Yan's Garden Chinese Restaurant

Good selection of dimsum items. I came alone for a quick lunch in between meetings on a workday. No lines, plenty of parking spots in the plaza parking lot. Service was prompt and efficient.nnI ordered the shrimp dumplings which were great. I also had the chasiu pastry. These were absolutely delicious.nnHowever I made the mistake of ordering clay pot rice. It’s not so good. I couldn’t finish it. So be aware if you want to try this. The toppings aren’t tasty, the rice under cooked!nnOh, the Jasmin tea was good.nnI’ll come back when I’m in the area still. But I’ll stick to dim sums. :D

We came at 10am on a Saturday and the restaurant was empty when we got there. When we left at 11:30 the whole restaurant was basically full. They serve everything in the carts. There's some things that they won't have in the carts which then they will tell you to tick off on the paper to order it.nnWe ordered steamed beef trip in special sauce $9.28, steamed rice flour roll with scallops and seaweed $9.88, deep fried sesame balls $8.58, deep fried milk custard $8.58, pork and shrimp dumpling shao mai $8.38, har gao $8.38, deep fried taro $8.38, steamed pork ribs $7.88. Tea is $1.50 each personnnThe steamed beef tripe in special sauce had a strong tripe flavour in a good way. You could taste the innards flavour. Some restaurants bleach it and clean it really well so that you can taste it but this place has cleaned it just enough. Flavour was good and I would order this againnnRice roll with seaweed and scallops. There were slices of scallops throughout the rice roll. This rice roll is different from the rice rolls you usually have at dimsum. It's not chewy like the ones you find at other restaurants. Instead it's really smooth and has a slight rice flavour. According to my grandma, this is the way it's meant to be. The ones that are chewy and bouncy is the new way of doing it now. This one is based on personal preference. If you like traditional style, this is the way to go.nnDeep fried sesame balls were not too sweet on the inside but the outside was too thick also not chewy enough and it wasn't crispy enough outside. We found out later that they have a different kind that's the thinner one. This one is pushed out on carts and not on the sheet so be warned if you are looking for the thin skin one.nnThe shrimp dumplings or har gao were okay. Lots of shrimp inside and very bouncy but the outside skin was a tad too thicknnThe taro fried dumpling was not crispy and flaky enough for me. The inside filling was pretty decentnnThe pork shrimp shao mai dumpling was pretty good. Lots of pork little shrimp which is how it should be. It had a good bite too it and was well flavorednnThe pork ribs were not bad. Meat was soft and portion was big.nnThe fried milk dessert was interesting and definitely not what we were expecting. You drink the milk custard that's inside. Outside is crispy but also not hot. Inside was cold as well. Interesting but would only order it once.nnOverall dimsum was not bad. They have dishes here you might not find elsewhere. No major faults. Some of the servers pushing the carts can be a bit pushy. They try to sell you the dishes that have been sitting their the longest. Other than that the other servers are really nice and fast. They have servers specifically just to pour tea and get the bill. Would I recommend it? Probably not as none of the dishes stand out. But if you are looking for some solid run of the mill dimsum. Then this place is actually not bad

Love their dim sum. Get there early to avoid line-ups. And amazing dinner service with great value.

The dim sum was pretty good. One of the better priced I have seen around the Lower Mainland. Service is a hit or miss.

We had our dinner here tonight to celebrate a family friend's birthday. I must say, the food are all excellent.