Yum Cha at Jackie's

Caught up with friends for yum cha on Saturday at the new Jackie's in the city. New to me cos I've never been there, but really, I dont know how long the place has been open. With a basement location on Queen St., the place is kind of out of the way. But there is one good thing about it, there's plenty of parking in that part of the city. The food was delectable. I thought it was much better than Jackie's Kitchen in Doncaster. Actually the dim sum was a lot better than many other Chinese restaurants in the city. There were wet wipe towel things on the table rolled up like little white spring rolls which Ball Breaker actually thought were spring rolls! Service there was fabulous too, unlike other Chinese restaurants in the city that serve yum cha. Given the fact that the restaurant wasnt packed, it made for an enjoyable meal. Any other Chinese restaurant in Chinatown would've been packed on the weekend and the food would've been very mass produced. And ofcourse there wouldnt be any service either.

For once we got to eat every dim sum dish we wanted. Usually, we have yum cha in Chinatown and we sit around waiting forever for the damn food trolley to come around. Half the time when the trolley emerges, it doesnt have the dim sum we are after. Either that or the trolley contains something we've already ordered, tasted and eaten. At Jackie's, even though we had to place our order for dim sum (it was too quiet for the trolley to be wheeled around), everything came out steaming hot. This is unusual in many yum cha restaurants. I absolutely hate my dim sum cold; nothing worse than a cold har gow. The waitress provided our table with every imaginable sauce to go with the dim sum; from chilli sauce, to chilli oil, to chilli paste. It was great!

If you're not afraid to venture out of Chinatown, check out Jackie's on Queen St. Apart from Dragon Boat on the Yarra, this has got to be one of the best yum cha restaurants in town.