What’s for Lunch? Noodle Oodle
A speedy, unceremonious and slurp-worthy lunch at Noodle Oodle
Chinese Food
What’s for Lunch? Royal Dragon Restaurant and Karaoke, Chinatown
Dining out in Chinatown can be a hit or miss affair. We found Royal Dragon to be a gourmand hit.
Top 10 Chinatown Eats
With Year of the Rabbit celebrations coming up tomorrow in Chinatown, here’s our top ten list of favourite Chinatown treats (in no particular order except alphabetical). Have fun and eat well!
Chefspective: Wai Lan, Head Chef at Drunken Monkey
Wai Lan is Head Chef at Drunken Monkey in Shoreditch. Although the restaurant is known for its cocktails, Wai Lan has introduced a traditional Chinese oven and revolutionised the dim sum menu. Born in Liverpool, Wai Lan moved back to Hong Kong with his parents …
New Restaurant Review: NOW
Photography by Chris Osburn Bringing street food to an upscale(ish) takeaway counter at Liverpool Street, NOW offers quick and easy (and rather inexpensive) food “inspired by the food stalls and street stands of Southern China”. Londonist commuted over for a sample of their fare and …
Chinese Afternoon Tea at Royal China Club
Photography by Chris Osburn Over the past year or so, we’ve been generally pleased with our visits to the Royal China Club; we loved sampling their dim sum and thought their free chopstick lessons for children was as cute a gimmick as any London restaurant …
Chopstick Lessons for the Little Dumplings in Your Life
Starting Monday the 24th of this month and then being held every day until Friday the 28th, the Royal China Club will host free chopstick lessons for children. The hour long lessons will run from 3.30-4.30pm and will include nibbles and dim sum, complimentary souvenir …
Shoot and Eat: Dim Sum at Pearl Liang
Photo by su-lin. Londonist feels that some of the best dim sum in London isn’t to be found in Chinatown or even Bayswater but in a restaurant situated in the middle of modern office blocks just behind Paddington Station. We love dim sum – it’s …
Dim Sum and Then Some at Royal China, Baker Street
Londonist popped round to Royal China yesterday afternoon to sample their dim sum (served noon to 5pm daily) and really wouldn’t mind doing so again. We loved nibbling our way through a table full of yummy dumplings and other bite-sized Chinese specialities in this swanky …
Fish Fragrant Aubergines with Hollow Legs Blogger Lizzie Mabbott
Fish Fragrant Aubergines taste as poetically luscious as they sound, as we found out last night in the kitchen of food blogging wunderkind, Lizzie Mabbott. From Hong Kong but living in the UK since her teens and hankering for a taste of back home, Ms …
London’s Lexicon #55
Lo Rice by Andy Wilkes. Contribute your photos of words around town to this discussion in the Londonist Flickrpool.
