Delicious Dim Sum at Great Garden

Deep Fried Taro
Sticky Rice in Lotus Leaf

BBQ Pork Turnovers and Sesame Balls

Interior

Guide to dim sum offerings

Well, in short, our experience here was just fabulous. This is now our number one choice for dim sum in Indianapolis. It's been open for years but, somehow, we just discovered it and had our first meal there this past weekend. It's on the west side in the same strip mall as Saraga grocery. It appears that they offer dim sum everyday. The place was bustling when we got there but they found us a table and gave us the sheet pictured above with the dim sum offerings and prices (click photo to enlarge). There was another sheet of paper divided into sections for small, medium, and large. They gave us a pen with these and the server asked if we needed the regular menu. We declined since we were all about the dim sum that day. We noticed servers going around with carts but weren't sure if we were supposed to mark the illustrations that we wanted or if it was the typical dim sum where you ask for what you want off of the cart. We sipped the tea they had on the table, which we think was chrysanthemum, and waited to see how the system worked. Before long, a server came around with the first cart and then the carts came around rapidly. The server writes how many small, medium, and large orders you take for the cashier to add up when you go up to the register after your meal and the sheet with pictures is evidently just so the diner has a guide to the dishes and the prices. We cannot emphasize enough how delicious everything we had was. We tried some things we'd never had before such as Deep Fried Taro (you must get this) and Baby Octopus and loved them. We tried some familiar dishes such as Sticky Rice in Lotus Leaf, Stuffed Bean Curd Skin, Stuffed Eggplant, BBQ Pork Turnover, and Sesame Balls and they were all exceptional. We ate way too much and still only spent about $30. The service was gracious and efficient.

Obviously, considering how crowded it was, we are behind the curve to discover this great restaurant. However, if you haven't tried it yet (or if you haven't been there in awhile), we couldn't recommend it more.