The Belligerent Biber - Firecracker - Westminster
Jesus, I might have actually gone slightly overboard on the pre paid bargain vouchers earlier in the year you know. And now as they start to expire I`m having to put my mouth where my money was.
Another triumph I`m afraid.
Lovely basement venue, with pillars made of firecrackers - which works very well. Some pretty cool looking Karaoke booths as well, and yes, I can`t believe I said that either. More Pan Asian again.
Utterly charming shy and sweet asian serving lasses. So much so that this more than anything feels like going for dinner on holiday. I swear, I get called darling on a regular basis. This should, I think, feel wrong, but oh dear me, no it doesn`t.
Mog starts with Chicken Tom Kha which is apparently an entirely acceptable version therof. I have steamed vegetable dumplings which are perfectly fine, particularly with the dipping sauce, but I`m starting to suspect I`m not actually *entirely* down with steamed dumplings anymore. I also have some Yam Fritters which are totally mental. absolutely melt in the mouth Yam covered in explode into dust in the mouth shredded wheat but much finer kind of batter. With a slight star anise flavour. I`m not at all sure during the first mouthful, but I`m entirely sold by the last one.
Throughout which our lovely waiting staff rush across and discretely top up our sake every time it looks like we might have had a sip.
For mains Mog has Duck Breast - as she is often wont to do - with red date, Chinese Broccoli and wolfberry - which we though was a made up ingredient in our lost lamented Indigo energy drink. And a side of golden noodles with beansprout, which proves surplus to requirements but they are very happy to pot it up for us at the end, so thats her lunch tomorrow as well.
I have tofu with enoki mushroom in a toban sauce. Marvelous stuff. I was expecting "tofu steak". What I got was for want of a better description "tofu scallops". lovely little round mouthsize portions that each had their own tofu skin on, lord knows how thats done.
AT some point I manage to ping a chopstick off the table. I`ve barely even started looking down to have a scrabble when theres someone at my side handing me fresh chopsticks. Equally impressive, between courses I go to nip out for a fag, and like a ninja, there they are, "we have a smoking area just through here sir". I mean, goodness me, a SMOKING AREA.
Great food and an utterly charming place. www.firecracker.uk.com. anyone in SW1, SW3, SW8, SE1 and SE11 can apparently have home delivery with 40% off your first order, should that be you. And they`ll even do booze at something more resembling off licence prices for you to boot.
Another triumph I`m afraid.
Lovely basement venue, with pillars made of firecrackers - which works very well. Some pretty cool looking Karaoke booths as well, and yes, I can`t believe I said that either. More Pan Asian again.
Utterly charming shy and sweet asian serving lasses. So much so that this more than anything feels like going for dinner on holiday. I swear, I get called darling on a regular basis. This should, I think, feel wrong, but oh dear me, no it doesn`t.
Mog starts with Chicken Tom Kha which is apparently an entirely acceptable version therof. I have steamed vegetable dumplings which are perfectly fine, particularly with the dipping sauce, but I`m starting to suspect I`m not actually *entirely* down with steamed dumplings anymore. I also have some Yam Fritters which are totally mental. absolutely melt in the mouth Yam covered in explode into dust in the mouth shredded wheat but much finer kind of batter. With a slight star anise flavour. I`m not at all sure during the first mouthful, but I`m entirely sold by the last one.
Throughout which our lovely waiting staff rush across and discretely top up our sake every time it looks like we might have had a sip.
For mains Mog has Duck Breast - as she is often wont to do - with red date, Chinese Broccoli and wolfberry - which we though was a made up ingredient in our lost lamented Indigo energy drink. And a side of golden noodles with beansprout, which proves surplus to requirements but they are very happy to pot it up for us at the end, so thats her lunch tomorrow as well.
I have tofu with enoki mushroom in a toban sauce. Marvelous stuff. I was expecting "tofu steak". What I got was for want of a better description "tofu scallops". lovely little round mouthsize portions that each had their own tofu skin on, lord knows how thats done.
AT some point I manage to ping a chopstick off the table. I`ve barely even started looking down to have a scrabble when theres someone at my side handing me fresh chopsticks. Equally impressive, between courses I go to nip out for a fag, and like a ninja, there they are, "we have a smoking area just through here sir". I mean, goodness me, a SMOKING AREA.
Great food and an utterly charming place. www.firecracker.uk.com. anyone in SW1, SW3, SW8, SE1 and SE11 can apparently have home delivery with 40% off your first order, should that be you. And they`ll even do booze at something more resembling off licence prices for you to boot.