Tasting China Jǐn Shàng - Canberra

Not as crowded as it used to be. The food quality is consistently great! I'm really enjoying the new spicy dry pot.

In Canberra for the weekend and my friend took us here as we felt the need to have some Chinese food. It was delicious. Chinese food made modern. And we will definitely be returning to try everything else on the menu. <br/ <br/ We did book the morning before we went in for dinner. The restaurant is decorated with cartoon paintings on the walls. The furniture looked like it was straight from China, in a good way. It took you to China. And as did the food. <br/ <br/ We had tea ofc, even the tea was presented beautifully in a glass pot. We ordered:<br/ <br/ Sea scallops w/ sugar snap peas. It was delicious, the scallops were not overdone. The sesame oil and ginger sauce gave it a very nice taste. <br/ <br/ Steamed John Dory shanghai style (a seriously secret recipe). This was delicious! I was expecting s while fish but if you knew what a John Dory looked like, you'll want the fillets. These fillets melted in your mouth. And that sauce, my goodness! It's to die for. They need to sell it by the bottle!!! That secret recipe!!!<br/ <br/ Sichuan beef in hot chilli oil. The numbing pepper gave it a weird sensation in your mouth, was not a fan. <br/ <br/ Peking shredded pork with pancakes. Kinda like Peking duck but with pork. It was average. I think I prefer the duck. <br/ <br/ Ling fish and mushroom soup. It was very delicious and very warming as Canberra was a cold 4 degrees that night. <br/ <br/ Sweet corn and salted duck egg yolk! I have never seen this before. And I love corn and salty egg so I had to try it, it did not disappoint! Very tasty!<br/ <br/ Delightful food, great service, see you next time and we can't wait!

Food here is excellent. Good flavours and excellent service. I have to say the food is not very traditional and quite westernised, like all Fine-dining Asian restaurants.

It was quite nice, never noticed that there is a little Chinese cuisine at this place..

I had a delightful dinner at this restaurant. While the service was a bit slow, the food made it worthwhile. The menu offered an extensive selection, with many spicy options. I thoroughly enjoyed sampling new and unique dishes.