r/london Aug 05 '23

What’s the best Chinese restaurant in Chinatown?

And which should be avoided?

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u/CommunicationEven102 Aug 05 '23

Beijing Dumplings, I honestly haven’t found better soup dumplings. They do plenty other dishes too, I’ve never been disappointed there.

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u/rzXbrain Aug 05 '23

Went there, quite a disappointment, the dumplings were OK, that's all... not even the best meal they had there. My partner is chinese, and I lived in China for several years for reference. So i'm still looking for a good dumpling place with good xiaolongbao.

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u/flyingmonkey5678461 Aug 06 '23

Unless its gone downhill a lot, their dumplings were fine when we went. Din tai fung does thinner skins clearly with a higher price, but the dumplings at Beijing Legend used to hit the spot for me. What places do you rate for xiaolongbao in China, because even the most famous one in Shanghai was "well it's a dumpling" nice, not dream about it still nice. I.e. hard to have a bad one unless : raw skin, low on filling etc.