Background:
I really wanted to like Min Jiang because I’m always on the lookout for excellent Chinese restaurants in London, particularly for dim sum. Ever since the Singaporean Chinese restaurant group of two opened a sister restaurant in London, I’ve contemplated eating there. Min Jiang specialises in Beijing kaoya (Beijing roast duck), which I also [...]
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Posted in Cantonese, China, Chinese, Hong Kong, cookery, cooking, dumplings, food, noodles, recipe, traveleating on Jul 10th, 2009
When I was researching restaurants to visit in Hong Kong last year, I came across passionate debates on Chowhound and other forums on where to eat the best Cantonese wonton noodles, focusing on crucial details such as the size of the wonton, the silkiness of the skin, the taste and texture of the filling, and [...]
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Posted in Chinese, London, Taiwan, Taiwanese, dim sum, dining out, dumplings, food, restaurant review, restaurants, traveleating on Jun 19th, 2009
[UPDATE - October 2009: I've returned to Leong's Legend for dim sum and it's turning into a reliable Chinatown dim sum spot for me. Apart from more xiao long bao (such good value and very soupy), I again ordered the Taiwan mini kebab with pork. It's very filling and most delicious. The pork belly rice [...]
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Being Cantonese and with a preference for more delicate, subtle flavours, my repertoire of Sichuan dishes is miniscule (dan dan mian, Sichuan hot pot), although I do like to eat in Sichuan restaurants once in a while (Ba Shan, Chilli Cool, Bar Shu, Snazz Sichuan). During my stint in Beijing though, I had no alternative [...]
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Posted in China, Chinese, Henan, London, Shaanxi, Sichuan, dining out, dumplings, food, noodles, restaurant review, restaurants, traveleating, vegetarian on May 20th, 2009
Background:
Ba Shan, youngest sibling of Bar Shu and Baozi Inn, specialises in xiao chi, literally ’small eats’, from the provinces of Sichuan, Henan and Shaanxi. I’m no expert on the food of any of these regions, but I do love xiao chi – small dishes of cold meats and salads, dumplings and noodles, flatbreads and [...]
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