Jade Garden 翠園 @ Beijing

Only when I stepped into the restaurant did I realised that this was an offshoot of the revenant Cantonese restaurant in Kowloon.

Founded in 1971 in Hong Kong, Jade Garden 翠園 is 美心集团 Maxim’s Group’s first Cantonese restaurant with a game-changing concept of “Chinese food, Western service”. This branch in Beijing is one of many that they have ventured into the mainland. Their style of Cantonese food is quite varied, from dimsum to classics to roasts to innovative dishes.

西班牙風乾火腿沙拉 Iberico Ham Salad

Didn’t see the Iberico ham in the salad. Some tired looking leaves.

豉油頻倫雞 Quick Soy Sauce Chicken

頻倫 (in Cantonese: panlan) is a Cantonese phrase for “in a rush”. This is a style of chicken that characterised the constant urgency of Hong Kongers. The chicken is poached rapidly by pouring boiling soy sauce-based braising liquid over the chicken, like how you would make Hainanese poached chicken.

一口牛粒仔 清炒蘆筍 Sautéed Asparagus with Beef Cubes

Standard fare, the best friends (asparagus and beef) in a single plate, although the two parts were prepared separately.

蝦球炒菜心 Sautéed Prawns with Choysum

Another standard fare, a bit bland for my taste.

蜆肉豆腐青菜煲 Clams with Tofu and Bokchoy Casserole

A Cantonese style boiled soup using milky white stock with clams for added umami.

清蒸筍殼魚 Steamed Marble Goby

Marble goby is a very delicate fish and if it is very fresh, then steaming it would be the best method of preparing this fish.

白灼香港芥蘭 Poached HK Kailan

It seemed easy, boiling vegetable in water. But they didn’t use water. Instead chicken stock was used to give it a really nice flavour. And was it chicken oil that was added at the very end? Delicious.

翠園炒飯 Signature Fried Rice

Perhaps I was really craving for rice (I didn’t had any rice for the last two weeks, trying to cut down my carbs intake), this fried rice hit the spot instantly with the wokhei and nice blend of savouriness and umami.

Jade Garden 翠园 (北京国贸商城店)
北京朝阳区建国门外大街1号国贸商城南区五层 SL5001-SL5004, SL5012-SL5013
Tel : +86 (010) 6505 8873

Visited Jun 2024