000, 11:30am-1:30pm Mon.-Fri., 5:30pm-9:30pm Mon.-Sat.,
$34-50) is as big an attraction as the menu of seasonal seafood that is flown in daily from
both of Canada's coasts. The main level is an oyster bar, where you can sample a variety of
shucked oysters with an extensive choice of drinks, while more formal dining is upstairs
in the main room.
Asian
Chinatown, along 2nd and 3rd Avenues east of Centre Street, naturally has the best assort-
ment of Chinese restaurants. Hang Fung Restaurant (119 3rd Ave. SE, 403/269-4646,
lunch and dinner daily, $7.50-14), tucked behind a Chinese grocery store of the same
name, doesn't try to be anything it's not. Chinese locals come here for simple inexpensive
meals, mostly under $10. Just as inexpensive is Golden Inn Restaurant (107 2nd Ave.
SE, 403/269-2211, from 4pm daily, $10-18), which is popular with the local Chinese as
well as with professionals, and late-shift workers appreciate its long hours (open until
4am). The menu features mostly Cantonese-style deep-fried food. For a Chinese buffet,
head to the cavernous Regency Palace Restaurant (328 Centre St. SE, 403/777-2288,
lunch Mon.-Fri. and dinner daily, $12-17).
Yuzuki Japanese Restaurant (510 9th Ave. SW, 403/261-7701, lunch weekdays, din-
ner daily, $13-19) is a good downtown eatery where the most expensive lunch item is the
assorted sushi for $16, which comes with miso soup. More upscale is Sushi Hiro (727 5th
Ave. SW, 403/233-0605, 11:30am-2pm Mon.-Fri., 5pm-11pm Mon.-Sat., $14-22). Sushi
choices change regularly but generally include red salmon, yellowtail, sea urchin, and sal-
mon roe. The tempuras ($14-16) are also excellent. If you sit at the oak-and-green-marble
sushi counter, you'll be able to ask the chef what's best.