Amongst all the Shanghainese restaurants, this Northern Chinese restaurant may go unnoticed unless your in the know. And it was a worthy discovery. Authentic Northern style dishes such as the big bowl chicken, full of chillies & pepper with braised tender chunks of chicken on the bone & potatoes that has soaked in all of the flavour. All the noodles are handmade & a good testament to this Northern specialty is the length and springy-ness of the noodles. Here it is super long with good bite. Dumplings had a good skin filled with a light pork filling with hints of ginger, making it refreshing rather then heavy. The lamb skewers are a must - on metal skewers, tender pieces of well marinated lamb has been charcoal grilled & doused again in the chilli spice mix. Warning - it is numbing & spicy! Shallot pancakes were flakey and crispy but was the only disappointment for me as it had neither shallots nor flavour. It was also the only greasy dish whereas the others are not ...read more
This is an old favourite for locals in the area, for it's delicious Northern-stlye Chinese that's a bit different from the Shanghaiese that dominates the Liverpool rd stretch. Of note are the delicious handmade noodles that come in all sorts of varieties including soups and stirfried - give them a go and fall in love with their chewiness and irregularities. So good.