Jing Long Seafood Restaurant
412 Bedok North Avenue 2 #01-152
https://www.jinglongseafood.com.sg/
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| Fried Fish Skin With Salted Egg Yolk (SGD $14.80) |
Delicious, Hearty Modern Chinese Dishes
(Ratings: On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 = Worst and 10 = Best)
Overall: 8
Ambience & Setting: 7
Food & Beverage: 8
Service: 8
Value for Money: 8
Spent about SGD $39 per person.
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Beginning as a humble Chinese Zi Char hawker stall in 1999, Jing Long Seafood Restaurant grew popular through word-of-mouth for their delicious and hearty Modern Chinese dishes, eventually transiting into a full-fledged Chinese restaurant at their current premises in November 2009. More than a decade on, Jing Long Seafood Restaurant remains a stalwart bastion of exquisite Chinese cuisine, garnering awards for their visually impressive dishes with bold fresh flavours, being reowned for their attention to detail.
Ambience at Jing Long Seafood Restaurant is bright, clean, and casual. The place seats up to 15 tables indoors and 20 outdoors (in a sheltered area), with a clean, minimalist look. Sturdy table-clothed furnishings lined with comfortable chairs lend well to meals with family or friends, and with prevailing safe distancing measures, ambient chatter in the background is fairly low overall. They're usually fully booked, so advance reservations are a must.
Service at Jing Long Seafood Restaurant is friendly and fast. Staff are quick to seat guests, and orders are quickly served, particularly if you'd placed advance orders. The process of placing advance orders is smooth and hassle-free, with staff contacting the reservation guest list via whatsapp for their advance orders. I like that staff proactively offer to clear finished plates throughout the meal, offer a change of cutlery, and they also clean up quickly when diners leave.
Food at Jing Long Seafood Restaurant is Modern Chinese cuisine, with dishes drawing on Chinese Teochew and Chinese Hokkien influences. Several of their original dishes are now copied by other stalls, such as their Chai Poh Tofu Bean Curd. Ingredients are fresh, and dishes consistently well executed with bold clean flavours. Portions are sized for sharing. Prices are comparable to most restaurants, budget about SGD $39 per person.
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| Jing Long Seafood Restaurant Exterior |
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| Jing Long Seafood Restaurant Interior |
The Tea Pu-Erh (SGD $1.50) here is rather weak, serving its purpose as a thirst-quencher, but won't please tea enthusiasts.
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| Tea Pu-Erh (SGD $1.50) |
The Soy Braised Peanuts (SGD $1.50) feature peanuts braised in light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, oyster sauce, star anise, cinnamon, 5-spice powder, palm sugar, and garlic. These Chinese Teochew style braised peanuts are tender soft without being mushy, and have deep earthy herbal salty sweet savoury flavour. Served as an appetizer at the start of a meal. Good!
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| Soy Braised Peanuts (SGD $1.50) |
The basic staple of White Rice (SGD $1) features fluffy soft moist steamed white rice with mild grainy sweet flavour. Good for pairing with gravy-heavy dishes.
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| White Rice (SGD $1) |
Loved the Fried Fish Skin With Salted Egg Yolk (SGD $14.80)! Freshly fried, the crisp crunchy salmon fish skin is generously coated with salted egg yolk paste, having a bold eggy salty spice savoury flavour, so yummy. The kick from the curry leaves really entices the palate, and you'll keep reaching for more. Highly recommended!
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| Fried Fish Skin With Salted Egg Yolk (SGD $14.80) |
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| Fried Fish Skin With Salted Egg Yolk |
Their version of You Tiao With Sotong Paste (SGD $11.80) is among the best I've had. The hot crisp you tiao / fried dough fitter shatters beautifully, revealing the generous stuffing of bouncy moist squid paste within. Has a mild sweet savoury salty grainy flavour, yummy. Served with a rich creamy mayonnaise with milky sweet notes. Best eaten quickly when hot. Highly recommended!
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| You Tiao With Sotong Paste (SGD $11.80) |
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| You Tiao With Sotong Paste |
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| You Tiao With Sotong Paste |
Decently straightforward, the Hei Zho / Pork & Prawn Rolls (SGD $10.80) feature juicy piping hot pork and prawn rolls, crisp and tender and crunchy all at once, with bold meaty sweet savoury salty flavour. Great when paired with the thick sweet dipping sauce, rather addictive. Good!
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| Hei Zho / Pork & Prawn Rolls (SGD $10.80) |
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| Hei Zho / Pork & Prawn Rolls |
The Scallop & Banana Bak Kwa Roll (SGD $6 per piece, $18 for 3 pieces) is a unique appetizer. This house creation has a novel balance of fruity sweet savoury salty flavours. The exterior has a light crispy flour batter, while the interior is stuffed with bouncy deshelled scallops, juicy prawns, and soft caramelised banana. Interesting dish. Good!
