Tasty Garden is a Chinese restaurant on Gordonton Road in Chartwell, Hamilton, built around an extensive yum cha menu that can be ordered online all day. Dim sum classics sit alongside wok-fried soft noodles, rice noodles, fried rice, noodle soups and dumplings, with a separate dinner menu of starters, stir-fries and chef specials running from 4:30pm to 9:00pm.
The dim sum list runs deep: steamed prawn dumplings, pork and prawn siu mai, BBQ pork buns, xiao long bao, salted egg custard buns, chicken feet, beef tripe and omasum, spare ribs, and seven kinds of rice noodle rolls from prawn to king prawn to vegan. Fried treats include spring rolls, taro and durian rolls, sesame balls, curry puffs, prawn toast and egg tarts, while the wider menu covers combination fried rice, Singaporean fried rice noodles, wonton noodle soup, dry noodles and boiled or pan-fried dumplings — with vegan options across several sections.
Tasty Garden offers pickup, delivery (including no-contact delivery) and table booking through its online ordering system. It operates in two services, 10:30am-3:00pm and 5:00pm-9:00pm, Monday and Wednesday to Sunday, and is closed on Tuesdays. Phone orders can be made on 07 949 6806.
Tasty Garden is a Chinese restaurant on Gordonton Road in Chartwell, Hamilton, built around a simple and generous idea: yum cha whenever you want it. While many places reserve dim sum for weekend trolleys, Tasty Garden's yum cha menu is available to order online all day, backed by a full line-up of wok-fried noodles, fried rice, noodle soups and a dedicated dinner menu each evening.
The yum cha list is the centrepiece, and it goes well beyond the usual suspects. Yes, there are prawn dumplings, pork and prawn dim sum and BBQ pork buns — but also chicken feet, beef tripe and beef omasum, pork spare ribs with black bean, coriander prawn dumplings and Shanghai-style steamed pork buns. Sweet tooths are looked after with salted egg custard buns, sesame balls filled with red bean or black sesame, deep-fried taro and durian rolls, pineapple buns, BBQ pies and egg tarts.
Rice noodle rolls get their own fanbase here, with seven variations: prawn, egg, beef, BBQ pork, vegan, dough stick and a king prawn roll. Fried options cover spring rolls, wontons, chicken wings, prawn rolls, curry puffs and prawn toast, while congee, youtiao and baked BBQ buns round out the traditional end of the menu. There are even heartier plates — garlic bok choy, dry-fried green beans and fish and chips — for anyone at the table after something different.
Three parallel sections cover the stir-fried staples. Soft egg noodles, broad rice noodles and fried rice each come in the same line-up of proteins — BBQ pork, beef, chicken, combination meat, seafood, duck and a vegan version with vegetables and tofu — with a curry-forward Singaporean fried rice noodle and classic Yangzhou fried rice among the highlights.
Noodle soups run thirteen deep, from wonton and wonton noodle soup to beef brisket, stewed pork belly, roast chicken, Vietnamese ham and a chilli-flagged hot and sour beef soup. Dry noodles offer pork and chicken mince noodles, noodles with chilli sauce and vegan sweet sauce and sesame salad sauce versions. Dumplings arrive boiled or pan fried, in pork, chicken or vegetable, with your choice of sauce on the boiled ones.
Come the evening, a separate dinner menu kicks in from 4:30pm to 9:00pm. Starters include spring rolls, chicken and potato curry puffs, prawn toast, fried chicken wings and a Start Plater that stacks spring roll, curry puff, prawn toast, fried squid, chicken satay skewer and fried prawn roll on one plate — an easy way to cover the whole table.
The stir-fry section is built on seasonal vegetables over rice with your choice of meat or seafood, in seven styles: cashew nut, oyster sauce, ginger and spring onion, hot chilli paste, black pepper, house-made satay and an egg fuyong. Chef specials push further, from chilli tofu and chilli eggplant to cumin lamb, roast pork, stewed beef brisket, braised duck and roast chicken thighs, with sweet and sour and honey sauce options for pork or chicken.
Tasty Garden operates Monday and Wednesday to Sunday in two services — 10:30am to 3:00pm and 5:00pm to 9:00pm — and closes on Tuesdays, with a pause between lunch and dinner. Ordering happens online, where you can book a table, arrange pickup, or get delivery, including a no-contact option. Extras like BBQ pork, beef brisket, tofu, egg or extra noodles can be added to most dishes, and the drinks list runs from Coke and L&P to soy milk, milk tea, Wanglaoji and coconut juice, with BYO available.
Vegan diners have real choices across the menu — vegan fried rice, noodles, rice rolls, dumplings and more — so mixed groups are easy to cater for. Whether it is a fast lunch of noodle soup or a long dinner built around shared dim sum, the menu is broad enough to keep everyone at the table busy.