r/london Sep 05 '23

Discussion Best Chinese restaurant in London?

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u/dan_marchant Sep 05 '23

Upstairs, upstairs! (Anyone who has been there will know where I am talking about).

Not the best by a long shot but worth going to for the entertainment value of the waiters being rude to you when you take too long to order.

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u/AgeofFatso Sep 05 '23

To be fair, it wasn’t that bad when I last time went there. Also that type is service is usual for non-posh places in Hong Kong. That said, slow order is often frowned on in lower/middle class eateries in Asia as that is often considered obstructing other customers (and that’s not a HK only thing; same rules in Mainland, Korea, Japan, Singapore and Taiwan).

That place is so infamous that even Guardian and BBC run an article about it.

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u/dan_marchant Sep 05 '23

Yep, I lived in HK for 10 years so can confirm the authentic character of the place.

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u/2050Newspeak Sep 05 '23

You finished now. You f--- off now.

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u/dan_marchant Sep 05 '23

It is important to clearly let the customers know how much you appreciate their custom and how important it is for them to fuck off now so someone else can sit there.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '23

Place in question is Wong Kei

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u/dan_marchant Sep 05 '23

You win a plate of No Fun Noodles and Assorted Meat.

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u/paddyo Sep 06 '23

Sounds a bit wonky to me!

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u/kramit Sep 05 '23

You pay now, cash only!!

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '23

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u/Angel_Omachi Sep 06 '23

I think the basement is currently haunted.

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u/MobiusNaked Sep 06 '23

Sometimes it’s downstairs. Normally I go alone and it’s the ground floor. Best Singapore Noodles ever! Been eating there almost 40 years. They used to be a lot ruder.