Dim Sum

[aqua]

marvellous, right who's coming then?

 

[MooChild]

Love to, not been for ages, and its delightful

 

[aqua]

excellent I see a plan hatching

 

[JTG]

marvellous, right who's coming then?

me

 

[aqua]

excellent I'm liking this plan will pm some people

 

[Dillinger4]

I am interested!

 

[FabricLiveBaby!]

If you want great Dim Sum go to the New leaf in ealing.

Yum Yum Yum

 

[ebonics]

Taro cakes are utterly lovely - I never could figure out how they managed to coat 'em with that crispy melt in the mouth stuff... and char siu bao ... and turnip cake ... and .... and .... well pretty much everything actually EXCEPT chicken feet and shumai!

Taro cakes and char siu bao and turnip cake...oh my goodness, yes. But pork shao mai FOR THE WIN.

 

[Scarlette]

har kau?
BBQ pork buns (aka char siu bau).

They're my favourite too. Yum yum yum.

 

[oryx]

There's a funny little dim sum place / pub in Clapham Old Town. I've no idea whether their dim sum are in any way good in the great scheme of dim sum because I haven't eaten much of the stuff but they tasted pretty damn good to us. It's called Traders or something. Funny place.

I've only been there the once, when I used to live very near it, and I thought it was excellent.

I have a feeling it's run by a guy who used to run a very good Chinese resataurant over the other side of North Street a few years ago.

<starts to salivate at memory of chicken dumplings>

 

[dodgepot]

another vote for dragon castle here. simply spiffing, what what.

 

[Ms T]

another vote for dragon castle here. simply spiffing, what what.

We went there on Friday, and it was indeed spiffing.

 

[Hoss]

Hakkasan is the ultimate for dim sum, but it's fecking expensive so strictly a treat. they do an incredible parsnip pancake it's worth visiting for this alone plus the traditional style dim sum are all really fresh and perfectly made, not full of generic grey meat.

I do still buy the frozen ones from the chinese supermarket. I'm a sucker for the pork buns.

have not yet tried dragon castle.

 

[innit]

We went there on Friday, and it was indeed spiffing.

We went there on New Year's Day (it's my favourite tradition) and it was spiffing and also really fucking cheap.

 

[CharlieAddict]

Hakkasan is the ultimate for dim sum, but it's fecking expensive so strictly a treat. they do an incredible parsnip pancake it's worth visiting for this alone plus the traditional style dim sum are all really fresh and perfectly made, not full of generic grey meat.

I do still buy the frozen ones from the chinese supermarket. I'm a sucker for the pork buns.

have not yet tried dragon castle.

Hakkasan is a posh restaurant aimed at an executive crowd.
and for that price, they better produce top quality dim sum!

dragon castle is great. most of the girls that work there are like so sarf london ennit? and it's better than some places in central like Ping Pong.
i think Ping Pong must be the wankiest joint ever - think late 80s winebar and tossers that thought they were eating in Yo Sushi.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Bumpetty Bump!

Dim sum is a lunchtime thing - right?

Do most places still offer dim sum in the evening??

 

[Biddlybee]

Is this spiffing Dragon's Castle the one in Elephant? It always looks really empty when I go past on the bus.

 

[CharlieAddict]

Bumpetty Bump!

Dim sum is a lunchtime thing - right?

Do most places still offer dim sum in the evening??

in hong kong, my parents eat dim sum like brunch.
and traditionally, it's a a afternoon thing.

most of the good restaurants will serve dim sum up until 5pm.

there are however mediocre places like Ping Pong and the Dim Sum bar in Clapham that does it all day long...

Is this spiffing Dragon's Castle the one in Elephant? It always looks really empty when I go past on the bus.

yeah on walworth road.

 

[Ms T]

Hakkasan is a posh restaurant aimed at an executive crowd.
and for that price, they better produce top quality dim sum!

dragon castle is great. most of the girls that work there are like so sarf london ennit? and it's better than some places in central like Ping Pong.
i think Ping Pong must be the wankiest joint ever - think late 80s winebar and tossers that thought they were eating in Yo Sushi.

I was so jealous when hendo got taken to Hakkasan by a flash mate of his! He said it was awesome.

Ping Pong is rubbish, imho.