A very solid Chinese takeaway, and definitely much better than most! Whereas it's Indian cuisine that holds my heart, who doesn't enjoy the occasional Chinese? But so many are sub-par, so New Haven Express Chinese was a great find.
We had the starter selection, a little pricey at £8.50 but you got 4 prawn toast, a good portion of crispy seaweed, 2 chicken? skewers, 2 spare ribs and 2 spring rolls - which were all pretty good. I wasn't as keen on the skewers, not because of the meat (which was very juicy) but I didn't like the marinade much. Everything else was fine though.
I had Honey & Chilli beef, which came as quite large pieces of battered beef rather than little twiglet sizes ones, and it was really good. You can tell the meat is good quality. Oh and my fried rice had a nice hit of soy to it, and refreshingly not too greasy.
Boyfriend is a massive satay fan so went for the Ostrich Satay - wow. I've had ostrich before and it's really a delicious meat, as well as being very low fat, and it completely works here - a nice change from chicken or beef. The ostrich is a bit more expensive, but only £5.50 in comparison to everything else being £3.90 - so much cheaper than most takeaways.
Delivery was quick too, with our food arriving in 20 minutes (though it probably helps we live fairly nearby).
As Chinese takeaways go this is a very good one, and definitely will be our port of call in the future. read more