Leong's Legends

Saturday, January 02, 2010 - After that was the xiao long bao - Shanghai steamed soup dumplings, the dish I was looking forward to the most. Basically, the main reason why I know of Leong's was because my aunt said it had the best xiao long bau in town. Anyway one bamboo basket contain eight little beauties, all huddled together for warmth and protection. Unfortunately, they were clumped a bit too close together and I sometimes broke a neighbour's skin while trying to extract my target, which was a shame as the soup contained within was really delicious and slurp-worthy.

Tuesday, January 06, 2009 - Leong’s Legend in London’s Chinatown (a second branch has just opened around the corner) has bounced on and off my restaurant wishlist ever since I first started reading mixed reviews about it…The food is different to bog-standard Cantonese that is ubiquitous in Chinatown. But it wasn’t great, and I don’t think I’ll be returning to Leong’s Legend. Even if the food were spectacular, which it by no means was, I couldn’t go back to endure such surly service or uncomfortable seating.

Thursday, November 06, 2008 - There was a queue outside Leong’s Legends when we went to visit one weekend. If we had known beforehand that the wait would be long, perhaps we would have gone elsewhere but we stood there and waited and waited and eventually, after about 45 minutes, we got a seat in this small restaurant. We were given menus while we waited and so by the time we finally sat down, I was ravenous after reading all the menu items and we knew exactly what we wanted to eat. We placed our orders and then contemplated the low hanging lamp (if we leaned too far forward, we’d hit our foreheads on it). Table sizes were also nice and large, providing plenty of room for the dishes we ordered.