I like the old school Chinese restaurant vibe with the dim sum carts.
Service was basic which is what you would expect at these kinds of places.Īt Jade Garden, you’ll get a satisfying meal without breaking the bank. Given the high volume and turnaround, the food probably doesn’t sit on the cart for too long. Although the food is not made-to-order, they tasted pretty fresh and was piping hot. I give them credit for their decent portions for the price. The food in general tasted good though not better than what I had in Metro Vancouver. There was a tea charge of $0.60 and the dim sum were priced reasonably at $2-$3. Our meal consisted of egg tarts, pineapple buns, Shanghai dumplings, and shrimp dumplings. The interior also seemed to be a bit dated. This way of serving food in Chinese restaurants in Metro Vancouver was slowly disappearing. Jade Garden is definitely an old school Chinese restaurant by having dim sum carts. However, it seemed like there were slowly more and more people arriving.
The popularity was confirmed by the fact that we had to line up though not too long. A quick search of Urbanspoon and Yelp on my phone had showed that Jade Garden was one of the top places for Chinese food in Seattle. Feeling hungry after a long bus ride, we ventured to the nearby Jade Garden for some lunch. The drop off point in Seattle was 5th Avenue South and King Street which is very close to Chinatown. I took advantage of the deal and did a day trip down to Seattle with my mom. So in today’s flashback Friday post I’m going to share with you my visit to Jade Garden in Seattle.īack in 2012, Bolt Bus had just launched service from Vancouver to Seattle and were offering fares for $1. As good as our Chinese food is here, Vancouver's selection (particularly in the Richmond area very close to the US border) is much, much better and more authentic.Fellow food blogger, Picky Diner’s, recent food adventures in Seattle inspired me to finally write about my Seattle eats. :(ĮDIT: I'm also going to echo tikitoker's idea of eating in Vancouver. Carts come around very rarely, so the experience becomes more about trying to get food rather than eating it. Most of their food is quite spicy though!įinally, I've found that Koi's in Bellevue has great-tasting dim sum, but their service lately has consistently been horrible. They're the only place in the area that does Beijing Dry Pot, to the best of my knowledge. Some folks I know from Chengdu are fairly obsessed with a place called Spiced, just across the street from Crossroads Mall. The owner is really friendly and makes you feel as though you're eating in his home. If your family doesn't care too much about atmosphere, Yang's Dumpling House is a small and hidden gem that does one thing and does it very well. However, they don't take reservations and they get quite a big crowd around 6:30-7, so you may want to pick an atypical time or plan for a 30-45 minute wait. In terms of authentic Chinese food in general, a few recommendations come to mind:ĭin Tai Fung is, according to Taiwanese friends of mine, extremely consistent in their food (the xiao long bao supposedly weigh and taste exactly the same as they would in Taiwan). All my recommendations are out East because I live in Bellevue.įor dim sum, I would recommend Imperial Garden (near Ranch 99 in Kent), or Top Gun in Factoria (only go to Top Gun for dim sum because dinner there is terrible). Jade Garden Cuisine (s) Chinese Price Scale Description Seattle’s benchmark dim sum house is both vast and forever full, its large round tables laden with dumplings, buns, and honey walnut prawns.