![]() ![]() As immigrants from his generation who were part of the 1970s and '80s wave began to retire, they didn’t have anyone to inherit their stores and restaurants. What he rarely said, but his tone always implied, was that it was changing for the worse, that gentrification was taking away the Chinese mom-and-pops he knew and loved. Over the years, my dad-himself an immigrant restaurant worker-would often remark that Chinatown was changing. ![]() It’s sad to know that when we’re on the other side of the pandemic, there will be fewer dim sum halls for all of this to happen in. Dim sum isn’t really dim sum without the organized chaos and rituals-the jostling with strangers over the last steamer basket of chicken feet, the futile act of making eye contact with a server for your tea refill, or the bumping into an auntie you haven’t seen in years only to be peppered with increasingly invasive personal questions (Did you find a new job? When are you getting married? You’re definitely having a second baby, right?). While New Yorkers can continue to order the restaurant’s food for pickup and delivery (Jing Fong’s Upper West Side offshoot will also remain open), the experience will be lacking. With red-paneled walls, soaring chandeliered ceilings, and rows of giant round tables, the bustling restaurants are not only venues for countless celebrations-birthdays, weddings, and babies’ 100-day milestones-but act as a community hub, a place where news and gossip are shared, where introductions between recent and longtime immigrants are made, and where first-generation Chinese-American kids like myself try to maintain the oft-tenuous ties to our roots. It’s not an exaggeration to say I grew up in those Chinese banquet halls. Depending on where this friend lived, we’d meet on a nearby corner and meander our way to the week’s massive restaurant of choice-usually to what’s currently known as Pacificana, but occasionally to Park Asia or the now closed East Harbor. Every Sunday, I’d eagerly wait for my mom to wake up and dial the number of a family friend to confirm a time and a place. We also offer online ordering for those that want to enjoy our cuisine at home.Growing up in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park-one of NYC’s largest Chinese communities-dim sum was as much a part of my weekly routine as school and Saturday morning cartoons. Please come enjoy the freshest sushi and seafood you will find in the local area. The decor throughout the restaurant is well appointed and filled with detail work, including the artful floor to ceiling cherry tree which greets guests with bows filled with realistic looking blooms that look as if they're being swept across the front of the restaurant by an artful wind. ![]() #Jing sushi full#The bar, which incorporates a double-sided water feature, offers a full complement of draft beer (Japanese, craft and macro), wine and sake along with a menu of signature cocktails, including the Japanese cocktail (c.1862) made with cognac, orgeat, lemon and bitters a lychee martini and Jin's old fashioned made with Mars Iwai 45 Japanese whisky, mirin, orange, bitters and club soda.The bar sits astride a wall of polished tanks which house the restaurant's supply (often hundreds) of fresh lobsters, which are delivered to the restaurant weekly, along with a variety of other live seafood including scallops, mussels and oysters. ![]() In addition to a large 2,000-square-foot kitchen, the 6,200-square-foot restaurant features two substantial dining areas both of which flank the restaurant's full service bar, where guests can enjoy sushi or gather to watch the game on the bar's television. Welcome to Jin's Sushi Seafood & Bar,offering our diners a higher end sushi and seafood experience in a space that's modern, but also cozy and welcoming to guests and their families. ![]()
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