Want to taste Mr. and Mrs at Ming Han?
One of the Chinese restaurants heavily patronised by their nationals is located at Deanstone Place in Kollupitiya. Its dishes are priced from Rs. 450 upwards.
The restaurant, known as Ming Han, serves Chinese home cooked dishes mainly to Chinese. They serve pork, chicken, coloured fish, crab and tofu.
They also have appetizers such as Lily Mushroom with cucumber, Black Fungus in sauce, Dark egg with Tofu and sauce, Dark Egg in Sauce and Mr and Mrs (Tongue, tripe slices etc) .
The Sunday Times team observed both Chinese and Sri Lankan customers enjoying Chinese rice and noodles. The Chinese, and some Sri Lankans, were using chopsticks.
The restaurant had 10 tables. Though the place was small, it had an aroma of incense sticks and appeared clean.
Displayed at the counter of the restaurant was a laminated Certificate of Conformity issued by the public health unit of the Colombo Municipal Council.
Next to the counter were two refrigerators stocked with Lion beer cans, Carlsberg beer bottles, and cans which had Chinese labels.
Restaurant Manager Zhang Mo (28) explained that for the past two years, he had been managing the restaurant which was opened five years ago.
He claimed he was a Sri Lankan citizen. “My mother lived in Sri Lanka for more than 10 years. I am a Sri Lankan citizen now; we serve both Sri Lankan and Chinese workers from the construction sites.”
He said that they sold food and beer for the Chinese workers. Takeaways and delivery are also available.
“We have 10 employees in our restaurant. Therefore we can even take orders, and even reservations of tables can be made,” he said.
He also said that they have another restaurant in Kandy to exclusively target Chinese tourists.
He said that they are open throughout the week from 11.30 am to 3.30 pm for lunch and 5.30 pm to 10.30 pm for dinner.