迎佳点心海鲜餐馆 | Ying Jia Restaurant — Restaurant in Kuala Lumpur

Ok, so it goes like this. Been here many times ever since it was recommended by a relative. So this is practically my Dim Sum place for now. Due to it being open air, not stuffy nor too hot and never too crowded, definitely all plus signs during post pandemic. It's located in the end of Wai Sek Kai. Parking is never an issue unless you're too lazy and picky.

We ordered many types of Dim Sum and I can say all are pretty good. The only thing I find not consistent is the "molten lava" salted egg buns, it's a hit or miss thing as the "lava" is either a little too hard to ooze out or it does. I've eaten at many other "nicer" ambience place but the food wasn't up to par with this restaurant. I for one don't fancy paying for ambience but for the food hence I choose this here.

Service is pretty good, rather fast even during peak hours. All staffs and the lady bosses are friendly. They say refilling your pot of tea is self-service but they do help out when they can. The place doesn't look dirty nor have oily floors. Weird thing is their toilet is inside one of those shoplots opposite them. So yeah, pretty hard if you're wheelchair bound.

Tea selection is rather typical, while coffee only has 2 choice, with 1 being instant coffee 😧. Anyway, yeah, it's my go to place...

(3 Oct 2020). Would you believe a Chinese restaurant serving Ice Kacang (Air Batu Campur) as well? And it turned out to be delightful - a satisfying dessert. The German Pig Knuckle and Duck Egg Bitter Gourd, as usual were scrumptious. The steamed ginger Soong Yee fish was passable. However, for the minced pork tofu, it could be improved by reducing the amount of soy sauce as it was a bit overwhelming.

(5 Sep 2020). Ying Jia was located at the end of a longish food court, in front of a row of two-storey shop lots. We ordered:

1. German pork knuckle (RM60)
2. Duck egg bitter gourd (RM16)
3. Vege curry (RM16)
4. White Rice (RM2 per plate)
5. Tea (a pot) (RM4.80)

The German trotter was really well done - not overly deep fried to make the skin hard and meat dry and fibrous. The addictive sauce went superbly well with it. The duck egg bitter gourd was another winner - yummy and not coated with too much batter. However, the vege curry was a bit of a disappointment when compared to the other two delightful food. The curry wasn’t flavourful and lacking taste of vegetables, probably because of inadequate cooking time and coconut milk. The total bill for the four of us: RM104.80...

The reviews seem mixed and some what divided. So is their dim sum, mediocre? tasty? or not here nor there? After trying some of the common items, I understand why. Their dim sum is natural tasting as in not a lot of seasoning. It's not very salty nor very sweet. For me it's just nice. For instance, the Char Siew Bao. It's usually strong in flavours, quite sweet and salty at the same time but here it's just nice. You"ll appreciate the freshness of the meat. The Sang Yoke Bao here is very tasty, obvious presence of ginger and rice wine. Even the Char Siew Sou is tasty, not the usual heavy on the sweet side and the puff is just nice, crusty and not too thick. Chee Cheong Fun is OK as in normal and the sambal has nice spicy kick. Siew Mai is also tasty as in natural tasting, minimal seasoning and quite meaty. Not salty at all. Everything is consistently good. However the Fried Carrot Cake was a bit mushy. Overall I would say it's actually a 4.5 for the food being naturally tasty, not overpowering like most, affordable and the environment is clean. Not the best, agreed. Not bad either. Certainly will...