Dim sum table
a guest, about$24
A round table kept for your party at the weekend, ordered from the sheet as you go. Most families spend around this much for each person.
- Bookable for five guests or more
- High chairs and small bowls ready
Weekend dim sum, noodles pulled while you watch
Jade Lantern fills its round tables with families every Saturday and Sunday. Tick the dim sum sheet, watch the noodle cook stretch a fresh batch at the front window, and share roast duck carved on the board by the door.
Sat and Sundim sum until 15:30
Up to 12around one turntable
Every dishlists its allergens
The weekend dim sum sheet
Dim sum runs from opening until half past three on Saturday and Sunday. Every table gets a printed sheet: tick what you want, hand it to the floor staff, and baskets come out as they leave the steamer. Most plates hold three or four pieces, so order a few for each person and add more as you go.
| Dish | What it is | Price | Contains |
|---|---|---|---|
| Har gow | Prawn dumplings pleated in a thin, translucent wheat starch wrapper, four to a basket | $7 | Crustaceans, gluten |
| Siu mai | Open topped pork and prawn dumplings finished with a little fish roe | $7 | Crustaceans, fish, gluten, soy |
| Cheung fun with char siu | Silky steamed rice noodle rolls around barbecued pork, sweet soy poured at the table | $8 | Soy, gluten, sesame |
| Char siu bao | Soft steamed buns split open around barbecued pork in a sticky glaze | $6 | Gluten, soy, sesame |
| Lo mai gai | Sticky rice with chicken, shiitake and Chinese sausage, steamed inside a lotus leaf | $8 | Soy, gluten, molluscs |
| Turnip cake | Pan fried slices of white radish and rice flour cake with dried shrimp | $6 | Crustaceans, soy |
| Black bean spare ribs | Small pieces of pork rib steamed with fermented black beans and garlic | $7 | Soy, gluten |
| Vegetable dumplings | Chive, mushroom and water chestnut in a green wrapper, made without meat or seafood | $6 | Gluten, soy, sesame |
| Egg tarts | Flaky pastry around a baked egg custard, served warm from the oven | $5 | Gluten, egg, milk |
Lo mai gai is seasoned with oyster sauce, which is why molluscs appear beside it. The soy sauce we cook with is brewed from wheat, so it carries gluten into many dishes.
The noodle window
From noon, a cook stands at the front window with a lump of dough that rested overnight. It is rolled, stretched, folded and stretched again until one rope becomes dozens of strands, and the thickness is chosen the moment a bowl is ordered.
Ask for thin, regular or wide flat noodles. Because each portion is pulled to order, a table of six may see its bowls arrive one or two at a time, every one of them straight from the pot.
- Thin, regular or wide, your choice
- Dough of wheat flour, water and salt
- Pulled only when a bowl is ordered
Bowls from the window, meats from the hooks
Roast meats hang behind the carving board near the door and are cut as they are ordered: over rice, over noodles, or by the quarter, half or whole for the turntable. These plates are cooked every day we are open.
| Dish | How it comes | Price | Contains |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beef noodle soup | Pulled noodles in clear beef broth with braised shin, white radish, coriander and chilli oil on the side | $14 | Gluten, soy |
| Chilli oil noodles | Wide noodles tossed with chilli oil, black vinegar, garlic and spring onion | $12 | Gluten, soy, sesame |
| Roast duck | Carved to order by the quarter, half or whole, with plum sauce | from $16 | Soy, gluten |
| Char siu on rice | Pork shoulder glazed with honey and soy, roasted and sliced over steamed rice | $13 | Soy, gluten, sesame |
| Siu yuk | Pork belly roasted until the skin crackles, served with mustard | $14 | Mustard, soy |
| Soy chicken | Half a chicken poached in a master stock of soy, rock sugar and star anise | $13 | Soy, gluten |
| Gai lan | Chinese broccoli blanched and dressed with garlic, oyster sauce on request | $8 | Soy, molluscs if oyster sauce is added |
| Egg fried rice | Jasmine rice tossed in the wok with egg and spring onion | $6 | Egg, soy |
On busy weekends the roast meats sell out by late afternoon. A whole duck for your table can be put aside if you mention it in your booking request.