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| Scallop & Banana Bak Kwa Roll (SGD $6 per piece, $18 for 3 pieces) |
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| Scallop & Banana Bak Kwa Roll |
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| Scallop & Banana Bak Kwa Roll |
Felt the Fish Maw With Crab Meat Broth (SGD $24.80) here is a little weaker compared to elsewhere. While the thick soup / broth is properly earthy sweet savoury in flavour, I missed the sweet notes of egg within. But they're generous with the spongy fish maw, tender shiitake mushrooms, crunchy black fungus / cloud ear fungus, and chunks of fresh deshelled crab, which pick up the flavours of the soup / broth well. Add black vinegar and white pepper for an enhanced tangy sour bitter peppery kick. Could be improved.
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| Fish Maw With Crab Meat Broth (SGD $24.80) |
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| Fish Maw With Crab Meat Broth |
The Stir-Fried Broccoli With Garlic (SGD $16.80) feature fresh crunchy florets of broccoli, simply stir-fried with a generous amount of crisp garlic chips. Has a lovely vegetal sweet spice flavour. Worth ordering!
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| Stir-Fried Broccoli With Garlic (SGD $16.80) |
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| Stir-Fried Broccoli With Garlic |
The Crispy Eggplant With French Beans (SGD $22.80) is big on taste, thanks to the generous portion of dried shrimp tossed with the vegetables. The French beans are juicy with a light crunch, having bright vegetal sweet shrimpy savoury flavour. The battered eggplant has a gentle crunch, with lovely vegetal earthy savoury salty flavour. Wholesome. Good!
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| Crispy Eggplant With French Beans (SGD $22.80) |
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| Crispy Eggplant With French Beans |
Amongst all the other dishes, the Fu Yong Omelette (SGD $17.80) was pretty much a standard, straightforward rendition. The egg omelette is garnished with white onions, shiitake mushrooms, and fried shallots. Has a moist fluffy crisp crunchy texture, with vegetal eggy savoury salty sweet earthy flavour. Worth ordering!
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| Fu Yong Omelette (SGD $17.80) |
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| Fu Yong Omelette |
Pleased with the Crispy Chai Poh Steamed Sea Bass Fish (SGD $5 for 100g, $35 for 700g). The large sea bass fish is fresh, with tender moist flaky fish meat that has light sweet savoury flavour. The rich gravy of soy sauce lends robust salty savoury notes, while the crispy fried preserved radish bits on top lend a nice contrasting crunch and bold vegetal salty spice flavour. Really nice. Highly recommended!
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| Crispy Chai Poh Steamed Sea Bass Fish (SGD $5 for 100g, $35 for 700g) |
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| Crispy Chai Poh Steamed Sea Bass Fish |
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| Crispy Chai Poh Steamed Sea Bass Fish |
The Prawn Ball In Cheese Butter Sauce (SGD $25.80) features large deshelled prawn balls, fresh and succulent with a juicy crunchy texture, and bright natural sweet savoury flavour. The gooey cheese butter sauce is spiced with curry leaves, and lends a robust savoury sweet milky spice salty flavour to the prawn balls. Highly recommended!
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| Prawn Ball In Cheese Butter Sauce (SGD $25.80) |
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| Prawn Ball In Cheese Butter Sauce |
The unique Japanese Style Pork Ribs (SGD $20.80) has tender moist morsels of bone-in pork ribs, coated in a thick sweet and sour glaze. This lends a bright meaty sweet sour savoury flavour to the pork ribs. A generous garnish of katsuobushi / bonito flakes sits on top, wispy and light in texture, lending a layer of intense savoury flavour. Nicely appealing. Highly recommended!
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| Japanese Style Pork Ribs (SGD $20.80) |
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| Japanese Style Pork Ribs |
The Lobster Porridge (SGD $59) is luxurious and comforting all at once. A fresh whole lobster, nicely sized for up to 4 people, with tender succulent juicy lobster meat that bursts with sweet savoury flavour. The porridge is actually a pao fan / poached rice, with soft cooked white rice in a rich seafood broth, sprinkled with crunchy rice krispies, having bold sweet salty savoury notes. Comforting and fortifying, so good. Reasonable value too. Highly recommended!
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| Lobster Porridge (SGD $59) |
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| Lobster Porridge |
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| Lobster Porridge |
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| Lobster Porridge |
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| Lobster Porridge |
The Yam Taro Paste With Gingko Nuts (SGD $22.80) was delicious. The thick creamy yam / taro paste is smooth with bright earthy sweet flavour, and the addition of creamy coconut milk lends a floral earthy sweet note to the dessert. There's tender gingko nuts with nutty flavour within. Rather filling at the end of a meal, but so yummy. Good!
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| Yam Taro Paste With Gingko Nuts (SGD $22.80) |
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| Yam Taro Paste With Gingko Nuts |
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| Yam Taro Paste With Gingko Nuts |
The Longan With Sea Coconut (SGD $14.80) is a refreshing dessert to end a meal. The juicy longan holds bright fruity sweet flavour, while the slippery tender sea coconut has honeyed sweet notes, pairing well with the chilled syrup. Served over ice. Worth ordering!
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| Longan With Sea Coconut (SGD $14.80) |
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| Longan With Sea Coconut |
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