5th time back here and I can tell you that their food quality has consistently been really good. They are one of the rare shops where their vegetable dishes are really worth mentioning 😍
Their Di San Xian ($8) is a must order here. I have been ordering this each time I come here and it's always been so good! The vegetables are stir-fried very well to their right doneness, and the sauce has a good mix of sweet and savoury that is simply addictive. If you love your eggplant, theirs were very well executed.
The Stir Fried Chilli Cabbage ($8) was another hit. The fresh crunchy cabbages absorbed the flavours well, and I liked how it had a tinge of numbness that was well appreciated. Lovely flavours coming from the chilli oil they used too!
Just in case you haven't had enough potatoes from the first dish mentioned, the Potato Dry Pot with Pork ($12.50) was another lovely sharing dish. There wasn't much pork to begin with (it's not the main ingredient anyway) but if you can find them, they were lovely with its tender meat 😍 the potato pieces were just slightly snappy with a creamy inside which was delicious. Liked how it was drenched in a spicy savoury sauce which is perfect with rice!
Definitely coming back here again very soon 😂
Old favourites and great new finds at Dong Bei Ren Jia.
Salted Egg Pumpkin 蛋黄焗南瓜
-I usually go for their Caramelized Sweet Potato so it is my first time having this. It didn’t really feel like a dessert item but it was super moreish with the salty-sweet combo. Love that the tender chunks of pumpkin had a thin (lightly crisp) batter as well as an even coat of savoury salted egg.
Old favourites and great new finds at Dong Bei Ren Jia.
Stir-fried Shredded Pork With Soy Paste 京酱肉丝
-A little heavy-handed on the seasoning for the pork but paired wonderfully with the sheet of beancurd, shredded leeks as well as crunchy strips of cucumber which served to balance the richness. Savoury and sweet, the soy flavour is also strong and fragrant.
Old favourites and great new finds at Dong Bei Ren Jia.
Enoki Mushroom With Cucumber Salad 黄瓜拌金针菇
-A surprisingly good appetiser, the varying crunchy textures were really pleasant. Tangy (yet not overly so), it served as a refreshing start to the meal. The ingredients were also well ‘marinated’ in the savoury dressing.
We had a really satisfying and wallet-friendly lunch for 7 pax at Dong Bei Ren Jia 东北人家 recently!
We ordered:
- Sautéed Hot and Sour Shredded Potato with Green Pepper 酸辣土豆丝 ($6)
- Green Bean Noodle, Carrot and Cucumber Salad 东北大拉皮 ($8)
- Shredded Cabbage 手撕包菜 ($8)
- Fried Vermicelli with Minced Meat 肉末粉条 ($10)
- Sautéed Tomato with Egg 番茄炒鸡蛋 ($8)
- Double Stir-Fried Spicy Sliced Pork 回锅肉 ($14)
- Sweet and Sour Pork 锅包肉 ($14)
The food is great - I truly enjoyed every dish that we ordered. Special shout-out to the hot and sour shredded potato that is crunchy and refreshing, the fried vermicelli with minced meat that is super garlicky and very fragrant, and the sweet and sour pork that is different style from the tomato-based 咕噜肉 found in zichar stalls. The thick and tender pork cutlets are fried and coated in a sweet and sour sauce made from vinegar and sugar - love this!
Would love to come back again!
I boycotted Dong Bei Ren Jia after experiencing a bad attitude wait staff many months ago. Finally, I am back, and while service is still relatively subpar, I have decided to look past that and focus on the affordability, variety and flavours of the food. Hence, the next time I am back again in the future, I will come with a better managed expectation.
Really popular eatery with tables pilling out into the walkway by the road. Come early to get the air-conditioned indoor seating! We were unfortunately seated by some trash bins but one of the staff kindly shifted it away.
For the food, we ordered:
- Shredded Cabbage: great crunch and delicious
- Sauteed Hot And Sour Shredded Potato With Green Pepper: pretty average but potato strips are always good
- Preserved Egg With Tofu: done think the flavours meshed together well
- Stir fried Pork and Vermicelli with Celery: pretty addictive, would recc this
- Stir Fried Chicken With Fried Chilli: barely any fried chicken, and pieces were tiny as well. Wouldn't order this again.
