Our party of 18 (two tables of 9) was ignored (for water refills, drink orders, utensils, napkins, anything) by the entire wait staff until we stood up like we were leaving, and then, finally, someone came over and asked if we were ready for our check.īring your own drink and utensils and order only the most popular items, and you'll be happy. When the food is good, it is great (shu mai, steamed bbq pork buns, shrimp dumplings), but when it is bad, it is just terrible (crispy pork is bland and low quality meat, complete lack of chicken dishes beyond chicken feet, overcooked rice noodle wraps). The price is right, in that most dishes are under $4, and feeding a group comes pretty easy that way. It is the low quality food and lower quality service. har gow: over steamed with tough shrimp insideĭim sum on a Sunday is always packed, but the 30 minute wait (expected) isn't what rates this place lower than average. steamed rice roll with Chinese doughnut inside- the doughnut wasn't very fresh in ours and was fairly chewy. mixed offal: cooked very tender and not overseasoned. I don't know how much of it was fresh durian but the flavor was definitely mild and not overwhelming. We usually get the fried version but this snow skin version was really good! Their fried version can sometimes be overly greasy and heavy but the filling was perfectly smooth and the durian flavor was clean and sweet. tripe was nice and tender and flavored well Make sure everyone gets and equal distribution of the syrup or else someone's will be extra sweet the tofu pudding with ginger syrup was very light and delicate. #1 unique recommendation here: snow skin durian dumpling There’s just not a lot of foot traffic down there.I feel like the prices here are a bit higher than most places but that might just be because I'm not quite adapted to NYC prices yet. Now, there’s no tourists, businesses are told to work from home, and the local community tend to prefer to eat at home. There’s not much residential around here. “We’re in a part of town that’s more tourist dependent. It’s not just rent, it’s just not neighborhood, it’s not just utilities. And even once restaurants were allowed to partially reopen, the 25 percent occupancy limit has proved difficult to navigate because the restaurant loses its volume and bustle, Lam noted to Gary He on Eater NY, According to a statement posted to the restaurant’s Instagram, Lam will seek to reopen Jing Fong elsewhere, and says in a statement they are “actively and quickly searching.” Jing Fong shut down on March 12 following Governor Andrew Cuomo’s order prohibiting large gatherings of 500 or more people. “Our type of restaurant, that does dim sum lunches and banquet hall stuff, everybody is struggling and just kind of trying to survive one day at a time.”Īt 800 seats, the restaurant’s size has presented issues since the start of the pandemic. “We are basically running the smallest part of our business, which is delivery, for a year,” he explains. Today, he says sales are down 85 percent, in part because the restaurant’s events business - once half of all sales - has completely evaporated. Last February, Lam said sales were down 25 to 50 percent, depending on the day, “The writing’s on the wall that it’s basically going to be down, we just don’t know how much,” he said at the time. Restaurants in Chinatowns were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic earlier than most because of a precipitous drop in tourism, growing concerns in the community over the coronavirus, and Sinophobia that also led to an alarming spike in hate crimes against Asian Americans. “At the end of the day, we’ve been dealing with this pandemic now, for us, over a year,” says Truman Lam, whose grandfather opened the restaurant. In 2017 the owners expanded with a second location on the Upper West Side, which will also remain open. Open since 1978, Jing Fong is Manhattan’s largest Chinese restaurant and one of the neighborhood’s more famous spots. The business will continue to operate its takeout and delivery business, as well as offer service on its outdoor, second-floor patio. Chinatown’s dim sum palace Jing Fong will close its sprawling indoor dining room, the owners announced today.
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