New Tastes
183 Mare Street, Dalston, London E8 3QE
020 8985 5927
This shop can be easily missed out but its red board and green doorframes kind off invited me in for the first time. An extremely wide ranged Chinese menu with lots of vegetarian options as well. It has a sit in which is not very large but looks comfortable, although I have mostly collected take away but I can tell the staff is quite friendly. It serves a really good portion for just £ 3.50 you will be surprised.
Found this place by accident when walking around late night starving. As a noodle sensitive person, of course I ordered a noodle dish. I really like Tom Yum, so I had this Mixed Seafood Tom Yum Noodle Soup. And I also always wanted to eat hot and sour soup as well, so we had this too.
The noodle soup was very tasty. The portion was generous but very easy to eat. It didn’t make me feel stuffy.
The seafood in the noodles were also very generous. I really liked those king prawns and the scallops! The downside was the Tom Yum soup itself. It was a bit too watery. Not very thick and not very strong taste at all.
About the hot and sour soup, it was very thick and delicious. My partner and I really liked it.
Although there were signs that they accept cards, but in fact they didn’t. They only accept cash was also another downside from this place. Well, but at least the staff told us about this when we’re entering the door, so it’s ok. But of course, would be much better if they really accept card payments as it’s shown on the door and on the wall.
The service was amazing. It seems like a family-run business. The girl who served us was very very friendly and seems very caring to the customers as well.
Overall, I like the place and definitely will come back. 😊
We booked a table of twenty for my friends to experience authentic Cantonese style dishes for their first Chinese New Year celebrations and they did not disappoint. We had at least thirteen different dishes and the quality didn't falter throughout. I definitely recommend taking their advice placing a preorder for the seafood courses (if you wanted to try something specific like lobster or crab) and they’ll buy it in fresh from the market. I have to mention that our vegan friends were also very well catered for too.
Thanks New Tastes for a memorable celebration!
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