Jing Long Seafood Restaurant

Jing Long Seafood Restaurant is a zi char and seafood restaurant on the ground floor of a housing block in Bedok North. Zi char means Chinese dishes cooked to order and shared at the table with rice. It is the kind of meal Singapore families eat together on a weeknight or at a celebration.

Jing Long started in 1999 as a small zi char stall in a Bedok coffee shop. As more diners came, the team took over the restaurant space across from the old stall in November 2009. It has stayed at Block 412 Bedok North Avenue 2 ever since.

What to order

The dish most people come for is the lobster porridge. The kitchen makes it with live lobster in a rich house broth, so the rice soaks up the sweet seafood stock. Eatbook named it in a 2022 round-up of lobster porridge in Singapore. It is a big dish, so plan to share it.

Crab is the other main draw. You can have it in chilli crab sauce, with black pepper, with cheese and butter, or coated in salted egg yolk. The restaurant also lists these house favourites:

• Hong Kong-style pork ribs
• Japanese-style pork ribs
• Cai po tofu, made with preserved radish
• Steamed fish with green chilli and garlic
• Deep-fried Thai-style pork trotter
• Red grouper porridge, and giant grouper cooked two ways
• Stir-fried deer meat
• Deep-fried brinjal with French beans

There are also set menus if you would rather not choose dish by dish. Takeaway and delivery can be ordered through the restaurant's online ordering page.

The setting

This is a neighbourhood restaurant, not a formal dining room. There are two parts. The air-conditioned room holds 11 tables, one of them in a private room. A second section without air conditioning has another 13 tables. That section suits a relaxed evening meal with a big group.

Good to know before you go

• Booking: reserve online through the restaurant's website or by phone. Booking ahead is wise, especially for a group.
• Private room: ask for it when you book if you want a quieter table for a family gathering.
• Bill: the restaurant says it does not add a service charge.
• Hours: it serves lunch and dinner with a break in the afternoon, so check the current times before you travel.

You can see the latest menu on the Jing Long Seafood website.

Nearby

Jing Long sits in a residential part of Bedok, away from the tourist areas. Plan it as a meal trip, or pair it with a walk or cycle at East Coast Park. For a hawker meal in the same part of Bedok North, try Bedok 85 Fengshan Food Centre. For another seafood dinner in the east, see Hua Yu Wee Seafood Restaurant.

Browse more restaurants in East Coast and Bedok, our list of chilli crab and seafood restaurants, or our guides to chilli crab and seafood.