Yummy Garden

Holy batman! Sodium overload — our usual humble house was closed so we thought we would try yummy garden. We ordered steamed dumplings, eggplant with pork and cumin beef. It’s hard to pick up your order when your number is called out in Chinese and you don’t speak a lick of Mandarin. And when you ask if it is your order, they make you feel as you are a bother. You have a crowd of people gathering around trying to figure out if it’s their order. The meat in the steamed dumpling tasted a little off, the cumin beef was tough and fatty and the accompanying veggies were not cooked long enough. The dish was salty. But nothing compared to the eggplant. My goodness, it was so salty and my oily. We didn’t finish any of the dishes and threw more than half of each dish away. Waste of my money and we won’t go back. Even the hot tea couldn’t help quench my thirst. We went looking for a sweet drink after dinner.

Yummy Garden is the first of the several restaurants lining the Great Wall Food Court. I usually overlook it since it’s in the front. My mom and I ordered a couple dishes from Yummy Garden to add to our family style meal.
We ordered from this booth after perusing all the other shops:
#25 — Spicy Clams — not sure if this is the proper translation of 辣炒花蛤. We were surprised by the amount of clams we got for $ 8.95. A little spicy for sure, but not overly so to be inedible or tongue numbing. Tasty dish.
We also got a garlic sautéed spinach. Standard.
Overall, a solid Chinese storefront. Helps to be able to speak and read Mandarin. Our two dishes came out to be about $ 15 – 16, I believe. I want to try their 梅乾扣肉 next time, because the one we ordered from Humble House was not very good.

Do a favor yourself and do not eat here. They are extremely slow and not professional. They made me feel like it was their first day running this business.

Two dishes to review: a scallion pancake and soup dumplings. The former severely lacked flavor, though as a positive, it was made fresh (it took a while). The latter was pretty obviously frozen dumplings heated up. Not particularly impressive. I’m not in a hurry to try their food again.

Visited this place 3 times so far when we get that chinese food craving. It’s the first vendor you see when you arrive at the food court area inside the Great Wall Supermarket. Their menu is located on the wall behind the counter, on the cashier counter, and some signage on the right; they have that much food. It’s also helpful that there are pictures with their names. Here’s what we’ve ordered so far:
Fried leek pie — very tasty, the dough is nice and chewy
Xiaolongbao — thick skin, less soup, more meat (needs to be eaten fast or it will get cold and stick to the bottom)
#13 Braised Pork and Tofu — Very rich, fatty and flavorful. First bites were amazing. Reminded BuBee of Cravings in Champaign. We couldn’t finish it — partially due to quantity and partially due to feeling overloaded with richness/​fattiness.
Beef Roll — Not very good. Was served cold, beef was very dry/​overcooked. First non-​fresh tasting dish from Yummy Garden. We thought it tasted alright after heating it back up in the microwave the next day.
Chinese Burger — Very good! Inside was chopped pork belly, cilantro, and diced jalapeño pepper. Some bites were a bit spicier than others. I liked the bun part more than my bf.
Salt and Pepper Squid — definitely Yummy Yummy! Freshly crispy and not overcooked squid! Very pleasant amount of saltiness. Portion was larger than expected, but we decided it was better to eat it fresh instead of having leftovers. I loved the crispy garlic pieces too!
After ordering, you wait near their counter to receive your orders. There’s self-​served water and hot tea available on the left side of the counter. Most of their dishes are family style portioned. It’s cash only if it falls under a certain amount that I forgot atm.
We will be going back soon to try more other yummy stuff.

Oh my! My family spent two summers in shanghai and suzhou –/​other than trying to escape the heat we spent our time trying as many «local» restaurants as we could. Yummy is as close as I have found to those subterranean food courts (yum!) that we stumbled upon in our culinary journey.
«Daniel» that king of all that is Unilocal (ok, I’m from Oregon and am in awe of his prestigious reviews — we do not play like dat in the PNW!) liked this humble food court front and I am ALL IN! Come slide by and try one of the myriad offerings… just a few a steps shy of PNW cart offerings!

