Hong Kong-style 'Yum Cha' dining Jade Garden Chinese Restaurant 123, BoGuan 2nd Street (04) 2319-9166 Hours: 11:30 am-9:30 pm Credit cards accepted. Parking available for diners. http://jade-garden.my-store.com.tw/

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--By Uvia Chang & Jean Huang Translated by Cara Steenstra

Jade Garden Chinese Restaurant has over 20 years of history in Taichung and moved from Taichung Harbor Road to its current premises on BoGuan 2nd Street about five years ago. Ceiling-to-floor windows and comfortable, spacious seating all help provide a very enjoyable dining environment. The head chef is from Hong Kong and brings an authenticity to the dishes offered here. Jade Garden's Hong Kong-style dim sum dishes are highly recommended. The Steamed Shark's Fin Dumpling in Chicken Broth (NT$148) is a combination of shark's fin, shrimp, mushrooms and crabmeat, steamed until juices fill the dumpling. The Steamed Shrimp Dumplings (NT$98) are made from cleaned, carefully treated shrimp that are wrapped in a clear dough skin, then steam-cooked in traditional steamer baskets. The Baked Ham and Onion Cake with Sesame Seeds (NT$68) has flaky layers of dough with ham and chopped onions wrapped inside and sesame seeds sprinkled on top, all baked to perfection. The restaurant offers VIP rooms for 10 to 16 people; these can also be used for banquets and can hold 25 to 40 tables. This good deal includes soup and seven kinds of Hong Kong-style dim sum. There are also business lunches, vegetarian dishes and various shark's fin set meals available.