Wong Kei review by Glen
The Wong-Kei is an excellent introduction to the work-a-day Chinese food.
I note that one comment said that the food is quite bland. Some dishes may not have a pyrotechnic quality on your taste buds and nose, but there is a subtlety there. The WonTon soup is second to none, you will not get a bowl like it anywhere else in London. The dumplings are a divine mixture of minced shrimp and pork, the stock is very delicate and should not be spoilt with soy sauce or chili oil, a little white pepper white pepper will do.
The sweet and sour pork comes with large pineapple chunks and very crisp peppers. A hearty meal.
The barbecued meats come in very generous portions that it is hard to complete the meal.
The braised meats are highly aromatic - they must have been marinating for days. Check out the brisket of beef, either in soup or in rice.
The beef curry comes with thin strips of beef, with a rather low-powered curry sauce, but this is set alight by the raw hot chilis - the contrasts really complement in this dish.
My favourite is salt-chili-pork-chop with rice, the chops are marinated in rice wine and other spices and again are set on flame with raw chilis.
Good value and a good introduction into authentic chinese cooking.
The decor is Chinese oldy-worldy with fabulous chinese imagery abounding throughout the place, my favourite is the water feature that you will find in the basement. It is, however, the sort of place that has seen better days, but that adds to the character, that's the way I like it. I hate eating in those ponsified places which look like up-market home-making showrooms.
Saturday, March 08, 2008
Overall rating 
Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
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