Jun Ming

3 Reviews on “Jun Ming”

• Mohit Pai

  Pros: good Chinese food, very accessible, friendly staffCons / tips for management : staff needs to be educated to explain the dishes better.Desperate on a Sunday night I went in search of food, I was amazed to hear that the kitchen in the hotel I was staying in closed early. I just went out thinking I will find many when I reached the main road junction my smug confidence turned into desperation and just by looking at this place open I just went in and was relatively relieved that this was open and serving food !!! Phew!!!! And people say Bangalore closes early they need to come here to understand what’s early ?!!!!! I didn’t have much hopes since there was only one table occupied , I had to double check if I was barging into a private party. After confirming that I was ushered to my table close to the corner with a view of the deserted road and deserted shops reminding me how lucky I was to be having some food. I was served some crispys with some sauce it reminded me of the akki hapla ( if u are from Bangalore u would know this) from back home and boy o boy it tasted just like that and that’s when Palki Hatangadi (Mizzerella) words of retro-licious actual meaning and feel dawned upon me :-)I ordered some chowmein with a lot of veggies and black pepper sauce for the main course the food was served pretty quickly and the noodles was cooked to perfection and the veggies blend in just well. However the sauce was not all that great would have been perfect if the sauce was done well nonetheless I think it was more to do with my explaining skills than the food itself was the problem.The service was quick and good, however they didn’t know to explain the menu well which I felt was a bit of a let down. Drool worthy? Definitely the free munchies ( akki hapla ) was drool worthyHole in the pocket? Not a big one the food is priced reasonably well and they have a huge bar and is stocked well 🙂

  October 8, 2015, 12:02 am

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• Good Kai

  For a restaurant away from the main throws of Church and York Street in Twickenham (where a fair whack of the decent eateries reside) I am always intrigued when I see a good portion of folk dining at a restaurant off the beaten track. For this reason Jun Ming had been on my radar a while and when I finally got the chance to check it out, I did. Jun Ming Is a relaxed spacious restaurant with welcoming staff and when we walked in, no booking, the waitress offered us more than one seating arrangement which was quite nice. The restaurant itself is a mix of Chinese and Thai food.They offer a buffet style meal for around 20 and the usual a la carte. We opted for the usual menu with a generic Malborough Sauvignon Blanc (not my favourite but Chic Geek insisted) The ambience is cosy with a relaxed yet lively atmosphere – folk really do seem to enjoy it here.We were given those run-of-the-mill prawny crackers, with a surprisingly pleasant magic sweet/sour red sauce, I developed an infatuation with it throughout the meal. I chose the soft shell crab to start while the chic geek picked fried dumplings. If you’re into it, there’s ‘Bang Bang Chicken’. For me, maybe not, it just conjures up images of a smoky room, sleazy bar feel, not my cuppa PG.The crab had a pleasant salt and pepper coating with finely diced spring onion and chilli, to be honest I couldn’t really get to the heart of the crab meat as mostly it was over powered by the coating, so it was nothing too spectacular but if you feel like something fried, its not bad. The dumplings unfortunately were like loosely flitted pouches so when we bit into them, the filling fails unceremoniously straight out onto the plate. This happens sometimes when the filling ingredients (usually vegetable) haven’t been pre-cooked so they shrink.The texture of the dumpling itself was good and they served a healthy portion of 6 dumplings. The sauce accompanying the dumplings was not too apetising but we had the magic red sauce… ahhh, it makes everything better. So for the mains I had to get the closest thing to Peking Duck. Jun Ming have an Aromatic Duck. A few years ago we travelled to Beijing where our generous hosts took us to a private dining room in one of the cities most revered restaurants. We were served a banquet meal. From what I recall, there were around 10 dishes. Of them was shark fin soup (interesting texture), birds nest (delicious) and of course Peking duck (complete with authentic certificate). It was amazing. Funnily enough, we also tried Peking Duck at our hotel restaurant, and as it turns out, we liked the hotel one better!Traditionally Peking duck is served sliced into 120 pieces with flat cornflour pancakes, spring onions or shallots, cucumber or celery and a sweet plum sauce. On this occasion the aromatic duck was severed & shredded at the table by the staff. We had also ordered a dish of the sizzling sechuan prawns with rice.The duck was dry and stringy in texture but it did have plenty of flavour and the skin was perfectly crispy. While not like the Peking duck we had had in Beijing it had its own unique spices that worked just as well. Once shredded in a flurry of spoon and fork madness by our waiter, it’s from this point that you make your own duck meat kind of spring roll. The duck, greens and sauce all go into your flat pancake, fold the sides together then roll. See pic! It may not look like much but it is deceptively delicious. Despite the duck being dry as a bone there was so much flavour from the crispy skin, you get the perfect balance of texture, sweetness and saltiness. It had major noms. I would actually tend not to do what we did and opt for a beer to go with this dish. The wine (floral) clashed too much with favours and beer is a stable match for all the flavours. The sizzling prawns were good enough but by far the enjoyable dish was definitely the duck.The desserts are just a selection of pre-made order board styled sweets, if I’m honest – they’re pretty rubbish. The room had lots of buzz with people enjoying their food and their drink.If you don’t mind, or perhaps even enjoy, the slightly cheese ball nuances (80’s music, neon lit bar and glittering ceiling) with decent food, less than perfect execution and lets be honest, its not Michelin and its not fine dining but they give people what they want. Jun Ming seem to have everything for great ‘session’ dining – it has atmosphere, decent service and tasty food. Nothing more nothing less.Want to know how to get good service at a restaurant? Check out: goodkai.co.uk

  January 2, 2015, 5:35 pm

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• Maria M

  Awful food and unclear menu. Ordered a take away with sweet and sour won tons which randomly had prawns in them (no mention on the menu) and when I called to let them know they didn’t seem to care. The rest of the food was edible but that is about the best I can say! Go to Richmond Chinese on sheen road which is much better but was unfortunately closed today!

  July 16, 2012, 8:18 pm

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