tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8659859995099007525.post27172513445645096..comments2024-03-19T09:45:21.051+00:00Comments on Eat Noodles Love Noodles: Review: Hunan (Chinese), LondonMr Noodleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13327242172810414292noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8659859995099007525.post-35768317687655785022011-07-08T00:16:55.964+01:002011-07-08T00:16:55.964+01:00charliejiang - welcome! Thanks for the kind words....charliejiang - welcome! Thanks for the kind words. Not been back to Hunan since this review - that's the thing with blogging - you end up going to loads of places just the once! I did hear about the link between Pearl Liang and Mandarin Kitchen, and both the tips you mention are on my list. A very long list...Mr Noodleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13327242172810414292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8659859995099007525.post-48929203851941052632011-07-07T12:42:50.517+01:002011-07-07T12:42:50.517+01:00Hunan restaurant was one of the first Chinese rest...Hunan restaurant was one of the first Chinese restaurants I went to when I came to the UK in 1996. Its promising to hear that over the years, it has still kept its core basis of a menuless establishment settled on the owner's suggestive dishes. It has been a decade since I went back as I no longer live in Central London and are more settled in North West London or up north when at uni. I really need to go back as I remember vividly the delicious tempura fried beans and still persist on my mother to cook it for me whenever I am back in London. However, there is one dish I also remember which didn't seem to have been served to you, it was a soup dish in individualised claypots with shaved trufflelike seafood which I can no longer remember. It had a distinctive vinegary and peppery taste alongside the ever present fishy stock taste, garnished with garlic shoots.<br /><br />On a side note, love reading your blog and noticed Pearl Liang is a great favourite of yours. On a purely trivial matter, did you know the head chef and owner of Pearl Liang were both at the Mandarin Kitchen in Bayswater during its heyday. Also noticed you like spicier food and would recommend you to the Sichuan Restaurant in Greenwich (search on google should bring it up easily) and the Hunan restaurant in Golders Green (used to be on the top floor of Oriental Kitchen).<br /><br />And again, great blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8659859995099007525.post-30743956234162502992009-09-07T09:44:05.911+01:002009-09-07T09:44:05.911+01:00Nigel - I always value your wine advice and the Gr...Nigel - I always value your wine advice and the Gruner Veltliner was an excellent choice. As the blog develops, I hope to write more about wine although I may need to develop my 'wine vocab' ! As you know, I can be a right SOB when eating out and there is no doubt that the beef suffered from my high expectations in general and of Hunan in particular.Mr Noodleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13327242172810414292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8659859995099007525.post-72169945241394964472009-09-06T10:34:38.286+01:002009-09-06T10:34:38.286+01:00As Mr Noodles' occasional wine adviser, I must...As Mr Noodles' occasional wine adviser, I must commend Hunan for featuring Austrian wine - very underrated here and virtually everywhere except Austria! It was an excellent accompaniment to an excellent dinner. I didn't think the beef was that bad! But certainly below par.Nigelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8659859995099007525.post-41757629105231491002009-08-27T12:12:41.673+01:002009-08-27T12:12:41.673+01:00To be honest, I was half expecting the lack of des...To be honest, I was half expecting the lack of descriptions from your review. I just never imagined that I'd have to send the waiter back for the most cursory of descriptions. <br /><br />The consistency of food in Chinese restaurants in the UK can be patchy even in classy places like Hunan. I'm still staggered that the same kitchen that sent out the frogs legs followed it up with that gloopy beef dish !Mr Noodleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13327242172810414292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8659859995099007525.post-34185025894380838502009-08-27T10:55:02.542+01:002009-08-27T10:55:02.542+01:00Interesting that you also noticed the lack of desc...Interesting that you also noticed the lack of descriptions for each dish. This really frustrated me! Sorry to see your gloopy dish too. We were too full for pudding luckily. Generally I really liked Hunan but some dishes were far better than others! I look forward to going back though...Helen @ World Foodie Guidehttp://www.worldfoodieguide.comnoreply@blogger.com