Chinese buffet at Young Cheng 陽城小菜館 (阳城小菜馆)

I was on my way to try Wong Kei but the food which you could see from the windows at Young Cheung captivated me to try it.

Judging by the non Asian diners, I knew that the food would be to my liking.

It is not authentic Chinese food but adapted to UK style.

Young Cheng is a Chinese buffet where you will find curry, sweet and sour, fried items and all that.

The seating on the ground floor is cramped but there is more seating upstairs but as a buffet it would be annoying going and up and down so I got a takeaway which was only 6.50 where you get what you can fit in the box.

In my box, I had Singapore vermicelli, fish cutlets, salt and pepper ribs, sweet and sour chicken, satay sauce, curry sauce, plain rice and tofu.

Although the Singapore vermicelli lacked colour, it was actually tasty and full of curry spices, the fish cutlet was soft and the satay peanut sauce was simply delicious.

The meat was a bit dry but if I visit again, I am definitely coming back for more rice vermicelli, fish cutlet, tofu and lashings of peanut sauce.

Mint Matchmaker McFlurry at McDonalds UK from Nov 20th

How exciting @mcdonaldsuk will be serving the Mint Matchmaker McFlurry from the 20th November.

Marks and Spencers Christmas finds 2019

I was quite glad I was at Marks and Spencers this week.
They have begun selling Christmas stuff.
Unfortunately, I already had lunch or I would dine there for the Christmas Dinner or the Christmas tree cake.

Anyway, grabbed the gluten free Turkey feast sandwich for dinner.

The sandwich was really good especially the stuffing but the bacon was not crispy enough while the cranberry jam was a bit too sweet.
Hoping to get the three bird roast with chicken, turkey and duck next time or the turkey wrap.

[Review] German Doner Kebab

Doner Kebabs are popular in UK, they entered UK in the 1940s by the Turkish and now there are Greek versions as well as Bengali versions.

German Doner Kebab is a late comer from Berlin.

Although their kebabs were delicious, it has not replaced my favourite Shatkora kebab which is cooked with citrus near my Uni.
Ironically, there is now a branch of GDK a few doors away from it.

On the menu, there were two types of wraps: the Doner Durum wrap and the The original German Doner Wrap.
The German one looks like a stuffed quarter shaped pita bread while the durum looked like the wraps we normally see.

The original German Doner Wrap:

 Doner Durum wrap:

The lady at the counter said the durum wrap would taste better out of the two so I got the durum wrap.

Once you've ordered, you can watch them make your wrap.

I was pleased on my first bite because it wasn't overwhelmed by sauces and the meats were wafer thin like ham.
They have a special gadget that shaves the doner meat to even thin slices.
The taste of the meat was really good which is why the strong sauces are not really needed to overwhelm it and the cabbage complimented it nicely.

They also have a doner spring roll which I regretted not trying.
I would expect it to taste good especially when their doner meat is good.

According to the menu, they use lean and quality meats for the doner which I definitely agree with.
Will definitely be back to try the spring roll.

The making of a doner kebab:

German Doner Kebab:
27 George Street, Croydon.

Interesting reads:
https://www.istanbulmeats.com/the-rise-of-the-doner-kebab-in-the-uk/

The Shaw Cafe at London School of Economics LSE

With the trend of the vegan/vegetarian diet, there are so many healthy cafes around.
At LSE, students and people nearby can get their vegan fix on the weekdays at The Shaw Cafe.
The Shaw Cafe opened in Nov 2018 and is proving to be successful.

The Shaw Cafe:
54 Lincoln's Inn Fields, Holborn, London WC2A 3LJ, UK

[Review] Fen Noodles

Dumpling Shack, the successful dumpling joint at Old Spitalfields now has a sister!

Enter Fen Noodles which serves hand pulled biang biang noodles to order.

On the menu, you can choose the traditional lamb noodles, dry noodles etc.

There was also a tempting biang biang noodle with curry and potato but I decided to go for the traditional as it was my first time here.
As it is North Eastern Chinese food, expect the food to be spicy with tonnes of garlic.

The noodles were freshly made unlike restaurants in Hong Kong but obviously if you go to China, you would probably get the real deal.

The noodles were firm and al dente as expected with a good degree of spiciness.
I found the mild spiciness to be extremely spicy so be warned.

Hope to return for the curry biang if I am back and try the Dumpling Shack as well.

Fen Noodles & Dumpling Shack:
Old Spitalfields Market.

Tiger Noodles at [笑麵虎車仔麵 Tiger Noodles & Bar]

Spotted this joint across the road because of the cute tiger.
At first I got confused because I thought it was the curry place Tiger Room and Tiger San but it turns out to be Tiger Cart noodles.
Anyway, I was captivated by the noodles because they had beetroot and spinach.
As I have had spinach numerous times, I decided to try the beetroot but it was sold out.
Luckily they offered me Kale noodles which I haven't tried before.
The noodles had a grassy smell and flavour while the texture was very slippery when you pick them up with chopsticks.
The vegetable broth I had was very sweet but quite nice.

[笑麵虎車仔麵 Tiger Noodles & Bar]