Jing Fong - Review

Intro
Jing Fong - Not Recommended
435 Hudson St, New York 10014
Btwn Canal & Bayard St
Phone: 212-964-5256

Not sure what happened, but there has been a recent trend in the NYC Chinatown dim sum scene to act like a mega mart - huge sprawling places that packs 1000's of people in. Back in the day, the dim sum joints were much tinier places which actually works better - more cart pushers for fewer customers. On this Sunday afternoon, there seemed to be only 6 cart pushers for about 500 people. This means it was impossible to get any food. And the food in general was pretty average to subpar (one of the fried shrimp balls was cold). Also, we never saw the staples like har gow (shrimp dumpling) and siu mai (pork dumpling) and we were there for 1 1/2 hours. Overall, I give the restaurant an 63/100.

Overall Restaurant Experience (63/100)

• Food 6.7/10 - Average to below average dim sum.
  
• Service 6.0/10 - Not that many push carters for the # of people. The managers that stand around were not very accommodating. Also, other customers walk around ordering directly from the cart instead of letting the cart come to them. Makes it very difficult to get food.
  
• Atmosphere 6/10 - Something very impersonal about a huge sprawling restaurant. It was like we were at a very bad wedding. Crowd is a mix of families, couples, and singles. Asian and non-asian.
  
• Price 7/10 - It's dim sum, so it's relatively cheap. Not happy about the price for the food and service.
  

Closing Comments
Definitely not recommended. In Chinatown, I found Oriental Garden to be a better dim sum experience. In the tri-state area, my favorite dim sum joint is 1-9 Seafood Restaurant in Avenel, NJ.