We visit the Ying Chow often as it is a great favourite with my partner, who has been a regular since it opened. It is an extremely popular venue despite its squeezy interior and it is best to make a reservation and to arrive on time, otherwise your table will likely be pirated by other hungry diners.
Specials are posted on butcher's paper banners on the side walls and there are also standard options on the menu. We usually order shallot pancakes, smoked tea duck, broad beans with bean curd (BBC), stir fried greens and steamed rice to share and once ordered it arrives quickly and tastes delicious. Its BYO with a small corkage charge, but it does also have a limited range of beers and wines.
Recently we dined there with a group including my Chinese sister-in-law, who introduced us to the jelly fish dish and wow what a find, I will certainly order this when we next return.
Like the Jerusalem, this is an iconic Adelaide dining establishment with happy and friendly staff, who never appear rushed or stressed and who manage the movement of customers in and out and the resulting changing computations of tables and chairs with aplomb. It's absolutely worth a visit, both for the food and the ambience. See you there!
I agree. It is the most genuinely Chinese place I have been to in Australia. Not a place for heavy on the MSG or soy dishes: balanced and tasty. That there are always people waiting on the footpath to get in make those within feel smug.
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