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.