Jade Garden, London
Returning to one of the few reasons why we started DT, I’ll be talking about Jade Garden, one of the better-known and traditional dim sum joints. I visited on saturday, and as I walked through the restaurant, it hit me how awesomely old fashioned the interior looked, with dark brooding colours that you’d see in a chinese restaurant of the 90s. Not that I was complaining. Something that chinese restaurants cant seem to excel on nowadays is the interior design, well… that’s unless you are Yauatcha with an endless dispensible budget!
The dimsum list was extensive, and with a whole table of people, we were able to order over two dozen dim sum dishes which ranged from Scallop Siu Mai, to Prawn Dumplings in Spicy Soup as well as Turnip Croquettes. Each dish arrived freshly deep fried, or steaming in their wooden “long” container. And you can taste the difference: the dim sum has actually been made fresh. (Being Chinese, you develop an ability to taste whether dim sum, such as the cheung fun with fried dough are made fresh). We ordered so many that the little towers of dim sum started to surround each of our personal spaces! All the more convenient to just pick out all the food you want though, I say…
At reasonable prices starting at £1.90 and slightly more expensive for the steamed rice dishes with pork ribs and chicken feet, it came to about £7.50 for each of us. Not bad I’d say since we’re used to paying almost £10 for a similar meal… though I put that down to guys eating so much more and making it incredibly unfair for us!
I used to eat regularly at Lido, with cheap prices without compromising on quality of dim sum, however I sincerely recommend a visit for some traditional dim sum at Jade Garden though. Probably a destination I’ll be taking my parents to show them not all hope is lost on Chinese restaurants in the recession! I have heard the prices can rocket up for dinner, as it is, after all, a seafood restaurant. And we all know what “seasonal prices” mean…
London Jade Garden Chinese Restaurant
翠園魚翅海鮮酒家
15 Wardor St., London W1V 3HD
Tel: 020-74375065
http://www.londonjadegarden.co.uk/
Jade Garden is like one of my favourite Dim sum place!
your siu long bao didnt have those “yue zi” on it!! I went on monday couple of weeks ago (and was going to blog abt it hahaha) and we had PINK coloured “yue zi” on it…….which tasted like miniture rubbing the pink onto the siu long bao balls.
Otherwise, yes I recommend this dim sum place too!!
yes, because that picture isn’t from jade garden
I feel old. Since when was the 1990′s considered old fashioned.
When you were born in the late 80s
one of my fav restaurant in china town,must visit .but that particular street is hard to find
It’s opposite W hotel now! So should be slightly easier to find