{"id":22694,"date":"2013-09-13T18:10:21","date_gmt":"2013-09-13T17:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/noexpert.co.uk\/?p=22694"},"modified":"2021-01-26T08:49:26","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T08:49:26","slug":"a-wong-seriously-cool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/?p=22694","title":{"rendered":"A Wong – Seriously Cool"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dim Sum<\/a> has always seemed to me to be more suited to cold wintery weather, lots of stodgy dumplings etc. My experience with it has been limited to really conventional venues like the New World in Chinatown<\/a> – not that there is anything really wrong with the New World, which has its own old world charm.\u00a0 I also was very much of the view that you just don’t bother ordering dessert in a Chinese Restaurant unless you’re a fan of lychees.\u00a0 A Wong<\/a> however blew my misconceptions out of the water.<\/p>\n

I had read most of the reviews, the glowing and the not so glowing, so I knew to expect something a bit different. Ken Hom<\/a> raves about this place in his tweets, so I also had pretty high expectations on the food front.<\/p>\n

I did a walk-in on a sunny lunch time (it’s best to book though, just in case you’re not as lucky as I was).\u00a0 The service was spot on, my menu arrived just after I had settled into my seat.\u00a0 I ordered a nice glass of Ros\u00e9, some tap water and four Dim Sum dishes.\u00a0\u00a0 Dim Sum is just a small part of the menu, which also includes a tasting menu that will have to wait for another visit.<\/p>\n

One of the things that really hit me about Andrew Wong’s restaurant was just how “Cool” it was in every sense of the word – the ambiance, the service, the clientele, and the beautifully presented food.\u00a0 I am sure the weather helped – it was nice to see that some diners had also chosen to eat outside in the small cordoned off section of the pavement that I had passed by many times and never seen used.<\/p>\n