Jade Garden is part of a chain of restaurants owned by the Maxims Group. Other establishments in the group include Sichuan Garden, Shanghai Garden, Chiu Chow Garden, and Peking Garden. Jade Garden is a popular Shanghai eatery that offers signature local dishes as well as Hong Kong style dim sum in a classy and refined setting. The place was decorated with high ceilings, translucent unadorned glass, marble floors and subtle lighting. It was a memorable experience because of the great service and graceful atmosphere. I always wanted to try their signature Steamed Reeves Shad (Yangtze River Herring) and Jardin de Jade Jasmin Tea Smoked Duck.
We started off our dinner with a couple of dim sum dishes - Spring Rolls with Pork and Deep Fried Turnip Pastries. The spring rolls had an unique texture that I have not experience before. After a close examination, I noticed that unique texture came from the ingredients cut into strands and assembly length wise inside the spring roll. Every bite of the spring roll has a very evenly distributed amount of filling.
This was my second time having deep fried turnip pastries; I loved the crispy and flaky texture of the pastry coupled with very flavorful shredded turnip inside.
It was interesting to see a French twist to a shark fin soup. Puff pastry and shark’s fin was pretty unique and I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to try something new. The puff pastry was fluffy and crisp. I noticed the soup was a cream based after opening the lid; the soup was light, creamy and seasoned well with a generous amount of shark fin.
The Steamed Reeves Shad is their featured dish. Our waitress gently peeled back the scales and sliced the fish before serving us. We only ordered half a fish. The fish had rice wine sauce and some aged ham on top. It tasted flavorful and contained only a few small bones. This dish was very good and is a must get if you ever go to Jade Garden.
This was the Jardin de Jade Jasmin Tea Smoked Duck dish served with little buns. The duck was prepared in an oven and cooked to perfection, perfect skin and medium rare meat. The meat was tender and contained a beautiful Jasmin Tea aroma.
These Steamed Mashed Red Bean shaped like pumpkins looked very cute, almost too cute and fun to eat. It was a glutinous ball and filled with red bean paste.
Five Loaves Rating:
Value: 8/10
Quality: 9/10
Overall: 8.5/10
Verdict: It was a memorable experience because of the great service, graceful atmosphere and excellent food.
Jade Garden
877 Dongfang Lu
Pudong, Shanghai
China
5058-6088
Open 11am-10:45pm
