5/5/2023 0 Comments Jing fong nyc![]() The New York Times has described them as “one of the largest landlords in Chinatown” according to 318, the Chus are the largest in the neighborhood. While East Bank isn’t home to Jing Fong, it is owned by the same landlord, father and son developers Alex and Jonathan Chu, whose family has reportedly been involved in Chinatown real estate for 50 years. The action was organized by 318 Restaurant Workers Union and Youth Against Displacement, which represents around 70 of Jing Fong’s 150 employees, and supported by other anti-gentrification and workers groups including Take Back the Bronx, the Laundry Workers Center, Educators Against Displacement, and more. “We want to work, we want to live, and we want to prevent Chinatown from being destroyed.” A server employed there for 16 years, he was one of two employees who spoke on behalf of the 70 people who will soon be out of work and thrust into the restaurant industry’s employment crisis. ![]() “Us workers, we demand the original or new business owners to continue to operate a restaurant to guarantee job opportunities,” said Liang Chen, speaking to a large group of Jing Fong workers, local residents, and activists spilling out onto Centre Street. (An Upper West Side location remains open.) The restaurant will remain open for takeout and delivery, as well as keep its outdoor patio, “until further notice,” per a statement. In February, the restaurant’s owners had announced they would vacate the current location and close the dining room on March 7. But eventually we take our tab up to the cashier, pay our bill (shockingly cheap) and take the escalator back down to continue on our New York day.Jing Fong workers, community members, and activists gathered on Tuesday to protest the Chinatown restaurant’s closing.Īt the corner of Canal and Centre Street in Chinatown, it was a sunny 25 degrees outside, but the cold air wasn’t the only thing that was biting: Dozens of people had come out for a rally outside the East Bank building to support the employees of the dim sum banquet hall Jing Fong. It’s so easy to continue grabbing just one more bamboo basket, just one more plate from the buffet. It’s always hard to tell when we’re done. Noodles are ordered off the small menu, and come out from the kitchen. Piles of seasonal greens, tripe and this time around mini steamed eggplants stuffed with shrimp. All is good.Įventually we make a trip up to the buffet, which is always a surprise. Tiny pork-stuffed dumplings, thick rice noodles wrapped around chopped beef, fluffy pork buns. The ladies squeeze the appropriate sauce atop our dumplings, check off our running tab on the numbered card, and wheel away. We usually grab one or two of everything. Kerchiefed ladies pushing steam carts between the rows of tables pass by, yelling out undecipherable names of whatever is held in their bamboo baskets. You’ll be shown to your table, given a little slip of gridded paper, and the show begins. (Notice that almost all the other tables are full of Chinese families) The stage at one end of the room is usually decorated with an elaborate balloon arrangement, ready or left over for some wedding or birthday. ![]() This is Chinese banquet style dining, big time. She will give you a completely random number (don’t worry if numbers before or after yours get called) which should get you seated in under ten minutes. If not, give your name to the lady behind the podium. ![]() If you’re lucky, or go off hours, just ride the escalator straight up to the dining room. I’m sure there are probably quainter, or even better, dim sum places in Chinatown, (and you can check out this app for everything you’ve ever wanted to know about that neighborhood) but we love Jing Fong, in all it’s glorious, tacky, Hong-Kongish, over-the-stop splendor. One of our traditional stops is at Jing Fong, for dim sum. Instead it’s either 100% American (like Peels) or else from a far away continent – preferably Asia. ![]() I know the blog is called Elizabeth Minchilli in Rome, but since I seem to be the resident New Yorker for a lot of my Roman friends, I’m taking the opportunity to post about some of our favorite places we visit every time we’re in town.Īs you’d imagine, when in NYC, we steer clear of pizza, pasta and anything else even vaguely Italian. ![]()
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