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How to select a good chinese restaurant in London

Old Aug 15th, 2013, 12:32 PM
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How to select a good chinese restaurant in London

Myself and my husband are heading off to london for 3 days and im looking to find us a good chinese restaurant in london. Does anyone know where i would find a list of any or if anyone could recommend one it would be fantastic.

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Old Aug 15th, 2013, 12:44 PM
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I followed the advice of the late Warren Zevon:

"I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand
Walking through the streets of Soho in the rain
He was looking for a place called Lee Ho Fook's
Gonna get a big dish of beef chow mein
"
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Old Aug 15th, 2013, 01:13 PM
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Try using www.toptable.co.uk
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Old Aug 15th, 2013, 01:15 PM
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almost anywhere along Lisle Street.
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Old Aug 15th, 2013, 01:25 PM
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try this

http://www.timeout.com/london/restau...t-in-chinatown
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Old Aug 15th, 2013, 01:32 PM
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And I apologize - Lee Ho Fook's closed a few years back.
But it was a thrill to be there, with poster of Zevon in their front window.

I hope you find something you like.
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Old Aug 15th, 2013, 01:43 PM
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We really like Tao Tao Ju at #15 Lisle Street. Have been a few times and always had great food. http://www.taotaoju.co.uk/
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Old Aug 15th, 2013, 02:25 PM
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oh dear, Lisle street has changed a bit since we used to go there. Seamus's recommendation has tablecloths! and a menu you can understand.

oh for the happy days of formica tables and huge long menus with strange dishes which cost pennies. and being shouted at by incomprehensibly angry waiters.
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Old Aug 15th, 2013, 06:53 PM
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oh, they are still there, too, annhig!
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Gerard's Corner is good.
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My two favorite of the more traditional Chinese restaurant variety are Yming and Leong's Legend.

Hakkassan (at least the Hanway Place outlet) is also excellent, but more modern. Ditto for Yauatcha.
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What's your budget? I was coming in to suggest hakkassan (high end) and Yauatcha (contemporary, dim sum, and fairly high end).
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Old Aug 16th, 2013, 07:06 AM
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Lisle St.
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oh, they are still there, too, annhig!>>

seamus - thank goodness for that! they used to have wind-dried ducks and all manner of other less recognisable things hanging up in the windows, and those strange plastic curtains in the doors, and I was never too sure about the hygiene standards, but the food was always excellent.
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