Dim Sum Garden in NYC
I discovered Dim Sum Garden recently, thanks to one of my colleagues, Alex who recommended it, but with the caveat that he thought it was expensive for dim sum. I had to see it myself.
Dining room at Dim Sum Garden in NYC
The place is bright with few booths that I admit are not that comfortable…The way it works is that you will mark with a pen your selection and the dishes will come as they are ready. One of the original dishes is their sampler that is beautifully presented in a wooden tray that separates 9 big dim sum, vegetarian and non vegetarian, 2 of them being dessert. The dim sum are quite large, so worth the $21.99 for this and I love the fact that the menu describes each of them. For instance, for roasted duck dumpling, it says: “Roasted duck dumplings was first created by the Cantonese Chef that wanted to combine Peking duck (roasted duck) with dim sum. It was made from diced roasted duck skin and meat, mixed with chopped carrot, celery and other mixed vegetable for more decent texture”.
Dim sum sampler at Dim Sum Garden in NYC
Dim sum sampler at Dim Sum Garden in NYC
It had, from top to bottom:
Crispy Sesame ball at Dim Sum Garden in NYC, NY
Beef with black pepper roll at Dim Sum Garden in NYC
Crispy shrimp ball at Dim Sum Garden in NYC
Roasted duck dumpling at Dim Sum Garden in NYC
Crabmeat and shrimp with spinach at Dim Sum Garden
Steamed egg custard bun at Dim Sum Garden in NYC
Shrimp drumpling (har gow) at Dim Sum Garden in NYC
Shrimp with pork shumai at Dim Sum Garden in NYC
Black truffle and mushroom dumpling at Dim Sum Garden
We also tried their crispy vegetable spring roll that came really hot, delightfully greasy and crispy, that I dipped in duck sauce. Their mixed vegetable dumplings were also delicious, the filling not being overpowered by any particular ingredient (I never liked the ones where spinach is the predominant flavor).
Vegetable Spring rolls at Dim Sum Garden in NYC
Mixed vegetable dumplings at Dim Sum Garden in NYC
We accompanied our meal with a peach black tea for Jodi and a Hong Kong style milk tea for me (it is made with black tea and milk that is usually served for lunch in Hong Kong tea culture).
Hong Kong style milk tea and peach black tea at Dim Sum Garden in NYC
Overall, we had a great meal at dim sum garden. The prices might be a bit higher than other restaurants Midtown like Dim Sum Palace, but the dumplings are bigger (forget about the one bite for most). Interestingly, most of them have a very glutinous shell that can on one hand be challenging, but on the other hand keeps it together when splitting it in half. If you are non-vegetarian, I highly recommend the sampler that is superb and a good deal in my opinion. This place is for sure a must try.
Enjoy (I did)!
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Dim Sum Garden - 338 Lexington Ave. New York, NY 10016
