Jun Ming Oriental Chinese Luxurious, Elegant Restaurant in Colindale

Decorative service or charger plates, on the table, removed before you are served with small bowls for rice.

Decorative touches at the bar by the door as you enter.

Tasty sauces.

We were given prawn crackers whilst we waited for the starters.

|I had trouble reading the menu in the dim lighting, despite the tea light on the table. Nut a batter light in what looked like a tall sauce bottle was brought to me by an obliging waitress.

Service was excellent. Easy to get attention.

Our starter was spring rolls, and chopped duck (Peking duck) with cucumber and soy sauce which we rolled in thin pancakes.

All good. But the best and most surprising was the Chinese spinach in what we thought was garlic. Wonderful. With peanut sauce, slightly spicy, which they served on the side at our request, but it was not too spicy.

I was not over excited by the fish and tofu.but they were ordered for somebody else so that didnt bother me.

Choice of tables with free standing chairs or banquettes.

They had high chairs, which we didn't need, but noted.

Well stocked wine list.

More decorative touches at every turn.

Whilst we were eating, another table were celebrating a birthday, and the staff brought out a candle and sang happy birthday to you.

 Driving down the Edgware Road, and turning off down side streets, I was pleasantly surprised by the classy Jun Ming restaurant. We parked right outside and were surprised to be charged more than six pounds on a parking meter. A fellow guest told me that the Council had redeveloped a housing area, trying to encourage people not to use cars. I didn't say, making life difficult and making money. I merely said, 'making money.'

My informant replied, 'Yes, it's very successful.'

Anyway, I suppose the charges stopped the residents filling up the bays, instead leaving one free for us.

We had a booking for 6.15, not 6.30 which was full. The restaurant was not completely full, so I wondered why a restaurant would stagger bookings. Was it because they though that people booking at 630 would end up arriving at seven, creating a rush at seven.

A fellow guest suggested, on Sundays they probably have fewer staff in the kitchen than the busiest Saturday night, so it's not a shortage of seats, but of chefs to cook your meal.

The restaurant is pretty and elegant. Large picture plates decorated the tables. We had fabric napkins, not tissues.

The Restaurant Name - Jun Ming Xuan

The restaurant is JM for short.