Yummy Garden is a Chinese restaurant located in the Great Wall Supermarket food court. It’s one of the best Chinese food court restaurants, located inside an Asian grocery store or mall, that I’ve been to in metro Atlanta. It’s authentic and has an extensive menu encompassing different regional Chinese cuisines such as Shanghai soup dumplings and Sichuan cumin lamb. Compared to a sit-​down restaurant, the food tastes just as good and is sold at lower prices (sometimes, significantly lower).
Yummy Garden is the first restaurant you’ll see in the food court as you enter the supermarket from outside. Its menu can be overwhelming. There are over 100 items you can order. The majority of menu items are under $ 9 each. The main clientele are Chinese people. The main menu behind the counter is printed in Chinese text. Fortunately, there are paper menus at the counter with English translations. Also, there are pictures aplenty, which are super helpful.
They serve xiaolongbao here (#2 on the menu) — Chinese steamed soup dumplings. An order of 10 dumplings is a good deal at $ 4.75. Yummy Garden’s soup dumplings are comparable to soup dumplings at other Atlanta restaurants such as Chef Liu and Northern China Eatery. They’re tasty. To nitpick, Yummy Garden’s bao has thicker flour skin, more meat, and less soup. The dumplings are served in a traditional bamboo basket (the same one used for steaming). Be gentle picking up the dumplings because you don’t want to tear or puncture the skin, which causes the soup to drain out. Also note it takes the kitchen up to 10 – 15 minutes to prepare the soup dumplings.
One of my favorite dishes is the cumin fish ($ 8.95). This is the same dish that is served at Sichuan restaurants like Tasty China, Café Q, and Chong Qing Hot Pot (Atlanta Chinatown Mall). Yummy Garden’s version admirably stands up to all. This dish consists of lightly battered, fried fillets of fish, seasoned with salt, fine red chili power, Sichuan peppercorns, and subtly aromatic/​fragrant seeds, and cooked with cilantro. It is mouthwateringly delicious. Order it. By default, it’s a spicy dish, but you can request it non-​spicy too.
The «sizzling beef» (#39 on the menu) is another classic Sichuan dish. This dish comes with hearty pieces of beef, green onion, green bell pepper, and plenty of red chili peppers. If you like spicy food, this dish can bring the heat. Like the cumin fish, you can request this dish in non-​spicy form as well.
Marinated pig ears are sold here for $ 4.25 a box. You can get these at other restaurants at Great Wall and the Great Wall market itself. These are served in a prepackaged disposable plastic container. This is an appetizer that’s typically served cold or at room temperature. I enjoy it, but only in small quantities at a time. It’s a little intense because the ears are soaked in a rich chili oil. This dish is best shared and I recommend it if you want to try something different. It’s flavorful. The ears are sliced, oily, and the texture is somewhat tendony.
If you want vegetables, you can get a plate of snow pea tips sauteed with garlic for only $ 6.50. Most Chinese restaurants charge $ 10+ for snow pea tips. Along with ong choy, these are my favorite Chinese vegetables.
Another savory vegetable option is the leek pie (a.k.a. fried leek dumplings or fried leek pancakes). You can get 2 for $ 4.75. The portion size is generous. These pies taste exactly how they sound. A bunch of freshly chopped leaks are stuffed inside thin coats of batter and quickly fried. The pies are juicy and teeming with leeky goodness. You can pick up these pies and eat them with your hands. It’s a lot of leeks, so you may want to add pepper, chili oil, or some other seasoning (s) to mix up the flavor.
Other dishes you might consider trying include cumin lamb, salt and pepper squid, eggplant with minced pork, sweet and sour spare ribs, dried bean curd with chili, and Chinese broccoli with garlic sauce.
Complimentary bowls of white rice are included with meals ordered here. There are also dispensers with complimentary cool water and hot tea. There’s a TV behind the counter playing Chinese programs.
When your food is ready, the staff will call out your order from behind the counter and you can go pick it up. Sometimes, if you are dining in and the staff knows where you are sitting, they will bring the food directly to you. After you finish your meal, you should return used trays and plates to the restaurant.
Enjoy!

I had not seen Daniel B and Vyvy T in eons, so before I left to come back home, lunch with them was a must. But the main question was, «where in the hell should we meet?» Daniel decided the Great Wall food court. I had not been in a while, so I was looking forward to see what it was all about.
First of all, it looked like they had cleaned the place up since the last time I was there. Also, the place had a nice crowd. In fact, it was the busiest I have ever seen the place! We walked up and down to see what everyone had to offer, and after the consensus, we decided to go for «Yummy Garden». I mean, who doesn’t want to eat at a place called Yummy Garden?
YG is the first outlet so it is pretty hard to miss. Most of the menu is in a variation of the Chinese language (please, excuse my ignorance) — but there were pictures to help, and also a simplified hidden menu as well in English– hell we did not see that until we were ready to order. So we ordered a feast– cumin fish, sizzling beef, fried leek pancakes, soup wontons, rice, and Daniel– am I leaving anything out? Oh yea, and pig ears.
The food came out in stages, which was nice, because each plate was huge. I thought it was funny when the food was ready the lady was shouting in a variation of the Chinese language (excuse my ignorance, again!) — when Daniel went up to get the food, she seemed peeved he couldn’t understand. LOL! That’s messed up.
So when the rest of the food came out, she was still barking at him! Gotta love it! But we ended up getting all of our food. Speaking of the food, it was seasoned and cooked well. Everything tasted great. Hell, the sizzling beef was close to nuclear, and the funny thing is, they were using your typical red chile peppers. Maybe they put roids in them. I can handle my heat and so can Daniel, and he made a note too– it was some spicy shit!
They had water and tea machines to keep us hydrated, and when we finished, we just put our plates in the thing up front (they served the food on porcelain). At the end of the day, YG was pretty Yummy! Just make sure if you are not Chinese, you let them know, or don’t be upset if they bark at you!