Ming Ji Restaurant (明记), Humen Xin Fishing Village

Ming Ji Restaurant (明记) is a seafood restaurant at 9 Fumin Road in Xin Fishing Village (新渔村), Humen Town, Dongguan, Guangdong Province, China. Humen sits at the mouth of the Pearl River, and its fishing-village restaurants serve local crab and dried shrimp that reflect the town's estuary economy. Ming Ji features Humen crab and dried salt shrimp in a Humen seafood style that differs from the live-tank banquet restaurants found in larger Guangdong cities. The signature dishes are the Humen crab cake (虎门蟹饼), a fried or pan-cooked patty of crab, and the salted-shrimp dried-rice pot (咸虾干饭煲), a clay-pot rice dish in which the rice takes on the salty savour of dried shrimp and is crisp at the bottom. No chef lineage or Michelin recognition is documented, and the restaurant's interest is its village setting and local ingredients. The dining room is likely a casual village restaurant, with family tables, moderate to loud noise levels and no dress code, though specific details are not published. There is no notable wine programme; beer, tea and soft drinks are typical. Opening hours are not published in sources, so visitors should phone ahead on +86 138 0237 5198, a mobile number answered in Mandarin or Cantonese, which is also the route for reservations. Booking is sensible for weekends and larger groups, since fishing-village restaurants can fill with local families. Prices are mid-range ($$), and a shared meal of crab cake, a rice pot and a vegetable dish is a practical order for a small table. Humen is also known historically as the site of the Opium War, so many visitors combine a meal with sightseeing in the town. Xin Fishing Village lies along the waterfront, and taxis or ride-hailing cars reach it from central Humen and from Dongguan city.