LTJ Chinese Restaurant | LTJ Food Services

Walk past the unassuming, zero-frills storefront—this is exactly where you want to be. Run single-handedly by the sweetest elderly couple in Surrey Hills, LTJ Chinese Restaurant delivers fierce, unapologetic Northern Chinese flavors. Forget the flashy decor. Savvy diners consistently point friends toward this modest dining room for elite jia chang cai (homestyle cooking). The grandmother taking your order is famously honest—happily steering patrons away from the soup and straight toward the heavy hitters. The undisputed champions here? Impossibly fragrant lamb pies that vanish from plates in seconds, deeply savory lamb ribs, and fiercely chewy handmade ding ding noodles. Because it’s a pure two-person show, absolute patience is mandatory. The ultimate payoff—a staggeringly authentic, soul-warming feast that feels exactly like pulling up a chair in a master chef's private kitchen.