Great Seafood in Chinatown A wide choice of fish and shellfish is on offer at Orient London, a contemporary Chinese restaurant specialising in seafood. The standard way to pick a restaurant in China Town is to duck and dive away from the restaurant staff trying to lure you into their own place and start looking […]
Orient London – A Chinese Restaurant Reinvented
Classic Chinese Restaurant in Soho – Orient London Review: Chinatown in Soho London is full of bakeries, supermarkets and of course Chinese restaurants. Other than the old trick of looking for a packed restaurant with queues of Asian diners, it can be hard to work out which Chinese Restaurant in Soho to pick. I’ll make […]
Afternoon Tea – China Tang at the Dorchester
China Tang at the Dorchester – the Other Afternoon Tea! The Dorchester Hotel, that most British institution; afternoon tea in the Promenade or dinner at Alain Ducasse are special, ultra-luxury experiences for anyone. Of course, I was keen to try the newly launched Tea at Tang’s, a dim sum feast with handcrafted premium teas and went […]
Royal China Queensway- Review
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 […]
P. F. Chang’s Asian Table – the first link in the chain?
One year on, this West End restaurant has firmly established itself as part of London’s diverse and creative restaurant scene In the UK we are used to eating certain cuisines in long-established, good quality chain restaurants, particularly Italian and French. More recently – and exotically – Wagamama, Yo! Sushi and Benihana have become fixtures on […]
The Duck and Rice – A Pre-Christmas Chinese Feast:
The Duck and Rice, Soho. When I first worked in London there was a small Chinese cafe on the way from Leicester Square Tube to Lisle Street where our offices were based. It had a Chinese typewriter in the window – a mysterious device that came with ‘gears’ to allow the character sets to be […]
Upstairs at Harrods – Chai Wu Contemporary Chinese Dining:
Chai Wu at Harrods – Stylish Modern Chinese: I still get lost in Harrods. That’s despite the helpful doormen. Somehow ‘turn left at Armani and take the Egyptian Escalators’ doesn’t ever seem to stick in my head long enough to get anywhere in particular. On this particular occasion, finding our way to lunch was made […]
Lunch at Min Jiang – #Review
Min Jiang – Chinese with a view: Sometimes I am slow off the mark. I arrived at the Royal Garden Hotel just as a scrum of South African Rugby players, still in full kit, descended from their coach. And, gentle reader, I shared the lift with some of them. Not a single selfie, though! I […]
Dim Sum Lunch at Royal China, Baker Street
Hong Kong Chinese in London at Royal China: I remember being told that Chinese food was healthy. There’s no dairy, very little gluten, a lot of vegetables and a lot of steamed dishes. Dim Sum, those tiny parcels of deliciousness that you perhaps associate, as I do, with a lazy Sunday lunch with friends, makes […]
Min Jiang – Chinese New Year with a View
Min Jiang at The Royal Garden Hotel: The Royal Garden Hotel is a glamorous place on the edge of Kensington Gardens. I’ve been there for drinks but never made my way to the tenth-floor Chinese restaurant, Min Jiang, open now for eight years. There is something quite exciting about taking the elevator up – and […]