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The very best places to eat dim sum in London have just been announced... by us!
Our brand new, expert-curated list of the top 10 restaurants in the city for dim sum was topped by Baba Tang in King’s Cross, which writer Elaine Zhao praised for its in-house made offering, including the ‘cheung fun rice rolls with peanut and XO sauce – the best I’ve had in London – as well as tantalisingly salty fried turnip cake and beef ho fun noodles, a Cantonese classic.’
Dim sum is a traditional Chinese meal eaten in the early afternoon and comprising numerous small plates with different rolls, cakes, buns, meats and dumplings.
The list spans a range of budgets and locations across the city, and – perhaps surprisingly – only one restaurant from central London’s Chinatown made the cut, The Golden Phoenix on Gerrard Street. At number seven on the list, Zhao recommended the restaurant’s chicken feet in black bean sauce, mochi with sesame paste, salted egg custard lava buns and umami turnip cakes in XO sauce.
Other spots to make the cut include the popular Dim Sum Duck – also in King’s Cross – as well as Soho’s big budget Yauatcha, the branch of Golden Dragon by Bang Bang Oriental Foodhall in Colindale, MamaMei on Holloway Road, and Panda Dim Sum in Leytonstone. The super fancy Park Chinois in Mayfair also made the grade.
Click here to see the full top 10.
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