Have you met James from James on Hastings Chinese Restaurant? The restaurant at 2683 E. Hastings opened in December 2011, and quickly won gold in the 2012 Chinese Restaurant Awards for its signature dish, dry fried curry Dungeness crab. James has lived in the community for 20 years, and loves the neighbourhood. “That’s why I called my restaurant James on Hastings,” he said. James on Hastings is open 7 days a week, 11 am to 2 am.