Ju Shin Jung at East Coast

We visited Ju Shin Jung last Sunday for dinner after my brother strongly recommended it. I would say it's very accessible for me because I live about 15 minutes away from East Coast. However, it is certainly inaccessible if you are coming by public transport because it is not very near any of the underpass leading to the Marine Parade housing estate.

You would probably have seen this while traveling along ECP and yes the restaurant is located on the second storey of this small white building. The restaurant is huge with a sitting capacity that honestly surprised me. We were ushered to a table in the centre and ordered quickly. We ordered Black Pig Pork Belly, Tiger Prawns and button mushrooms for the barbecue and a spicy seafood steamboat to share. We also ordered their kimchi pancake.

When they were serving us, I was pleasantly suprised by the large variety of side dishes! Our barbecue grill was surrounded by small plates of side dishes and all of them were different! The kimchi pancake arrived first and it was good. In fact it was better than the ones at Togi. The pancake tasted light and fluffy with sufficient kimchi inside and did not taste too oily.

The pork belly was served next and it was barbecued perfectly. The waitress did all the barbecuing for us, much to our delight because frankly, nobody was really in the mood to flip our own pork slices when there was so many side dishes around. I loved how the pork was sliced into thick slices and they did not taste oily at all.

The barbecued tiger prawns and button mushrooms tasted equally fantastic. The service was commendable as the waitress constantly checked on the barbecued food and ensured that they were not overcooked. The prawns were sweet and very fresh and the shell came off easily.

As our table was getting really crowded, our seafood steamboat was placed further away and the waitress offered to help us divide it. As you can see from the picture below, my bowl of seafood steamboat soup came filled with clams, prawns and some crab. The soup base was not as thick and delicious as the one in Togi but the seafood was very fresh.

Heart shaped watermelon pieces were served as dessert.

As the name suggests, the highlight of this restaurant is definitely its barbecued food. The price was slightly above average but for the quality of food served, it was definitely worth it! The location of the restaurant along East Coast beach was ideal as well as we could take a slow stroll through the park and enjoy the night breeze before heading home.

1018 East Coast Parkway, #02-01 Singapore