born.from.an.egg.on.a.mountain.top

Just like Monkey, I am on a quest too. It's a mission to find some decent asian food here in London. I think it's going to be a recurring theme that I will be whinging about.

In our short time here we have had some really bad stuff. I don't think the iron chef's here have heard of the word "flavour". I mean, either all the dishes taste the same as each other (ie. bland), or they get the ingredients totally wrong. Passing off egg noodle/soba noodle type thing in salty water as ramen is just not on (tip: don't go to Taro). I mean it was that bad I couldn't eat it. And what's the deal with cutting the chicken feet in half at yum cha (they do that at every place we have been too). Ripped off!

So we've come to lower our standards now ... if it tastes average then it is really good. We've found a few places that are pretty good: this thai place in Angel, japanese place at Piccadilly Circus and a Superbowl type place on the edge of chinatown in the city.

In the end, I am pretty sure I know where this quest will end ... in our own kitchen eating the food that we've cooked ourselves. Time to ask my parents for all those seclet Ly Inn recipes ...