They got many things right. The spacious layout, presentable waitstaff, tasteful chinoiserie everywhere.
Problem was, the food bored us to tears. Saliva chicken (in background of above image) was inoffensive enough that our four year old can eat it, fragrant with sesame oil, the smooth chicken slick with a sweet soya sauce. Herein lies the problem- this dish is supposed to waken and stimulate the tastebuds and get the salivary glands working. If a child would eat it, we adults conversely found it too simple. Similarly, Water Cooked Pork looked fiery but was turned out very mild, the chilli oil registering very little heat and the huajiao peppers dusted on the top was not enough to up the balance.
The food treads a safe middle ground between the clean and simple flavours of Cantonese cuisine and the bold, spicy and even strange flavours of the cuisines Sichuan and other Chinese regions. Eating here is also considerably more expensive than the average Chinese restaurant in London. For these reasons we are unlikely to return.
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