In one of my walks in London the road lead to Piccadilly and from there I bumped into Chinatown.
I had been to Chinatown a couple of times before eating duck and I always wanted to try the buffet in one of the many Chinese restaurants there. But before that, I wandered around and took some photos. Chinatown is an ethnic enclave in the City of Westminster, London, bordering the Soho to its north and west, Piccadilly to the south and east.
It contains a number of Chinese restaurants, bakeries, supermarkets, souvenir shops, and other Chinese-run businesses.
Of course, besides restaurants, you will regularly find some local street performers that will entertain you before you decide the place of your next meal.
So, I randomly chose the restaurant you see in the photo. I just made sure that price-wise was somewhere in the middle. Sneaked peaked inside, saw a lot of Chinese people, thought it was a good sign and entered.
Things are pretty simple. You get an empty plate, go to the buffet and fill it with whatever you want. And you can refill it as many times as you can digest.
Does anyone know what the white things in the left are? Some kind of a bread maybe ?
Here’s my plate.
You can also notice my trusted notebook next to me or else I wouldn’t remember anything. And you can see a couple of kids. Kids of that age are the same annoyi… eh I mean adorable regardless of their ethnicity. And mothers are yelling the same things in all the languages of the world.
Back to food. I am holding in my hand some chicken fried breast in a stick. Maybe, my favorite piece of food. Tender and juicy with a golden crust.
Next to it, we can see a fried round thing that had somekind of a vegetable inside. Didn’t like it.
Then I had pork ribs in orange sauce. They were absolutely fabulous. Some pieces of chicken that were cooked with herbs and vegetables.
The base was steam rice. It was fresh , steaming hot and full of flavor and aroma.
More cooked herbs and vegetables on their own. I also had fried chicken wings, that were quite raw for my liking. Cooked potatoes that were melting in your mouth.
Battle was won ! I don’t remember eating anything else or have any other notes.
Overall the food was freshly made, most of it was delicious and of good quality. Quantity wise, as I said you could have as much as you could handle. I paid 10.5 pounds for those interested, which was more than fair in my book.
That was another London Food Adventure. I have one more post with some comfort food.
And until the next food adventure…
Be Healthy, Smile and Steem.
