The texture was a little weird, as it was about half peanuts/half meat, but it had a complex flavor I'd like to try again.Īlthough we've just started, I think Jade Garden will emerge as one of the best, if not THE best dim sum place in Seattle. I'm not sure what it's called, but it's a dumpling with a clear wrapper, similar to har gow, but filled with ground pork and shrimp, peanuts, and some sort of brown sauce. I've eaten a lot of dim sum in my day, and I'd like to think I've tried just about everything, but I encountered something completely new today. I like the steamed ones better, but these came around first :) I liked the strong star anise flavor, just wish the soy flavor could've been there to round it out.īaked char siu bao were perfect - fluffy buns with a sweet glazed top, and sweet barbecue pork inside. They tasted as if they were either not braised with the sauce, or not braised for long enough. The feet themselves were bigger and had more meat/skin on them, but they seemed to be missing something. Jade Garden's had a stronger star anise flavor, but otherwise just tasted a little weaker. The one dish that Honey Court did better than Jade Garden was the chicken feet.
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I preferred the shrimp and chive dumpling to the har gow, because it didn't fall apart quite as much, plus I loved the strong chive flavor. The wrapper for the har gow was a little flimsy, but it didn't really effect the taste, just made eating a little frustrating. All were delcious, although the eggplant was room temperature, verging on cold. We tried several different shrimp based offerings, including fried shrimp-stuffed eggplant, har gow and pan fried shrimp and chive dumplings. These two things set the pace for the rest of the meal, which was as close to San Francisco or Vancouver dim sum as I've found in Seattle.
The noodles were slippery and very fresh tasting, encasing some nice sized shrimp.
The siu mai were very juicy and flavorful - probably a lot of pork fat involved. We started off with two dim sum standards, a good way to judge the overall ability of a dim sum place: siu mai, and cheong fan. The restaurant is a definite step up in decor from Honey Court, but with Chinese restaurants increase in decor can often mean decrease in flavor. Jade Garden is pretty well known as one of Seattle's top dim sum places, and this could easily be seen by the packed house on a Tuesday morning.
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