The cooking at Happy Corner reflects the kitchen's origins as well as their passion for Cantonese and Szechuan cooking. Authentic Chinese dishes get the photographic treatment, and so do the live seafood. All up, there are some 170 dishes, roughly half-and-half western style and authentic Chinese. A Shanghai specialty of juicy dumplings succeeds. The little parcels containing minced pork and a simple stock that dribbles out as you bite. The point here is that every dish tasted is full of character, well cooked, smartly delivered and, crucially, not boring. Everything on the table prompts gasps of intrigue, prods and pokes with chopsticks, taste tests, approvals and smiles. It is indeed a Happy Corner.
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