- Guobaorou: Sauce on the tangier side, meat were thin strips that was tough to chew, but the batter had this interesting mochi-ness. But would skip this.
Our Korean friends love 东北人家's guobaorou because it reminds them of tangsuyuk (Korean sweet and sour pork).
There are however differences between the two. In general, goubaorou uses a chewier but softer cut of pork whereas the batter for tangsuyuk tends to be crispier. The sauce for tangsuyuk tends to be stronger in terms of flavours and more tangy.
If you only have space for one dish here, this is the must order dish which you will definitely not regret having!
Guotie or pot stickers is one of the most ubiquitous dishes in chinese cuisines and can be found in hawker stalls and Michelin star restaurants. If the guoties are bad, you are probably better off elsewhere 🤣🤣🤣
东北人家's version was good. I love that the bottom of the guoties were nicely crisp and the meat filling was juicy and nicely marinated. Their dumpling skin was also not too thick and held the juices well.
Its a good way to start the meal and needless to say, our guests enjoyed them!
东北人家 is one of my favourite Chinese restaurants as they serve non-fussy, unpretentious and homely Chinese food at affordable prices. The restaurant is always buzzing with noise and life, and is also one of the places that Miss K and I would bring our overseas friends to.
We were hosting some friends recently which afforded us an opportunity to try more of their menu. The texture of their 烧茄子 or stir-fried eggplant was meltingly tender and it absorbed the flavours of the sweet and savoury braising sauce, making it the perfect "rice thief!
One of the more popular Chinese restaurants around the area, long snaking lines were quickly formed and after tasting the food, I can really see why.
All food dishes were really tasty and I would think their main selling point is the homely flavours. The savouriness of all dishes were very balanced and no flavours were too strong. You can tell all ingredients were really fresh!
Everyone's favourite was the Stir Fried Potato, Eggplant and peppers ($8), as the sauce had so much garlic and the ingredients were cooked so well. Best with rice!
The Sweet and Sour Pork ($14) was also very tasty, with a crispy batter and soft tender meat within. The sauce was very balanced. They gave quite a few pieces for the price paid too!
Lovely dishes! Will be back soon. Totally recommend for bigger groups to try more dishes. Do reserve in advance first though!
second time here. the must orders are still the tomato egg and the sweet sour pork. the dumplings were pretty affordable and the salted egg pumpkin was very addictive!!
Lastly we have the main dish here, which their double stir fried the sliced pork and mix with black fungus.
Getting ourselves a vegetable dish withy their organic cauliflower, stir fried with chili and pork.
Now into the warm dish with their Sauteed Hot And Sour Shredded Potato With Green Pepper.
I would say it tasted much on the sour side, and I couldn’t stop myself from continue getting more of the shredded potato. They taste great while it is still warm.
Here comes another cold dish with the refreshing black fungus. Enjoying its mala spicy mix of flavour with the black fungus.
The last visit here was long long ago back in 2016, it is always good to come back here for some authentic Chinese foods here. Consider a much quiet and comfortable restaurant among all the Chinese restaurants here.
First on table is this cold dish, smooth and soft texture to begin your meal here.
very affordable chinese food!!! no wonder it’s always crowded. 8 dishes for $104 and feeds 5-6 pax !! there were a wide variety of dishes which we were so tempted to try.. there’s always a second time
our fave items were the tomato scramble egg, the lala, sweet and sour pork (saw another table ordering 2 plates of this!!) and the vermicelli like tang hoon
This is supposedly one of their specialties. Dry spicy chicken that's topped with mounds of red chilli and chilli seeds and other spices. Unfortunately, the dish was too spicy for me, but I can understand the appeal of it; for reference - if any of you had the dried crispy duck at yunnans, this is 3x more spicy. $14 for a generous portion.
This was really good. It's sweet and sour pork which Singaporeans and familiar with, that's fried with a crispy batter over it. In between the batter and the meat, there's this thick and somewhat mochi-esque layer that adds to the mouth feel. $14 for the entire plate, which was very reasonable due to the generous portion. Rating 7.5/10. Would most definitely order this again 😜
Place doesn't accept credit cards. But you can pay with cash, nets or paynow.
