Dinner at Jing Restaurant

The almost completed Casino Marina Sands

Last week we celebrated my wife's birthday with a dinner at Jing Restaurant. Located at One Fullerton right beside the Singapore river, it has a tremendous view of the soon to be completed Marina Sands casino. The table we sat offers an unblocked view of the entire Sands hotel, convention centre and casino and will be THE place to be once the casino opens probably by June 2010.


Soft shell crab with Foie Gras

We ordered the chef's recommendation for 2 persons and it started pretty OK with the soft shell crab and foie gras (goose liver). Service at this establishment I must say is not good, as the waitresses were quite slow to respond to our calls as well as not well trained in the etiquette of asking the patrons about the dinner etc.


Winter Melon Soup pared with Shiraz Cabernet

The second and third courses were above average, with the steak nice and marbled, but with too much sauce. The winter melon soup was very good and savoury, in my opinion.


Steak with Lea & Perrins Sauce

Coming to the 4th and 5th dishes which were the chilli crab and the noodles with duck meat, it was downhill, as the chilli crab paste was a bit runny and the noodles were too mushy.


Chili Crab with Man Tou

All in all, the ambience of the place was excellent, the food was above average and the service was quite abysmal for a fine dining restaurant. If they could amend on the chilli crab choice (perhaps try for dou fu with mushrooms) and the noodles changed to fried rice with salted fish, it would be have been in my opinion, a more balanced menu.