Very ordinary Chinese food
That is what Sirdan and I experienced in Kensington yesterday, despite the yellowing copy of a review by David Dale in the window awarding the establishment 8/10 for food. Chinese Whisper this wasn’t. Not that it was all bad; it was just, well, ordinary. Generic sauces, Sichuan food that wasn’t by any stretch of imagination what it claimed to be, and minimal variety in vegetables.
I have found a test of Chinese restaurants: when you go in, ask what tea they serve. If it is only jasmine and a very ordinary generic “green tea” and they look at you strangely when you ask for “Dragon Well”, go to another restaurant…
As we left I said to Sirdan, “I expected Kath and Kim to arrive at any moment…”
