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January 24, 2019 by Lucy Foxell Leave a Comment

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Last Updated on January 24, 2019 by Fiona Maclean

Royal China London – Hong Kong style Chinese in London:

Chinese New Year and the Year of the Pig will soon to be upon us and so, when we were invited, it seemed like a great idea to review London’s top Chinese restaurant group.  Royal China London Group has six of the most authentic and prestigious Hong Kong-style Chinese restaurants with Royal China in Baker Street, Bayswater, Fulham, Harrow and Canary Wharf and with the flagship Royal China Club also on Baker St.

Royal China London - QueenswayThe Royal China London restaurants share an à la Carte menu, with each restaurant featuring signature dishes created by their individual Head Chefs. Set seven-course tasting menus are also available in all Royal China London restaurants.

I was reviewing Royal China, Queensway, a fixture of the London restaurant scene since it opened in 1996. It was the first of the Group’s restaurants in London.

Royal China Queensway - Restaurant

The interior of the Royal China Restaurant in Queensway is decked out in red, black and gold with traditional Chinese lacquered murals on the walls. The Queensway branch is particularly famous for its Dim Sum Sundays with queues snaking down the road to get a taste of the delicate little dumplings.

Royal China London - nibbles

But we had been invited to review the à la Carte menu and I was hungry! Shards of salty, vegetal crispy seaweed got our gastric juices flowing – easier to eat with a spoon than chopsticks!

Royal China Crispy seaweed

The vegetable spring rolls were the best I have ever had. Encased in the lightest of wrappers, the finely chopped vegetables were so delicately flavoured – almost like a mirepoix – existential happiness indeed.

Vegetable spring rolls

Royal ChinaWith our steamed rice we had three main dishes; glistening bulbs of Pak Choi had a pleasing crunch with the flavour enlivened by health-giving ginger and garlic.

Royal China - Pak ChoiSautéed seafood in a bird’s nest was a beautiful looking plate of food – a texturally exciting mix of fish, scallop, prawns, asparagus stems and cashew nuts.

Royal China London -Sautéed seafood in a bird’s nest

But my favourite was the sautéed prawns with honey and black bean – the juicy prawns had a slight hint of honeyed sweetness with the black bean being a subtle addition and not overwhelming the prawn.

Royal China - Sautéed prawns with honey and black beanThere’s always space for dessert in my opinion. Black sesame in peanut crumbs was a delicious glutinous ball slathered in peanut crumbs and oozing a rich black sesame filling.

Royal China London - Black sesame in peanut crumbs

I hadn’t been to any of the Royal China London restaurants for years but it was great to see that that the standards were still very high, everything was really fresh and beautifully cooked.  Service too was really friendly.

Royal China - Queensway interior

Chinese New Year 2019 at Royal China 

To celebrate Chinese New Year (Tuesday 5 February 2019) Royal China Restaurants across London will give each table a special red envelope with some containing special gifts.

Each “lei see”, as they are pronounced in Cantonese, will offer a fortune message; with some of the red envelopes containing a prize. The special prizes include a voucher for a complimentary meal up to the value of £100, a bottle of Champagne, and a complimentary glass of wine.

Red envelopes are usually presented at social events such as weddings and the Lunar New Year. The red colour of the envelope symbolises good luck and is said to ward off evil spirits.

The restaurants will also be offering a special Chinese New Year menu and will host Lion Dance performances to celebrate the beginning of the Year of the Pig. In keeping with tradition, each restaurant will host Lion Dance performances from 7 February till 13 February to bring good luck and fortune for the New Year

To check the location of the Royal China London Restaurant please refer to their website 

Royal China London

 

London-Unattached is a team of eight London based midlife metropolitan writers who love eating out.  Find out more about our top London restaurant recommendations

 

Disclosure:  We dined as guests of Royal China London

Filed Under: Paddington, Restaurant Tagged With: chinese New Year, Chinese Restaurant

About Lucy Foxell

Lucy comes from a background in the Theatre. She loves to soak up the wealth of live theatre and cultural activities London offers. She's passionate about photography and an enthusiastic and fervent traveller, keen to explore as much of the world as possible. A ‘bon vivant’, she's always up for a party and at her happiest with a glass of champagne in hand

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