This turnover means the food is always fresh and hot, even on the carts. I would be surprised if Dim Sum restaurants in San Francisco, Oakland and Seattle at least, don't do at least 30% more business on Sunday than on Saturday and substantially more than on weekdays or evenings. i really appreciated that attention to the food by the server.ĭim Sum is a traditional place/meal for after church on Sunday(at least for families I know), you will find Sunday Dim Sum more crowded and with more variety than any other day of the week, even Saturday. at one point, the server was about to give us a steamed dumpling of some sort, lifted the lid and, realizing the dumplings were cooled, apologized and asked us to give her a moment to get a fresh plate from the kitchen. though we were seated in the back room (main dining area was full), the 'cart' (items were brought up on trays b/c there are several steps up from the main level) was circulated with regularity and the items were hot and fresh. I did end up making it to Jade Garden a month ago, and that's a spot i would try again. i will say that i find the service under the new ownership to be more friendly and attentive, which isn't nothing. (i happen to be very particular about chinese food.) the sticky rice was excellent. in my opinion, i found the rice wrappings and noodles to be over-cooked and on the soggy side, and the gai lan was a tad mushy as well though the flavors of each offering were nice. it was just my preschooler son and i so we didn't try too many dishes, but the dining was fine and i might go back if i have a craving and don't want to trek to the ID. I love the turnip cakes at Monsoon, the shrimp and chive rice paper sesame cakes and custard tarts at Jade Garden, the chicken curry pastries at Purple Dot, and the har gow and soup dumplings at Tea Garden.Tighe, to your point, i just had dim sum at IG today (was 'in the neighborhood'), and it was more enjoyable than i expected. I personally find that I love different things at different places.

Just don't get seated up the stairs in the very back room where the carts don't come around too often. I've never seen a price list at the other places (except Monsoon), so I have no idea how individual items compare, but if one ordered lots of C and D's it would be easy to rack up quite a bill. Note that the dishes are coded (S, M, L, C, D) and the prices are listed at the bottom of the menu. This is still quite expensive for dim sum, but I've gone there with a smaller group and paid less-I believe it was in the neighborhood of 20.00 -25.00 per person. We didn't go in until almost 2, which probably helped.Įden, if you're referring to the lunch I think you are (posted over on ), then looking back on the post for that dim sum at O'Asian, it came to $35.00 including tax and tip and someone posted that there were leftovers taken home.

With the visit of the Dalai Lama in Seattle on the same day, and a very unexpected temperature spike to 84 degrees, we were pleasantly surprised to be able to get a table with no waiting. I ate at a random dim sum place in Portland since my daughter there wasn't able to go with us in Seattle, and the food was twice as expensive and half as good.

It was also great to gross out some of the people at the table (not blood relatives) who thought they were scary. I think I got some points just for trying them. They didn't have much meat on them, but it was worth trying for the look on the waitress' face when I ordered them-her eyes widened, and she smiled and laughed. Next time we'll order more than one dish to share. On the recommendation of egulleteers, I ordered some honey walnut prawns-that was the best thing ever! They were crunchy and sweet, with the perfect shrimpy taste when bit into. I tried Jade Garden again with several members of my family a few weeks ago.

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