Round tables and family banquets
Our largest tables seat ten or twelve around a glass turntable, so every dish can be passed without anyone standing up. For a birthday, a baby's full month party or a reunion, choose a banquet and the kitchen paces the courses for you.
Family banquet
a guest, from$38
Eight courses for the turntable: a cold platter, soup, roast duck, a whole steamed fish, two vegetables, long life noodles and a sweet soup to finish.
- Courses paced by the kitchen
- A version without meat on request
Celebration banquet
a guest, from$58
Ten courses including crispy pork belly, a whole duck, prawns with ginger and spring onion, and peach shaped longevity buns for the guest of honour.
- Three days of notice
- Tell us every allergy in the party
Banquet prices are for each guest and are confirmed when we reply to your request. Three days of notice lets the kitchen roast the meats for your table.
Allergens we cook with every day
Each dish above has its own Contains column. These are the allergens found in this kitchen, and where they tend to hide.
- Gluten, in soy sauce, wrappers and noodles
- Soy
- Sesame oil and seeds
- Crustaceans, in prawn dumplings and dried shrimp
- Molluscs, in oyster sauce
- Fish, in roe and some sauces
- Egg, in tarts and fried rice
- Milk, in egg tarts
- Peanuts, in two evening dishes
- Mustard, with the pork belly
Woks, steamers and the fryer are shared, so traces can travel between dishes. Mention any allergy when you book and again before ordering; for a severe allergy the duty manager checks each dish with the kitchen before it leaves the pass. Labelling law differs between countries; everything written here describes the Jade Lantern kitchen and nothing wider.
Dishes without meat or seafood are marked on the printed menus, and most noodle bowls can be made with a vegetable broth instead of beef.
A weekend at the round tables
Steamers at eleven, noodles at one, birthdays after dark.
Ask for a table
Tell us the day, the time and how many are coming, and whether you would like a round table, a high chair or one of the banquets. We answer by phone or email within a few hours while we are open, with your table or the nearest time we can offer.
- Round tables for eight to twelve
- Weekend dim sum tables held for 90 minutes
- Pay at the restaurant when the meal is over
Asked at the door on a Sunday
Do we need to book for weekend dim sum?
For five or more, yes, and the round tables usually go by Thursday. Smaller groups can join the line at the door; around noon on a Sunday the wait is often half an hour.
Can you make a meal without meat or seafood?
Yes. Vegetable dumplings, cheung fun with mushroom, noodles in vegetable broth, tofu with greens and gai lan without oyster sauce make a full table. Say so in your request and the kitchen will suggest a banquet built the same way.
How does a banquet work?
Choose one when you book, give us three days of notice and list any allergies in the party. Courses arrive at a steady pace on the turntable, and the kitchen can swap dishes for anyone who does not eat pork or shellfish.
Can we buy roast meats to take home?
Yes, from the carving board by the door. Duck, char siu and siu yuk are sold by weight or by the piece, with rice or on their own, until the hooks are empty.
Is there step access and room for prams?
A lift runs from the street door to the dining room, and prams fit beside the round tables. High chairs, small bowls and children's chopsticks are kept by the pass.
What if fewer of us come than booked?
Tell us as early as you can, especially for a banquet, because the kitchen plans the courses around your number. A table is held for fifteen minutes past the booked time.
From families who came back (example reviews)
Booked a round table for twelve for a grandmother's eightieth. The longevity buns came out at the end with a candle in each, and the staff turned the turntable for her all evening.
The noodles are pulled right there in the window. Our two boys stood watching the whole time, then ate every strand of their beef noodle soup.
Our son has a peanut allergy, and the duty manager checked every basket with the kitchen before it reached the table. A calm Sunday morning because of it.
Find us upstairs
Take the lift or the stairs from the street door on the corner of the covered market. The carving board for roast meats is the first thing you see at the top.
Ring the front desk
Upstairs on the corner of the covered market, with a lift from the street door
When the steamers are on
| Monday | Closed |
| Tuesday to Friday | 12:00 to 15:00, 17:30 to 22:30 |
| Saturday | 10:30 to 23:00, dim sum until 15:30 |
| Sunday | 10:30 to 21:00, dim sum until 15:30 |
Arriving as a big group
Large parties are seated together, so it helps if everyone arrives within a few minutes of each other. The roast meat counter stays open until the kitchen closes.