ORCHIDS GARDEN – Dim Sum Disappointment
The dim sum at Orchid Garden isn’t bad…but it isn’t that good either. Most of it is best-hits-standard-issue, without a single deviation from, or innovative tweaking of, the Cantonese dumpling canon like you’ll find at Ping Pang Pong or even, on occasion, Cathay House.
Some offerings are pretty good (shrimp won tons), some are decent enough (fried pork and leek dumplings in wheat starch wrapper, shu mai steamed pork), and some are downright atrocious (lard-y, puny don tot (egg tarts), and gummy pasty cha siu sou (baked, barbecue pork triangles). If you aren’t a dim sum snob (amazingly, ELV isn’t*), you will leave satisfied (we were). If you demand delicacy and dreaminess in your dumplings, head to the Gold Coast…or as you can read in the comments below, to the West Coast!
That is all.
ELV’s dim sum brunch for two came to $25 and we left a $7 tip).
ORCHIDS GARDEN
5485 West Sahara Ave.
Las Vegas, NV 89146-0308
702.631.3839
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* Dim sum you see, is a lot like barbecue, sex and pizza, i.e., the worst we ever had was still pretty good.
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July 25th, 2011 at 10:31 am
Have you tried Chang’s Hong Kong Cuisine for dim sum? I hear good things but haven’t had time to check it out. I wasn’t impressed with Ping Pang Pong… but I am a dim sum snob so probably nothing will satisfy me in Vegas.
July 26th, 2011 at 3:22 am
Or do as I do. Wait until the jones is unbearable and head to Chinatown in Los Angeles. Ocean Seafood serves dim sum every morning.
July 27th, 2011 at 5:55 pm
I prefer to fly to San Francisco but, yeah, it seems like we have basically the same solution to the problem.