I don't normally eat up that way since it's sort of middle area between Soho and the places more north-west. But The King & I was showing nearby and I was lucky enough to snag some last minute tickets. With time of the essence, something quick and tasty and nearby was essential.
It's a dim sum restaurant that makes those dishes available in the evening to satisfy the odd-timed craving.
- Seaweed salad (seaweed with rocket, kikurage mushroom, crunchy radish and a little red chilli, garnished with sesame seeds) £2.75;
- Firecracker chicken rolls (chicken marinated in lantern chilli peppers, asparagus and coriander in a spring roll pastry with smoky orange sauce) £5.35 - not that impressive and didn't have much heat. Expensive too compared to other dishes;
- Golden dumplings (crisp stir fry vegetables in a turmeric pastry) £3.55 - it looks fluorescent although the taste and filling was quite simple vegetables;
- Black prawn dumpling (king prawn & garlic butter in squid ink pastry) £4.55 - also impressive looking with a bit of discernible prawn in there;
- Beijing quinoa gyoza (griddled quinoa, mushroom and cabbage, wrapped in a wheat pastry with garlic and vinegar dressing) £3.25 - a little more unusual and had a more gritty texture from the quinoa;
- Prawn & scallop sticky rice (prawns, scallop, carrot, bamboo shoots and glutinous rice, steamed in lotus leaf) £5.95 - not too bad;
- Smoked chilli chicken wings (cherrywood smoked chicken wings with a tangy tomato chilli sauce) £6.45 - small little wings with a little bit of heat but not much smoke.
Overall the food was ok and a little different from standard yum cha. The prices were overall reasonable also particularly for that part of town. I'd go back.