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    Far East

    3.4 (28 reviews)
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    Classy
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    Jo W.

    I had a really bad craving for red bean, so I came here early in the morning, not realizing that most shops in Chinatown were still closed, and would stay that way until 11am. As I walked around Chinatown, I saw that Far East was open, and lo and behold, at the front of their restaurant were glass displays of their baked goods, including red bean sesame balls and steamed red bean buns! It was glorious. In Mandarin, I asked the friendly proprietress if I could have 2 red bean sesame balls and 1 steamed bun. She happily sold them to me, and I gave them cash, since they only accept cash. Steamed bun was alright. I wish there was more red bean filling. The sesame balls were a treat! Great start to the morning to have freshly baked warm red bean treats!

    Amy E.

    This place is reasonably priced. We had a shredded pork porridge, fish ball noodle soup, fried bread, egg tart, shui mai and the shrimp dumpling with red bean mochi. The place is dark and very small but the food is fresh and yummy. Totally a cheaper place to shop and eat when on holiday.

    Jas K.

    A big surprise. We couldn't decide where to go and just wanted to have a tiny soup and thought let's go in there. The service was great and everyone was friendly. We got ourselves ice tea with lemon and honey and it was so fresh and absolutely not some artificial drink. The soup we ordered was around 6 pounds and was so big! I was so sad that we discovered this great place at our very last day in London. As well I can guarantee this soup is by far the best I ever ate and had! So delicious. Such a nice cozy place.

    Anita C.

    This was the first meal we had in London, straight for Chinatown. There are many choices but we didn't feel like waiting in long lines and wanted to sit somewhere comfortably. They had menu outside and seemed like a good amount of variety. Appealing bakeries are on the left side upon entrance which drew many people in who just get the bakery for takeaway. Cash only if just buying bakery items. We had a party of 5 and didn't have to wait at all. There were customers there but it wasn't fully packed. Service was good and fairly prompt. We ordered Lo mein, soup noodles, rice in hot pot, curry beef, and something else. It was more of a dish per person rather than family style for us. The portions were average. Soup seemed bigger than I thought. Rice and others were average along with the price. I'd come back here again! I like the dark ambiance in this place. Seems more fancy than a typical quick eat place, lighting and decor is classy.

    Yee Gan O.

    If I'm after a cheap Chinese pastry in Chinatown, I do pop in here for a takeaway. To be honest, their restaurant section did look rather ummm basic However, the shop has just been given a makover. The refurbishment has given the interior a nice dark brown wooden theme with nice decorative accents with things like a large collection of traditional Chinese teapots To be honest with you, I hadn't been planning to eat here. The refurbishment had caught my eye and I was idly perusing the menu when in amongst the fairly short list of Chinese dishes, I saw char koay teow. If you've read my profile, you'll know that it's the dish I'd eat for my last supper. So, in I popped to give it a try Char koay teow is a Malaysian hawker (street) food dish where broad rice noodles are fried over a high heat together with variations of meat and seafood, beansprouts, chives and a mysterious black sauce that I have yet to reporduce accurately at home. The high heat chars the rice sticks and a good version is supr fragrant I'm not sure where this place does its booking but the visible kitchen at the back of the shop doesn't have any cooking facilities other than a microwave. To truly test the versatility of the kitchen, I also ordered some dim sum - a plate of Shanghai dumplings (xiao lung bao) When my plate of char koay teow arrived, the smell was promising but as I worked my way through the dish, it became clear that the main flavouring was soy sauce and it lacked the depth and authenticity of the true Malaysian street version. I even found a small piece of green pepper in it The xiao lung bao was reduced to a portion of 4 rather than the advertised 5 (they took a pound off the price) as they had run out. Unfortunately, the pastry was too thick and there was no soup inside the dumpling The service was very friendly throughout but I'm afraid the food didn't live up to the service I'll still pop back here for pastries though

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