Whole lot of people…

The first time we were here, I did not take a snapshot of the restaurant’s sign…

…as it was pouring cats and dogs that evening. We decided to stop by a second time the other night and yes, the weather was good so I did not have a problem taking a photograph of it to share here.

When we were here on New Year’s night, I did clarify with the lady at the cashier’s counter as to whether this place is their branch or not as that was what I heard. Well, she said the owner is her nephew, Hong Kong trained and worked in the UK for a long time before coming home and opening this restaurant here. She confirmed that it is not a branch nor will one be able to get all the nice dishes there – they have their own exclusive menu.

My good friend, Robert, did tell me to try some of the dishes here but I could not remember what they were. I think there was a tofu dish so we ordered their signature own-made egg tofu…

…which turned out to be really very nice, so very soft, smooth and light. My girl loved it a lot.

I enjoyed the Mongolian chicken here but that restaurant had since closed down. That was why we wanted to order their Mongolian spare ribs…

…to see if it was any good and indeed it was! We sure did not have a problem licking this plate clean as well.

I thought the bitter gourd fried with three types of eggs…

…did not look very nice but it tasted o.k. We did not manage to finish all of it though as the servings were rather big and we were feeling very full by the time we finished eating the two dishes I mentioned earlier.

We had had nicer midin (wild jungle fern) ching chao (fried plain)…

…elsewhere. This one was kind of skinny and did not look very fresh so it was not actually crunchy and nice.

Last but not least, we had the fish maw soup…

…and yes, it was clear, not the cornstarch-thickened sharks’ fins soup look-alike. We definitely liked it this way and managed to finish it till the last drop!

Gosh! There were a whole lot of people that night – probably there were around two tables left, if I am not wrong but despite there being such a big crowd, it was not unbearably noisy unlike some restaurants around here. The first time we came, there were only two other tables besides ours but perhaps, that was because of the heavy rain outside or it had just opened and a lot of people did not know about it then.

The total for the food, rice and drinks came up to RM101.90 altogether. No, I don’t think it is very cheap eating here but the food is nice, parking and getting a table without any prior booking are not a problem and the service is cordial, fast and efficient. Despite there being so many people that night, we did not have to wait very long for all the dishes to be served.

JING DU RESTAURANT (2.293190, 111.835860) is located on the ground floor at No. 17, Lot3545, Lorong Chew Siik Hiong 1A.