Four Seasons

The "duck place" as it's also known. This place is famous in London for their ducks and it shows. There are rows and rows of roast duck displayed in their front window. Queues sneak out the door and the cleaver man never stops chopping. Well, the duck was really good, but the rest of the meal really didn't justify the queues.

Food

We had:

• fried frogs legs - really really bland, and the accompanying sauce was overpowering and didn't really go.
• braised abalone mushrooms and vegetables - the mushrooms were nice and fat, too bad the sauce was thick and starchy.
• dried scallops stewed with winter melon - this was nice, but the sauce again, was not as complex as I imagined it to be. Slokky's braised chokos actually taste better!
• salt and pepper squid - one of the better dishes, but the batter was very heavy and the spicing a little heavy handed.
• Japanese tofu hot pot - the best dish (besides the duck). Japanese tofu is really soft and light and airy, encased in a puff outer. The texture was divine.
• whole roast duck - the piece de resistance, the sauce was what made the duck. The duck itself was fat and moist, oozing sweet juice everywhere.

. The score would be even lower if it wasn't for the duck.

Rating - 6

Atmosphere

The place was absolutely packed. There was a mix of Asians and non Asians, but most came in big groups - the best way to enjoy Chinese food afterall. The tables were quite packed in together, so it was loud. Our table was too small so we all had to squish in too.

Rating - 1.5

Service

For a restaurant, I can't believe they can be that rude and get away with it in this day and age. They threw the menus at us, and despite asking about our duck, which took forever to arrive, they didn't bother checking for us. It got to the stage where we actually ate everything and had to sit and wait for the duck to arrive.

Rating - 1

C-factor

We paid for the b'day girl so worked out to be £16 each.

Rating - 0.5

Brownie Points - 9

Info

84 Queensway
London
W2 3RL
Phone 020 7229 4320