Continuation of the quest to find good Chinatown yum cha.
Food
We ordered a variety of favourites, friendly to Westerners, including the obligatory chicken feet. I won’t list everything we had, but in general – the dumplings were substandard, the skins were thick and the filling kinda bland. The buns had a nice outer, but the filling was not up to standard. The rice rolls were very good. The glutinous rice parcel was a bit tasteless. Congee and noodle dishes were much better than the general yum cha dishes. I had heard good things about this place, maybe it’s just yum cha where it falls down. I would definitely go to yum cha and karaoke at China City next door.
Rating - 5
Atmosphere
We didn’t show up until nearly 2pm. There are no trolleys, you just order from a menu. There’s not even a form to fill in of what you want…so in that way it’s a bit clinical. There were only us and another party left in the dining room, so it was strangely quiet for yum cha. It was good in a way as we could hear ourselves talk, but then so can the other table, as we heard everything they had to way.
Rating - 1.5
Service
We were pretty much ignored. They didn’t refill our teas for a long time, and we had so many dishes on our table at once since we couldn’t order one at a time. I thought they could be a bit more attentive since our table was very small and there weren’t any other customers.
Rating - 2
C-factor
Rating - 1
Brownie Points - 9.5
Info
3 Leicester Street
London
WC2H 7BL
Phone +44 (0) 20 7437 1132
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