Sorry but this place falls well short of three star; it's really just poor quality take out food put on plates rather than into containers and it's without the finesse needed to be a serious restaurant.
It's a real pity as the city needs a fine Chinese restaurant.
The starters were sort of goodish but instead of an intensely flavoured peanut sauce, with the satay chicken starter, it was more a spiced peanut oil from a jar.
I had the salted chilli ribs and these were probably the best of the dishes we had.
Our mains once again had no finesse. I had the Kung Po chicken and it was very poor. I really didn't want to eat it as it even looked grim and tasted grim too.
Kung Po which is claimed to be Chairman Mao's favourite dish, is meant to be a velvety sauce, barely no liquid, with the intensely flavoured sauce coating the chicken; instead it was watery, with little discernible taste.
I've had fantastic Kung Po dishes but I can't count this place as what I got was no more Kung Po than I am an astronaut.
It bordered on unpleasant. It's easier to say what wasn't in the dish that should have been: so it had no Sichuan pepper, no Chinese wine nor black vinegar, no dark soy, no hoisin, in other words absolutely nothing of big flavour that makes it anything close to Kung Po - the menu should read boiled chicken in lukewarm, slightly sweet water.
My wife had the sweet and sour chicken dish - this was a fair take away dish but again no refinement-the sauce was cloying, it's consistency was nearer that of a soft set jam and unbalanced; more vinegar than sugar.
The fried rice too was poor takeaway quality, doused in cheap chemically made soy sauce.
They offered a two and three course menu with cake being the dessert. No thanks folks.
Finally the set menu has no prawn main offered - not even at an up-charge.
I wish them well I really do but it's not for me. I think they'll have to up their game as a restaurant.
If I want poor quality takeaway Chinese food I'm spoiled for choice in this city but it's half the price to take home rather than sitting in here.
Finally when I saw the name Humming I thought Bird would be the next part but it's Humming. I wonder if they know that we North Irish use this word to describe something that stinks or is rotten - who am I to argue. read more