Baozi Inn - London

A friend and I were exploring Chinatown on a Sunday and came here for lunch since I was craving Chinese food.

Four stars for the food which was amazing and cheap!_We ordered pork baozi and I ate a full bowl of sichuanese beef noodles soup ( which was supposed to be

I had the pork in chili and it was too salty for me and not spicy enough.__I thought the food was just okay.

Having read other reviews was expecting something a bit special, instead experienced a culinary disaster. Ordered the seaweed salad, crispy fried chicken and king prawns and then pork wonton in hot broth. The seaweed was close to inedible, slimy and covered in raw garlic. Only one taste and that was the garlic, we left it after a couple of bites, even the Chinese lady sitting next to us could only manage a mouthful. The fried food was poor, the batter dominated, and left the prawns dry. The wontons were passable but the broth had no flavour and seasoning, just an insipid liquid with chopped spring onions/chives. Best advice keep on walking, plenty of much better restaurants in Chinatown.

Having visited China the food here is very very similar. The restaurant was also full of Chinese people eating. However for the UK palate you may find the fat on the beef and pork less and the gelatenous texture to the glass noodles than desirable. The pork dumplings were very good. The turn over is high so the waiter brought the bill whilst we were still drinking as they were keen to move us on. Not a restaurant for taking your time. Eat and go!