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Ai Leen

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  1. I agree. Am inclined to give them a second chance. Although it does beg the question, why not just go to nearby Hakkasan?
  2. am also interested in hearing more about the kowloon takeaway - what kind of range does it do, and why is it better than others in chinatown. thanks. x
  3. Has everyone but me had a good experience at Yauatcha?? [excerpt from something I wrote yesterday] "The test is in the food and... oh dear. I want to point out that I had only eaten one banana all day - despite that, the food failed to attract. We ordered - chive dumplings: the best dish by far; as good as Hakkasan's. - scallop siew mais: definitely not as good as Hakkasan's (see Hakkasan review); it was a tad hard/dry and the poor things looked squashed! - prawn & beancurd cheong fun: recommended by the waiter. I didn't like it. - pork and enoki mushroom dumplings: ok, nothing spectacular. If desparately critical, could be considered a lesson in 'how enoki mushrooms can taste like prawns' or a game in 'kids let's see who can find the enoki mushrooms'. - roast venison puffs: if what attracts you to meat puffs is the cloying sweetness of the usual roast pork puffs, don't order this. Go to Kowloon take-away on Gerrard St instead (they also have very good sesame red bean balls). - Shanghai xiao long baos: not good at all; the meat was too soft and the taste of the broth slightly sour (as it can get when one tries too hard to achieve richness). The only saving grace was that it had broth at all inside the dumplings - a feat in London chinese restaurants as you already know (see Hakkasan review). The second worse dish tonight. - turnip cake: by far the most disappointing of all. My expectations were high after the amazing architecture of flavours experienced at Hakkasan. This didn't even come close. The turnip cake was awfully soft and mushy, and there was no complexity in the taste. Very very disappointing indeed. - sharks fin dumpling consomme: R ate that. I took a sip of the broth. Yew. It was flavourful (the Chinese would say "sweet"), but the consistency was all wrong, not at all light like a clear broth should be. They were out of mooli. I frowned quite a lot tonight. Tut, shameful indeed." -AL
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