Despite having achieved great popularity in recent years, the Chinese cuisine industry is stereotyped as “cheap, unhealthy and unsanitary”. Such a bias essentially originates from the cultural and mindset differences between China and the west.  However, Ai-Boiled Restaurant has successfully corrected the bias by finding a nuanced balance between Chinese and western cuisine cultures. The seamless integration and reforms that they conducted have achieved stunning outcomes.

Ai-Boiled Restaurant

爱煮麻辣烫

3310-4000 No. 3 Rd, Richmond, BC V6X 0J8

（Aberdeen Square）

604-366-8897

Unique flavors incorporating healthiness and good taste

Localization is an art.  Adhering to the doctrine of “healthy diet”, Ai-Boiled Restaurant has devised flavors better adapted to local dietary habits and achieved a breakthrough in integrating “flavors and nutrition” of Sichuan-style numbing and spicy hot soup (malatang). The restaurant soon conquered the hearts of local diners, helping more locals fall in love with this Chinese-style cuisine.

To refine flavors, the first step Ai-Boiled Restaurant took was to get rid of the outdated notion of excessive use of spices in the soup and completely replace MSGs with pure ingredients and tasty soup base made with a secret recipe.

Who says malatang must be spicy to be delicious? At the restaurant, diners are given the freedom to choose the spicy level according to their preferences.

The most popular option for locals is the tomato soup base, which has a lighter taste. The soup base is made of top-grade ingredients personally cooked by the restaurant’s owner at appropriate cooking temperatures, giving rise to extraordinarily fresh and sweet flavors. Other signature offerings like the pork bone soup base also taste mellow and flavorful without eliciting the feeling of greasiness.

It is particularly worth noting that Ai-Boiled Restaurant’s insistence on healthy food is not achieved at the cost of good flavors.  Ai-Boiled Restaurant maintains strict selection of the freshest ingredients across a broad spectrum up to 63 varieties, which cover common meats, sea food, vegetables and staple food to ensure all diner’s needs are met.  Diners may select the combination of ingredients they like, which magically turn into a healthy feast of different tastes and textures after adding the spices secretly made by the chef.

A highly collaborative team forged by common ideals

Ai-Boiled Restaurant was established by a bunch of people who share the same dream.  “Bringing healthy cuisine to Canada” is the common vision and goal of the team. From preparation, establishment to operation, everybody bears in mind that their mission is to bring the best food and services to every guest. It is also shared goals and vision in the team that contributes to the maximal integration of different strengths of everybody. That is why the team of the restaurant is so effective and the brand is so widely adored.

A philosophy of “cuisine cooked with love and enjoyed with love”

“Cuisine cooked with love and enjoyed with love” has always been a philosophy upheld by the restaurant ever since its establishment, because food made with a devoted heart can be absolutely felt by guests. Ever since its opening, Ai-Boiled Restaurant has been treating every diner with care, with a view that they can not only enjoy great food but also receiving an outstanding dining experience here. Staff members of the restaurant also enjoy communicating with guests, and in that process, they are able to understand guests’ needs and remember their names. In this way, the restaurant creates a sense of belonging for customers, which naturally leads to high retention. To my mind, this is why Ai-Boiled Restaurant is so popular.