. Nicola Prentis

First impressions promised much; a menu where nothing was over 13ytl and 4 dishes sporting a Beware Chili label. A slight dip in confidence at the realisation that there'd be no beer to wash down the Chinesefest but we dared to order two of the fabled spicy dishes, the hot and sour soup, and the Manchurian Chicken. The soup got off to a good start, it boded well enough to cover the yufka wrapped spring rolls' average performance. Ginger vegetable salad with sesame seeds took up the baton and ran with it past the tasteless Chinese soy vegetable salad. But the Manchurian Chicken limped home in last place. It managed to activate not a single one of the tastes and the chicken was tender to the point of deep suspicion.There was only one dessert option: fried icecream. It was a hollow ball of too thick batter with a kernel of icecream remaining; there is a real art to this dessert's cooking time that was totally missed. Served with fake tasting strawberry sauce, it coated the teeth and left an impression that lasted way longer than the meal.
The low prices come with small portions so you'd need to order a few to be full. It's a shame the genius that inspired the restaurant's gloriously un-PC logo doesn't extend to the food. Nicola Prentis