We ate here mid-afternoon on a sleepy Sunday; as the only customers we had our choice of table as well as attentive service from the friendly waitress. We ordered a pot of jasmine tea while we worked our way through the long, colourful menu - and eventually came up with a list of four dishes to try; Ma Po bean curd with minced pork (the tofu needed the salty pork as it was a touch under seasoned) green peppers with fermented black beans (piping hot, pungent) spicy (a slight understatement) shredded (deep fried) squid (buried within the accompanying mountain of dried red chilies we discovered all manner of tasty treasures, including crunchy Sichuan peppercorns and slivers of ginger) and a cooling salad of slithery black fungus (fragrant with fresh coriander).
Of course it turned out we'd ordered way too much - and we came away with leftovers for Monday's breakfast.
Came for a friend's birthday meal and we all enjoyed our food. The service, like the decor, was kind of old school where they're dashing over to refill drinks etc.
For two mains, a shared starter and a beer each we paid around £40.
The whole place feels a bit outdated but the selection of dishes, service and quality of the food are good.
We had a fantastic meal - the food was really authentic with a rich and varied menu. We were also lucky enough to be there on a Saturday night and were entertained with martial arts and traditional live music. The service was excellent- a really great evening!
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